Diverse SURINAMESE Food Tour Around the Capital | Paramaribo, Suriname
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- My first day in Suriname continued with an unforgettable and diverse Surinamese food tour around Paramaribo for lunch! Come along with me as I sample some of the best foods and alcoholic beverages in Suriname and see more of its amazing capital city!
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My food tour began with my boy Imro from Jenny Tours at a spot called Wok on Fire, which sells Chinese food! There is a sizeable Chinese population in Suriname because indentured servants from China were came to work in Suriname after slavery was outlawed. This spot is run by Imro’s family, so I couldn’t wait to meet them and try the food!
First, I got some chow mein. It looked phenomenal! It contained chicken and lots of veggies, including peppers. The variety of peppers with the chicken was a fantastic combination. It was so fresh and really hot, temperature-wise. The chicken was nice and tender, and the noodles had a bit of spice to them! I bit into a huge chili and the heat hit me out of nowhere and made me stop for a second! It was like Chinese food with a tropical flair, and I loved it! Best of all, it only cost $3 USD!
From there, we headed out to get a cold beer. It was almost noon and it was in July, so it was scorching out. As we rode to our destination, I could see lots of small, older buildings in the Dutch style and lots of restaurants. We arrived at the Suriname Supermarket and found four types of Atlas beers. They had alcohol content levels of 8.5%, 12%, 14%, and 16%! I got the Mega Strong, which was the 16%. It cost 16 SRD or about $2 USD.
It was strong and was from the Netherlands. It was definitely intense! It’s an American malt beer. Imro and I shared it; if we hadn’t, we would have been in trouble!
From there, we went to Souposo, which is like a soup café. They have a bar and a terrace in the back. Their signature soups are the Crunchy Pinda, which is an African-style soup, and the Saoto Soup, which is more Javanese-style. I went with both and got a refreshing coconut water as well!
The Crunchy Pinda is a creamy, peanut soup with chicken and the Saoto is a thinner, Indo soup with an egg and sprouts. I had some hot sauce, diced chilies, bread, and rice as well.
The Crunchy Pinda was incredible. It was creamy and really filling. I dipped some bread into it, which was amazing. It was like straight peanut butter! The egg in the Saoto had a different taste to it.
The sprouts were nice and crunchy and contained lots of onions. There was also a spicy soy sauce, which I added to the Saoto. It was fantastic! There was also a spicy element that is considered a level 5 of the spice level. It contains cayenne and chilies! I tried a spoonful of it by itself; it wasn’t that bad!
Then I added rice to the Crunchy Pinda, which was insane! I loved it so much. I learned a lot about the soups from my waitress and new friend Soiska, who also brought me a sampler of the soup of the day, which contains brown kidney beans. It was an tasty, creamy vegetarian soup!
Next, Imro took me to the Suriname riverside, where there was an ethnic craft market! There were lots of jewelry, clothes, carved maracas, and more. I found a turtle piggy bank for 50 SRD, or about $8 USD. The vendor even gave me a surprise for being her first customer of the day!
From there, we went to a bar to have a 90% rum, which is the strongest in Suriname! Lai Ghoon is a Chinese bar. There, we tried the Mariënburg rum, which Imro lit on fire inside the cap! It was insanely strong and numbs your whole mouth! We diluted it with water, which still too much! It’s the strongest rum I’ve ever had in my life!
I hope you loved coming with me on my food tour around Paramaribo! If you did, please give this video a thumbs up and leave me a comment. Also, please subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss any of my upcoming travel/food adventures!
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Hi from Suriname
Thank you for visiting my motherland, hope you enjoyed the food...
