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The "trick" with the stroopwafels you get with the supermarket is to put them on top of your cup of coffee (or tea) as a kind of lid to warm them up before you enjoy them.
We're often too impatient to do it! Or, we put it on, get distracted, and then it can cave in/sink in a bit... Depends on the waffle, it's thickness and freshness. @@waysoftheworld_
It's funny because people say this every time people try stroopwafels for the first time, but I'd never heard of eating them that way before, or seen anyone else do it lol (I'm Dutch).
Rolling your pannenkoek is Dutch efficiency. It easy to cut in pieces, stays longer warm, distributes the stroop, and as a kid you could eat with your hands.🇳🇱👍👍
@@dutchman7623 whilst baking you just stack them on a seperate plate. And if you are done eating you put another plate upside down on top, when they are cooled of to room temperature you shove them in the fridge till breakfast.
@@PaulaBean Here in Milwaukee, WI, USA, an old tradition in neighborhood bars is a "Shot and a Beer". The shot here is brandy, a Wisconsin favorite. There is no short name for it such as "kopstoot". By the way I love oude genever but can not find it here.
@@billd.8336 Thanks for the story. "Kopstoot" is actually a combination of two Dutch words: "Kop" (meaning 'head', the thing containing your brain) and "Stoot" which means 'push' or 'punch'. So, a beer with a jenever could be called a 'Headpunch' in English! 😝
The available toppings for the poffertjes really screams "tourist trap". Glad you had them with sugar and butter to get a taste of the traditional serving first.
As a Dutch guy who lived in Amsterdam for 10 years I just completely love this video and how the two of you are exploring the city in a way that it feels nostalgic for me.
You two are wonderful together, your knowledge of this country is really informative and you make it fun for people to watch you and experience what you bring to the table. I am bed bound so this for me is like being right there. We need more good people like yourselves who make it fun and informative to learn what's on the other side of the world 🌍🌎🌍🌎🌍. I hope you both can keep doing and exploring new places and things to try. I look forward to seeing more of your wonderful adventures.🦊😄🌻
It also has nothing to do with keeling over when your drunk. It just the feeling you have in your head combining the two together. Dutch think your brave when you try it.
What a lekkere and gezellige video! For sure you guys made me a little homesick! I notice you still feel very much at home in Amsterdam Gordon, and Aimara's Dutch is surely improving! Thanks for spending time with opa! Love you!
I watched the whole video after I watched a previous one. You two are fun to watch. Your video style is very calm and nice. Besides the food, you also showed the atmosphere. Gezellig!!
What an yammy video ! You can clearly see on you faces and you vibes , that Amsterdam is home . Thanks for video and can wait to see a travel series from Netherlands ❤
This is the first time I’ve watched an American food tour of the Netherlands (in Amsterdam) and not cringe. Great video! Would love for you to come back and show more of this country :)
Oh, during the eighties I always went to Tuschinski cinema on Saturdays and afterwards in the back alley go to Dobben for a ‘broodje kroket’, a bun with a real homemade kroket, before taking the last regional bus out of the city back to home.
Some day we went to see The Beasty Boys at AZO. Had the best MDMA before though I had to throw up at FEBO’s, eaten the best bamiball ever and wear the T-shirt ever ever since.
Guys! GUYS! I am crying inside:( I miss Amsterdam so much. I have been to Netherlands for few times and the last time was there was this January. But I already miss it. Thank you for posting this video. It is never enough to watch and learn about Netherlands.
Thank you! I have several 'Dutch' cousins born in the US and we all have the same accent... our family in NL are always amused by it 😂 thanks for the nice comment!
One of the best food tastings in Amsterdam I have seen on RUclips. Lived most of my life in Amsterdam, now expat in Athens and you really showed a lot of the real stuff. However, besides brodjes kaas the Dutch eat many other things in the morning, like pindakaas (peanut butter) and hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles). Ossenworst is originally brought to the Netherlands by Jews, like Pekelvlees (kind of pastrami)
A “kopstootje” is a small glass of jenever put in a large glass of beer. Yes, really, you take the small glass and drop it in the large glass of beer. And then you drink it.
