As a true Dutchman I think you emphasize the deep fried snacks too much. What about Haring? Drop? and Dutch Cheese? Or Hutspot, Drie in de Pan, Wentelteefjes, Hagelslag en Bitterballen?
@@thecraftypreschooler8263 I don't know what metric system they use in Canada if you don't use grams it's easy to convert them when you look it up on the internet." Base recepe For 3-4 people . 30-35 min . ingredents 750 grams crumbly potatos 750 gram winter carrot (possible to use summer carrots but since it is a true winterdish it's traditionaly made with winter carrots) 1 big white union 25 grams of butter salt and pepper prep: Peel the potatos and cut them up in likesize pieces. Cut the union n half rings. Clean the carrots and cut in small pieces (+- 1cm) Put the potatos, carots and union stacked on top of each other in a pan (dutch oven, coking pot) Fil it with water and let it cook 20-25 (time can vary due to size of potatos.) minutes until done with a bit of salt. When done, strain the potatoes carrots and union put it back in the pan with the butter. Take a potato musher or hand held blender and mush together, until a course texture. It's prefered to use the musher for this, but it's not realy a common kitchen aid in different countries I believe. Finish with salt and pepper. Some people put about 50 ml of warmed milk with the butter in it too, but I find the course texture will be lost. Served with: a good meat gravy and Meatbal beaf stew (my personal fav) Chicken legs traditional dutch smoked sausage. bacon
Yes. With the garlic saus or remoulade sauce. Way way better then the english fish and chips. Om de week haal ik een bakkie in het weekend of een lekkerbek. Heerlijk.
The fish in British fish 'n chips is quite similar, fish filet in a heavy batter, then fried, the main difference is kibbeling are morsels of fish in stead of a complete filet, and the batter tends to be a bit thicker and crunchier, plus it's served with a sauce in stead of salt and vinegar. If made well, both are great.
In the video I only see stroopwafels in packages. Have you tried fresh was from the market? If not, I really recommend you do because they're even better!
She did! If you’re from Rotterdam you actually could know where she went! And that’s seriously hands down the best place to get them (at Van Vliet’s Siroopwafelen). Only at their Gouda place would be better.
The Surinamese folded crepe you're describing is called Roti. There's a lot more fried food to try, bitterballen, nasibal, bamibal, picanto, mexicano, kibbeling, lekkerbek, just to name a few....
hahahahah so basically de snackbar! de markt and de tokos.. Geweldig dit! Absoluut heel lekker en de toeristen weten het ook.. Maar waar zijn de stamppotten met rookworst, erwtensoep, gekookte aardapellen spruitjes, hachee vlees, blokjes Hollandse kaas met augurkjes, zilveruitjes en knakworstjes, haring, Zeeuws spek, saucijzenbroodjes, ontbijtkoek, speculaas? Wat vergeet ik nog allemaal?
I am currently planning a trip to Europe and I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel. Your videos are the perfect combination of being aesthetically pleasing but also full of information that makes planning a trip so much easier.
I'd steer clear of kapsalon, soggy fries mixed with cheap meat, simple salad and drenched in sauce.. it's edible but feel it would be better if it was served separately.
Aaah memories. Walk the dunes along the beach in Ijmuiden on a warm summer day and then stop in a beachfront restaurant for a cold bier and bitterballen. Thanks for the recap of Dutch comfort food.
@@EileenAldis Maybe you should also try a bowl of Snert. Which is Dutch Pea-soup. It doesn't look like much, but it very hearty and filled with potatoe, carrots, several meats and smoked sausage. Not much of a snack, more a full meal, but it is classic Dutch winter food.
The French have the reputation,, but our food is actually great. A Canadian cousin of mine has a Dutch restaurant in Regina, called ''The Golden Windmill" It's been a huge success for more than 40 years. Typical menu's; Starter; Snert (pea and pork soup) Main dish; Stamppot zuurkool met rookworst (sauerkraut and potato mash, with diced fried unions and a smoked saucage with mustard sauce.) Desert; Karnemelkse pap (buttermilk porridge with rasins soaked in brandy, topped with brown sugar and melasse syrup). Starter; Tomatensoep (tomato soup with small meat balls) Main dish; Rode kool met draadjesvlees (cooked red cabbage with apple-cinnamon cooked potatoes, and slowly stewed beef with beef/black pepper sauce) Desert; Vlaflip (yoghurt and vanilla custard with orange lemonade syrup and whipped cream.) And a lot special fish dishes. Not for vegans!
