Dutch Table: The Best of Dutch Food | Season 1
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- David explores the “real” Dutch food of the Netherlands. From stamppot to rijfsttafel to the kapsalon to Surinamese food-modern-day Dutch food is not just cheese and potatoes.
👉 I'm hoping to showcase Dutch food in a "FUN" way based on my experience, internet research, and conversations with Dutchies and foreigners. These are my opinions.
I hope you enjoy it (and can find the "fun" in it too)
David
⏰ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:34 Hagelslag (Bread w/chocolate sprinkles) 🍩
02:27 Pannenkoeken (Pancakes) 🥞
03:14 Poffertjes (Mini pancakes) 🥞
03:29 Broodje kaas (Cheese sandwich) 🥪
05:17 Kapsalon ("Hair salon") 🌯
06:26 Stamppot ("Mashed pot") 🍲
07:27 Frites (Fries) 🍟
07:31 Appeltaart (Apple pie) 🍎
07:59 FEBO (Dutch snacks) 🌭
10:03 Bitterballen (Dutch meatballs) 🧆
10:27 Raw herring 🐟
10:54 Kibbeling (Fried fish) 🐠
11:23 Stroopwafel (Syrup waffle) 🧇
12:12 Rijsttafel (Rice table) 🇮🇩🍛
12:43 Toko (Asian shop) 🍱
13:44 Surinamese food 🇸🇷
14:22 Erwtensoep (Pea soup) 🥣
14:57 Ending
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- Every year, Dutch people eat around 600 million frikandels and 25 krokets per person (www.aksv.nl/feiten-en-cijfers)
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What is your favorite Dutch food? And...what's something you recommend that most people (foreigners) don't know about? 🇳🇱
Chinese, Indonesian, Surinam, Turkish etc..
You need to eat a bun with smoked Mackarel (preferbly with some black pepper)
A Dutch shrimp salad/cocktail. Dutch shrimp are very tiny but packed with a lot more flavor than most shrimps
Smoked eel on toast
Mussels or Oysters from Zeeland province
Red cabbage cooked with peeled apple chunks in it
Griesmeel pap (= semolina porridge) made warm or cold with some red fruit (or compote) (home made stuff, not the supermarket puddings which are not so good). find yourself a decent looking recipe on the internet. Oh and stir well and don't let it burn but mayby scrape out the caked warm pot once you poored the poirridge in bowls
🦁Since I'm Dutch and 'discovered' this recipe I'll call *the Royal Chili Bun* or the
*RCB* ™
🍔A very cheap snack I've discovered recently is Kaiser Brood (German buns) with Chili Cheese Bites.
I buy 'em at the Jumbo where:
- there are 4 buns in 1 pack of Kaiser Brood
- 12 Chili Cheese Bites in 1 pack
You have to heat them in the oven so put 4 buns + 4 Cheese Bites on the plate and heat them at 220°C for 9 minutes. After they're heated split each Cheese Bite through the middle and put it in the bun.
👨🍳Bon appétit!
👍As a Moluccan I eat every type of Dutch soup with lotsa rice instead of bread.
I eat:
- snert with rice + hot chips + add lotsa ketjap manis
- thick tomato soup with rice + corn
- hutspot with lotsa rice + gravy & mushrooms + chips
- vegetable soup with rice + chips
@@AlbertZonneveld Thanks for the recommendations! Oh wow, I've realized now that there is so much to Dutch food
Its not erwten soep if you spoon won't stand on its own.
That's a good one! I know what you mean
So true and that it’s taste better the next day?
SNERT GODVERDOMME
No, when it's liquid it is erwtensoep. When your spoon can stand straight up in the pan, it's snert.
Also, you shouldn’t get it from a bag or glass jar, the stuff they sell in the super market is rubbish. Best Dutch dishes are home made and taste so much different and better (if you know how to cook) from the ready made meals.
Good Snert/Erwtensoep is made with pig or beef shank and takes at least a couple of days to make. Very nice side dish with is is rye bread with katenspek (form of bacon)
Same thing applies for stamppotten. When I was young I would have agreed, everything tasted like potatoes and mushed vegetables, now when I am older and have made the meals myself I get it and the taste is so much better.
The rice with soup is something I learned from Indonesian friends and is something I do as well now, even ketjap in some soups.
And spicy food…. Oh yes, cannot get spicy enough!
Also, check the food in Rheinsberger part of the Netherlands, as you might now know the Netherlands is more than Amsterdam (I was surprised that you included Rotterdam) but also check the “vlaaien” for example in the south east of the Netherlands, various sausages Groningen and Drenthe and the various meals eaten in the eastern part of the country
The KLM cheese sandwich is ridiculous. I have no problem eating broodje kaas for lunch but not on my crazy expensive transatlantic KLM flight ffs😭😂
Yes!!! 😂😂😂 I feel seen haha
I didn't even know they offered these on big flights too wow 0_o I got them on a flight to Scotland which is a little over an hour. Do they even give JUST that on a long flight too???
@@SvenAntoniMaxim yes 😂 every time I fly Amsterdam San Francisco, I get that same sandwich for lunch 🧀 Dinner is different though…warm meal like pasta
@@hidavidwenthe worst thing is that they never have lactosefree options while a lot of the country is also lactose intolerant 😭
I've never experienced it, but even as a Dutch person I'd be a little offended if they did that.
As a Surinamese/Indonesian person myself its really great that you highlighted our cuisines, usually people do not mention this in these kind of videos.
and lets be fair they are the highlight of dutch food 😂
@@marten2522 an insult to broodje frikandel
In my opinion Dutch snacks are pretty good. But if you want an actual meal then Surinamese and/or Indonesian food is just the best. You can wake me up for Moksi Meti any time.
Other people just don't appreciate the efficiency, and the 'niceness' in the simplicity of many Dutch dishes.
I’ve learned a big part of Dutch food is efficiency :) thanks for sharing
Exactly. A dutch cheese sandwich may not be very elaborate or have tons of flavors, but you put it together in less than 2 minutes and then you have lunch. Also, I bet American home made sandwiches, especially in busy households, don't always have tons of ingredients either. At least the ones my Midwest host family made while I lived there didn't.
