TRYING DUTCH CARIBBEAN FOOD IN THE NETHERLANDS 🇦🇼 🇨🇼 🇸🇽 🇧🇶

In this episode, Michelle and Alex try food from the Dutch Caribbean (formerly the Netherlands Antilles), including popular foods from Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius.
Episode 67 · Filmed on June 1, 2023 · Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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0:00 Introduction
0:24 What is the Dutch Caribbean?
1:13 What's for breakfast/lunch?
2:00 Johnnycakes (with cheese)
3:19 Johnnycakes (with ham, egg, and cheese)
5:00 Pastechis (tuna and cheese)
6:06 OK, we're back for dinner
6:48 Fria soda (banana and kolita)
7:28 Antillean soup
9:05 Coleslaw
9:22 Karni stoba (beef stew)
10:41 Funchi
12:15 Red snapper
14:02 Our favorites
14:38 Wrap up
#expatlife #netherlands #antilles #caribbeanfood #dutchfood #netherlandsantilles
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WHO IS BUNCHARTED?
We're Michelle and Alex, a travel-obsessed American couple living abroad in the Netherlands.
In 2020, we quit our jobs to travel the world, and... yeah, that didn't happen. So in 2022, we decided to make an even BIGGER change, packing up our lives (and our cats 🐈), moving from Austin, Texas, to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Subscribe for new videos like this every week!

[@peterf1]

You know, since having a Pannenkoek in NL with speck, kaas and ei is acceptable, I hereby proclaim that having a speck or ham, kaas and ei Jonnycake with a little drizzle of stroop is OK and that will help with McGriddle Jonesing. You're welcome.

[@nyoko2926]

You made me smile today, great detailed video. I love food and every possible texture of it. I had my grandmothers cremation today, and had a hard time to eat, until I saw your comforting video. It maybe too much of a comment, but it's true. Keep up the good vibes and videos guys!

[@buncharted]

i'm so glad we could brighten your day! ❤️

[@VulcanLogic]

There was a game awhile back called Pirates! where you could sail around the Dutch Antilles and raid Spanish, English, and French ports under the Dutch flag. That's how I know of all these places, lol. Never actually been.

[@jasmingovers4403]

The fried fish looked amazing 😮

[@jordyvanstuivenberg855]

Beautiful video ! , lovely content, lets not forget our other brethren from the Cariben. you guys are really setting a new standard.

[@464nescio6]

Bouillabaisse is a fench fishsoup also with whole pieces of fish.. it is like this 1 a classic.. it was made before comfort food came into existence.. so get messy, but since the fishbones add a lot of flavour to the soup and keeps the fish from drying out and dig in! with care of course..

[@cheryljacobus]

You should visit Curacao for sure. Food is crazy good over there.

[@eddys.3524]

Cat : "Human, what are you doing with my food !!! Gimmeeeee!!!"

[@jackvandersluis1723]

Great video, so nice to include the cat! You know, a cat knows good food! Caribbean food is fish! So good! 👍👍👏👏🫶

[@Dutchbelg3]

Now Antillean food I have never had to try! Interesting! Looks like something I need to get 🙂

[@neuron82]

I discovered this channel a few hours ago and i'm already hooked. I have been watching all afternoon. Thanks for the great content!

[@buncharted]

yay - welcome!!

[@hildelouisevrijs774]

Nothing to do?

[@fvt1979]

@@buncharted when do you visit Groningen? ALso nice north Netherlands food here! eierballen!! And notenkoek from Knol!

[@buncharted]

soon!!

[@fvt1979]

@@buncharted yeah, meet me!