When I was in Amsterdam we went to a Rijkstable (rice table). It was an amazing experience. All of the Indonesian spices were wonderful & since everything was put out in it's own little container you could create something fun. It was also interesting as I learned a bit about Indonesia & have since become fascinated with Bali. In Bali everyday chores are treated as a meditation & their food is another form of meditation.
Sounds delicious! We will be back in Amsterdam in April and hope to have time for non-Dutch foods popular in the Netherlands video -rijsttafel is on the list 😊 do you remember the name of the place you went?
I love Amsterdam and Maastricht. The stroopwaffel is my top favorite and second is the lunch or dinner crepe with ham and cheese. And the Dutch people are very friendly and helpful.
Thanks! Yea, I hear Maastricht is a very wonderful city! And yes, the Dutch are typically friendly, and I find most have a great balance of being sociable but also not overwhelming 😉
I had never seen an unrolled pancake, until being in USA.....at home, ( Australia) we sometimes made crepe suzettes..... Pancakes, poured thin, eggy , always rolled...and so delicious!
Cannot think of another actual food tour of a day in Amsterdam. I really like that you concentrated on the food. Made my mouth water. Especially the dinner pancake. I was thinking pizza when you stated "you'll never guess"...cheese & onion are to me like PB&J to others...yummy! If you are growing your presentation, might I suggest a bit of history of the surrounding buildings. Nothing too elaborate, but to kind of let us know where you are, to set the atmosphere. Happy you both are in a satisfactory relationship...brilliant!
Being born and raised in Amsterdam, this was really fun to watch! Saw so much places where my footprints are🧡 And I love Febo!! Best milkshakes and always eat a speciaaltje! You went to van Dobben in de Kalverstraat, but didn't eat the van Dobben kroket?????? 😱 That's what made them famous! Anyway, I'm gonna watch more of your videos! Keep it up😘
Glad you enjoyed the video! I had no clue FEBO had great milkshakes - and we didn't have kroket because we already were planning to get bitterballen later in the vid... I thought they were too similar 🤷🏻♂️ Thanks for the comment 😎
With the big pancake I would roll up the naturel ones with stroop en/of poedersuiker but the filled pancakes (my favorite is one with bacon and cheese or in dutch spek en kaas) with a bit poedersuiker (powder sugar) and slice it in to pieces. If you roll the filled ones they get so big and I like to enjoy my food instead of quickly chewing it away 😉 And that filet American you showed was a bit pale. I'm used to the brighter red Filet American you can buy in the supermarket 😉
Oh that makes sense! We were taking some massive bites out of that giant pannenkoek! Also I wouldn't have imagined poedersuiker on the savory ones 🙂 And yes... the filet american was different from the store - maybe they mixed in some mayo? I honestly don't quite remember...
I love The Netherlands, lived in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Wish you had discussed Genever, described, Juniper berries, etc. herring. The fact that Indonesian food is such an important part of the cuisine there and describing the rijstaffel.. That Genever is served ice cold, etc. Also frites.. served with mayo and bought on the street. Going in the tents for puffertjes in the winter and seeing the griddle they are cooked on... So much fun.
@@Iamsanni You clearly never lived near the coast here in the Netherlands. Herring is often just eaten as a snack which can be multiple times a week. And Jenever depends on the person, personally I rather take a shot of jenever after work than a beer.
Well I always have joghurt with muesli + fresh fruit. Lunch could be a broodje haring or a portion of kibbeling with curry sauce. Evening meal could be hot or a full salad.😅
yea it would be fun! although we try an avoid cold weather as much as we can 😎 also erwtensoep/boerenkool/hutspot are hard to find in restaurants, or no?
We need more foodie series. I might be wrong, but Amsterdam is the most expensive City I've been to in Europe so far (I was there in 2022). I love the city and the Dutch people. Amsterdam has some good Indonesian restaurants. Cheers, Saludos
Yes, we plan to include Indonesian food on a separate video next Summer. And yes, it's expensive. Not more than other cities like Rome and Paris though... I guess it all depends on where you go, but yes, it is expensive in AMS 🙈 We love that city so much too!! And love the Dutchies too lol obviously! 😍
Hey guys, what a nice video! It’s hardly noticeable that Gordon has Dutch roots 😉 A little insider tip: you can put the stroopwafels from the supermarket in the microwave/oven, I like m better that way!
