INDONESIAN FOOD IN THE NETHERLANDS (americans try dutch food)

In this episode, Michelle and Alex dive a bit deeper into the popular cuisines of the Netherlands, trying Indonesian food (PROPERLY) for the first time. In the Netherlands, Indonesian food is commonly served "rijsttafel", meaning "table rice". Is this something that you should include on your next "Dutch food tour" or should you satay away? (Spoiler alert: this food is delicious.)
Episode 47 · Filmed on March 22, 2023 · Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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0:00 Introduction
1:29 What is rijsttafel?
2:23 Lemper
3:46 Nasi putih and nasi goreng
4:23 Sambal goreng boontjes
4:49 Daging rendang
5:52 Gado gado
7:27 Gulai
7:56 Ikan bumbu Bali
9:13 Atjar
9:30 Satay
11:25 Spekkoek (dessert)
12:40 Our favorites
14:29 Wrap up
#netherlands #dutchfood #indonesianfood
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[@mormacil]

Rijsttafel indeed means a rice table, a table of/filled with rice. It's strictly a colonial dish created for Dutch officials to sample all the local dishes, adjusted for their Dutch palette. So a strong part of the reason it's not at all popular in Indonesia is because it's not really part of Indonesian culture. It used to be strictly for the Dutch colonial upper class and has no connection to what people actually ate. So after independence there's very little momentum to keep it alive.

[@BrazenNL]

Excellent comment.

[@throughthewindowpane]

You do have Nasi Padang, which has a lot of different small dishes. It looks a bit like a ricetable.

[@InfiniteCyclus]

Thanks for the extra info!

[@BrazenNL]

@@throughthewindowpane Yeah, and the good part? Only take a bit of the sauce for the taste so you don't have to pay for the dish. 😝

[@janaaj1an889]

I had to quit watching...my stomach was growling....

[@fiefvanrossem227]

🇨🇦 I'm a Canadian kid raised by Dutch immigrants to Canada - my great Aunt & Uncle were in Indonesia during the 2nd world War. My great Aunt brought many Indonesian recipes back with her when they returned to The Netherlands. She passed these onto my Mom. My birthday dinner is Nasi Goreng, Boontjes ten Tun, Sambal Telur, cucumber salad in a sugar & vinegar dressing and krupuk 😋😋😋

[@buncharted]

yum!!!

[@mangdepoer1472]

It's nice that our cuisine become firm favorite😊

[@mariakibtiah4303]

If you in TO or Missisisauga, there are bunch of Indonesian restaurants around .

[@pustakarileks7404]

Next time if you have a birthday party make "tumpeng nasi kuning" or yellow rice mountain. Eat its peak, that's symbolize your achievements in life in indonesian culture

[@fiefvanrossem227]

@@pustakarileks7404 - thank you, 😊 sounds fantastic

[@ralphbuurman4489]

Dutch guy here with an Indo mother and living in Sweden! What have you done?! Now I have craving for sajoer lodeh, pepesan, sambal goreng boontjes, rendang and ajam setan.

[@bertvanvliet4841]

Nee kwee lapis

[@satyavan9631]

Rawon, Soto, babi ketjap. sateh kambing enz.

[@Si_nengatcha]

Just noticed that all the food you mention using old spelling system.. I'm Indonesian btw.

[@bertvanvliet4841]

@@Si_nengatcha netherlands

[@bertvanvliet4841]

@@satyavan9631 water loopt in mijn mond

[@Eitner100]

My stepfather was Indonesian. We lived in Spain in the early 60s and used to go to Den Haag once per year to also visit the famous Pasar Malam Besar. In those days you would eat original Indonesian food made by local Indonesian families. The atmosphere was great. The original one was organised by Tjalie Robinson and Mary Brückel, and co-financed by my stepfather. It was small and later on it grew into a fair that has absolutely nothing to do with the original idea and concept. Nowadays many towns organize such a Pasar Malam, but most of them are fake and just an excuse for vendors who have no clue about the original fair.

[@dirkdemeirleir264]

I m Belgian…whenever I get to the Netherlands I ll go to an Indonesian restaurant…Been cooking some it myself…

[@psyou7713]

Hey Dirk. Dutchie here. For some really nice recipes you can google "kokkie slomo". He has a lot of Indonesian recipes including stories and humor. He's definately Indonesian :) My great grandmother was from Malaysia and since Dutch food is quite bland (sorry it is imo) we used to eat Indonesian food each Christmas/ birthdays and special days like monday/ wednesday and so on. My mom/ dad would spend hours in the kitchen to make Indonesian food for the whole extended family (at Christmas). Our recipes passed down from our great grandmother have similar taste to the recipe's from kokkie slomo.

[@frauleinjune9708]

Come to indonesia and taste the original ones

[@AlfariziZakaria]

Nasi goreng, Rendang is so yummy, this why CNN mention the best dish in the world

[@JamesMassie-vm2cu]

I feel honoured

[@jinnilovely5573]

Rawon no.1 soup by Atlas food, you must try

[@jandirkvanleeuwen]

Well done, you two 👍. As a born Dutchy, I am a real sucker for Indonesian food, for me personally the best food in the world

[@hunchbackaudio]

The whole world is clueless on Indonesian food except the Netherlands. One of the universe greatest mysteries.