I'm Dutch and I don't even appreciate the efficiency. I get it it's fast to make, but I much much rather have a warm meal in my lunchbreak. Yes you might argue I could just make it, but as a kid I can't really start the rice cooker to make some curry for the lunchbreak.
When you're outnumbered by 50 to 1 ... there's probably something to be learned ;)
@@Daan-yt7ry Thankfully there’s always the tosti. A broodje kaas but warm!
Don't forget the stews, asparagus and seafood dishes! These are all more popular in the south of the country but they are SO GOOD. One traditional meal is asparagus with butter sauce, boiled salted potatoes, boiled eggs, and a couple of slices of oven-roasted ham on the bone with honey-mustard sauce.
Oh wow that sounds so good right now (as I am staring outside my bus staring into the fog and wind)…getting hungry
Yes, I believe the way we eat Asparagus is really Dutch. I believe it's our 'haute cuisine'.
I think the stews are the best we have to offer as part of "real dishes" +as opposed to snacks or sweets). Hachee with red cabbage is my favourite
@@maartenvz Yes, I like it too.
@@maartenvz I LOVE hachee with red cabbage as well! Dutch Roulades are also very nice in my opinion.
Fun story, I'm Dutch and I live in Romania. I live in Brașov and there's a Romanian guy who lived in Rotterdam for a few years. He started a fastfood restaurant with Kapsalon, Kibbeling and Poffertjes :'D
Haha niceeee...how's life in Romania?
@@hidavidwen It's amazing honestly. The wilderness, mountains, food, people.. I like to explore new things and Romania is not so well known, so it's perfect for me.
I have my own small company and I can work remotely. I love that freedom. And Romania has so many nice coffee places, good internet.. It's also quite cheap in comparison with The Netherlands of course.
For instance, I found an apartment at the edge of the forest and walk to the city center in 15 mins. Perfect.
What's also interesting is that you see that there's a big group of young people that are energetic and want to contribute to their country's future. Work on improving things. This is something I missed in The Netherlands as there's not much to improve anymore, especially as an individual. That spirit is nice to be in.
Furthermore, you do see that the country is developing quite fast and life is very easy and chill here in Transylvania. In winter I can snowboard, I just take an uber to the slopes and am there in 20-25 mins. There's a good mix of tradition and modernity imo.
@@Barthijzz Thanks for sharing. I've never been but sounds like a beautiful place to visit. Also because it's not as "touristy" and off the beaten path. I also miss the mountains too.
@@hidavidwen True! Of course the touristy places are most of the times beautiful, but this is another experience. I'd say Transylvania in particular is very beautiful and because there has been many foreign 'influences' you see a lot of diversity in architecture, food and culture. Besides that you have the nature, friendly people and the level is English is also quite good which makes traveling a whole lot easier.
Definitely worth a visit imo! But hey, otherwise I wouldn't be here of course :P
@@hidavidwen That reminds me.. Have you been traveling through Europe a lot? For instance to go to the mountains? I'm curious how Europe feels as an American, did you make a video about it by chance? Because I can imagine that you're used more to taking a plane and travel distances and just go to France without any doubt to see the mountains.
Most foreigners (and also the rest of the NLs) are totally unaware of the specific food of the Zeeland province. As a kid (i’m in my 50s now) we often went to the estuaries to collect shell fish (mussels, cockels, oysters and sea snails), we ate salt water vegetables (zeekraal, lamsoor) and many traditional dishes of organ(meats) thar were kind of considered as “poor man’s food” because the “better” meat was more expensive… people nowadays eat easy prepared food like fried snacks and it may be popular but they are considered Dutch but it really is not the traditional Dutch food.
Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I was thinking there is so much more "traditional" food that most people don't know about. It's never advertised. Hard to find. I'm in search of that...and probably different region by region too.
Bolus are from Zeeland, delicious!
probably because we like to forget zeeland exists lol
They have fallen out of favor, though now you can get mussels at the super market I don't really trust fresh seafood from those. I used to have a weekend job at a mussel and eel restaurant, most of the people who came there were belgian tourists. Eel in Green, fried eel and other flat fishes, Fish pot, various bits of fish in a creamy orange sauce. They also had fries and pancakes. About as close to a dutch restaurant as you can get, if only the food was actually good, haha (bad cook practices).
@@reginaldvputt Easy there mate, we're still better than Limburg
My mom's specialty was 'rundvlees met stoofperen'. I still can see the family table what all of us children, and dad, reacting to this special dish, typically at Christmas. Thanks, Mom, I love you and miss you!
We're an "almost nordic" country where farming and fishing were (and kinda still are) major occupations. Of course our traditional dishes would be simple, efficient, and with lots of energy/nutrients in them. They had to be.
Add to that that our ports became one of like the top 3 hubs for world trade, and our food culture shifted to incorporate dishes from all over the world as time went on. (adapted to our tastes of course)
Thanks for sharing!
I would say that this is more of a list of stereotypical foods associated with the Netherlands, rather than a definitive list of the best ones.
While fries, bitterballen, and frikandels are certainly popular, they are usually served as part of a larger dish, rather than on their own. For example, locals often order variations of fries, such as "patatje met" or "patatje oorlog" In fact, 'kapsalon' is another variation. Similarly, while we do have frikandels, they are typically served with sauce and not as standalone pieces, which include curry sauce, mayo, and onion. When it comes to snacks, going to a chain like Febo is seen as somewhat of a faux pas. It's better to visit a smaller, locally owned 'snackbar' for a more authentic experience.
As a Dutch person, I sometimes find it frustrating when people assume that we only eat cheese and bread, or hagelslag and bread, for breakfast. While these are quick and easy options, they're not necessarily representative of the wider range of breakfast choices available in the Netherlands. The reason people eat just cheese or hagelslag is is because those are fast meals you would eat if you have to go to work early in the morning or you are a university student. "broodje gezond' is a more indicative sandwich options, and for lunch "brootje bal" would be appropriate.