Haha, do I get points for spotting the guy in the van waving? 8:05 I find the Netherlands very green and beautiful. Next visit I am definitely going to try some of this food. Thanks for another great video guys! 💛 Gezellig!
Broodje Kaas: (and yes, Kaas is with a capital K, One hill I will die on) I don't eat it every day anymore but yes, absolutely a staple of Dutch food. Personally I rather have the "Tosti", the Dutch variant of the grilled cheese sandwich Saucijzenbroodje: Perfect for when you are traveling by train. A coffee and Saucijzenbroodje from Kiosk is always a winner while watching the cows roll by. Stroopwafel: It is actually one wafer split in two. The "stroop is a syrup made from beetsugar based molasses, brown caster sugar (called basterd zuiker in Dutch) and real butter (called Roomboter in Dutch). For tourists taking a package with them back home. Make a big mug of thee (or coffee) and place your stroopwafel on top as a lid and keep it there for about two minutes. The wafer and stroop will slightly warm up making the cookie softer and more delicious. Poffertjes: The man was correct, you eat them with butter and sugar, all the other "flavors" are purely for tourists. This is also true for the different types of Stroopwafel.. most Dutch will take them just naturel and warm tyvm. van Dobben, famous for their Kroketten and bitterballen. Their biggest competitor is probably Kwekkeboom which also hails from Amsterdam. I went to school in de Jordaan, partime SVH school at Elandsgracht (school for cooks, waiters and everyhting related to the hospitality industry) Biterballen (plural), not Bitterbaalen ;) I bet those are from van Dobben heheheh. And yes, a Bitterbal (singular) and a Kroket are basically the same thing. One is a one bite version (well maybe two) and the other a 3 bite version (maybe 4) The mustard looked to be "Grove Zaanse" which is the best mustard in the world (another hill I will die on) Bamibal/schijf and Nasibal/schijf (Bami is an Indonesian noodle dish, Nasi is an Indonesian rice dish) are only vegetarian if explicitly mentioned. There are also versions that contain small pieces of ham or chicken. So vegetarians should take note of that. As for Febo... haven't been there is years, I prefer the "snackbar" Jamin nowadays is a sad leftover from a really iconic candy store franchisein the Netherlands. Jamin (founded by Cornelius Jamin in 1870) hails from Rotterdam.They used to sell every type of candy imaginable, most made by Jamin themselves. There wafer icecream sandwich was iconic with Xenials and probably Millenials as well. They were the Dutch version of Wonka. Nowadays most of what they sell is made by the big companies. Jenever: Incorrect information. first, it is spelled correctly but said wrong. It is not a kopstotertje, it is a Kopstoot. Secondly a Jenever is not a kopstoot. A Jenever and Beer (seperate glasses) is a kopstoot. You down the Jenever and follow it up with the beer. There is a version called "Duikboot" (submarine) where the glass with Jenecer is dunked into the beer (wglass and all... just like *bloop* ) It is called Kopstootje because the combination can "hit you in the head" For the best pancakes in the Netherlands you have to go to Naturpark Lage Vuursche, in the little village of the same name you find the best pancake restaurants in the country, third hill I will die on. My personal favorites there are the Bosrand and Restuarant de Lage Vuursche.. purely based on how they look as all the pancake restaurants are top notch.
My grandparents were from Rotterdam. Last time I was there was 55 years ago when I was 5 years old. The BEST memory I have is poffertjes from a food cart on one of the bridges. I can get frozen poffertjes from Trader Joes in Arizona, but it's not the same...The Netherlands is on our itinerary for our slow travel in 2025! Can't wait!!
Wow! I love those kind of memories 🥹💞 You guys are going to have a blast in The Netherlands!!! We have a million recs for you too. G's family travels a lot in the country. It's so stunning! Maybe we'll coincide when you're there :) We always go to visit the fam ❤️ PS: need to try the TJ's poffertjes!!!!