[@Samplesurfer]

Dordt has a large Antillean community. So it's one of the cities with the most Carribean food take-outs / restaurants. And know I am curious about your visit to Frisia, the province in the Netherlands where the native language is Frisian, not Dutch and they have quite a set of Frisian specialties (from Frisian dûmpkes (hazelnut -'sand' cookies), Sûkerbolle/ Sûkerbread [Sugarbread] and some odd dishes and drinks. The most odd dish is Sûrkoal mei banaan (Sauerkraut with banana's). A particular thing of Frisia are the large number of fish restaurants in Staveren and Harlingen. They have a lot of seafood specialties including local fishermen catch. Fun detail. You can travel by train to Enkhuizen, a part of North-Holland called "West-Frisia". The train station is straight at the harbor with the oldest Dutch "ferry" to cross the IJsselmeer (formerly Southern Sea) which separates West-Frisia from (central) Frisia. The ferry ends at the port of the old 'tiny' city of Stavoren (Starum in Frisian). Stavoren itself also has a train station with a track toward Leewarden (Ljouwert in Frisian) straight at the harbor. In summer the ferry sails three times per day back and forth and there's a combined trainticket + ferry-ticket. The ferry is about 80 minutes.

[@buncharted]

friesland videos coming soon 😄 thanks for the tips!

[@jimooijevaar6894]

I went to Curaçao in 2009 it was pretty nice, but for me personally very hot it was 35°C I was at the Flamingo Park in Sint Willibrordus

[@mauritsiuspontus1530]

Although the season is at its end white asparagus have to feature on a (renewed) Dutch food tour, you might also try Hela curry on a toasti or dive into Zeeuwse mossellen or some Dutch shrimps. A refreshing tip might be rooie Annie (red Ann) mix (hero) cassis and (royal club) bitter lemon 50/50, Lipton ice tea sparkling is my favourite and only sold in the Netherlands and Belgium. Off topic and a bit belated congratulations on your move to Dordt and on your copper marriage, when your beach hopping do consider Knokke-Heist (Belgium) and see the difference, on topic order some slibtong at the beach.

[@buncharted]

looking forward to trying these!! we had our first white asparagus tonight, actually 😋

[@conniemendeszoon9789]

I never try real Caribean food before, only 1 time i had the fish soup, and that was really good, you have to eat the fish, is fish soup😁😁 But your cat seems to love it🐈

[@gmshowtruck]

Great video again Michelle and Alex 👍 Can you tell me where you got that red snapper menu from ? I love to eat very spicy 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶specially with any fish, yummie 😊

[@buncharted]

it's from blue caribbean in rotterdam!

[@gmshowtruck]

@@buncharted Thnx ❤

[@EliePhante]

Hi Michelle and Alex! Would you mind letting me know where you ordered your dishes from in this video? My husband and I love watching your stuff and that stew has got us big on cravings!

[@buncharted]

the breakfast stuff was from krioyo and the dinner stuff (including the stew) was from blue caribbean!

[@EliePhante]

@@buncharted Thank you so much! Hope you guys are enjoying your time in Dordrecht so far and hopefully we'd bump into you in Amsterdam one day 😊

[@nicoanker1343]

Try please Spanish ham it called mostly Jamon Serrano.

[@buncharted]

we had it in our haarlem video (surprisingly, haha) and in our lanzarote video! i loooooove serrano and iberico ham :)

[@hansboom]

Nice ,Ding Dong.

[@hansboom]

Dong???

[@WhoStoleMyAlias]

Looks pretty much like mama's food, not what you would find in a restaurant on the islands. It actually seems more related to Surinam cooking than the islands themselves as just about all of the ingredients won't grow on them, you can catch fish from the ocean and a goat could likely survive on the rocky terrain but that's about it. As none of the original people that inhabited the islands where even around when the Dutch landed, this is all fusion of course; a combination of various European and a high dose of Creole cooking.

[@prairiepirate]

You know you've been away from the USA for a while when you've forgotten the smell and vibe of corn dogs. Also, hello cat!

[@Dennisboetes]

My guess would be gourmetten or fondueen.. dunno if its really a dutch food but it is very dutch to do it. .. oh.. is it my or is that cat huge..😮

[@RivMark643]

My guess(es) is (are) that you’re covering Moroccan or Turkish food next.

[@ikke5212]

😉😊😊

[@hildelouisevrijs774]

Is this an older video? Didn’t see things in your new home in Dordrecht…..❤️Hil

[@buncharted]

we did it right before we moved!

[@xrp20238]

For the besttt bagels that come the closest to the real NY deal: BREADWINNER in Amsterdam 😍👌🏻👌🏻

[@buncharted]

oh wow! i didn't even think to look for something like this here! thank you for the rec - very excited about this one!

