Favourite restaurant
Frank Verhoef: Any restaurant where the service is in order. That means: friendly faces, even if guests have certain (difficult) wishes, and drinks that are served on time. When you eat out, you pay a lot of money. You need to feel welcome and pampered. For this reason in particular, I am a fan of Tapisco, Portfolio and Zheng (formerly Han Ting). Besides the copious dinners - so much delicious food is really a luxury, you should never forget - there is plenty of attention to guests. Hopefully this quality of service ánd food will one day lead to a second Michelin star in The Hague.

Restaurant Portfolio on Prinsestraat in The Hague

Tastiest cake
Verhoef: The daahn tāat: an egg tart from Hong Kong. They are less well known than the Portuguese pastéis de nata, but are much tastier. Less sweet, more layers of dough. You can find them at the two Chinese bakeries St. Anny and Li&U in Chinatown, on Wagenstraat and Gedempte Gracht. Some Chinese dim sum restaurants also offer it, but at 'escalator Chinese' Full Moon City, they often run out quickly. Egg tarts - slightly sweet because of the custard and nicely full of flavour because of the dough and butter used - are an indulgence, especially fresh from the oven. Of course, you can also reheat them briefly at home.

The daahn tāat of Full Moon City

Guilty pleasure
Verhoef: In The Hague, you don't have many good sushi restaurants, so you come off pretty sparse if you want to eat sushi. Sure, there are countless establishments that make california rolls with lots of sauce. Truly Japanese it is not. Oni in Prinsestraat is one of the best, but it doesn't deliver to my home in Laak. So once or sometimes twice a month I order twelve pieces of flambéed salmon sushi from Momiji in Chinatown. And I then eat that within five minutes. At least, that's how it feels. It's pure shameless gorging. Afterwards, I usually lie on the sofa in a food coma. Oops.

Where in The Hague do you get a holiday feeling?
Verhoef: Not at the beach, but in the city centre. What I like best is to walk for an hour or two via the Spui, the Plein, along the Hofvijver and via the Korte and Lange Voorhout to the Noordeinde. Here and there you see tufts of tourists, but of the kind that make the city happy. On the way, I get an espresso or an ice cream somewhere. If it's convenient, I get some at speciality shops in the Hofkwartier. Something tasty may cost a little extra, just like on holiday. Enjoy!" 

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Golden tip
Verhoef: The Hague boasts many Indian restaurants and tokos. After an evening of bowling in Scheveningen's Palace Promenade - nice and corny - it is very nice to take a short walk along the boulevard to one of the better waterfront restaurants: Seinpost Indonesia. A couple of satays, a portion of spicy rendang, an ice-cold Bintang or two and, if you have the right table, a view of the setting sun: yes, pretty much nothing can beat that.

Rice table at Seinpost Indonesia in Scheveningen

Special shop:
You'll probably walk right past The Course of Time at 157 Noordeinde. The nondescript clock shop and maker has been there for years. Its collection includes mechanical (pendulum) clocks, Frisian tail clocks and standing clocks that are 250 years old. My five-year-old son loves clocks and looks his eyes out. In this shop, you take the time to unwind and almost literally step back in time.