[@buncharted]

that’s what we’re here for!

[@CharDhue]

Because we Indonesian doesn't really promote Indonesia culinary to the world

[@darktatsujin]

it's because netherland used to colonize indonesia, even my late grandma can speak their language. so there are some culture exchange such as language or foods.

[@hunchbackaudio]

@@darktatsujin I know the Dutch kitchen is very heavily influenced by the Indonesian cuisine. It's readily available in any supermarket or toko. You won't find one Dutch person that's not familiair with it. What I don't get is, why it never catched on in other countries, except Suriname that is?

[@amossutandi]

It's cause Indonesians don't really like to emigrate to other countries, like the Indians, Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai.

[@throughthewindowpane]

I love Indonesian food! Unfortunately it is adjusted to the Dutch pallet, but I like spicy. I went to Warung Padang Lapek in Den Haag once and that was really authentic Indonesian food, so tasty and spicy!

[@urbnctrl]

There is a difference between indonesian and indisch! If you want pure Indonesia taste try an authentic indonesian restaurant or warung!

[@mangdepoer1472]

It's rare to find someone with high tolerance with spicy food. You probably love 'sambal'.

[@jeruksambal]

Try Sama Sebo in Amsterdam, don't eat at Chinese Restaurants, that sells Ind. food.

[@parmentier7457]

I am third generation Indonesian/Moluccan. Nasi goreng - Fried rice - used to be a meal for the poor people. Rich people could afford white rice with a piece of meat. The poor people received the old rice from the previous day, supplemented with leftover vegetables. Even nowadays old rice is used to make nasi goreng, so that a crispy rice grain is created. Just cooked rice is too watery to make nasi goreng. Spekkoek or in Indonesian it is called Layer Cake. Was created by the Dutch-Indonesian community in the former Dutch East Indies. It was called 'spek' (bacon) cake, because it resembled a piece of bacon meat. Gado-Gado is a salad that is often eaten in the summer at a BBQ with satay and peanut sauce. It is fresh and easy to prepare.

[@KaasSchaaf666]

Our Prime Minister Mark Rutte has Indonesian roots, and thinks Indonesian food is Delicious..so delisious that he takes Emanuele Macron, the President of France, out to dinner at his local favorite Indonesian restaurant.

[@hunchbackaudio]

I would choose Indonesian food over French food anytime.

[@lienbijs1205]

Rutte doesn't have Indonesian roots but his family has a Dutch Indies history. As you might know, a lot of Dutch people moved in the time that Indonesia was still a Dutch colony, the Dutch Indies, to the Dutch Indies. ( Nederlands Indië). So did his father with his wife. When his wife died, he married with her sister, the mother of Rutte. His parents were Totoks, the name of the Dutch people who lived in the Dutch indies.

[@PissMenn]

​@@lienbijs1205Totoks means original people/ pure blood. Mostly we mentioned it for Chinese Indonesian because some of them still not mixed with native Indonesian, but I didn't know that they called Totoks too with the Dutch 😊.

[@lienbijs1205]

@@PissMenn Maybe because there are not that much Dutch Totoks anymore in Indonesia. It is going about the time that Indonesia was still Dutch Indies.

[@urbnctrl]

There is a difference between Indonesian food and "Indisch Eten"- Indisch eten is basically the integrated colonial Indonesian cuisine within the Netherlands. A blend of Indonesian food and dutch ingredients. (Such as the Rijsttafel - which in indonesia is usually associated with festive occasions, when in the Netherlands its the preferred method of take out etc.) It is what most Dutch people are familiar with. Fun fact: not only the cuisine is blended, there are actually several Indonesian loanwords in the Dutch language from the same period - most people arent even aware of this, examples are: "pienter - smart, piekeren- to worry, amper - barely, bakkeleien - to fight".

[@robertwemmers8562]

Hi , i am a Dutch Canadian that enjoy the comments about the Netherlands. I have made different diches from Indonesia, ( Indonesia separated in 1948 ), my mom & dad lived in Dutch indies in early 1930 for some years ,so know what a rijst tafel is , and loved it. Try bami goring, I make that every two weeks for my wife. In the Royal Dutch navy we had it every week on Thursday. Love your program.

[@Roel_Scoot]

Genaamd Blauwe Hap

[@zakitama6337]

Bami goring lol Bakmi goreng ~

[@TheFreyand]

@@zakitama6337 kalo belanda biasa bilang gitu bami goring ato bami koreng

[@zakitama6337]

@@TheFreyand koreng dong... jadi kebayang~

[@ikwilda]

Blauwe hap!

[@urbandiscount]

I married into an Indo family and there the pattern is: rice, a sayuran, a sambalan, a dish with protein in it and an acar for balance. The idea is to have all flavours on the plate. Rijsttafel is overkill in that scenario. Was curious about that restaurant, thanks for trying it!

