21. Side Quest x Amsterdam x Moak

In Amsterdam's city centre, Moak is an American pancake joint with throwback New York hip-hop vibes. Line up for some stacked up sweet or savoury pancakes, coffee, and juice.

You can see the menu and the delicious pancakes I had, as well as some street pictures of my adventures near Maok at the My Mate In... blog.

If you pop over to Belgium from The Netherlands, and want to complement your pancakes with waffles, I got you: Belgian waffles, anyone?

Episode Transcript

Jaz (00:11):
Hey there. Welcome to this episode of My Mate In... I'm
Jaz, and this podcast is allabout good places to have a
drink or find some food. Thisepisode is another Side Quest
episode, and that means it'sjust me today talking to you
about about a place that I foundon my own adventures. Today, I

(00:32):
wanna talk about a place that'sin Amsterdam and that has a hip
hop throwback vibe.
Moak is an American stylepancake place open for
breakfast, brunch and lunch butthey don't take reservations and
that's because it's pretty muchalways busy. Expect a lineup,

(00:52):
it's well worth it. There are acouple of Moaks in The
Netherlands. You'll find two inAmsterdam and one in Utrecht,
and the one that we tried was inthe city center. The branding of
this place is really cool.
It's like this blue pink kind ofcontrasting colors, that really

(01:14):
pop. The menu is pretty cool.There's a mix of American style
pancakes with a mix of sweet,fruity, delicious maple syrup,
but they also have some kind ofmore savory pancakes as well.
They focus on, creating goodfood, doing really good juices,

(01:35):
and just providing a cool vibe.And throughout the venue,
there's images of notablerappers from New York.
It does have a really relaxed,cool vibe. You can also get a
glass of bubbly for your brunch.And, of course, they've got a
mix of coffees, teas, and icedcoffees. The pancakes that we
got were three or four levelsstacked. There was Greek yogurt,

(02:01):
decorative flowers, passionfruit, fig, lots of different
berries, granola sprinkled overthe top, and then you add your
syrup to taste as well.
I think after a night out inAmsterdam, this is a good brunch
for the next day. Like mostplaces in Amsterdam, there are a
number of great museums closeby. Some of the ones that you

(02:22):
can check out that are close toMoak are the Rembrandt House
Museum and the Jewish HistoryMuseum. If you're in Amsterdam,
you should check it out.Delicious pancakes and really
chill vibes.
Hope you enjoy. You can checkout the blog linked in the show
notes for a photo of the menuand a photo of the pancakes that

(02:45):
I had. Alrighty. All the best.