I really like that you make such a vlog this puts Surinam on the map on an international platform and I thought it was super funny that you just went to eat that pepper with your tjau-min boss haha I don't even do that and a lot Surinamese also not haha so respect for that and keep up the good work you are always welcome in Suriname and as we say in Suriname. " soso lobi " 😎❤👊🏽
I live in suriname
I'm hungry now😊. If your daughter doesn't like the turtle just bring it for me. Let's trade with a Suriname dish. Yeah Vegas is waiting😊
It was an honor to serve you at Souposo. Come back soon!! 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
Jij bent top!!! Thank you for representing us🙌🏽👏🏽
@@isiahreigman2260 Ey thanks boy!! 😁😁
Je was bestwel vlot. Zeer toeristvriendelijk. Thank you 🙏❤
@@soitsjkabelfor1620 You were awesome and he should have used you as his Tour guide! Maybe next time!
Ja mang ik vind dat je goed bezig was en je kon je engels was on point ❤💪🏾 respect voor jou en ga zo door als ik in su ben dan kom ik zeker langs om een foto en een handtekening te vragen im sabi haha lobi .. groetjes uit holland
Su represent. Hit that Like button!
Me: don't drink and drive
Ingi Taxi driver: hold my Atlas & Rum
haha
Woeii 😂 savage!
😂😂😂 just my thoughts!!!
Hahah haiboi
Na so Deng ingi dih ba eenmaal
Im from Suriname and seeing this video made me so happy, this doesn't happen often. Much love from Suriname!
But the Atlas beer ruined it. While we have Parbo.
That's for next time 😉👍🏾
same
First time seeing an American having spicy surinamese food and not complaining about it being super spicy 🌶 I love my surinamese food!
That's a white people myth. They love pepper
Raoul Ramsaran not true most of them can’t stand peper ,I live in the USA so I said it cause I experience it, they like peppers but not surinamese hot pepper
Oh that's weird
@@empogirl Mexican peppers are way more spicy tho.. so who would complain about something less spicy
@@traplivesmatter1462 go focus on trump brah
Dont know why that dummy didnt let you drank Parbo bier..
Earl
He had already been drinking Parbobier when he flew to Suriname with Surinam Airways
@@undert3ker9129 ohhh okay.. cause parbo bier is made in suriname. I mean as a tour operator you choose a product that represent surinam which he did with the 90% alcohol.. i would have gave david a "borgoe rum" instead of 90% alcohol.
He did have borgoe rum on his flight to 🇸🇷. Check out the other vlogs
I was thinking the same
Brooo i live in suriname
Hey David,
First of all, thank you for letting the world see a glimpse of my country. Most people think Suriname is in Africa; I don't know why🤷🏾♀️. It always baffles me that Americans don't know much about South American countries, especially my country. We have played an important role in American history. Part of American bauxite, if not most, came from Suriname. The Alcoa from Pittsburg has been in our country for more then a century and our dam was built by Americans.
Secondly, I like how you enjoyed the food. Surinamese cuisine is very diverse. I hope you had a chance to taste our Indo fried rice, moksi alesi, roti, bara, kronto bana, podosiri, etc. But I must say that the peanut soup missed something😁. We don't normally eat it with bread but with tom tom (cooked mashed medium ripe plantain that is made into balls; the size of meatballs).
At last, don't let your driver ever sip on Marienburg rum a.k.a palm again and then drive. That rum is dangerous! Even the slightest amount, if not properly diluted, will make someone drunk. Don't say I didn't warn you!😂
Again, thank you so much!
Lobi ❤ ( Surinamese Creole for one love)👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
Since when people from outside think that Suriname is in Afrika
miguel. rifelino lots of people think that
Waaawww.....denken ze dat echt😂....
Ik feel I bid offended😂
Is lekker voor he omdat et zekker eerste keer is 😂😂😂
@@amatkoesminlorain536 ja tog
I'm from SU 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷 and I'm glad you enjoyed our food..Kinda sad you didn't try the ParboBeer on camera..Hope you enjoyed your stay in our small but humble country..❤❤
Hij heeft t geprobeerd toen hij in t vliegtuig zat. See first episode.
That nice lady from the restaurant - Soitsjka - should totally be your tour guide in that country! 🤗
It would be awesome!!
