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Sama Sebo

As a break in our exhaustive, and exhausting, tour of the Rijskmuseum, we took time out to visit nearby Sama Sebo, Amsterdam's original Indonesian restaurant. 

We had rijsttafel and Lib reminisced about being at the restaurant over 30 years ago with Tineka and Tony de Lucovich. Most enjoyable. 

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