Brasserie De Joffers

Oud-Zuid's neighbourhood brasserie opens at 8:00 and runs a printed breakfast card until noon, cake included from Patisserie Holtkamp.

De Joffers sits on the corner where the Willemsparkweg meets the Cornelis Schuytstraat, which is the most self-possessed shopping street in Oud-Zuid, and it behaves accordingly: doors at 8:00 Monday to Saturday, a proper printed breakfast card that runs until 12:00, and a clientele that arrives with a newspaper rather than a camera. It is named for the Amsterdamse Joffers, the circle of women painters who worked in this city a century ago, and the room leans into that: brasserie mirrors, close tables, soft light, nothing shouty. The card is short and competent. The Jofferbol is a filled roll with scrambled eggs and salmon and dill at 14.50, truffle cheese from Lindenhof at 12.50 or bacon at 10.50; the Soho breakfast is two poached eggs, avocado and tomato on rustic bread at 14.50; the Turkish cilbir with garlic yoghurt and paprika-chilli butter is the same price and the better order. Cakes come in from Patisserie Holtkamp, which in this neighbourhood counts as a credential. It is not a destination kitchen and does not pretend to be, but for a client breakfast within walking distance of the museums it is the correct answer.

Monday to Thursday 8:00 to 19:00, Friday and Saturday 8:00 to 20:00, Sunday from 9:00. The breakfast card runs 8:00 to 12:00. Reserve through their site: the corner tables go first and the room is small enough to fill by nine.

Photo: Brasserie De Joffers