Personally, I'm not a fan of 'stamppot' or 'erwtensoep', but I recognize that many Dutch people love these dishes, especially when served with 'roggebrood' (rye bread). Besides these, we have a lot of potato-based dishes, including spinach with potato, asparagus with potato, and 'aardappel anders'. As a country that produces a lot of potatoes (we're the fourth largest producer in the EU and the second largest exporter in the world), it's no surprise that we have so many potato-based dishes. In Dutch culture, it is commonplace to have a simple dinner consisting of potatoes, meat (usually pork or chicken), and vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, or green beans are popular options). This reflects our cultural tendency to "do normal." While we don't have many famous dishes, this basic meal structure is prevalent in Dutch cuisine.
In my opinion, the Netherlands is more of a country focused on sweets. We have a wide variety of pastries, breads, candies, and more. While 'stroopwafels', 'poffertjes', and 'pannenkoeken' are certainly popular, we also have 'bossche bollen', 'oliebollen', 'appelflappen', 'tompoucen', 'spekkoek', 'drop', and 'hopjes'. The numerous bakeries and candy shops throughout the country are a testament to our love for all things sweet.
This isn't meant to be a critique of your video, just my personal opinion as a native Dutch person.
Thanks, I really appreciate your reply! Very educational. Yeah there are definitely stereotypes of what Dutch food is-potatoes and cheese. I mean...that is true to a large extent but not entirely true. What I've learned (and also from comments like yours) is that...there is SO MUCH more to Dutch food. A lot of it is homemade. And many are now a fusion of other cultures too. And different by region.
Which means...I should think about preparing my stomach for a Round 2 =)
Boh kerel getriggerd omdat we gwn steriotypische kaaskoppen zijn, boeie
Spekkoek is Indisch
@@Juuzx6 En? Het mooie is toch dat de Nederlandse eetcultuur is verrijkt met alles wat ooit van ver kwam.
@@MMP-ICT I'm not triggered just giving my own two cents. its like pointing out the limitations on an academic paper, he isn't wrong in any way, I'm just pointing out that there is more to be covered here.
I'm surprised at how good he is able to pronounce most of the names of our meals lmao, usually english speaker's completely butcher the pronounciations.
Ohhhhh thank you, that means a lot!!
Maat hij sprak stamppot uit als "stemppat"
Most English speakers pronounce 'Stroopwafel' as 'Stroepwaffel', but not David.
You should definitely make your own pancakes, since the recipe is simple and cheap. You can also add any toppings you like. My personal favorite is apple slices with brown sugar and cinnamon. Or just plain with syrup or apple/maple syrup.
We usually also add butter to our cheese sandwich. And there is a more rich variant called broodje gezond which translates into "healthy sandwich" which is cheese, tomatoes, egg and lettuce usually with butter or mayonnaise. And yes we are aware it's not actually that healthy. 😅
Thanks for sharing! I’m a big fan of pancakes..and do agree that the simple pancakes can be so much tastier
@@hidavidwen you can also bake them with raisins, cheese, apple slices or bacon
Bacon and Canadian maple syrup. That's my favorite pancake combo.
@TheNorthingNL welp that’s a nice word that a Dutch person could say congratulations👏👏 with ur 57 likes
As an Indonesian newly relocated to Amsterdam, I just love that there are Toko's everywhere. So easy to get Indo groceries. Great thorough list you made here!
Oh yeah I only recently discovered tokos in the past few years…but they are now my go-to places for food when I need something good, quick, and cheap!
Hi David defenitely a nice selection but you could've maybe represented a couple of foods eaten more outside of the Randstad. Think of Frisian Suikerbrood (sugarbread), drogeworst from the northeast and vlaai, bosche bol and zeeuwse bolus from the south. Also hachee and koeken (gevulde koek, speculaas, bokkenpootjes, boterkoek, etc.) and festivefoods would've been nice to see (kruidnoten, chocolade kruidnoten, oliebollen, (oranje)tompoucen, gourmetten, eastereggs). Maybe interesting for a follow-up video?, much love from Overijssel!
Oh wow never heard of some of these but thanks for sharing-I wrote them down. I’ll have to try them..enough for perhaps a “season 2” when my stomach is ready haha. Appreciate it!
Definitely food with a high appeal to the American diabetic taste.
also traditional dutch candy like zeeuwse babbelaars, kaneelkussentjes and minthopjes. we have quite a lot of good sweet food haha
And don't forget salty liquorice :) if you can stomach it ofc. I think the Baltics, Nordics and the Dutch like it
@@zimzimph Haha yes the drop! I bought some drop from some famous store in the Jordaan in Amsterdam...it was pretty good but really expensive...
The fact you were able to make a 15 minute video about the best of dutch food is extraordinary 😂😂. As someone born and raised here, I would've stopped after the first clip. "The country that taste forgot" The end 🎉
Hahaha thanks
I wouldn't even say the "best" food. Just the most stereotypical/well known ones. Granted most of our "best" food are dishes adapted from other countries, but that's kinda what you get when your country is one of the main trade hubs of the world and most of your economy used to be based on it.
@@Sanquinity The problem with our own dishes is that most Dutch people don't know how to make them anymore. If we treated stamppot like the Italians treated their pasta dishes, it would be fantastic. But most Dutch people have no respect for our own culinary traditions. We'll look up how to make rendang (which is great), but we can't boil a potato.
@@Handwithaface and most people don't seem to care about quality ingredients. We buy cheapest ingredients possible, no matter the taste (yes I'm generalising). And everything has to be precut, preseasoned etc. I dread going to dutch dinners and barbeques because of this. Dry plain baguettes, low quality hamburgers and sausages etc.
Possibly this is not something that's limited to dutch people, many people seem to have lost interest in cooking / baking, unfortunately.
Onzin! Ik (deense) heb 'n tijd in A'dam gewoont (Rietveldt akademie), en volgens mij kan je in Nederland heel wat lekkers te eten krijgen: boerenkool met gelderse worst, rijst & kapuzijners, broodje lever (met spekjes!), babi pangang (hoewel dat chinees/indonees is), hutspot, de haring met uien en gurkjes - noem maar op!
Sorry about my poor Dutch: I haven't spoken it, let alone tried writing it, for about half a century. Dutch food may not be termed "haute cuisine", but it's superb comfort food!