Your comment about fries tasting better served in a cone made me smile - here in England, I always find fish & chips tastes best eaten straight out of the paper...at the seaside...in the rain! (preferably sitting in a shelter overlooking the sea).
Hi Frank! Thank you for painting such a lovely image for me! I totally agree and this makes me think of my Dad who thinks fish and chips taste the best this way too. When we visited England as a family we ate them this way (although no rain that particular time haha) and it's a wonderful memory :)
This is mainly fastfood, and though regarded as typically Dutch a rather large part has a foreign origin. The frikandel is a postwar Dutch invention by Gerrit de Vries and the name is derived from frikadel (without the n) which is a kind of meatball. He mixed meat with flour but wasn't allowed to call it frikadel (not pure meat) so changed the shape and cut out the n. The kroket is the Dutch (modern) spelling of croquette, the origin is early 18th century in France. Fries are Belgium fries as you mentioned. The poffertjes are regarded as something typically Dutch but the origin is also France, just like the pancake (like the French crepe but much thicker). You can put anything on poffertjes but most common is just some powdered sugar and butter. The kaassoufflé is a Dutch invention by Hans van Bemmel (in 1969) and based on a much lighter version in the French and Italian cuisine, hence the "soufflé". A stroopwafel is truly Dutch, invented early 19th century in the city of Gouda. Food from Suriname is not common but Indonesian food can be found anywhere. That is because the latter is served by almost all Chinese restaurants in our country that serve a mix of Indonesian and Chinese food (which by the way is adapted to Dutch taste).
Not common? In Amsterdam it is! By the way, for the absolute BEST, you need to go to Tjon, at Boven Y in Amsterdam Noord. (Bus 33, get off at shopping center, go around the right hand side.)
@David Dylan: The Netherland isn't the same as Amsterdam. I know, that might be hard to accept, but most dutch people actually live somewhere else. I was born and partially raised in A'dam but live elsewhere now. Surinam food is available outside of A'dam, but it's nowhere near as common as chinese/indonesian food. So no, not common. It's actually more common to find a italian or greek restaurant than a surinam one.
Frikandellen are amazing,but my favorite(not in the video) is still the bami schijf. 30 years of living in the US and I finally learned how to make them. Thank you RU-vid!
We also have haring, snert, paling, oliebollen, hachee, tompouce, hagelslag, gestampte muisjes, and spacecake. You spent a lot of time in the snackbar but you didn't go for the kapsalon and the joppiesaus.
Frikandel Special for me. Left Holland 35 years ago but still love them. When family comes over they bring Frikandel, hagelslag, cheese, drop en Stroopwafels Did not see you eating the zoute haring met uitjes.
In The Hague they have some local specialties. Try a "broodje speklap met chilisaus" for example if you are around (a bun with a crispy baked piece of bacon like meat with some sweet chilisauce). Some around here eat the kaassoufflé with peanutsauce here (some even topped with some chopped raw unions). The "Haagse kakker" is also worth naming. It comes close to a refined "krentenbol" filled with a nutty buttery sugar/cinnamon almond paste.
Try to loose weight: you'll be healthier and hungrier. You'll be healthier even after eating a ton of this delicious stuff. And think of us poor people who can not join you ... Enjoy!
this is my favorite ....The egg ball is a popular snack in the north and east of the Netherlands. An egg ball consists of a whole or half hard boiled, peeled egg in ragout. The ball is breaded and fried
Omg yes! We actually did have this when we visited the windmills at Kinderdijk (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Jo_sQKqIZs.html) and I loved it too! Somehow it tastes better than regular split pea soup!? It could also be that I was freezing and the soup was cozy :)
Heerlijk the erwten soep👍🏻 but why did you put chocolate on the poffertjes? Is so much bttr with just butter and that poudersugher and the frikandel special is also bttr when it is split true the middle en then the sauce is in there otherwise the taste of that frikandel is to strong. But nice vid. 👍🏻
yay!! rijstaffel and nasi goreng my great opa was Indonesian and we would visit the Indonesian spice markets in den haag and bring them back to the UK where I unfortunately live I wish it were in holland
my hubby comes from the Netherlands a little town called Geldrop,, and we go almost every year and stay with family,, l have tried everything you mentioned,, except your, frikadel is served plain,, what you had was the fridadel speciaal ,, but the truffle mayo is't common,, or l would be getting every time we went there,, l just love Holland and l don't thing you mentioned the Bami,, OMG, that is another thing you must try.