[@corneliusantonius3108]

I called a full Javan: Uncle Fred, We had a connection. He was in a Jap camp at some point.

[@jusufagung]

Rijsttafel is very common to Indonesian culture. It is not the Dutch colonial innovation but an adaptation of how Indonesians (as in Sumatra and Java) serve the dishes. How Padang restaurants serve the dishes is actually a rijsttafel. The "prasmanan" banquet, which can be found in weddings, baby shower (aqiqah), or at conferences in Jakarta and Java, is also rijsttafel. Also, Javanese curry (karé), is totally different dish to the Indian curry.

[@jusufagung]

@Prasetyo Kromodiharjo I don't care as well.

[@naseh446]

@pras_kromo666 I ask

[@rxxsxhux9710]

Yeah in sumatra it was common things on wedding party, but right now they just on simple with catering queue. The cultures and traditions is declined in sumatera.

[@inovade]

ah, prasmanan!!! rijsttafel?? gak kenal wkwkwk

[@Prue5741]

@pras_kromo666 if you truly don’t care, simply just don’t reply. By replying, it means that you actually care 😂

[@rutgerdeboer-fo7xw]

And now we play the waiting game till you tried Indonesian food in Indonesia itself! It is like entering a flavourworld you (thought you) kinda knew, but suddenly opens up in a big way to you. Like visiting an amusement park after years of playing at your local playground.

[@buncharted]

we went to bali in 2011 and i regret not appreciating food more on that trip. we just didn’t care about food nearly as much then :(

[@ikwilda]

Never had the money to go. But I will within a year or 2. Gonna be fat as a pig when going back. Probably need two seats in the plane and I'm not even gonna be ashamed about it 😂

[@ikwilda]

Oh I did a lot of recipes with true fresh ingredients. But it's the same as drinking sangria here instead of in Spain at the beach with the sun...

[@pel666]

I hope the new Video will be Suriname Cuisine, together with Indonesia they are by far the biggest influences in the Dutch kitchen. I can predict Alex will be in heaven with the bakkeljouw, and nothing beats a good Roti kerrie chicken on the bone with freshly made Madame Jeanette sambal :D Edit: I agree with the person who suggested going to a Pasar Malam, it is basically a Rijst tafel 2the max in a Market environment, where you can enjoy many small tastings of authentic influenced cuisine from the Netherlands, it's great!!

[@_PJW_]

Absolutely agree. I am soooo lucky there is neither an Indonesian nor a Surinam restaurant or take-away anywhere nearby where I live. Or I would have turned into a very happy 400 pound poor guy.

[@abunawasnawas7655]

Terima kasih sudah memperkenalkan makana Indonesia... God bless u all Aamiin Yaa Rabbal'alamin

[@NilsaTravels]

That looks so delicious! Even as Germans, we were so surprised when we were told the Rijsttafel is typical "Dutch" food. Loved it though!

[@ramamonato5039]

I am in Jakarta, Indonesia. Most young Indonesians do not understand the Dutch term "Rijsttafel". It might have been made by Indo people (Eurasians) living in The Netherlands. The Indonesian food that I see here in this very video is not 100% the same as we eat here in Indonesia. From the way how the food looks, I believe the taste of all the food there is also different from our Indonesian food in our country. If someone wants to eat the "real" Indonesian food, he should eat it in an Indonesian restaurant in Indonesia.

[@withyou5961]

The taste basically just the same, the difference maybe on its spiciness..

[@ramamonato5039]

@@withyou5961 No, the taste will be weird if the kinds of spices used and the amount of the spices used are not 100% the same. As for West Sumatran food, real West Sumatrans will never ever use any sugar in their food, especially rendang.

[@fnaaijkens69]

hahaha, that almost always the case, isn't it. Of course, the Rijsttafel was created for the elites in the colonial period to show off all the various cuisines in the archipelago, so as such, that experience was very unlikely to have been experienced by the many groups of people who continued to eat their island cuisines... I do believe that the more original recipes have been preserved on the islands, and has drifted in The Netherlands. I remember the Puntjak in The Hague, which was very original. Run by spijtoptanten, of course! 😊

[@kanekomoeka7490]

Come to Indonesia and it will make your mind and tastebuds blown by our food

[@smearpipe]

Dutch guy here with a indo-father. I am from Rotterdam, but if you really want to taste good indo food, go to The Hague. That is historrically THE indo city of NL

[@chantiemaya]

If you get the chance, visit the Tong Tong Festival in Den Haag in June. It’s a huge Asian market with an Indonesian section where you can get THE BEST food, street-food style. I wanna recommend the sates gambing or kambing, goat sate, one of my faves.

