The Hague is known for its Indonesian diaspora and food, and also for diplomacy and expense-account classic restaurants. In such a city, French-Indonesian is an obvious direction to take, and even better, it seems to work remarkably well at Restaurant Max, where Max and his friendly staff will ensure you have a relaxed, low-pressure and very fine dinner.
Recent favourites have been the Scallops in a subtly-Asian beurre blanc, the MamaMax chicken in an Indonesian village style with touches of French elegance. All-time favourite must be the BangBang Rendang salad, which on one occasion was so jaw-droppingly awesome we only regained the power of speech after the course was finished. Be warned, normally it is merely very good.
When I'm looking for a place which is stylish, fun, affordable and has the chance of delivering an astonishingly good dining experience, this is it. read more