Definitely not as many great options for vegetarians this year but still a really chill time. It's…read moregreat fun with friends and family, we took our one year old son with us and all three of us had a great time. We did bring in our own food for him but they're luckily cool with that and for ourselves we bought some drinks, a duck burger, veggie stew, lamb burger, twister crisp, brownie and ice cream and some take home treats from arzu bakt and madam cocos. My personal favourites: arzu's salted caramel and pecan bar and madam's ginger and chilli cocos balls. Wasn't really feeling all that hungry any more by the time we got here, otherwise I would have tried the veggie quesedilla from the tortilla truck. Might go back over the weekend just to try it, and hey, the bike ride over already justifies the eating right?? As far as the veggie stew and twister crisp: at €4,50 and €2,00 they were definitely worth the money. Delicious, somewhat nutritious and definitely not way overpriced like some other things... And as for the meat stuff, hopefully le husband will write his review soon!

WIKIPEDIA SAID: A churro, sometimes referred to as a Spanish…read moredoughnut, is a fried-dough pastry--predominantly choux--based snack. Churros are popular in Spain, France, the Philippines, Portugal, Ibero-America and the United States. There are two types of churros in Spain, one which is thin (and sometimes knotted) and the other which is long and thick (porra). They are both normally eaten for breakfast dipped in hot chocolate or café con leche. I SAY: I LOVE IT! ...oh dear... wish i didnt know this... I eat super healthy, but my downfall is always fried dough. Yes, i'm that disgusting! I love doughnuts, love Cronuts...and luuuuuuve fresh Churros. Just with a bit of powdered sugar... kill me. It's so simple, it's so bad for me. Hey! Like Sherryl Crow said: "If it makes you happy, It can't be that baa-hehehaaad!" The owners have the same Food Truck here during the darker months, Oliebollen is what they sell than. The owners also run the Pannekoeken & Poffertjes Restaurant, the round one, close to Heineneken Experience/Plein/Weterings. ...shoot, wish i didnt know they do this fried dough during the summer... Kill me.

3 euros for a small.. big enough for 2 people! Instead of having a little pot of chocolate to dip…read more(typical spanish) you get powdered sugar or chocolate drizzle. Ours were a little overdone, but I was still impressed this place existed and nearly hit the mark.

I like food trucks and I cannot lie! With the sun shining in the sky! Options for all tastes, in…read moreone big place, all that flavour wafting in your face.... Amsterdam Kookt was a great use of the space at Olympisch stadium. It was my first time at an event here and I was very impressed by the number of options. There were a number of big sponsors such as Juniper and Leffe and representation from the stalls you might know from De Foodhallen along with some exciting new options. It was set up that you used coins to pay for things which would yield quicker transactions when busy. We went on Sunday, the last day which was also Mothers' Day and it wasn't crazy busy which was quite nice for a Sunday afternoon. There were a lot of good looking food options, notably a high number of Sushi options, a Satay Bar, 1-3 Mexican options. There was a gourmet hotdog bar and at least three good burger options including the Butcher and the one we tried. I noted a Johnny Doodle chocolate (love it! Check it out and their ethos if you don't know them yet) and an ice cream truck too. There was a churros van, gin and tonics, wine. The Funkavan was cool complete with a better looking scooby doo dancing guy. There were at least two other music stages, the main one and the one in the Juniper area. Stoke stacks were on hand in the Juniper "smoke pit area". Very mad max meets Steampunk themed - a no-no area for vegetarians and vegans. There was a lot of meat around including a whole pig laid out on "display". I must admit, the sight of this put even me off my meat a bit. We opted for the XL meatlovers burger which had pulled pork, a rare burger with tasty aged meat (they made a point of ensuring all customers knew this and warned you up front), bacon, and a super tasty coca-cola or bourbon slow cooked pork chop as a dressing on top the burger. This was a lot of meat but good. My husband was very happy with this choice. There was a chickpea van with vegan options that looked good too. It was good to see a number of vegan friendly options with so much meat around. I'd come back with more people on the Friday or Saturday afternoon/evening :)

I'm not sure how you can go wrong with a food truck festival, so automatically I love Kookt! There…read moreare all kinds of food trucks available including burgers, smoothies, milkshakes, soul food, pizza, frites, sweet treats, BBQ, some of your favorite restaurants and a few stalls you would recognize from De Foodhallen (http://www.yelp.com/biz/de-foodhallen-amsterdam). Of course there is beer and wine, and if you look around, you can find some cocktails too! There's a lot of space to walk around and isn't as cramped as some of the other festivals. I love the industrial feel of the area and the different sections of trucks. It's a little bit of a maze, but it pretty much follows one flow, so you shouldn't get too turned around. To get to the end is quite a walk. The location was good being right off the ferry from Centraal or the Westerdoks. It is well-marked and has space for bikes. But if you are coming from the ferry, I would just leave your bike where you got on. There is music along with some small and some large stages for you to enjoy. Only downside to the main (big) stage was it was all standing room. I think it would be more inviting with chairs, or high tops to stand around and eat on. The festival works on a token system (like many of them do) and there were registers along the way--not just at the entrance. And there were machines to insert cash to get your tokens. That might help quicken things. But the registers also take pin cards. It seemed that most items were between 2-3 tokens, and they do have half tokens as well. You can find a few items for 1-1.5 tokens and drinks are usually 2-3 tokens. These tokens are 2.50 each, but it's a festival and everything is overpriced. And in case you aren't aware, most people in Amsterdam speak English, so you will be fine if you don't speak Dutch. If you like this festival, check out Rollende Keukens (http://www.yelp.com/biz/rollende-keukens-amsterdam), TREK (http://www.yelp.com/biz/foodtruckfestival-trek-amsterdam), and Food Soul Festival (http://www.yelp.com/map/food-soul-festival-amsterdam).