[@ikwilda]

My mom and aunt had one of the bigger spekkoek bakeries in the Netherlands. Definately one of the best ones around! Different variations too. We delivered through the whole country to Tokyo's. But seriously. Try Kue Lapis! Steamed coconut sweetness. It's my favorite! I can't have spekkoek anymore. Had too much of it in my life. I only eat the raw batter 😂😂😂 that's great ❤❤❤

[@tmsgaming3986]

Peanut, Sweet Soy Sauce, and Coconut is the best Indonesian dish main ingredient

[@gerrygrouwe70]

My Indonesiëan mother in law made lumper with pork and chicken filling and then rolled in aluminium folie. My kids called it rise in plastic wenn they where small. And for birthday she also made lots of fried Indonesiëan snacks

[@jnosida]

Pure Indo guy here. I don't know how and why youtube algorithm recommended this even though I never watched your content before, but I'm glad I watched this video. It is mind blowing how our food is served differently in the Netherlands and how it is pronounced differently as well. For example: Boontjes (buncis), Atjar (acar). You just got yourself a new sub!

[@buncharted]

yay - welcome :)

[@monke-mk5]

Tj is old spelling format for "c" (like in chair) sound in Indonesia. So its still read as acar

[@jnosida]

@@monke-mk5 Yes I am aware of that. While we changed our spelling format, apparently the Dutch did not. Which is why I said it is mind-blowing. When other countries spell our food, they use the modern Indonesian spelling (or other format if they don't use the standard ABC's like Chinese or Japanese). So it is fascinating that the Dutch are still using the old-school format.

[@nickburgmeijer6807]

Interesting! I thought we made the Indonesian spelling more dutch like. Like atjar, ketjap etc. While I thought the Indonesian spelling always was scary, kecap etc

[@QuartzNL]

On the exact same street, please consider visiting Afobaka (corner Oudedijk / Taborstraat). Everyone around there (in the borough of Kralingen) knows the owner (as) "Jimmy" who in turn calls everyone "buurman" (neighbor). It's a mix of Surinamese/Indonesian/Chinese/Antillian - with authentic dishes for all. They do takeout, but also have a very relaxed restaurant section.

[@MrMezmerized]

Shouldn't have watched this before late dinner. Now I am craving Indonesian food, which I do not have at home, and the toko's are closed. Indonesian food being my favorite is in my DNA. Oh and you guys have plenty more Indies/Indonesian dishes to explore. And I suggest going to the Tong Tong Fair / Pasar Malam Besar in The Hague in September.

[@ikwilda]

I just ate. I heard lemper... Hungry. And it got worse by the dish 😂😂😂

[@ElMariachi1337]

As a Dutchie, you gotta have at least a bottle of Ketjap and Sambal at home!

[@Nitzpitz]

Hope you try Ethiopian (or Erithrean) food next. It is very underrated cuisine. I love it and even learned to make some dishes myself. Absolute must try at least once. Certainly try the Doro Wat. There is a good restaurant in The Hague and one in Leiden too. Or come to Eindhoven, there are a few over here.

[@jajo579]

Watching that video made me crave my native food again. I've been living in the US since '03 and here in NJ, where I live there are no Indonesian restaurants. 😒Plenty of Italian restaurants ... to trip over but no good Asian restaurants besides Chinese, which is different from the Chinese-Indonesian restaurants in The Netherlands. I hear you made references to Indian cuisine. Fortunately there's a nice little Indian bistro nearby that we love to go to. Did you know that 500 BCE people from the eastern part of Indonesia sailed to India and traded their spices . My ancestors are from that part, called the Spice Islands. It is now a province of Indonesia, called the Moluccan Islands (Maluku). So funny that the name "curry" is used, which is of course a reference to India. However for a number of those spices, the origin lies elsewhere. I guess it's because "curry" is easier to pronounce or maybe because it is more wellknown in English speaking countries. In the Indonesian and Moluccan cuisine we would say "bumbu". Pronounced [boomboo]. Love all your videos, btw. This one just hit 'home' for me. Loved it!! Thanks.❤

[@Bricolage-ph]

I made Gado Gado last Friday, it's realy easy to make, super delicious and somewhat healthy because of all the vegetables.

[@alexandergrofics1885]

Gado Gado is sooo good. It's my standard answer to "if you're stuck on a remote island and only had one thing to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?". And it's pretty healthy too, I guess.

[@ikwilda]

It's brilliant for extreme hot summer days. Cools you down.

[@wirawanc83]

If you are still in NL just stop by at Lapek Jo resto in Den Haag. I used to visit the resto when I was living in NL back 3 years ago. It is a quite authentic West Sumatran cuisine. Try "Sate Padang" it is excellent. Hope the taste is still the same.

[@adenanariff9092]

Next you can try sweet martabak for dessert it's best but unhealthy, greetings from bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@UkeBroski]

Great video guys! 😊 all looked amazing

[@nomirrors3552]

I really enjoy your videos. You have this wonderful chemistry and this friendly geekiness that I enjoy. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@buncharted]

thank you ❤️

[@eddys.3524]

Indeed, Rijsttafel is an absolute treat in the Netherlands.. Most restaurants have a bit of their own style. Eating Rijsttafel with a beer is the Dutch Colonial way of eating Indonesian food. BTW.... you guys still not being obese with all that delicious food is truly remarkable... 😂

[@buncharted]

we try to eat healthy in between videos 😅

[@aldinoruswandi]

As someone who lives in 3rd generation after the colonialization, I could still feel the trauma because my Grandma are used to telling me what happens back then. So please stop using those words as it's still fond in our memories.