Soitsjka Belfor I second That!
Me, a black racist nee je zegt die heer niet om naar diamond te gaan he😂😂😂
You have a new fan from suriname here!!!!
Dustin djaio awesome thank you!
Man, you just scratch the surface of what Suriname has to offer man.
Ma eeecht. He couldve told him about all the different cultures. And maybe a bit of history
Ingie boi nak a palm strak😂👌🏻
Roche R Hahhahha a fesi fu a boi😂😂😂😂😂
Hahaaaa ai
Hahahahahahha dede
hahahahahah
Booi😂
I'm glad you had a good time in my country 💗🇸🇷 The food is great 😌
Anyra Hamat he must've taste the Parbo Beer❤❤❤.... but i like it that he had fun in suriname
The mix of so many cultures makes this food the best. My friend her parents are from Surinam. I eat at her house alot. Its delicious.
You should try the PARBO BIER...That's our beer. .Surinaamse Beer...dammit. ..
en een Parbo Radler -2 graden
supirior Boksoe and borgoe
@@mikaylavlijter7045 ooh i forgot...but thanx
Yes, surinamese tjaw.min is the best..
Our peanut soup, originally. from Aftica and the souto soup originally from Indonesie are delicious. Then our Indian dishes such as roti , barra. etc.
There is plenty good food in.Suriname!!
You have to try them all!!
I like the cassave soup and the gritie bana soup , made from green banana and cassave.
Thanks for sharing this video with us.
Love
Oh get ready so many more videos to come! Lots of delicious foods 🔥
@@Davidsbeenhere 😋😋😋
sbo she is naming different countries and you do is ranting about Indians? Yes roti, bara, pulori, chutney are indian food, what is wrong with that? And btw Indians did not ask to come to Surinam, they have been terribly deceived by the British. Know your history.
sbo yanka yere, you pang pang
sbo takroe 😂😂😂, is goed met jou
To anyone unfamiliar with Suriname:
Thank you for watching this video! I hope you'll visit soon and experience the unique mix of cultures we have here for yourself. There's almost never mention of Suriname anywhere in travel blogs/vlogs, so this one is highly appreciated.
That being said, I can't help but feel that we've been misrepresented here.
Especially with the beer (we have amazing local beer called Parbo) and the rum (the same company makes an award winning rum that won't kill you with one sip).
Souposo is a great place, but it is by no means authentic Surinamese food.
It's amazing that there's a video by a travel vlogger with this many subscribers about our beautiful country, but it's also kind of frustrating to be missing the SR experience.
Sincerely,
Kristi
I couldnt agree more
Hij heeft Parbo gedronken in t vliegtuig! Zijn 1e vlog.
I loved Suriname. I went in 2012, and fell in love
I live in holland we have allot of surinam people.. i love their fooooodddd 🥰🥰🥰
Hoi hoe gaat het
So proud! You’ve been to my homeland!🇸🇷
Surinamers peyyy deeeee😍🙌🏾🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
The girl's English - American accent is impeccable!
Thanks for noticing 😁😁
You never had real delicious food until you eat SURINAMESE 🇸🇷 JUST SAYING 💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️
miss55apple nee hoor is wagelijk
Soms niet dan 🇳🇱
Smaken verschillen, eten is NIET walgelijk.. loooooveeee my mums Sranang food, Soso Lobi ♡
Treinspotter Ishaan Hendrikson walgelijk? Jonge was je mond heel gauw met zeep
@@serendipity8844 I feel yah
Yo Dave, you eating all that hot pepper at once....you're a boss!!! Surinamese pepper is no joke! A big thumbs up! Also a big thumbs up for the lady at souposo telling you the proper way to eat the soato soup. She is very nice and fun. I hope to meet her when I go on holiday to my home country. Thank you for letting more people know about Suriname. I used to think only Dutch people knew about us. Even the Brits who colonised Suriname before the Dutch don't know about us (anymore) So thank you!😁 Greetings from a Surinamese Dutch girl. 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
🇸🇷🇸🇷
Everything in this video is perfect accept for that Idiot that didn't offer you Parbo which is an local beer instead of the Atlas beer which is not from Suriname.
