Een sterrenmaal in eigen keuken…

Part two of this delicious culinary diptych: the resilience, creativity and suppleness with which these Dutch Michelin chefs run their turf is admirable. Where with some people the glass is always half-empty, these glasses are half-full. MASTERS lists restaurants where, despite the lockdown, you can still enjoy a delicious star meal at your own kitchen table during the run-up to New Year's Eve. Text: Mical Joseph
Image: Rahi Rezvani, Goed Folk at MASTERS EXPO 2021 and Hotel Okura Amsterdam

Daalder

Chef Dennis Huwaë and his team make eating at home a culinary feast for you. Home with Daalder is an evening restaurant at your own kitchen table. A five-course star menu as you have come to expect from them. No simpler menu or delivery portions, just the experience that makes you feel like you're almost in the restaurant. Home at Daalder also includes a wine pairing, cheese board, friandises and cookware. Just like the real thing, right? Inspired?

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There in Amstelveen...

Is located two-star restaurant Aan de P oel by chef Stefan van Sprang. The restaurant has had two Michelin stars since 2013. The star chef boxes give another dimension to home enjoyment. In the new year, there is a choice of a four-course and a five-course box. The culinary boxes include delicious lobster and Australian prawn with flan of pea, pomegranate and dashi chive vinaigrette. The five-course menu offers the additional dish Foie Gras with yakitori sauce, currant and almond. There is also a wine selection to choose from. However, is your mouth already watering? Van Sprang's special Christmas menu can be ordered until December 31, 2021.

Order here.Photo: 1st photo in MASTERS EXPO's star restaurant M*, from left to right: chefs Erik van Loo, Fred Mustert and Soenil Bahadoer. 2nd photo: Jonnie and Thérèse Boer for MASTERS Magazine.

The three-star Valhalla of the Low Countries

As patron-cuisinier of your own kitchen, all you have to do is put the finishing touches on these culinary boxes by Jonnie and Thérèse Boer of De Librije. The four- and five-course menu really can't be missing from your kitchen if you want to surprise guests with spectacular culinarity. Fancy a gently cooked neck of lamb, a monkfish and a 'hunebed' blackthorn, among others? You know what to do:

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A culinary experience

It's worth the wait, so stay tuned: The Experience Box 2022 by Restaurant Fred will be available soon. Besides the delicious dishes that this box contains, you also get a unique online master class by the chef himself: Fred Mustert. After this master class you will be an accomplished chef yourself. Patience pays off and when the time comes you can order The Experience Box 2022...

From January 13, 2022, order here.

Restaurant Parkheuvel

Two-star restaurant Parkheuvel in Rotterdam by Erik van Loo is of course not to be missed in this culinary list. The restaurant is located right on the river Maas and has had two Michelin stars since 2009. Quality, emotion and feeling are a few words that describe Van Loo's cuisine. The delicious boxes offer a choice between a four-course and five-course menu including lobster stuffed with pata negra, beef tea and venison stew. If you prefer veg, go for the vegetarian four-course menu that includes lentil ravioli with mushroom cream sauce.

Order you do here.Photo: The Exquisite NYE Experience - Hotel Okura Amsterdam

Ciel Bleu, Serre and Hotel Okura

Ring in the new year gastronomically with the flavorful appetizers curated by Ciel Bleu chefs Onno Kokmeijer and Arjan Speelman, Serre and Hotel Okura Amsterdam. Enjoy the culinary selection such as a foie gras bonbon, Albacore tuna, duck and prawn at home. This festive selection will be served along with their Sugoi cocktail created by the bartenders of the Twenty Third bar The Exquisite New Years Eve Experience box is available for pickup after order on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31. Have a good time at home, MASTERS thinks so.

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Yamazato

Delicious 2022 in. The chef of Yamazato Restaurant, Masanori Tomikawa, will serve a unique, traditional and colorful Japanese menu for your home on December 31. Each chosen dish symbolizes the New Year and represents good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness and long life. This menu is prepared by the chef with great care and attention to detail. Due to the long traditional preparation time, only a few Yamazato Osechi Menus are available. A one-of-a-kind item....

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