{"id":452,"date":"2011-09-17T19:30:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2011-09-17T19:30:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T18:30:26","slug":"just-one-wafer-thin-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/17\/just-one-wafer-thin-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"Just one wafer thin mint!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have discovered the best tapas in Amsterdam, but only go if you are very very very hungry. It’s Manzano<\/a> and Joe decided we should go for the chef’s choice of 12 tapas. Toward the end I said that I really hoped I was remembering the menu wrong, because I thought there was pudding included. Joe said no there wasn’t and he was wrong. Because a huge plate came out with a selection of puddings. We managed quite a bit, but were waddling back to the hotel. Are now trying to digest food. Very good food. With a mint at the end. I didn’t eat mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have discovered the best tapas in Amsterdam, but only go if you are very very very hungry. It’s Manzano and Joe decided we should go for the chef’s choice of 12 tapas. Toward the end I said that I really hoped I was remembering the menu wrong, because I thought there was pudding included. 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