I think it is though, I remember the slogan on the cans was 'Atlas biri, dat na firi'. (Surinamese for 'Atlas beer, you can feel that'.)
@@GUnit187 actually the saying is "Parbo biri dat na biri".
@@c6sm9sgg69 I just Googled it to make sure, you can see the Atlas slogan on the can on this pic (on the top): www.oaksncorks.com/wp-content/uploads/Atlas-12.jpg
His T-shirt says Curaçao !!
He alrdy had ParboBeer on the flight
Am i the only one that first thought Surinamese was Asian cuisine?
Never heard of it before, but looks fascinating!
Rockstar Eater lol it’s in South America but huge mix of Asian cultures 🙏
Actually the largest concentration of Asian people in the western hemisphere
A mix of Indian,Indonesian,African cultures but also Chinese and the original people of Surinam off course. It is so diverse and an amazing place to eat! So many cultures molded in to the Surinam kitchen.
lol
Waaww..I feel offended
Suriname is my country ❤️🇸🇷
Thank you so much for representing my country in a positive light ❤️🇸🇷
so glad you took the time to visit our wonderful country. come back in december for the awesome new years party's 💯
I miss my home country, and the food 😪😭
Wat een "slimmerik", je draagt een trui met opchrift: Curaçao en je laat een toerist Atlas bier drinken, maar je weet nieteens waar dat bier vandaan komt. De man vraagt om hotsauce terwijl wan mooi redi pepre de na ini a nyan en je waarschuwt hem niet. Maar overigens een aardige video.
Peper sauce wilt hij. Als hij gewoon die peper eet gaat het hem wreed branden boi. Dus liever hot sauce Dan peper. Kijk later on die video. "I didn't know a huge peper was in there" dus zeg niet zomaar dingen
Toch!
Hahahahahahhaa
Echt he Ruth, domme kill.
@@eeklipse5599 daarom gaat het juist. Men moest hem zeggen... Wie let nou niet op. Ma ja I muuus comment.
please visit us again....you have not seen nothing yet
he should have got you a djogo(parbo bier)
OMG! This makes me so happy. I am iraqi-dutch and I live in the Netherlands, in a big city with alot of Surinam, anti's, indo's and moluccan people live. I love their food and I have alot of friends fron surinam. The food that you at is familair for me, because I tastes alot of it. This makes me so happy that you would like to share with all of us. 😊 Thumbs up
I was born in the netherlands but my parents are from Suriname. Usually foreigners dont know about Suriname, especially Americans. I'm so proud to see Suriname on a travel youtube channel ^^
Finally finally someone did a show on my favorite South American food I'm from Guyana 🙏💘💛💚🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
There is an interesting mix of cultures down there. My aunt is from Guyana and she makes spicy chow mein like that too.
Chow Mein is common to both countries.
My counrty Suriname 😍❤🙏🏾 We have the best food and hot weather 🔥❤
I'm glad you came to my country 🇸🇷
huisslaaf begin witmang fu kong na sranang..
If I nab neks fu doe no Kong reageer ondro sma comment!!!! Klets minder
@@prodanceblijer5170 Schaam je je niet? Witmang e kiri blakka mang ini USA lik santi ma yu dati e begi wang fu deng fu kong bakka. Dat mek blakka mang ne kong vooruit. Zeker loop je ook al die nederlandse stagiares te pijpen in Suriname. Vieze vuile kalot redi musu! Blakka mang lek yu mu dede!
@@darrenblake5011 stfu..je zoekt aandacht.
Prodance, niks van aantrekken van sukkeltje. Hij is psychisch niet helemaal goed.