That's what I say too! I have stopped going to places that are stingy with their sauces. Do they actually think their FOOD is so good and that's what attracts me? No, I judge restaurants and such by their sauces. I go to a place because the sauce makes the meal! Skimp on the sauce and there is no reason to buy their food that is no better than anyone else's.
During the Holidays, especially between the arrival of Saint Nicholas in mid-november and Sinterklaas on 5 december, enjoy the little spice cookies "pepernoten," or coated with chocolate "kruidnoten." They're positively addictive.
Not to be Mr. Negative, because I loved the video. But you don't have to thank Gouda for the cheese, normal dutch cheese is basicly Gouda cheese. The Gouda part is because it was originally traded there, not because it was made there. Just an 'interesting fyi' fact thing.
That is interesting - thanks for sharing that. I saw photos of the cheese market in Gouda and it looked cool. I loved all the cheese I ate in The Netherlands so I'll thank the whole country then :)
I am a Dutchie and live for 4 years now in England and I really miss this food. A lot of it you can't get here. Exegetically when I want to make my Indonesian grandma's food.
I bet you must miss it a lot! Other than your grandma's food (which nothing can replace of course...!) which Dutch foods do you miss most that you get as soon as you visit home?
Bearnaisesaus is something completely different. Truffle mayonnaise is, as the word says, mayonnaise with truffle. It is not very common in the Netherlands, though.
I mean frituur just are amazing. I think that is a big reason why there aren't as much fast food giants in The Netherlands/Belgium. There are like 20 sauces, 50 different deepfried types of meat (curryworst/frikandel, boulette, Mexicano, kaaskroket....) And fries are awesome. Dag noorderburen!
This is an great video! I’m dutch myself and this is mylist of foods you should try Cheese Haring (fish) Kroket Frikandel Appelflappen (no idea how to discribe it it’s just delicious Vlaai (cake) Oliebollen Beschuit met muisjes (Popular for breakfast) available at the grocery store ( an biscuit with sugar balls) Hagelslag( chocalate sprinkels) Asperges if the season is right Peperkoek (cookie ish) Rookworst (sausage) Drop Chocomel (drink) Patatje joppie (chips) Krentebollen Speculaas Hope this helped you out!
Wow, this list is fantastic - thank you! I definitely want to try more Dutch foods so I'll keep these recommendations in mind for next time. Makes me hungry to think about :)
I’m from Suriname. And from Javanese descendants. I hope you loved the Surinamese food too. We have a great variety of foods here. And who doesn’t love Poffertjes and fries. Yummmm thanks for sharing your experiences with food.
The food I was brought up with smoked doggy mackerel. That's what we call the mackerel that size in Australia. I see that Aldi in the Netherlands sells it for only Euro 2-. Beautiful on a fresh bread roll.
Both you and Marc looked so pensive and serious when you were trying each of the foods...like you were trying to solve a math equation in your heads! Maybe you were trying to figure out what was in them, and not just the croquettes?
haha you're right - I think we were concentrating on all the flavours and evaluating it all in our heads before deciding if it tasted good or not?? Wasn't immediate, I guess! Trying deep fried foods is obviously very serious business ;)
Hi Eileen, Thanks for your Nice review of dutch food!! One small correction... we've got two types of syrup, one is called 'siroop' in duch, its a syrup comparable with 'golden syrup' the other type is called 'stroop'. It is a thickend syrup, the dutch are having this, for example, on Bread. So..., the 'stroopwafels' are stuffed up with 'stroop' not with syrup. Succes with your channal, Walter
Hi Walter! Thanks for sharing this with me. We loved visiting the Netherlands and trying new foods. We made other videos around the country if you'd like to see more by the way: bit.ly/thenetherlandsplaylist :)
she talked Indonesian and Surinam foods, roti being a Surinam version of Indian (from India) food. Surinam food is actually a very well done fusion cuisine.