Kindest greetings from Copenhagen ❤
The cheese sandwich for lunch was VERY accurate 😂
However, bread and hagelslag is not that common for breakfast. Most kids would love it, but parents often require a savory bread topping like cheese or cold cuts meat to start the day with. Then, the second sandwich of the day could be sweet, as sort of a dessert to the first sandwich.
For dinner, I would like to add the “AVG” to your list. Being an acronym for Aardappels, Vlees, Groente (potatoes, meat and vegetables), the dish consists of just that: potatoes, a piece of meat and vegetables. Cooked until mushy, and barely seasoned (which makes you wonder where all the colonized spices ended up) it is the pinnacle of the Dutch strife for efficiency.
I'd love to be a kid again... just to have the excuse to eat hagelslag/chocolate for breakfast =)
Never heard of AVG...but sounds like something I'd love. It's a good thing I really like potatoes...thanks!
Certainly 'aardappels, groenten en vlees' is the foundation of Dutch everyday cooking. But it doesn't have to be prepared badly for it to be Dutch ..
If you grew up with the food cooked till mushy, you and your parents are just bad cooks. That has nothing to do with Dutch cuisine.
@@slaapt isnt erwten soep suposed to be mushy?
AVG is disgusting, the moment I was old enough to pay and cook my own meals I haven't eaten it once since. My parents insisted on it though, since yes, it is very *easy* to make... but good? Never.
A Dutchie here: one thing that I haven't seen in the video OR the comments: the bread and cheese are efficient, yes but we like have 1000 different cheese flavors here in The Netherlands. So there is like a few different bread flavors to choose from and multiply that with cheese flavors = million combinations. Young cheese tend to go hand in hand with very white bread for me, but also dark brown bread with old cheese with lightly spread butter. Intense combination. All that from 2 simple ingredients together.
Thanks for sharing! Yeah there’s a lot of different cheese flavors…and what I’ve also learned is all the different combinations! I mean if you do the math…yeah infinite combinations!
KLM used to do boxes with stroopwafel inside (along with the broodje kaas) as a snack on the flight. As a Dutch person, I'm sad they removed the stroopwafels.
Oh whattttt, I've never had stroopwafels with KLM. Sad face =(
@stefanwilkens congratulations if your dutch
10:25 the difference in face expression from eating bitterballen and having to eat haring is hilarious😂😂
OMG…. This episode is full of your hard work and fun. 👍👍
Thanks Wawa! Really appreciate you saying that because...this one did take A LOT of time and energy. And probably wasn't the best for my health too haha. But it was fun. And happy to hear you enjoyed it!
@@hidavidwen I can see that. So glad to be your fan here. Happy weekend!
Kruimelvlaai with custard filling, or vlaai for that matter, is amazing. I usually get them from the local supermarket because they buy them fresh from a local bakery. Buttered ontbijtkoek is a pretty nice and quick breakfast option. Zuurvlees with fries is also pretty nice
Also, did you actually just use Dixieland as background music for the hagelslag lmfao
Mmm thanks Kevin! I love vlaai-had a bunch when I lived in Maastricht! Wow Zuurvlees with fries look reallly good
AND HAHA YES-Dixieland-good ear!
Great premiere. The food looked delicious 👍
Thanks Chris! Haha glad you found the food delicious, the presentation matters!
Love the Herman Brood painting in the backround!
Thank you for showcasing these foods of the Dutch cuisine! Gives me some reassurance as to what to expect when I travel there for a visit. Good video!
Thanks for the kind words! Enjoy your visit!
Don't forget to try a Bossche Bol! (banketbakkerij Jan de Groot) Also tompouce and gevulde speculaas! 😊
Added the Bossche Bol to my list, thanks!! I’m hungry now
I'm from Den Bosch and yes the Bosche Bol is something you should try if you're into dutch cuisine. But it is shocking how proud we are of chocolate filled with whipped cream. Any time someone from Den Bosch is out of town and sees a Chocolade Bol at a bakery they have to say that it isn't the real thing like it's hard to put whipped cream in chocolate.
While I love a good Bossche bol it is nothing different from a large slagroomsoes (cream puff) with chocolate on top. Not sure why Den Bosch thinks theirs is so special. 😜 I'm pretty sure it's originally a French pastry.
Just like the tompoes by the way which they call a millefeuille. I much prefer the French version. It's bigger and you get more filling and more crust.
Many Dutch pastries aren't as Dutch as we often like to think. 😊
Btw, adding gingerroot to carrot and onion stamppot is amazing. Adding salt and then whatever spices you want can make it veeery savory. Add any popular spice mix from whatever culture and the mashed up goodness can become anything, just like an omelette
Mmmm...good idea! It's 12am...and I am really hungry thinking about this...
People that say my country’s food is bland have never actually had any of the food here. Our food is simple. Yes. But simple does not equal bland. Add to that that our country is one of the most multicultural in the world and there are so many different tastes, from Japanese to Chinese to Surinamese to Turkish to Mexican etc etc
And even just traditional Dutch dishes, which mostly came from eras where there was poverty so they had to create simple dishes from anything they had/leftovers, taste lovely.
The only thing I wish is that the Netherlands had more spicy food natively, but sadly most Dutch people don’t do well with spice. As someone with Indonesian heritage I grew up with spicy food and I adore it.
Thanks for the video 😊
Haha I also love spicy food and adore it-I'm also Asian and know what you mean. But what I've come to learn about Dutch food...is that it's not just potatoes and cheese (as it is stereotyped to be)...but it is a fusion...of many different cultures...I didn't know Indonesian/Surinamese/Turkish food to be "Dutch" food...but it really is (eg. you won't find the rijsttafel served in Indonesian)
Hasje, stoof, not exactly spicy in the hot sense but definetly intesily flavoured or spiced dishes.
Another personal favorite is stompot hete bliksem, mashed potage hot lightning, Which has apples onions and spices (nutmeg and cinomon) and in my opinion should be served with suurkool
@@hidavidwenYes very true. Indo food can be very different in Indonesia. Except a nasi goreng which became a Dutch staple food. It's the same in both countries. 😎
This has to be the best video I’ve seen about Dutch food. Now I can show my friends from abroad 😂
Thanks Carolinna 😁 It was fun and tasty to make =)
Love the effort you put in making this video😳.