Why is he buying you foreign beer. When in Suriname you have to drink PARBO BEER. Please do try it next time
ingie bing ap dorst inplaats van parbo 16 % lol
@@Zo_ziek_7O2 werkelijk 😂😂😂😂😂
Tog tante
Parbo is the best
Echt wel... He barely scratched the surface. Gemist jonge
Always a delight to watch you, DAVID!
Hahah love it David!!
Proud to see my country this way❤️
Suriname is my country and i'm really glad that u are here. Enjoy the delicious food
Been there many times before because of the atmosphere and the AMAZING DIFFERENT STYLES OF............. FOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!! WOW, I will be coming back for more. Why? Because THERE IS MORE!!!! Thank you SUUUURRRRIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAME!!!
Thank you so much for visiting our amazing country. We hope u enjoy your time here.
I am from British Guyana and visited Suriname many times, I love their food, we have a similar chowmein. Great video.
Farida Rohoman it’s no longer called British Guyana tf
@@rayman8079 yes , it is still known around the world as British Guyana, French Guyana and Dutch Guyana. I know it as Republic Guyana cause I lived there however David does not know that.
Suriname is so under rated!!!! Suriname has the BEST food for sure!!
And the best cultures of the whole wide world together, call Surinamese people.
Precies! Trots op me land
Happy ur in Suriname and enjoy urself. Soooo much more to taste my friend.
Welcome in Suriname. There is so much to see and so much to eat. I hope you had a great stay and taste.
I love how you went to Suriname and tried different foods and enjoyed it as well as a fellow Surinamer I have to say I feel very proud to see this
You beef teveel with your hand man..what,you have senweh ofso?
😂😂😂😂😂😂
You beef te veel bahahah. Jei beifie lol
Whuhahaha love it.
hahahaha 😂😂😭
😂🤣🤣🤣 Puur geklets
Thanks for visiting and putting light on my country...bless...
Omg u came to our country I'm so happy
Thank you for visiting our country, I'd love to see you again ❤
You are thanking them.Great values🙏🙏. Your parents brought up you with good values.
Yes this is good you need to come visit suriname again 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
thank you for coming to su. its a gorgeous country and it finally starts to get the recognition it deserves. All my family lives in Paramaribo and i’m so excited to visit them next year ❤️. I think you explained everything very well, especially the food.
Welcome in suriname. Hope you've enjoyed. There's more you haven't seen yet. Come again❤❤. I've been there.
happy that you have been here in suriname.my beloved country.but you have really missed many beautiful places and our surinamees have many mix dishes to try.i think you are cool with that palm 90%
Hartelijk bedankt voor uw bezoek
Big up for Soitsjka Belfor thank you for representing team Suriname. Great food great vlog and amazing video's love this thank you Davidsbeenhere keep them videos coming.
huisslaaf
Graag gedaan!
I applaud you for drinking the rum. I love this rum. Our grandfather dipped his finger in it and gave it to every grandchild.
Suriname has a lot of other delicious soups and dishes you should try. You should come back.
They did the peanut butter soup no justice!!!! I know this because i am a surinamese and the peanut butter soup you eat with tum tum (is cooked banana)
Nice having you in my country❤
Hi David.I'm glad you did come to my country.I'm sure you enjoyed your time here.Take care.🙂🙂
Hi David, so nice of you for exploring our beautiful country Suriname🇸🇷 and our local food! Surinamese food is the most delicious one in the world😋😋😂😂! Don’t hestitate to come
again and visit our jungle😍😍
Yess your in my Country! Soso lobi! Awesome video. Surinam has the most diverse kitchen in the world. Glad to see this presented to the world like this!
What a day you had David at Paramaribo with food, alcohol and buying souvenirs !!
Atri Chakraborty always!
I am so happy that you visit oure country...you know how long I was waiting for this moment 😋
I like that noodles looks yummy and the beer wow!