I never have (or had) a saucijzenbroodje for breakfast. They're more like a snack ... when you're shopping. I had/have cheese for breakfast, but on a baguette. If they have bread for breakfast, most people I know have sliced bread with different toppings. I usually have a mix of savory and sweet: for example cheese, leverworst and peanut butter (on 3 different slices of bread). We used to walk by Febo, but since our grandson isn't a baby anymore we go there sometimes.
Wondering what the sauce was on the broodje kaas, I'm used to just put a bunch of real butter (boeren roomboter) and cheese on a white bun. (Or on so-called tijger bruin, if I'm being healthy lol) love adding some cucumber or tomato slices, for taste and some moisture, as just bread and cheese can sometimes be somewhat dry 😅 Thank God you got the original stroopwafel and not the tourist trap of all sorts of add-ons 🙏 About Febo, hardly ever go there, I believe most people have a small fryer at home. (Allthough a lot of ppl have airfryers instead now, bc thats healthier than frying in oil) and all the snacks to fry are sold at the supermarkets in the frozen section. Lots of families will then (air)fry some in the weekends. Lot cheaper than Febo or any other 'snackbar' 😅 Oeh, and you should 💯 try spek-pannenkoek or ham-cheese with dutch 'champignon-ragout' (unox brand preferably) Also, if you visit in winter, come to Friesland for the real Snert (erwtensoep aka pea-soup) 🤩 and what's also popular in winter in the Netherlands are all the different kinds of stampot we have!
I think it was just some garlicy spread on the cheese sandwich. In hindsight it may have been fun to start with the broodje kaas at my opa's apartment with just butter on an open face bread. And yes, I have had some fried snack dinners when my uncles were in charge of cooking... I don't like it 😂 we usually try to avoid Netherlands in the winter haha - and because my fam now lives in Florida we never really had much erwtensoep. maybe once a year when it was a bit cooler and there was family in town bringing the Hema worst (i think 🙃).
What did you guys think about this video? Amsterdam is 😍 Thanks for watching guys! PS: if you're a local please let us know what to eat time time we're in town!!! 🇳🇱
Great video. You showed all our delicious food we eat sometimes to treat our selves. My typical daymenu is: Breakfast: broodje hagelslag with milk Snack: biscuit with tea or coffee Lunch: broodje kaas and broodje filet american Snack: fruit Diner: potatoes with vegetables and hamburger Snacks: tea or coffee with biscuit and chips with a soft drink
Your vids are well done, etc. Technically better than most. Thnx Fun for tourists, sure. ✅ But do you even believe we Dutch really eat this "Dutch" stereotyped street food? Take a look around you at the vendors, it's tourists' food mainly. Just your first 2 items are laughable... eating a cheese sandwich is common in many other countries, innit? And that exotic Dutch 'saucijzenbroodje' you're eating, oozing with saturated fat but minimal nutrition value ... take it to England and it's not Dutch, it's just a 'sausage roll' Then take it to Australia and "It's just a bloody sausage roll, mate! Ya got any tomato sauce? Yum! " There they are as common as Aussie meat pies and kangaroos! Get real 🤣😂
@@theon9575 I am surprised you went out your Opal mine wearing that corked hat fighting some desert crocs singing "Waltzing Mathilda". How does the sneering of typical stereotyping feel? Does the Dutch wooden shoe fit mate? LOL Have a goodday! hahahahahaha
@@ervie60 LOL. Nice. Go ahead, enjoy being nasty and shooting the messenger. I can take it. 🤣 Leuk man. Play the man and not the ball Haha! But you can't deny what I say about cheese sandwiches and sausage rolls. Perfectly true. You did ask what we thought about the video? Sucses! X PS I'm just another Dutch citizen, born of Dutch parents above ground in Bergen op Zoom (no opal mine, unfortunately) and have lived in de Pijp, Amsterdam, for decades. I think maybe you should get out a bit more, see the cheese sandwiches for yourself.
Visit number 14 coming up next week…. There isn’t any decent Indonesian food near me, so I come to Amsterdam about once a year for rijsttafel! And other stuff, of course. The Pretenders at Paradiso, 24 Sept, will be a highlight on this trip. Great food video! (Try the ham and cheese croissants from Albert Heijn… I practically lived in those during a solo visit a few years ago. AH croissants are better than most bakery croissants in the US)
As a belgian guy I can confirm you didn't eat (and spell) bitterballen correctly. You're supposed to eat it in one big bite, burn your tastebuds and don't taste anything for the rest of the night while all your friends are laughing at you. Then they do the exact same thing since nobody can resist bitterballen.