[@Pagroove]

Hey. Rotterdammer here too. I Subscribed to your channel. What I like about your channel is that you came all the way from Texas to live here in the 2nd largest city in The Netherlands and (probably) like it. 😀😁😆😅🤣🥰😉. Now this deep dive into food culture is something I like and it illustrates that our country is really diverse in terms of food culture. We are sure spoiled. We can eat food of almost all cultures around the globe as a lot of nationalities live in our city. That's what I like about Rotterdam. It is a mini- World City.

[@MikeS29]

I love these food videos, so fun and delicious!

[@maidenekker]

I love Indonesian food (I am Dutch), when I grew up my mother started to try out meals like nasi goreng and bami goreng. I eat food like this at least once a week. The ricetable is too much for me, I like just a few choices. It is really nice food to prepare yourself, when you have time (and patience), especially rendang. When I order I usually choose for a satay (with rice or bami), we have an exellent restaurant here for that. I hope your next video will be about food from Suriname.

[@hcjkruse]

Now you live in Rotterdam you should try the Kapsalon from the place that invented it! The combo of Turkish, Indonesian and Dutch.

[@alexandergrofics1885]

Or, as some say: heart attack on a plate. It's pretty good though! 😋

[@buncharted]

thanks for the reminder - we’ve been meaning to do this!

[@Jake-co3wk]

Used to live in Soerabaja - love the cuisine!!!!

[@garendasosro3686]

Your video remind me that I used to cook (bake) mackerel when I was in Den Hang. Spread banana leaf. Put on mackerel it. Spread any ingredients you like (favor). Then cover it with banana leaf, and finally cover it with aluminum foil. Then put it into oven. You can bake for 15 till, 20 minutes. The ingredients I used to put on to mackerel are onion, garlic, lemongrass, tumerine, ginger, chilli, salt, and a pinch of sugar.

[@fangirldiary6465]

My personal fave for Indonesian food as Indonesian is Warung Barokah in Amsterdam. It’s not using the rice table system, and I recommend you to order their Javanese menu because they’re their specialty. The owner, bu Sri is super friendly, you can chat with her and other Indonesian costumers as we like to chat with people during meals. 😂

[@merren2306]

1:38 also note that a rijsttafel specifically consists of at least 20 dishes.

[@vanderquast]

The best Dutch food is Indonesian, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Surinam, Chinese, Portugese, Vietnamese, French, Syrian, Argentinian, Mexican, ...😉

[@bembs0256]

Try to visit Warung Padang Lapek in The Hague, I would say their Rijsttaffel is one of the best in the Netherlands! Also, you might want to visit Pempek Elysha in Voorburg (around 12 min with tram from Den Haag Centraal). They serve “pempek”, a traditional fried fish cakes, a must try Indonesian delicacy! 😋 Greetings from Enschede! 👋

[@LazyManJoe]

Going to be in The Netherlands later this year and looking forward trying this. We love Asian food (& I LOVE rice) - so this looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!

[@sandernieuwenhuizen626]

You want me to say there is no Indonesian restaurant in your country?

[@LazyManJoe]

@@sandernieuwenhuizen626 - we have lots of different restaurants (Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, actually too many different to mention) - but the point I tried to make was that I would be in The Netherlands later this year and would like to try these offerings there. Some of the combinations mentioned in the video I've not come across here in South Africa.

[@sandernieuwenhuizen626]

@@LazyManJoe ok i understand!

[@lindaleer7989]

Thanks to your video me and my partner tried the rijst tafel for our anniversary and we were not disappointed. Next time you get back to Haarlem check out restaurant flamboyant. You need to book as they are pretty busy.

[@blueskys2010]

Great reaction, you guys did some researched also. Love it

[@panjimahesa]

2:29 lemper is like sushi roll filled inside with beef floss or minced spicy fish and yes you can dip lemper into sauce or sambal 👀

[@swaggcattuber4723]

My personal favorit among these are gado-gado. i like it because i love plant based food. And never thought that vegetables is good to eat with peanut sauce.

[@jeruksambal]

I bought pressed blocks of peanut sause all you need is hot water, Indonesian import from 99 Ranch market.

[@WoBuXihuan]

You can try Tempeh, great for vegetarians. Tempeh is a superfood

[@danangrizky4205]

I really like life in the Netherlands, very peaceful ,calm, and safe even though the cost of living in the Netherlands is quite expensive🇮🇩🇳🇱

[@ikwilda]

And getting more expensive by the week. 😢 Paying double for some meats already compared to pre corona/Ukraine etc. Also rising taxes don't help.