Aw thanks a lot-that really means A LOT to me…because I did spend a lot of time on it 🙏🙏
The indonesian rice table was good information! Didn’t know that there were other food like tokos as well besides cheese and bread there. Nice video David. Will look out for these whenever I visit Netherlands
Thanks Mag! Haha I didn’t know that as well until researching the origins! Hope all is well
Looks amazing!
Nomnomnom!
Very nice video David, thank you. I grew up in the Netherlands, my mother was born in 1939 and she cooked usually potatoes, vegetables and meat. A lot of cabbage. Stamppot ofcourse and snert, but also vegetable soup (to me that is very dutch too, but I know it isn't). Later on she tried other dishes like nasi goreng and italian pasta, or baked potatoes with salads, like chicory salad. When I went to live on my own, I never cooked potatoes, because that was old-fashioned. I ate Italian, Indonesian, Greek or Mexican food, although I never thought about it in terms of countries. To me it is all (also) Dutch, because it is available here.
Thanks Mai for sharing! Italian, Indonesian, Greek, Mexican-I'd love to try your homecooking haha. But that's also the biggest thing I've learned...that modern day Dutch food is a result of so many different foods from other cultures-a fusion. And it's a beautiful thing.
Tbf, most 'mayo' served in Dutch snackbars (and even restaurants) isn't mayo but 'fritessaus'. Very different flavor profile, less fatty, and a lot sweeter. Real mayo is more tangy, nor sweet, sometimes with a slight lemon flavor if it's made with lemon juice, and more eggy. And goes very well with hot cheese dishes such as kaassoufflé or tosti 😁
Yea fritessaus is...VERY different from mayo. I personally hate the taste of fritessaus. And hate it even more if a restaurant/snackbar advertises mayo, but then gives you fritessaus.
Though a lot more can be done with proper mayo. Lemon is one, but you can also mix it with curry (kerrie), chili sauce, truffle paste, ketchup/curry sauce, peanut sauce, etc.
I live in the Netherlands and I never heard of FEBO
@@Scifiwolf666Yeez Febo is everywhere. It's an Amsterdam chain though. It's a acronym for Ferdinand Bol straat. It's not my go to snackbar though but they really are in towns in all corners of the country. Train stations especially.
@@moladiver6817 I think you are confusing the train stations' "Smullers" with Febo. Febo is not in train stations.
@@Foxwild-tf6ns You are right. I checked Google Maps. Outside Amsterdam they're in The Hague, Den Bosch, Tilburg, Nijmegen among other places. There used to be a Febo in Rotterdam but they closed that one. I guess they couldn't compete with Bram Ladage and diner chain Verhage.
Dont forget that we not only eat chocolate in our sandwiches, but some also just straight up put speculoos koekjes (a type of cookie) on their bread.
Hahaha entire cookies on bread?! Wow. I can taste it right now...
@@hidavidwen Haha, try a slice of bread with ontbijtkoek and a good layer of butter in between. Great nostalgia food for me.
@@hidavidwen Speculoos is the same as Biscoff, which is popular almost everywhere in the world
Speculoos is the Belgian version of speculaas but without most of the spices. Hence the -loos in the end. Think of Bastogne cookies. My mum still eats speculaas cookies on bread sometimes.
Love the Chef's Table vibe in the beginning 🤌
Honestly a great and pretty wide selection you've put here. Quite a few things I wasn't aware of myself (rijsttafel being our invention for example). There's of course plenty of other stuff but I think you did a great job showcasing different kind of foods and snacks, good stuff!
Thanks for the kind words. And based on the comments, there may be ideas to do 100 episodes of Dutch food =)
as a dutchman i have to say well done ❤️
Thanks Jesse 🙏
what a nice person you are, I really enjoy watching you
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Nice video David! As a Dutch myself, this is a very good overview to show to my foreign colleagues!
Haha thanks Stefan! And I’ve learned that there is so much more I haven’t covered too…
Ive been living in the netherlands for most my life, but also lived in norway, scotland and italy. Our food isnt the greatest this is true, but it is somewhat unique, but the most unique part is indeed the multicultural food. Whenever i eat there is a 50% chance of eating simple dutch food, hearty, easy to make, cheap but with decent taste, or i eat something international, wether it be italian, french, indonesian, south american, thai, afghan, turkish, etheopian, you can find everything anywhere and since i was young have been taught these recipes. I love how youe enthousiastic about the dutch food even though it is both special and not special (still better than scotland with fried mars bars and fried pizza... though haggis is very good).
Thanks Thijs-yeah I’ve come to learn modern day Dutch food is a fusion of different cultures. And it’s great!
When I got children I introduced them as young a possible to all kind of food and flavours, and that has really paid off. They like almost everything. We used to go to the market on saturdays and buy groceries, but also went to eat a herring of kibbeling. The children loved that. Once a german tourist wanted to make a picture of my 2-year old son eating a herring with onions, they thought it was really strange. I must say I learned to appreciate the old-fashioned food more when I grew older. I love all kinds of stamppot in wintertime, you can make all kinds of variations to them, into a casserole, combined with more vegetables and different spices.
Mmmm yeah seeing people eat raw herring was also strange to me at first (probably to most foreigners)...but not so different from sushi. Learning how it is prepared was also interesting (it's actually not "raw"!). Thanks for sharing, I've learned a lot from your stories =)
You’re a trooper for trying everything!
Amazing video!
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I would definitely fit very well into the Dutch culture of the cheese sandwich, quick and simple 😄 thank you for sharing all these interesting foods!! I can't wait for you to make a video of Taiwanese foods if you ever get a chance to visit!
Thanks Dan! Oh I miss Taiwanese food. I spent a summer in Taipei and loved it. The night markets. The cute cafes. I'm getting hungry!
That's the point of a lot of traditional Dutch food yea. Efficient, quick, simple, and filling. A simple cheese sandwich might be joked about, but it does the job, is cheap, is easy to take with you, quick to eat, and is relatively healthy too.