Thanks for visiting my country 🇸🇷
Hi @Davidsbeenhere I have just come across your channel and I am enjoying your content. I think it is epic awesomeness lol
Varun Khanna thank you so much!
come to Guyana🇬🇾 next bro. we're neighbours with Suriname
Lol, how yuh drop down there, you will get rob🤣
Hope you enjoyed it here.🇸🇷💕
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I'm glad you enjoyed it in my country!💫
Channiva Walden loves it!
Great that you went to Suriname. Suriname is a country that not a lot of people are know with. Thanks with CZcamsrs like you more people in the world can get to know a little bit about Suriname. I miss Suriname! Greets from The Netherlands. Birthplace of my parents and were I grew up from my 10th year. Going to watch all the other videos. Cheers mate.
Welcome To My Beloved Country Suriname Bro.
Loved The Video.
Don't Forget To Also Try The Indonesian Food, Creole Surinamese Food & Especially Indian Food.
Enjoy Your Food & Stay 🇸🇷❤🇸🇷
Thank you for your appreciation for the Suriname republic love this country
thank you for this video
it means a lot to me and all the others surinamese
David you are a madman for heat. I love spice too but I can’t handle it at your level. Thanks for another great vid.😊💕
As a surinaamse citizen it was fery funy to watch,bot it was a great video
🇸🇷 Hope you not just enjoyed our food but also my country. Come back any time 🇸🇷
huis slaaf
@@darrenblake5011 Excuse me?
@@whitneykotzebue Sampsa? je kan niet lezen no? Engels i wan taki lek dati na yu tongo. Kaolo redi musu! Ding mapampang witmang e kiri blakka sma ini USA lek santi ma yu dati e begi ding fu kong bakka na sranang. Fucking huisslaaf! Me hopu tak wan daf truck e nak yu trowe!
I am from suriname.
So nice to see you in Su.
I saw lots of your video's from other countries. So i was so glad to see you in my Su.
Im happy to have had you in my country🥰✨🤗till next time✨✨
The title alone just triggered me to order some suriname food. Their yellow chili sause is just amazing
Enjoyed all the videos of your food tour in SME.
Super gaaf om dit te zien. Very Nice video!!! I love that chow mein food.
Omg that’s soo nice to visit my country ...... i hope you enjoyed the meals en every thing in suriname❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️see you next time🥂🇸🇷
Im in there. Its a really beautiful city. I know an amazing restaurant in there. Their food is really good
I enjoyed this video so much.. fun 2 see Suriname. I will defo go to Souposo next time im there. Loving Soisjka's personality!
Thanks
Glad you visit our country..🤗
The soup and chow mein were my favourites which you featured.
Well, they are visiting my parents country .. greatness. Best food in the entire world. All best kitchens around the world combined right here in this sweet country Surinam.
Nice seeing u in my country. Great content, keep it up!
Gwe anga mapp boi
Why haven’t I found this channel earlier? Love the video! Especially since she mentioned Hot Ones 😂. 🌶🌶🌶
I love that show too
I told him to be careful, cause I had guests who's faces turned red when eating our special chopped peppers
The best kitchen ....Suriname kitchen ...
So happy to come across a video about my home country! The world really doesn’t acknowledge Suriname. I haven’t been there in about twenty years, but nothing compares to our food in my opinion. Am I the only triggered that he didn’t try Pom thoooo? 😭😭 That’s my all time favorite dish. Especially for the holidays. 🙆🏽♀️
I need to take you back with me when I travel back to Suriname to visit family! I come from a family of great cooks! Glad you enjoyed my birth country!🙌🏼
Glad we have all these foods here in the Netherlands too. Actually just had Surinamese mee with chicken yesterday. We always put the rice in the saoto soup instead of the peanut soup 😁
FutureFairytale uhm niet iedereen eet het zo hoor
Nice vlog David nice that visit my country some things i didn't know i never had peanut soup maybe i should try it
Hey welcome to my country man make sure u come back