[@ikwilda]

A kilo of ribeye is about 28 euro now. Used to be 16/17 (using the same butcher as comparison)

[@moon_fake]

I don't. Too much Indonesians there

[@RichardRenes]

Rendang is at it's best when the sauce is almost dry and the meat is not spicy initially but is an afterburner. In Ye olde days, you would have Sarinah in the Central Plaza (where the Holland Casino is), and they had the perfect rendang alright. I can also recommend daging rudjak and daging semoor. While on Indonesia: During the easter weekend, you will have the yearly Pasar Malam in Ahoy... Perhaps something to check out? It's there from friday to monday... Lastly, but i can not confirm this yet, is that almost everyone agrees that the Indonesian restaurants in the Hague are way better than any Rotterdam or Amsterdam Indonesian restaurant.

[@buncharted]

ooooh - thank you for the tip on pasar malam!

[@jandirkvanleeuwen]

I agree ( as a Hagenees)😄

[@deetgeluid]

Yup, the Hague is the place to go for Indonesian food. I grew up on the stuff. There’s close to a hundred(!) places to eat.

[@deetgeluid]

Yup, the Hague is the place to go for Indonesian food. I grew up on the stuff. There’s close to a hundred(!) places to eat.

[@jimmymiata]

It was a Dutch invention to get an impression of what this restaurant has to offer in one go, a small version of all the dishes from Menu card

[@syariful_umam]

must try the avocado juice. Avocados in Indonesia are very common for making juice

[@dickwassenaar9722]

water is running in my mouth I hope you liked your Indonesia food with love from Alkmaar

[@heenez2397]

Slamat makan !! ohyeah, usually, put emphasis on the second vowel. For instance : ren-DANG. Where the A is like an AH ;)

[@erikmulder2574]

Spekkoek is not a mix up between cultures as far as I know, it is pure Indonesian. It is time consuming to make, under the grill layer by layer

[@simpleman6327]

Some food historians say it's Dutch-Indonesian heritage. It is basically European style layer cake (Hungarian Dobosch Torte or German Baumkuchen) but infused with Indonesian spices. It is a shared heritage from both countries.

[@MarcelL-DM]

Love seeing you eat with a spoon and taking a spoon with the dish and rice. Some dishes are different depending on the region. As a Moluccan we have some differences in the way dishes are prepared and even different regional dishes. Even different family recipes. For instance my family doesn't use peanuts for the saté sauce but a union sauce.

[@herurochadi494]

Union or onion sauce ? for indonesian satay, especially in Java.... for chicken satay, we use peanut sauce. For goat satay, we use onion and Ketjap Manis sauce.

[@MarcelL-DM]

@@herurochadi494 Saus made out of fried unions 💙🤍💚❤️❤️❤️

[@ikwilda]

Spoon? I use kroepoek and my hands as my spoon. Must be the lost Indonesian in me. 😂 1/4 Indonesian. My dad is what they call a peanut 50/50 😂

[@ikwilda]

​@@herurochadi494 kambing is my definate favorite. Gonna make some this week because of this clip (and comment)

[@hellmuthschreefel9392]

Man, this video makes me hungry. I was born in Surabaja on the island of Java, to Indo parents, but had to escape in 1958 to Utrecht Nederland and eventually ended up in Denver and then Detroit. I've eaten all of the dishes you feature in my youth when still living in my parents home, but now especially miss sate, gado gado and nasi goreng. My mother's specialty was Javanese lumpia (egg rolls) but fortunately my American wife has learned to make it and it's ALWAYS the star of the show when our family gets together for our "traditional" Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners LOL. Still, what I wouldn't give to have a restaurant like Calaboose near me.

[@MikeS29]

YUM!!!! Looks great 🙂

[@_PJW_]

Chinese-Indonesian kitchen is staple food in The Netherlands. But true Chinese and Indonesian food are different beasts altogether. Indonesian food is art. And the art already starts with the smells.

[@fransjoleihitu]

For the spekkoek , also try the pandang (green one)

[@VeniVidiAjax]

The cinnamon could be a clove, especially if it’s a slow cooker dish big chance it’s cloves instead of cinnamon. Spek koek is indeed super nice, it’s quite filling. Also made with pandan. Gonna get hate from Indonesians… but I sometimes make white chocolate sauce to go with it… just because of love sweet stuff

[@koriharyono5238]

You guys bring spekkoek to Indonesia, we cant angry with your just because of that...

[@peli71]

In The Hague, Rijswijk and Voorburg a lot of Indonesian tokos can be found. I highly recommend those tokos. (toko top 50)

[@Querientje]

Ik ga altijd naar sari manis in voorburg klein familie bedrijfje heerlijk en goedkoop

[@AS-uy8fg]

You should go to Lapek Jo in The Hague. It's a different Indonesian food experience as the cook is from Sumatra. My fav 😋😋 (okee it's veeerryy spicey tho)

[@buncharted]

we like spicy! 🌶️

[@lindafukuyu5767]

Beef Rendang (Rendang Sapi) has been voted by Time Magazine as a # 1 Food (best dish) in the World !!

[@dobberdop]

Welcome to my heritage.. the food looks really good. Next time, try to make nasi goreng. Or make the rice table by your self

[@dutchuncle3310]

You might like to try eating Rijsttafel in a sort of traditional setting. In the Kralingse Bos ( a park in Rotterdam) build around the Kralingse Plas (a lake) you’ll find Restaurant Minang Kabau. The perfect place to have rijsttafel on a warm summer evening especially in a larger group so you van order a full Indonesian Rijstafel that is impossible to eat as a couple. Far to many dishes.

