This was my first time ever at a De Dutch. I felt I had to go after seeing their mind-numbingly annoying commercials hundreds, if not thousands, of times on t.v.

I have been checking out eggs benny around Victoria, Vancouver and Nanaimo, so I ordered the Amsterdam benedict - it comes with ham and edam.

I think the young male server may actually have been cooking as well. No problem about that, though, as there were only two other people in the restaurant as it was 7:30 a.m.

The eggs were not poached; they were over-easy. The hollandaise was thin and separating. I didn't care much for the Dutch rusk the eggs were on as it was too dry and crunchy, but I've had worse rusks. The menu showed peas and other crap in the potatoes, but fortunately what I got was strictly potatoes. They were nothing to write home about, but I ate them. The salad was mostly iceberg lettuce, a couple pieces a bit brown. The dressing didn't taste like much. I ran out of water and just poured some from my canteen into my glass.

I really liked the edam and ham.

It wasn't the worst eggs benny I've ever had. I would maybe go back another time and try the pannekoek or an omelette, but I'm not in a hurry to do so.