Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Hague 3. 'T Hof van Eten
This is one of the restaurants of the 'court quarter' it's name is a word 'joke' which is lost in English. The suburb is called 'court quarter', the name of the restaurant is 'The Court of Eating'. In Dutch a 'hof' also means garden. So I could also read 'garden of eating' where it has a link with the garden of Eden. You can see the advertisement a woman with an apple and a snake, a double 'word-game'.
The street where it is taken:
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2 comments:
Looks like such a lovely and cosy place to eat!
Too bad when word play doesn't translate!
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