😂😂 how that sandness-sandwich brings absolute Joy at times. Sweet. Quick. Simple. Good.
Sometimes, i don't even have the patience to put the butter on the bread.
"Quick. Simple. Good" Haha I can tell...spoken like a Dutchie right here =)
Those stampots look really good!
Finally someone who doesn't make fun of the simple yet effective cheese sandwich. My American friends always find it weird because sandwiches are more elaborate over there.
My favorite is hachee, it's a stew of beef, onions and spices it's delicious.
Mmmm thanks Leonie, that sounds good right now. I’ll add that to my list!
@@hidavidwen Have it with hutspot! Hutspot met hachee is the best combo. My grandma's specialty, haha
@@aedegroot94 I always eat hachee this way.... mashed potatoes, red cabbage and hachee
@@aedegroot94 Mmm anything from grandma's house makes it extra tasty 😊
my go-to pannenkoek is a bacon pancake with pancakesyrup/maplesyrup, its a classic.
Great video explaining dutch food and what it has to offer! Thanks from a dutchie who always recommends surinamese food :)
Thanks Jason! Had no idea about Surinamese food until coming to the Netherlands...now it's one of my "go to" places when I eat out/takeaway =)
Boerenkool with rookworst is my favorite winter.
I feel that erwtensoep is really different and much better when homemade, you should give that a try.
Yessss
vlammetjes are also a great fried dutch snack
and i can't believe you made this video without mentioning licorice. If i think longer about it i will probably find more .
Vlammetjes?! Oh I have to try!
And...I had drop (licorice) on the list too...but maybe for another episode :) I ate a bunch of food in that one week...and my stomach needed a break
Oh man I was expecting you to like the raw herring--that was my favourite when I was in the Netherlands. Thanks for this video. I'm hungry now
Cool that you have a painting of Herman Brood. A sweet and a very funny man. So many laughs.
Thanks, yeah he was!
Chocolate sprinkles on healthy Dutch bread is so much better than sugary American cereal 😜
Oh and don’t use simple white bread for sandwiches… 🫣
Thanks for sharing Esther. For me...chocolate sprinkles are always a good idea on almost anything (I've always had a sweet tooth haha)
I have to recommend a restaurant called Moeders. It’s like a theme restaurant, about (Dutch) mother’s cooking.
I found it by watching a UK travel show 😛
It was really fun and tasty last time I visited.
Thanks Haiwen. Yes I know Moeders-I've never been, but the waiting list is so long! Now I have to go...
@@hidavidwen The "mothers" saw me carrying a tube of Voltaren, and kindly asked me "what happened". It was just too sweet 🥰
you can litteraly wake me up in the middle of the night for Boerenkool! my absolute Fav!
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The moment i saw a kapsalon. i instantly ordered one. Thanks brother
Nice!!!
my personal favorite dutch dessert is called 'Bossche bolle' they are big, round with a donut like crust cream/ice cream filled. with a layer of chocolate on the outside covering the whole thing, or 'tompoes' a traditional cream filled dessert with normally a pink glaze, but on kings day (the birthday of the dutch king) it's orange. the crusts are the same on the bossche bol and the tompoes
I love those as well, but they are not desserts. These are „gebakjes“ and are eaten with coffee or tea like a piece of apple pie or cake.
The Bossche bol is in fact a round profiterolle so it has no donut like crust. The tompouce of puffe pastry (bladerdeeg).
@@marcia9278 ik bedoelde ook bladerdeeg
Oh the "Bossche bolle"-I've heard of this one when I visited Den Bosch! But I didn't get a chance to try. They looked really good though. Well, adding this to my list as well, thanks for the reminder!
@@fbi5877 bossche bol is geen desert...het kan gebruikt worden als een desert maar officieel is het geen desert
Raw andijvie stamppot with bacon and gravy 😊 And a simple pannenkoek with bacon and syrup
Thanks Mirjam. I can tell you like bacon...me too =) In the US, I used to eat a lot of eggs + bacon. Good to know that bacon is eaten here too with stamppot and pannenkoek! 🥓🥓🥓
I love how you have multiple Herman Brood paintings!
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I started salvating when the stamppots showed on screen, that boerenkool looks delicious.
Now I'm distracted again. Have a great weekend and hope you have some stamppot soon!
As for the cheese sandwich, you can pick a yellow cheese of any age. The older the cheese, the stronger the hearty flavour. And if you want some melted cheese, a medium aged cheese still melts well and also gives you that nice salty cheese flavour.
Thanks for the lesson!
Thanks for the video. Well done! I would like to hear a bit more culinary opinion on each dish, but hey, it’s not that complicated I guess. I grew up in NL as a Swede. My mom never cooked this stuff so I learned through the years. Basically, all the foods should be homemade, like the erwtensoep, or pancakes. And I grew up with Surinamese and Indonesian fiends… I can’t tell you how many times I called my mom at 6pm: “can I stay here for dinner?”. Which was perfect, because Dutch people don’t let you stay for dinner that easily 😂
Thanks for sharing and for the kind words! Oh yeah, what I'm learning is that there is SO MUCH more to Dutch food (if you look at the comments section) but like you said-many of them are homemade-so you can't really find these foods in restaurants. Or you really have to know where to look. And also many foods are specific to specific regions too.
Haha I know what you mean about "staying for dinner." So I assume you are quite familiar with Indonesian and Surinamese food.
Curious...as a Swede that grew up in NL...did you grow up eating Swedish food too?
@@hidavidwen oh for sure! And it’s better than Dutch food, but that’s easy 🤣. (But stay away from “Surströmming”! )
@@hidavidwen I would recommend you look into 'wegrestaurants' or 'chauffuers caffes', they often serve up more traditional home made dutch foods. If you ever are in the area of Amersfoort I would recommend 'De Tweede Steeg'
Stamppot, Hutspot etc is especially great on those colder autumn and winter days. Personally I also love a boterham with hagelslag once a week.
Very good video!
Thanks!
