Herring, stroopwafels, and the brown café

Try a raw herring from a street stall ("haring"), served with onions and pickles, eaten in pieces or held by the tail; a hot stroopwafel from a market stand beats the packaged kind. Dutch lunch is a sandwich and a glass of milk; dinner is early, around 6 or 7. The "bruin café" (brown café) is the old-style bar with dark wood and a quiet crowd; order a "biertje" and a plate of bitterballen. Tipping is rounding up or 5–10%.