"Gezellig" actually does have a good translation. It's just very old Dutch. Gezel, means partner. So, it literally translates to partnerish, and with that, that bond partners have, is implied/meant. Be it a travel companion, (this is my metgezel. (withpartner) ) or a life partner, kompaan is a more modern version, but that does no longer connect to gezel. So from Old Dutch: Gezel mostly meant life partner, and that bond became "gezellig" --> happily together. That whole terras you were sitting on and eating on with all the others... you're all feeling nice togetherness, yes? partner in lunch, partner in enjoying time together. So that was really gezellig today. :D
Glad to help! I love languages and at home we speak a big weird mix of English and Dutch, and by now I have trouble to fully speak Dutch. Often, when Im a little stressed, like at the dentist or doctor/hospital, I suddenly find myself blabbing in English, and my partner saying, "hey, you're speaking English again! My doctors are now used to me, and let me just speak however. English is often shorter and more to the point, and often i have more trouble translating into my own Dutch language, then I have when translating from dutch to English. @@waysoftheworld_ 🤣 The one thing I always find myself lacking on, is *vocabulary*. In Dutch I will have several meanings to one word, or several words for the same thing. In English I'm more limited, especially when it comes to specific topics. If you don't know horses, you don't know what it's called what they put ON the horses. Or if you have a metal worker, I wouldn't know how to call his actions in words. But, that's the fun part, one can keep learning forever! And the best thing about language sharing... more people to be able to talk to :)))) And, "hands and feet language" often works too.
it sounds like “koselig” in scandinavian “ kos” meaning cozy so to have it cozy, it so cozy etc. its not that far fetched that you might have gotten it from us or maybe the other way around. “snop” is also candy in swedish btw
Next time visit the cities Groningen, Leeuwarden and Zwolle in the north and take a bike tour in the province of Drenthe. Also I would advice to visit Limburg, province in the south. In Groningen you at least need to try the original eierbal, a snack. And in Maastricht you need to try zuurvlees. And everything I mention here is just not enough, because the rest of the Netherlands has so much more to offer.
Great video. I'm only going to be in Amsterdam a couple of days (going on a cruise), but if you have any additional suggestions for local foods, restaurants, PLEASE let me know. I wrote down every place in this video too!
If you go to Van Dobben, you can try the kroket (also on a white roll with the mustard). It's effectively the same thing as bitterballen, so consider this mostly if you won't do those. If you eat fish, raw herring with fresh cut onions at one of the outdoor stalls is super typical. It's better to ask a local for a good one or check Google reviews, the herring isn't always equally good. Smoked eel, as well, is super typical - eel comes from a nearby lake/bay. Maybe 'Herring Stall Jonk' is a good option for you if you're in the area. Indonesian rice table 'rijsttafel' is also quite famous in Amsterdam, though obviously not originally Dutch. And if you find yourself in a typical Brown Bar, order a cheese platter so you get your fill of Dutch cheeses. French fries with mayo or mayo & peanut sauce is fantastic. There is now a restaurant in A'dam that serves stampot and traditional 'home cooked' dishes, but it is touristy because the Dutch wouldn't eat this outside the house. The restaurant is called 'Moeders'. Have fun in Amsterdam!
Pop your store bought stroopwafel in the microwave for 20-30 seconds, then let it cool enough for the wafel to get a crunch again, but so that the stroop is still lukewarm. You can thank me later 😘
Fresh stroopwafel yes is better 😊 as a kid i would buy the crumbs they have left from making stroopwafel they would sell that for very cheap on the market where i grew up. Mostly kids buy these and snack them😊
Loved the video. As a true dutchie it would be nice to see you travel to other places in the Netherlands. I live in the area of Giethoorn, another iconic place. And in our town Meppel we have a summerfestival every thurday in August. Give it a try!