Love me some stampot! Haven't had it in decades (not since I left my mom and dad's house). Historically, just a way for poor Dutch people to use what they could scrounge together or had available to fix a hearty, if sometimes bland, meal. OTOH my American wife makes a wonderful Erwtensoep that she'll make for me on a regular basis. Always tastes like going home (my mom and dad's house and Nederland). Thanks for the video. And, yes, I still eat Hagelslag on a regular basis. It helps sort of living near the Dutch colony of Grand Rapids/Holland/Zealand/etc., Michigan.
Thanks Hellmuth! Haha nice that you still eat hagelslag, some other Dutch commenters said that hagelslag is only for kids.
But hey…who says adults can’t enjoy things like hagelslag, candy, whatever!
Love the delivery, great video! you could try old Dutch candy there is quite a variety although modern candy has replaced them in the average grocery stores. Also speculaas might also be familiar to people from USA because i've heard they sell it nowadays as speculoos cookie butter (with emphasis on the cookie butter part). But in Belgium and the Netherlands its eaten as a cookie (although you can also get it as a spread)
Thanks! Oh I do love speculaas. I was going to add “drop” to the video too but maybe next time :)
Haagse hopjes (coffee candy)!
I like the Herman Brood on youre wall!
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This is legit one of the best Dutch Food videos I've come across. You should make another episode with seasonal snacks like kruidnoten (normal and chocolate covered), pepernoten, oliebollen, "feest"stol, but also snacks like the tompouce and the Hema/Unox rookworst
Thanks for the kind words. Yes adding that to my list
@@hidavidwen No problem! You deserve the praise. I was actually surprised by how good it is. I'm not particularly proud of the Dutch "cuisine" except for the Indonesian (as a half Indonesian dude) and Surinamese, but you actually got me hyped up about Dutch food. This is exactly what I would want if I went here.
One note though, you haven't eaten a kaassoufflé or bitterbal if you don't burn your mouth first from eating them too quickly 😜
Oh! And Bram Ladage > FEBO any day of the week. Bram Ladage is legit one of the biggest icons in Rotterdam and I'm not even kidding. But there's no Bram in Amsterdam so I forgive you.
Let me be the first Dutch viewer to give this video the official "GEKOLONISEERD" comment. You have now been approved by the Dutch viewerbase that will inevitably find your video after it has been hit by the algorithm. But in all seriousness, I highly enjoyed this video. As a Dutchman myself I am not particularly fond of our "traditional" dishes (mainly stamppot and the classic AVG of potatoes, meat and veg), but I do adore our fusion kitchens such as Indonesian, Surinamese and various Chinese/general Asian influences, so thank you for highlighting them. People tend to forget how much of a culinary impact our former colonies have had on our eating habits.
Thanks, this means a lot! It was a fun video to make...took a lot of time/energy so appreciate the kind words. And GEKOLONISEERD-I saw quite of few mentions of this word in the comments...I thought it was a "bot" at first..and then Googled it....😁😁
het is kanker cringe stop om gekoloniseerd te zeggen
you should've had some roggebrood (rye bread) with spek (bacon) alongside the pea soup! its a classic sidedish to the soup.
Thanks Maurits. Well another one to add to the list!
Nice herman brood paintings in the back
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Heel goed gedaan! 😂❤
Dankjewel!
Snert is also delicious with rice in it…😋 you should try it!
Thanks Ilse! I’ve tried it with rice and it’s tasty! Actually, I love eating rice with soup in general :)
You briefly showed Dutch fries but you didn't mention "patatje oorlog", it's fries with mayonnaise, peanut sauce and onions!
(You also didn't mention bapaos, it's a steamed savory usually with a bit of meat inside)
Thanks! Bapaos...I know them (well mostly from Albert Heijn haha)...I like them =)
I also missed speciaal saus both with fries and with frikandel
@@hidavidwen they are vietnamees but also sold alot in the Netherlands
@@theluckyhades8305Bao is Chinese in fact. Often served in dim sum restaurants too. Or here in Thailand they sell variations even in mini markets in microwave packages ready to eat. Big ones and small ones,filled with whatever you like. Of meat or something sweat.
Very good video! To the point, efficient, very Dutch ;)
Hahah thanks Owen =)
When I visited the Netherlands with my family as a teenager , I loved the automat! Nasiballs were great along with frikendel
MMMM....nasiballs
Dear David Wen,
You did better than most people on CZcams. Thank you for that.
Still... A lot of the things you mentioned (and most other foreigners mention) are snacks. Not daily food. Snacks.
Also: don't forget you live in Amsterdam. In other parts of the country they do eat warm lunch for example.
I was happy though with you mentioning rijsttafel, toko's and Surinamese. What people, also in the Netherlands, don't seem to realize is that most European food comes from elsewhere. The famous "French" ratatouille for example is, ingredient wise, more Mexican (tomato, pepper, zucchini) than French. Eggplant, onion and garlic come from Asia. So how "French" is it? Is it more French than rijsttafel? Not at all. Rijsttafel is as dutch as ratatouille is French. Simple.
Now I already saw some Dutch people with good comments. Mentioning all the fish for example.
As a kid, I always enjoyed the so called "fish trio" for a starter. Back then, kind of cheap. Nowadays, quite expensive. The classic one is with eel, grey (Hollandse) shrimp & smoked salmon. Add some leek, some horseradish sause and fresh lemon... It's the best❤🎉
Don't forget all other typical dutch soups: white asparagus, traditional tomato soup with little meatballs, mustard soup, "brown bean" soup, etc, etc... All for a starter as well.
Main course: cod, angler (in English also known as monkfish) or sole. Three very traditional and very delicious fishes. They go together with krieltjes (small potatoes), green beans or Brussels sprouts, some sort of sauce (usually butter, lemon or crème fraîche), zeekraal (salicornia... See Wikipedia) and... Nutmeg for the vegetables!
Or: fresh kapucijners! (field peas)... Get them in summer. Our national hero Annie MG Schmidt (author of many wonderful children's books) wrote about Kaapse Raasdonders and the basis is simple : field peas, onions and lard.
To build a very popular and traditional dish: add cooked potatoes, piccalilly sauce, Amsterdam Zuur (pickles and tiny marinated onions) & eat it with stoofvlees (beef stew).
