Oyster platter, Catch by Simonis, The Hague

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Catch by Simonis, The Hague, lunch

ByQin Xie 25/06/201318/03/2016

Menu from a lunch at Catch by Simonis in The Hague, with dishes split into tasting portions:

Gazpacho

Oyster platter

Peeled prawns, fried Spanish style

Grilled sardines

Tuna nigiri

Wagyu carpaccio

Grilled squid

Pan-fried monkfish

Pan-fried seabass

Beef steak with ratatouille

Peeled prawns, fried Spanish style, Catch by Simonis, The Hague

Grilled sardines, tuna nigiri, wagyu carpaccio, Catch by Simonis, The Hague

Grilled squid, pan-fried monkfish, pan-fried seabass, Catch by Simonis, The Hague

Beef steak with ratatouille, Catch by Simonis, The Hague

Seafood counter, Catch by Simonis, The Hague

I stopped by Catch by Simonis after a cycling tour around The Hague. The menu was sizeable so we had an eclectic selection of dishes. And eclectic is the operative words because the menu has multiple influences, including Japanese and Spanish.

The seafood was wonderfully fresh, as you can imagine, and they have an impressive stand of the day’s catch at the door.

Qin Xie

Qin Xie is a London based food, wine and travel journalist and trained chef.

When not infiltrating Michelin restaurants as a kitchen tourist, she writes about food, drink and travel. Her work has appeared on Yahoo, FT, The Times and CNN.

Her first cookbook, co-authored with YS Peng at Hunan Restaurant, is out March 2014.

According to friends, her watch is always set to UTC -- ready for the next big adventure. In reality, she is happiest at the dinner table or by the sea.