{"id":73067,"date":"2025-09-29T23:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=73067"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:03:04","slug":"saam-restaurant-amstelveen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/saam-restaurant-amstelveen\/","title":{"rendered":"Saam brings together Dutch and South African flavors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saam (derived from \"South Africa on Amstel\") is located on the Amstelzijde in Amstelveen. Chef Jasper Hermans and Margot Janse work together in the kitchen, accompanied by a sommelier team that uses both South African and European wines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What makes Saam special is the way the cuisine brings cultures together without falling into clich\u00e9s. A dish can start with a Dutch seasonal ingredient and end in a marinade inspired by South Africa. This creates flavors that are both familiar and surprising - not a colonial mix, but true fusion.<\/p>\n

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The setting is modest and intimate: the first floor has room for 40 guests, with a Chef's Table for smaller gatherings. There is also an upstairs that serves as a bar for wine and sharing experiences.<\/p>\n

\"Saam doesn't let two cuisines coexist, but one that makes you sing to you in taste.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Saam attracts people who want to explore - foodies, lovers of South African cuisine, as well as those who simply want a good night out. Because the menu is carefully curated and changes, each meal feels like its own story.<\/p>\n

When you dine at Saam, you taste more than flavors: you taste dialogues between landscapes, memories and innovation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saam (afgeleid van \u201cSouth Africa on Amstel\u201d) is gevestigd aan de Amstelzijde in Amstelveen. In de keuken werken chef Jasper Hermans en Margot Janse samen, met als begeleider een sommeliersteam dat zowel Zuid-Afrikaanse als Europese wijnen inzet. Wat Saam bijzonder maakt, is de manier waarop de keuken culturen samenbrengt zonder te vervallen in clich\u00e9s. Een … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"district":[14],"class_list":["post-73067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","district-amsterdam-zuid"],"acf":{"slider":[73072,73074,73070,73071,73073],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Een culinair project waarin Zuid-Afrikaanse ingredi\u00ebnten vervoegd worden met Amsterdamse finesse","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Saam is een restaurant dat niet kiest tussen thuisgevoel en exploratie \u2014 je krijgt de warmte van Zuid-Afrika gecombineerd met herkenbare Nederlandse producten.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Saam","adres":"Amstelzijde 59","stad":"Amstelveen","website":"https:\/\/saamrestaurant.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73067"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73107,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73067\/revisions\/73107"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73073"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73071"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73070"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73074"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73067"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=73067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}