machine food!

ok, so when i first made it to amsterdam some 3 years back, i was completely blown away by the in-wall snack bar windows - where you put in  your euro coins and turn the handle and you get your delicious deep fried snack like:-

a bami schijf, 

[a small fried portion of mee goreng, that's been deep fried in some batter]

a kroket 

[ragout in some batter thats also deep fried]

or even a frikandel!!

[they call it a sausage, but no one's really sure what goes into these]

but jos and i made it to one of the suburbs of Antwerp and found these mechanical marvels!

its a bread dispensing machine!!!

and your options are: [top to bottom] large white, large brown, large farmer white, large farmer wholemeal, large white, small wholemeal, small white and......egg sandwiches!!!

just next to this machine was an innocent looking vending machine, but when i looked closer..

they have your regular fizzy drinks, and beer!!

and as we wheeled round the corner, the coolest of the machines was there...

if you look carefully you might be able to make out that in the glass display, they have.....

dagschotels [daily platters] comprising of cheese, ham, lasagne, spaghetti or sausages!!!  its like a supermarket in a wall!!