[@jeruksambal]

I ate Rijsttafel with 15 dishes at restaurant Bali, long time ago in Scheveningen, I don't think they are there anymore. I had it with the man who had the Dutch radio in SoCal, he went back to the Netherlands.

[@zainalwajo7833]

thanks for try our food

[@xanderlangschmidt8986]

Looks you are now hooked on Indo-food. Next time try Restaurant Minang Kabau at the Kralingse Plas, I am not affiliated to them but as an Indo (Dutch/Indonesion mixup) I really like eating there. Especially on a day with good weather when you can sit outside and enjoy the great view over the Kralingse Plas. They have an even wider selection of dishes. If you have the opportunity try to have the nasi kuning (Yellow Rice) and if available sate gambing (goat). Spekkoek is a lot of work, each layer backed one after the other. The one you had, had relatively thick layers but I also always struggle to make them much thinner. Anyways I have always learned that you are supposed to eat it with small bites as respect to the amount of work the cook had to make it. The rijsttafel as mentioned in other comments is indeed a meal that was created for the Dutch Colonist ruling class. However the Indonesian cuisine also knows a similar meal and it is called Selamatan. This is traditionally served to celebrate important events like birth, marriage and death. The centre piece is a cone of nasi kuning and it is traditionally served with an odd number (for good luck) of side dishes and there should be a balance between surf, turf and veggies. It is traditionally shared with the neighbours, but nowadays mostly with the family. Also there are the more 1 person mini rijsttafels such as Nasi Campur and Nasi Rames.

[@gunali5866]

Tqu dude im from bali indonesia...punten tien

[@Right-vp4lo]

next time also try out the pisang goreng

[@chubbymoth5810]

I recommend finding yourself a decent restaurant that serves a decent wine. It will cost you quite a bit, but there are actually very good restaurants were you can find the better dishes of Dutch cuisine. There is a lot of fusion kitchen going on as well. For the rest, Rotterdam has a wide variety of cuisines, I suggest taking a walk in Delfshaven area. There used to be a fair amount of really good restaurants around the harbour area.

[@alvinrizkyanto]

Rendang or Merandang is a cooking technique that you have to slow cook your beef or chicken with coconut milk and herbs for hours, the more brownish/dry the beef is the real rendang. And it can stay for months without refrigerator

[@SuperDutchjohn]

Glad you enjoyed it, and yes, Indonesian food is very tasty, in fact you only scratched the surface! My guess is Thai food for the next vlog and as always....thumbs up!!

[@rf5210]

Dutch Indonesian food is some of the best food I have ever eaten. Had my first rijstafel in Tilburg at the Bali restaurant. Will never forget it.

[@theonijkerk3012]

You can make all of that at home. Check the Asian isle in the supermarket in the Netherlands.

[@peli71]

Skip the Dutch supermarkets. Go to asian supermarkets, the large ones even have a lot of fresh ingredients. (amazing oriental)

[@stigmatalab]

Modern rijstafel in Indo is now Nasi Padang 😀 when you come to Padang restaurants they serve various food on the table for you to pick, at the end you pay only what you take.

[@Roel_Scoot]

Gado gado is eaten with kroepoek which is broken in your hand and sprinkled on the dish in the last moment to keep it crispy.

[@DenUitvreter]

There are also the Chinese-Indonesian restaurants. They are less fancy and do a lot of take away it's basically a Chinese take on Indonesian food for the Dutch taste at a budget. They have been in the Dutch country side since the 1950's, it's in decline for 2 decaded but it used to make up more than half of the Dutch restaurants. Any village over 2000 souls would have had one, many had two to choose between. It is a really interesting phenomenon, allthough all seperate businesses they all looked the same because they got quasi-Chinese interiors from the same company. The menu's were also mostly the same. You could and to a lesser extent drive to any village anywhere in the country and order your nasi, babi pangan, tjap tjoy and sateh. It's worth a try in the fastfood or pizza category.

[@buncharted]

yeah, i think there are a lot of places with surinamese in the mix too, right? "surinamese/chinese/indonesian" is popular on thuisbezorgd :)

[@CharleneDandelion]

hey! You're almost right. I would take out ' the Chinese take'. It's not their take, they were forced to change the spices and tastes to cater to white Dutch people indeed. If they didn't their restaurant wouldn't suvive.

[@DenUitvreter]

@@buncharted That's much newer but the old 'De Chinees' as we call them are sometimes changing too, especially in the cities. In many villages there are a lot in which time stood still because the people still like it. Getting pseudo-Indonesian food from the Chinese take away is an old Dutch tradition by now. I like the food personally but wouldn't recommend it as excellent or great or something, it's a very weird, interesting phenomenon I believe. Surinamese is basically a fusion of West-African, Javanese (Indonesian is not really a single cuisine) and Indian. It's a fascinating country and cuisine indeed.