OOoh it is so lovely to see you're video as a dutch person ! I laughed so hard, the reason about it because you're telling all the food is good and makes you hungry ! Me as a dutch person just love patatje speciaal, frikandel speciaal and the kroket ! Let the world know about OLLIEBOLLEN !!
What's inside a kroket? A roux of melted butter, with flower and beef broth. The good ones also have some pulled (calf) beef in them. Cooled down to thicken you can bread them. You can make them with any kind of broth realy.
I know this video was made a year ago but i just had to comment. You had asked us to leave a comment as to which of the foods you presented would we like best. Well, i've got to tell you, i'm drooling! Lol 😀 I want to try them all. Thank you for sharing! Can't wait til your next video! New subscriber from Cincinnati Ohio.
Normally in the Netherlands if You order a frikandel speciaal they make a cut in the frikandel and they put the onions, mayonaise and curry inside the frikandel.
Well who knows who trully invented the fries, Belgium was part of the Netherlands in History, hence it is difficult to say. Some say it was actually the spanish that invented the fries, but heck who cares. The Dutch fries are different from belgium fries and french fries are these small mini shaped fries, but we can say with certainty it was not the french because they are called french fries as this was just a mistake of Americans.
Soon, if all goes well, they will be only sold as Belgian Fries. Proposal has been introduced at the Unesco to recognize that food as cultural heritage of Belgium.
Well that's not going to help. What we call Vlaamse Frites is quite different to Patat. And again different to franse frites. So...don't go getting your hopes up that we (the dutch) we start calling it belgian fries anytime soon...even if the name is deserved (as again, I don't know where it originated....but frankly, I don't really care either)
I am new making vlog. So watching you gives me some pointer. Specially being so cheerful. I have to work on my presentation. And you are so clear and easy to grasp. I can almost taste the foods. Awesome
My all time favourite is the smoked eel. It’s absolutely delicious and so is the pickled herrings. The eel is an abundant food but is considered a delicacy and the price reflects it. I found it for half the price in a Lidl in Amsterdam. I took a dozen packs back home with me, thinking I could freeze them, I’m afraid greed got the better of me and I finished them in 3 days. Vacuum packing certainly gives them a longer shelf life. Can’t wait to try them again on my next visit to the beautiful Netherlands and it’s friendly people👍❤️❤️
The Herring is unreal good, I eat it almost everyday, The eel is way good too, We love Dutch cheese its the best in Europe, as is the Beer its by far the best in the World, Dutch Beer is all over the world for a reason...I enjoy sitting out side eating Herring, drinking beer, its my favorite thing to do in The Netherlands...
If you make it to 's-Hertogenbosch in south central Nederland, don't go without trying a boschebol (a kind of chocolate eclair the size of a softball). Enjoy it with coffee at an outdoor cafe on the markt.
Sauces like mayonaise and tomato-sauce are disgusting and only used by people that don't like the original taste of the food. Only exception is saté-sauce (peanut-sauce) with your fries. Not OVER the fries, but apart so you can dip and decide yourself how many sauce you want!
I would warmly argue that authentic Dutch food is boiled root vegetables, but the Dutch are wonderful integrators of the good and tasty aspects of many other cultures. Being an extremely practical culture, they won’t pass up on a good thing when the find it.
If I could try only one, it would be the poffertjies! I too was mesmerized by how fast they were flipping them over. But a close second is that breaded and deep fried cheese - YUM!! And you are so right about fries served in a cone - they do automatically taste better! Thanks for the video and hope you're having fun in Slovakia! Safe travels, you guys.
That's exactly how I rated them too: #1 poffertjes and #2 kaassouffle. Both super delicious. Slovakia is fantastic, thank you! Videos to come, of course :)
There were no Dutch desserts in the video LOL. we usually do not eat baked foods for dessert, but puddings and yoghurt or fruit and sometimes cheese for fancy dinners
The modern Dutch frikandel has chicken meat (40%) that remained on the carcass after filleting, also called mechanically separated meat. Pork (25%). Some producers add horsemeat (5%) The rest is water, breadcrumbs, binder, herbs, unions and flavor enhancers. There are also special chicken frikandellen (80% chicken and no pork/horsemeat).
Your personality was a joy to watch - which means you're probably fun to be around. As the old saying goes, you could sell ice to an Eskimo. Great job! It makes me wonder if there are any fast food places here in the states that have these foods, If there aren't, there should be!