[@ialrakis5173]

First guess on how to eat the fish; just use your fingers, like with chicken?

[@buncharted]

but it's inside the soup!

[@jhbonarius]

I'm a 42 yo dutch guy, high educated, plenty international experience, etc. But I never saw any of this stuff before in my life. I don't know where you bought this, but it's not like there are lot of shops in NL that sell this... you have to know where to look.

[@buncharted]

it took us a while to find those two spots in rotterdam, for sure

[@edrison7303]

If you go to the Caribian go to Aruba, for me is that the most beautiful one and much better for example the bus that comes on time and the other island the bus doesn t come at all.. Dont go to Palm Beach because and i am sorry...there are the Americans (The types i realy dont like) The other islands are also very beautiful and Aruba is the most expensive one but its my personel favorite.

[@petersteinmeijer519]

Perhaps you've explained this earlier, but what does ' buncharted ' mean ?

[@buncharted]

we call each other “bun” and we thought “uncharted” described our content well, so we combined the two words and bam - buncharted!

[@souldecides8931]

is that a pokemon reference?!!! . . Pika Pika (chu???)

[@buncharted]

haha of course

[@Yochemm]

Natuurlijk wil die poes dat niet!!!!! Hij/Zij ziet 4 grote voorraden eten de kamer binnenkomen met de lekkerste geuren en zij krijgt een heel klein frummeltje deeg... Ik zou ook weigeren!! 🙂

[@tiniselles]

Please check a map. The Dutch Caribbean islands are the three s-es, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba, more in the north, and the abc-islands, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, more to the south. They are quite some distance from each other and therefore have different kitchens. I’ve been to several Caribbean islands, also not Dutch, and always have enjoyed the food.

[@buncharted]

“dutch caribbean” refers to all 6 of the islands. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean

[@tiniselles]

@@buncharted you should go and see the different vibes on the islands. What does Wikipedia know 🤔

[@reneolthof6811]

@@buncharted obviously this is true, but it also resembles calling texan and alaskan foods both American, not to mention Hawaiian dishes…

[@leojonkers3181]

Give the lovely cat something...o I saw you did. Are you so rich, nowadays I nearly can eat, so expensive

[@davidc.w.2908]

Just chew on the fish including the bones, spit out the bones after you get the flesh off of it.

[@buncharted]

ah ha - thank you!

[@Paul_C]

Hmm, nope, cats and food do not go together. 😂

[@buncharted]

she just likes to participate 😂

[@Paul_C]

​@@buncharted well, you know it is pretty easy to book a holiday. I'd suggest to combine three islands in one trip of 2-3 weeks. Most would opt for Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba. I would be the one to just go to St Maarten and Saba, but to complete it, the French side of St Martin is a must.

[@letstry46]

If you want really dutch? Go to a all you can eat restaurant 😆

[@buncharted]

i don't think i've seen one here, surprisingly!

[@letstry46]

@@buncharted De beste All You Can Eat Restaurants in Rotterdam Sumo Dino's Steakhouse Steak & Bier Miso Sushi Shabu Shabu De Beren boot Cathay Amigo Shiki Sushi

[@Roel_Scoot]

De poes is beledigd.

[@frankgeurts3912]

Never tastes anything from these countries 🤔

[@buncharted]

you should!

[@MartijnFrazer]

You should definitely go to the Dutch Caribbeans! I think of all the islands, Curaçao is the most "Dutch" probably. But definitely check them all out if you have the chance.

[@pel666]

If you visit the Dutch Islands, I would vote for Saba or Bonaire...Saba is very small but has a nice university culture and is beautifull, very small and it's basically a Vulcano island, Bonaire is arguably the most pretty nature wise, and has a very interesting cultural background (which involves slavery...see for yourselves!). I keep commenting on your vids, because I throrougly enjoy your adventures in Dutch Culture! The choice of how the Islands seperated freely from the Netherland is a whole different story in itself, look it up since it is very interesting. Curacao and Aruba are for many first choice but very touristic and commercial, very different from Saba and Bonaire. Doei!