These are the favorite late-night snacks of hospitality workers
Familiar to everyone who works in hospitality: the hunger pangs after closing time. As soon as the kitchen staff have gone home, the bar staff dance on the workbench. Curious about what gets polished off at night? These hospitality tigers spilled the beans anonymously. Make the most of it!
The favorite late-night snacks of hospitality workers
Fries sandwich
“A colleague introduced me to it recently: the fries sandwich. Easy does it, because the fryer is always left on for the bar staff—the kitchen knows full well what we do at night. So, recently: fries in the fryer, on bread with lots of mayo and ketchup. A delicious calorie bomb.”
Cheese sticks
“Where I worked, they had those white, soggy rolls and cheese sticks. And 1 + 1 = 3 in this case. Fry the cheese sticks, put them on the soggy roll, add a generous dollop of mayo, press it flat and go. Delicious.”
An hour of frying
“Anything from the fryer goes. You just crave greasy food after work, and everything from the fryer is good. Bitterballen, frikandellen, vlammetjes, cheese sticks, fries; delicious with an unhealthy amount of salt on top, too. Beer on the side. The perfect end to your shift.”
Liquorice-cucumber sandwich
“At the last place where I worked, there was no fryer. A huge loss. They did have large jars of Haribo that disappeared at an alarmingly fast rate. I clearly remember once eating a sandwich with butter and cucumber out of sheer desperation. Well, you have to make do.”
Ready-made toasted sandwiches
“At some point, the chef had had enough of us eating all his good products at night. So he took away the sandwich toaster and bought ready-made toasted sandwiches for the staff, which you only had to heat up in the oven. Frozen vlamtosti’s are something you wouldn’t wish on anyone. Impossible to bite through. I resigned shortly afterwards.”
Simple as spaghetti
“The keywords for a late-night snack, as far as I’m concerned, are: little effort, big impact. Spaghetti aglio olio peperoncino is so easy to make, super tasty, filling and there’s hardly any washing up. Ideal. Exactly what you feel like.”
Deep-fried poffertjes
“Well, sometimes you just have a creative moment. A colleague once suggested throwing the poffertjes that were on the menu into the fryer instead of the usual suspects, bitterballen and cheese sticks. They turned out to be incredibly tasty! From that moment on, it became our standard late-night snack. With powdered sugar; butter isn’t necessary—it’s already mega-greasy from the fryer.”
Kilogram tubs of scoop ice cream
“I once worked somewhere that also had milkshakes on the menu. Where there are milkshakes, there is ice cream. Tubs and tubs of unlimited scooped ice cream. Heaven! Occasionally with a splash of Baileys in your bowl of vanilla ice cream. And the Oreos and chocolate chip cookies with the coffee? I’m sure I don’t need to explain what happened to those.”
Fish fingers with horseradish mayo
“This combination is absolutely delicious on bread! A cook at the café where I worked specifically bought fish fingers for the staff so we could devour these sandwiches at night. Now that’s true collegiality!”
Sprinkle on 3 kilos of cheese
“Simple! Turn the oven back on full blast, slide in a tray of nachos with three kilos of cheese and you’re all set.”
Cucumber satay
“A chicken satay sandwich is delicious with pieces of cucumber in between. One evening, we had no bread and no chicken. Only cucumber and satay sauce, and sometimes you have to make do with what you’ve got. So this combination works perfectly well! And thanks to the cucumber, you also get the feeling that you’re being healthy.”
Pizza delivery
“Hospitality workers in big cities like Amsterdam or Rotterdam are lucky. This means that, regardless of the time, you can always pick up or order döner, pizza, kipcorn or hamburgers somewhere for your late-night post-work munchies. Because let’s be honest: we’ve earned it.”
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