Thank you! We would love to visit other places, but our budget doesn't really allow us to spend too much time traveling in NL. But even for us it would be really exciting because I only know Noord Holland well, so there's a so much for us to explore. Hopefully soon 🙏
When you back in the Netherlands, please do yourself a favor and buy a saucijzenbroodje from a real bakery. It's one of my all time favorites !! On your next visit to Febo, try the Speciaaltje. Have you guys ever tried the Surinamese and Indonesian foods ? Definately recommend !! Great video !!
Do you have a favorite bakery? 🤤 We'll be back to visit opa in December! we won't be making a video, but we would still like to try it lol - and yes, we've had amazing Indonesian foods in AMS but we didn't want to include those in this video as we want to do a separate one for both Indonesian and Surinamese food next summer. If it's not too much and you can think of recs, please let us know! We would love to try them :) Thanks so much ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ i'm actually not from AMS, but there is a Kwekkenboom Pattiserie and they claim to have the best saucijzenbroodje. They have nice reviews and they are also the manufacturer of a very good beef kroket. Kwekkenboom and Van Dobben, which you guys visited are considered the best krokets. There is a small Surinamese restaurant called Warung Sranang Makmur and they have the best Saoto soup. The Baka bana which is battered sweet plantain is eaten with their peanut sauce is also good. And basicly all the stir fried noodles are good in the Surinamese kitchen. Maybe also try the Kapsalon fries and the Doner kebab sandwich. Which is the Dutch version of Turkish fast food, most eaten after a night out and not all that sober maybe ; ) Hopefully these recommendations suit your taste buds too. Have fun visiting opa in December !!
Thanks for the tip! There now is a restaurant in Amsterdam with stamppot, but I think it's quite touristy. I always avoided them as a kid, but it's time to give them another try! 😉
Two observations I have made as American, one Amsterdam is a very beautiful place , two Amsterdam is very expensive , love this explore showcasing many fine restaurants , great place to visit and experience, very modern place.🙂🙏 To a long happy life ,thank you.
We dont eat cheese with bread for breakfast everyday. People are really different in what they eat. Some eat yoghurt and fruits, others cereals, others oats and some eat bread. Bread can be with cheese but also jam or other things.
I bet they are! Everyone was ordering them! But we didn't want to be too full lol - but we will order that next time for sure 😍 (we'll be back to visit opa in December 🙃)
Gezellig is creating a social mood and everything you use to create that social good mood. 🙂 De Drie Fleschjes is legendary! Very old style bar. I always drink a "Boswandeling" at the bar. Try it! Try Indonesian and Surinamese food!
Thank you! Yes, we plan to make that video with Indonesian and Surinamese food next summer. Please send us your favorites if you can! 🙏🏼 Cheers! Thanks so much for watching!!
OMG! Visiting Van Dobben and NOT have a broodje Van Dobben kroket and a broodje halfom (liver and pekelvlees) is such a miss; so Gordon next time order both en dat is een order! LOL Nog vragen?
Hello Aimara & Gordon 😊 I came across your video amongst numerous other's but yours captured it a little bit better. I am glad to see that you found Van Dobben because they're serving things typical for Amsterdam! 1st, Ossenworst origins lay in this city. 2nd, you must try broodje Van Dobben (kroket) next time 😉. 3rd, try broodje Halfom (cooked liver and salted meat) with butter and pepper or how ever you like it. In my opinion it doesn't need salt added. It's a typical Amsterdam broodje, just try it! Haring is an all-time Dutch favorite, adding pickles comes from, you probably guess it, Amsterdam! Don't go to Leiden and ask for union and pickles with your haring, they will shake their head and ask if you're from Amsterdam 😂. Hagelslag is liked by almost every Nederlander, kids like it most but only a few grow over it! 😄 Personally I like it with peanut butter. It's always best to put it on fresh- or toasted bread, with butter of course! You'll have fun trying it without 😅 I can go on commenting on your video, talking about Amsterdams Zuur and which food from Suriname 🇸🇷 and Indonesia 🇮🇩 that I like 😋. I suggest that you do some research for yourself, maybe ask your family about it. Great food during the winter months! I hope to see you back in December! ❤
Congrats on your courage : trying the crokets is a feast, a daring one. Cause it sure looks like it, it feels like it to the touch, it smells like it, and well… it tastes like it.
