In addition to the beautiful sights in the Netherlands Today, admin has a good advice about the local food of the Dutch people, there are some interesting and unique dishes that you must try here only. If you have tried it, you may like it or not, depending on your personal taste. This one doesn’t matter. You will also have a great experience telling your friends, family or others, or you can explain about the traditional Dutch food. Of course, if you haven’t tried it, you might regret that you haven’t arrived in the Netherlands.

1. Stroopwafels

It is a Dutch dessert that is well known among tourists who come to try it, and the Dutch “stroop” means syrup. Stroopwafels are thin, double-layered pastry topped with a syrup or caramel in the middle. baking sheet splice These snacks are commonly sold in shops or supermarkets. If you can buy this dessert at a shop that makes it fresh and hot, it will be very sweet and delicious.

2. Bitterballen 

It looks like a round ball coated with breadcrumbs and fried. The inside is like a filling, which is a mixture of ingredients such as minced meat, flour, butter, spices mixed with soup, cheese filling, vegetable filling and many more. Served with Mardtas as a snack It is best served with beer.

3. Stamppot

It is a popular dish eaten during the winter in the Dutch people. This traditional recipe consists of mashed potatoes, pickled cabbage, carrots, onions, and is served with succulent fried sausages with sausage sauce. You must try it and you will like it.

4. Haring

Some people may have heard of the haring fish. And here they like to eat fresh herring with chopped onions and pickled cucumbers to reduce the fishy smell and fatness of the fish. which may be eaten with bread May to July of every year is the time when people here come to catch haring for sale live. And this is the best time to eat this menu.

5. Poffertjes

It’s the mini pancakes here. This cake is made from buckwheat flour and yeast mixed together, then the prepared dough is poured into a pan with several shallow dimpled holes. Until the bottom batter is cooked, then turn the top down again. It is similar to our Thai dessert. But our Thai dessert krok smells like pandan juice and coconut milk. The taste is different. This menu is served with powdered sugar and butter. Some of them have a choice of chocolate topping or strawberry topping.

6. Patat Potato Chips

Or potatoes cut into thick slices into sticks and fried (similar to french fries in our country, but here they cut into bigger and thicker sticks). Eat with mayonnaise sauce. Satay sauce or spice sauce here, some people may like to sprinkle onions as well.

7. Dutch pancakes

If a typical pancake will look like a small round batter. But this place is unique in that the dutch pancakes are large, flat fried dough pieces. If anyone can’t figure it out, it’s similar to a roti sheet in our house. But here, you can choose to eat it with syrup, sugar or chocolate, and you can also add mixed fruits according to the fudge, it’s very delicious.

8. Drop candy

It is considered the national dessert of the Dutch people. It has a slightly salty, sweet taste that blends together and it becomes chewy if chewed. It has a black ingredient called drop. It is a popular Dutch dessert. The taste of sweets is unique and unlike anywhere else. It is sold in general supermarkets.

9. Kibbeling 

For those who do not dare to try fresh haring fish. This is another menu for those who like to eat fish. It’s kibbeling, which is deep fried sea bass. Served with mayonnaise and lemon herb sauce You can buy it as freshly fried at the general fresh market or food truck.

10. Croquet (Ten) or Frikandel (Kroketen, Frikandel)

As a snack, like bitterballen, it is popular with people here. Can be eaten with bread And with mustard sauce, mayonnaise, ketchup or herb sauce, it’s perfect. Frikandel is like our sausage. Fried, the taste will be a bit salty, while the kroketen is similar to bitterballen. The only difference is that it’s a thick, round stick covered in bread crumbs, stuffed with meat, shrimp, fish, crab, and vegetables. You can often find this kind of food in snack cafés, with vending machines available for purchase. Very convenient and fast

11. Sprinkle or Hagelslag

It is made from cocoa or made into a fruit flavor. It looks like a small long oval granule. Other places are usually sprinkled on top of ice cream. But Dutch people eat hagelslag for breakfast. Sprinkle them on the buttered bread crumbs. But it’s something that fits perfectly.

12. Cheese

Cheese is one of the main businesses of the Netherlands. It is famous for its delicious and varied cheeses as well as the cheese making process. And in addition, here there are cheese festivals that are held every year in many cities that have it all. If you’ve been here and haven’t tried famous cheeses like Gouda, Geitenkaas, or Maasdammer, that means you haven’t arrived in the Netherlands.

13. Apple Cake (Appeltaart)

or apple pie at home, sure enough The Dutch enjoy this dish with tea, coffee, or as a home-cooked meal at birthday parties. The traditional Dutch appeltaart has a sweet cake batter at the bottom and a lattice-like batter on the top. The apple slices in the filling are flavored with cinnamon, sugar and lemon juice. The apple varieties commonly referred to in appeltaart recipes are Elstar, Gala, and Goudreinet because they are crispy and not sweet.

14. Oliebollen

It is a dessert made from dough, molded into balls, fried in oil. There are some mixed with raisins and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Available for sale or popular to eat during Christmas or New Year. They are sold at bakeries or food trucks. Very delicious. Must try.