I swear... You can wake me up in the middle of the night for this :)
There is so much more but... Time for dessert :
Griesmeelpudding met warme stoofpeertjes... (semolina pudding with warm stewed pears...)
You don't get that anywhere else!! 😊
Now, this is the real thing! Bon appétit !!
Thanks Lennert, that means a lot to me! And thanks for the thoughtful reply.
There's so much more Dutch foods to try. Including soups like you mentioned. I'm also a big fish fan...and I love stoofvlees. It's 12am, and I'm getting really hungry thinking about stoofvlees (when I should be in bed). Thanks!
I think people appreciate Dutch breakfast and lunch. Like it’s not only the chocolate sprinkles and cheese, people have a whole plater of things to put on bread that they just take out in the morning and noon to eat. Also a Dutch dinner is not completely without vlan
Mmmm vlan! Thanks for sharing
wow you really covered it all this was really fun to watch. also, erwtensoep is often referred to as ‘snert’ it kinda matches how the soup looks lol
Thanks Mila 😁 it was fun to make. Even more fun to eat :)
Het eten is heerlijk. Eenvoudig en lekker.
when you are in Leiden again i would suggest going to the national museum of antiquities, its an amazing museum, that also has some really cool restaurants nearby (moana poke is a really good place to get some custom pokebowls + its really good) .
Thanks for the recommendation. I’m stating to like Leiden more and more. Found my new favorite restaurant there too recently :)
@@hidavidwen Dapp Frietwinkel definitely has the best fries in Leiden! ;) I personally think we also have some amazing restaurants that use local cuisine!
This might be more a part of the sweets culture of the Dutch, but I am surprised at how few people outside of the Netherlands (and I think Scandinavia + Finland) enjoy salted licorice and salmiak. You've got the classics like the salmiak lollipop and zoute drop. Definitely not for everyone, but very quintesentially Dutch.
Thanks Wolfram. Yeahhhh I grew up licorice (red color)!in the US but wasn’t a big fan of it. But I think it’s the black color that scares people
😅🤣😅🤣👍not bad...really enjoyed r film promoting our food....good luck
Thanks jan-willem! Appreciate it =)
My granddad used to make me an authentic Dutch apple pie for my brithday every year. I would eat almost the entire thing by myself because it is so incredibly good. Love it.
thank goodness there are a lot of non-dutch food in The netherlands. I laughed really hard when you showed bread and cheese as a lunch, hahahaha. don't forget bread and pindaskaas! (this is my daily breakfast though)
Haha yes! I grew up with bread and pindakaas. Actually…I used to eat Hawaiian bread with pindakaas with sugar…no idea where that came from but I used to eat a lot of that haha
@@hidavidwen my grandpa always eats his bread with pindakaas and sugar. Its reasonably common, less common than the combo, bread + pindakaas + hageslag though.
You should eat the kaassoufle with Dutch peanut sauce, it’s the best combo!
Thanks! I've been told like 10x now...so I definitely will try it!
sorry hoor maar kaassouffle met satesaus is ketterij. curry is de enige juiste keuze
Ik heb het ook over pindasaus en niet satésaus.. en over ketterij gesproken hé! Curry haha, het is geen frikandel hè ;)
Very well produced succinct overview of Dutch Cuisine
Thanks Hans! It was fun to make it =)
@@hidavidwen I am a fan of Chef's table. My wife recommended me the video. I did not see the thumbnail until after watching. I immediately recognised it.
Very entertaining video. Suggestions: Leverworst - Krentenbollen - Hangop
Thanks Sander. And thanks for sharing, adding those to my list!
If you don’t want to make erwtensoep yourself. The Hema had a really good one. You should also add their Rookworst in slices to it. It is so delicious!
In the beginning with the breads I thought you guys were a bit negative but oh well. We do eat other things than bread for breakfast and lunch. Like kwark, cereal, muesli, Swedish rye bread, for lunch we have salads, wraps, broodjes with more than cheese, our deli section is very big as you may have noticed in stores. Soups etc 🫠
Thanks Arina. The Hema has some really good food :)
With the bread...I wanted to show them first what the typical stereotypes of Dutch food are and then show them some of the things they probably didn't know about. In a fun way :)
Anyways, there is much more than bread/potatoes/cheese (which are the normal stereotypes)!
@@hidavidwen Kinda funny how they reacted to breakfast, since the most typical and common amarican breakfast is a bowl of cereal. A food so bland the inventer thought it would make people to depressed to matrubate.
No! Buy it at a Butcher, they always have erwtensoep and its way better.
I rarely leave my village and I have never heard of ''febo'' in my life. Can't believe I learned something in a video from my own country which is apparently already considered a huge part of our culture.
Haha glad you learned something new!
So, what’s your age then. And which village are you living?!?
@@InMyMind2304 small Village close to Rotterdam. I'm currently 24.
Flavor wasn't forgotten. The Dutch had an entire monopoly on it even.
I loooove toko’s and Surinamese food. Can’t go wrong with some classic roti.
Oh yes my favorites!!
Broodje kaas is the best if you get cheese from the market that u have to slice yourself :) way fresher and has a lot more flavour to it. The prepackaged cheese from the supermarket is normally more bland and not fresh. And i know many like “jonge kaas” bus I prefer old cheese bc it has way more flavour.
Jonge kaas is gewoon plastic met een smaakje
I live in the Netherlands and u forgot a funny detail. It depends where on the country you are. For example you can only these snacks in the north part like Groningen, you can get "raspatat" (different kind of fries) or "eierbal" (deep fried egg). Hope you visit different places in the Netherlands :D
Thanks for sharing. I guess I'll have more food adventures to come =)
ras patat al van af eind 70 begin jaren 80 al in den haag en eierbal is eigenlijk schots engels
Raspatat basically are deep fried strings of mashed potato from a pasta press. I'm not a fan but it is a thing.
patatje oorlog 😋
Ik heb echt nog nooit van een eierbal gehoord
Cool broodje hanging on the wall
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I like to see how this is nornal for me cause i life in the netherlands and im dutch and see him enjoying food i can eat everyday