Surinamese Food for Beginners: Where to Eat it in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam is known for its Surinamese cuisine鈥� apparently. I don鈥檛 know about you, but in my experience Surinamese and Indonesian food often get lumped in together, and even when you think you鈥檝e ordered the former it turns out to be the latter. It鈥檚 not helped by the fact that Surinamese cuisine has been influenced and infiltrated by the cuisines of China, Indonesia, Africa, South America (and probably more besides!) so it鈥檚 hard to know what we even mean when we talk about Surinamese food. Plus, while there are plenty of higher-end sit-down Indonesian restaurants, most Surinamese 鈥渞estaurants鈥� are in fact takeaways.
After a decade living in Amsterdam, I figured it was time to knuckle down and find out where I could find 鈥済enuine鈥� Surinamese food 鈥� and what best to order when I found it.
After a decade living in Amsterdam, I figured it was time to knuckle down and find out where I could find 鈥済enuine鈥� Surinamese food 鈥� and what best to order when I found it. By the end of my research, I still can鈥檛 say I鈥檝e found anywhere I鈥檇 take my friends for an entire evening, and I鈥檓 still very far from being an expert on what Surinamese food even constitutes. But then again, that鈥檚 perhaps not the point. If you know if anywhere that I鈥檝e missed out on, let me know in the comments! And if not, surely there鈥檚 an ambitious Surinamese chef out there ready to take up the challenge? ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
After a decade living in Amsterdam, I figured it was time to knuckle down and find out where I could find 鈥済enuine鈥� Surinamese food 鈥� and what best to order when I found it.
After a decade living in Amsterdam, I figured it was time to knuckle down and find out where I could find 鈥済enuine鈥� Surinamese food 鈥� and what best to order when I found it. By the end of my research, I still can鈥檛 say I鈥檝e found anywhere I鈥檇 take my friends for an entire evening, and I鈥檓 still very far from being an expert on what Surinamese food even constitutes. But then again, that鈥檚 perhaps not the point. If you know if anywhere that I鈥檝e missed out on, let me know in the comments! And if not, surely there鈥檚 an ambitious Surinamese chef out there ready to take up the challenge? ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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- Oosterpark
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