[@DenUitvreter]

@@CharleneDandelion Yes, but they are run by Chinese people, often immigrants to Indonesia, which fled Indonesian 'nationalism' together with the Dutch if I'm not mistaken. They use a lot of Chinese influences and call themselves "Chinees-Indisch restaurant" (Indisch as in Dutch-Indies). They didn't make it too hot but the compromise was also on the price and the speed compared to authentic Indonesian. It was still something very different from what the people ate at home in the 1950's, allthough nasi was already making it to the home cooking.

[@CharleneDandelion]

@@DenUitvreter the Chinese influence is negligible though, this is the reason why I said it isn’t really a Chinese take on it, since the take on it was mostly Dutch.

[@Bduh2]

Here's how I make Sambal Goreng "Green Beans", try it, you may like it. Sambal Goreng Green Beans Ingredients: Garlic, Shallot (-s), Red Lombok (or substitute like Sambal Oelek), Laos, Young tomatoes, Paprika powder, 1 or 2 Daon Salam (Indonesian Dark Laurel Leaf), Trassi, Salam, fine sugar and Green beans Preparation: Take all the spices and make a paste (bumbu) from this but, of course, without the tomatoes Cooking it: Fry the bumbu in a little bit of oil until golden brown (if you can see the color actually…lol) Add the green beans Add water until beans are slightly covered Add the Daon Salam leaves to it and let it simmer. When the beans are soft and ready to be served, like 15 min. before you eat them, add some coconut milk to it.

[@rocingersol5060]

My favorites in Amsterdam are Long Pura and Indra Pura. We’ve also been to Sama Sebo, Tempo Doeloe, and Kantjil & De Tijgre.

[@jordyvanstuivenberg855]

Lovely video ! , never been to an indonesian restaurant before but it looks very good. I hope you enjoyed it. And for the next video surinaams ? 😁

[@buncharted]

😁😁😁

[@meneersjonnie]

Lekker man!

[@buncharted]

so lekker!

[@fransjoleihitu]

Love this video with the food I grew up with. Do try sate kambing (goat) , my favorite

[@Bduh2]

As a second-generation "Indo" in The Netherlands (My parents were the first generation late 50s), we always had Indonesian food on the weekends which my Mom (Who's hobby was cooking) started on Thursdays. Saturday and Sunday were the days with an abundance of Indonesian foods which my Dad liked so much and then the Mondays were for the leftovers which she then turned into a whole new dish altogether. Tuesday thru Friday was "Dutch Food", Meat-Potatoes-Vegetable type of dishes. I remember going with my Dad on a trip to hunt down duck eggs so my Mom could make salted eggs, he wanted duck eggs and not regular eggs, why? Heck if I know. In the early days, it was very difficult to find the right spices and/or ingredients to make these dishes but then, out of the blue, some guy imported a lot of these ingredients and drove around our neighborhood selling them out of his converted van. To state he started a successful business is an understatement. Then, in the 80s I followed my heart and got married to an American girl and ran into the same problem as my Mom did in the early 60s: "Where oh where to get the right ingredients?" Well, I happened to run into a store here in Las Vegas called: International Import Store and advised the owner of Indonesian AND Dutch products. This was decades ago. Now I have an abundance of Indonesian and Dutch ingredients. In regard to The Netherlands: It is good to see all these different cultures being represented in the culinary world. Each year I do a culinary tour when visiting my remaining family there but, haring-kroketjes-scholletjes-mosselen-frikandel special and patat met will always be on the top of the list.

[@ahmadcianjur3879]

Indonesia food makes the passion come back to life

[@ilonkagootjes858]

You can also order a rijsttafel at a Chinese restaurant, here. They picked it up, and made their own version. Smart move. 😊

[@lickingdogs]

You can make it at home easily. Just buy the bumbus at the supermarket. Is it as good as in the restaurant? Probably not, but it always beats eating other stuff.

[@Controle1yo]

You're such a nice couple

[@ardisetyo6811]

indonesia in here.. welcome to wonderful indonesi 🙏🇮🇩

[@rapiakbar13]

3:35 its prolly not the ketchup you're thinking about. Its kecap, sweet soy sauce, almost every indonesian dish have it. its like how japanese like to use soy sauce to almost all they eat, we use sweet soy sauce here, which is kecap manis. Its sweet, not spicy at all, the spicy you feel came from the sambal

[@jackvandersluis1723]

Please stop this, getting more and more hungry during your video 😂 great vlog!

[@ericdenissen1229]

ole ole heerlijke sate

[@TheBontekraai]

you guys are hilarious

[@Relaxbadkneeadventures]

Next video maybe visting wildlands in emmen 👍😉

[@andreathegreat7765]

PINDASAUS!!!

[@andreathegreat7765]

So is "Pataatje Oorlog" (friet+ mayo+ warm peanut butter sauce + uien) origionally Indonesian, then? It's my favorite!

[@andreathegreat7765]

Can we expect to find vegan/vegetarian offerings at a typical Indonesian restaurantje?