I really must object to the comparison of beef tartar with filet Americain, its nothing like that, and from the footage it didn't look like filet Americain to me anyway. And in Van Dobben I kinda hoped you would get the kroket, Van Dobben kroket is brilliant! Other than that great video and i really appreciate you guys speaking a bit Dutch (our language is hard!) Since you asked, I haven't been in febo for years, but if i go i go for the kaassouffle personally 😊 A kopstootje is a jenever in combination with beer...i don't recommend it... Oooohhhh Dutch pancakes! I know what i want for dinner tomorrow! Suggestion: Vienna maybe? I can use some pointers, or Venice
Can someone explain to me why every Dutch food tour goes to FEBO? There are places you can het fries and snacks on every corner and most are better than FEBO. I can understand midnifht getting a snack from the FEBO window but midday you can get a fresh burger or snack at a local cafetaria.
I am a fan of Amsterdam, but I am live 12 km southwest of Rotterdam City centre, soo all these foods you can taste also in Rotterdam Market Hall, or on the week Market on saturday and tuesday Rotterdam, City centre
The thing which strikes me when l go to the Netherlands is not really the food but how healthy people are. They are tall and for the most part fit and active. People cycle and walk everywhere and as you say unhealthy foods are eaten in moderation. Not like the nation of sumo wrestlers we are in the UK
Salt drop isn’t all sodium. Yes, it gets part of the salty taste from sodium, but it’s also from ammonium chloride. So it’s not always as bad as you think with the salt. But there is another ingredient to be careful with as well. Licorice root can raise your blood pressure even worse than sodium! And it’s not a salty ingredient, so sweet drop is not ‘safer’.
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The "trick" with the stroopwafels you get with the supermarket is to put them on top of your cup of coffee (or tea) as a kind of lid to warm them up before you enjoy them.
Thanks so much for sharing!!!! we've heard about this but have never seen anyone do it lol - we'll have to try it ourselves!!!
We're often too impatient to do it! Or, we put it on, get distracted, and then it can cave in/sink in a bit... Depends on the waffle, it's thickness and freshness. @@waysoftheworld_
Instead of ordering a full stroopwafel, order a bag of crumble with stroop.
It's funny because people say this every time people try stroopwafels for the first time, but I'd never heard of eating them that way before, or seen anyone else do it lol (I'm Dutch).
Rolling your pannenkoek is Dutch efficiency. It easy to cut in pieces, stays longer warm, distributes the stroop, and as a kid you could eat with your hands.🇳🇱👍👍
That still works as an adult too. 😅
@@SwirlingSoul Roll another one! Still do it, ten rolls fit on a big plate and you continue baking..., eat them when all are ready.
Also as a adult you can eat de pannekoek uit de hand🎉
@@dutchman7623 whilst baking you just stack them on a seperate plate. And if you are done eating you put another plate upside down on top, when they are cooled of to room temperature you shove them in the fridge till breakfast.
How else do you eat a pannenkoek? Just flat on a plate, like a psychopath?
From a dutch guy living in amsterdam: this is spot on and very well executed!
Thanks so much!!! We can't wait to be back and show more :)
Except they spelled 'Bitterballen' incorrectly and missed the fact that a 'kopstoot' consists of a glass of jenever *and* a glass of beer.
@@PaulaBean Here in Milwaukee, WI, USA, an old tradition in neighborhood bars is a "Shot and a Beer". The shot here is brandy, a Wisconsin favorite. There is no short name for it such as "kopstoot". By the way I love oude genever but can not find it here.
@@billd.8336 Thanks for the story. "Kopstoot" is actually a combination of two Dutch words: "Kop" (meaning 'head', the thing containing your brain) and "Stoot" which means 'push' or 'punch'. So, a beer with a jenever could be called a 'Headpunch' in English! 😝
@@PaulaBean In English it's called headbutt
The available toppings for the poffertjes really screams "tourist trap". Glad you had them with sugar and butter to get a taste of the traditional serving first.
Oh I would never go for the other ones! nothing beats powder sugar and butter 🤩
As a Dutch guy who lived in Amsterdam for 10 years I just completely love this video and how the two of you are exploring the city in a way that it feels nostalgic for me.
We love this city so much! Can't wait to be back 🩵 Thanks for the kind words!
Who votes for a travel series in The Netherlands? 🙋🏻♀ Hopefully we can make it happen! :)
Yes please!That would be great.
Im waiting…
Every province!
You two are wonderful together, your knowledge of this country is really informative and you make it fun for people to watch you and experience what you bring to the table. I am bed bound so this for me is like being right there. We need more good people like yourselves who make it fun and informative to learn what's on the other side of the world 🌍🌎🌍🌎🌍. I hope you both can keep doing and exploring new places and things to try. I look forward to seeing more of your wonderful adventures.🦊😄🌻
Nice! Just a little adjusment. A 'kopstootje' is not a shot of jenever by itself. It always comes with a beer. It's a combo. 😊
We'll have to give it another try lol dang it 😂 Thank you ;)
@@waysoftheworld_ And here i am, liking your comment, but hate the fact, i couldn't spell, adjusment right. Sorry! 😅🤭
It also has nothing to do with keeling over when your drunk. It just the feeling you have in your head combining the two together. Dutch think your brave when you try it.
and when you put the full shotglass jenever in a pint of beer it is called a duikboot(submarine)
@@ammelovmokum7346 Bedoel je een glas jenever leeggieten bij het bier, of het het glaasje jenever in het bierglas doen?
What a lekkere and gezellige video! For sure you guys made me a little homesick! I notice you
still feel very much at home in Amsterdam Gordon, and Aimara's Dutch is surely improving! Thanks for spending time with opa! Love you!
Love you too Ellie!!! It was really fun to make this one :)
I watched the whole video after I watched a previous one. You two are fun to watch. Your video style is very calm and nice. Besides the food, you also showed the atmosphere. Gezellig!!
Gezellig! Thanks so much for watching! Happy to hear you're enjoying the videos ❤️
What an yammy video ! You can clearly see on you faces and you vibes , that Amsterdam is home . Thanks for video and can wait to see a travel series from Netherlands ❤
Thanks for watching! ❤️ Hopefully we can do a travel series there one day 😊
Nah, what you get is a limp soggy mess. Not recommended.
This is the first time I’ve watched an American food tour of the Netherlands (in Amsterdam) and not cringe. Great video! Would love for you to come back and show more of this country :)
Thanks for the compliment! Glad we weren't cringeworthy 😂 We will definitely be back, it's feels like a second home for us!
No herring??!!😮
Oh, during the eighties I always went to Tuschinski cinema on Saturdays and afterwards in the back alley go to Dobben for a ‘broodje kroket’, a bun with a real homemade kroket, before taking the last regional bus out of the city back to home.
Yeah!! we made an Amsterdam food tour 🙌 had so much fun exploring one of my favorite places in the world while eating all these awesome foods! ❤🇳🇱
Nice editing, good food, happy couple!
Some day we went to see The Beasty Boys at AZO. Had the best MDMA before though I had to throw up at FEBO’s, eaten the best bamiball ever and wear the T-shirt ever ever since.
Guys! GUYS! I am crying inside:( I miss Amsterdam so much. I have been to Netherlands for few times and the last time was there was this January. But I already miss it. Thank you for posting this video. It is never enough to watch and learn about Netherlands.
We love it too! Hope you get to go back soon 🙏🏼
What a great, cheerful, positive and colourful video. Love your Dutch accent and your positive interactions with the locals. Great voice.
Thank you! I have several 'Dutch' cousins born in the US and we all have the same accent... our family in NL are always amused by it 😂 thanks for the nice comment!
One of the best food tastings in Amsterdam I have seen on RUclips. Lived most of my life in Amsterdam, now expat in Athens and you really showed a lot of the real stuff. However, besides brodjes kaas the Dutch eat many other things in the morning, like pindakaas (peanut butter) and hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles). Ossenworst is originally brought to the Netherlands by Jews, like Pekelvlees (kind of pastrami)
Its was all beige food and besides the Stroopwaffles, everything else was run of the mill & you can buy in every western country.
One of the best Dutchie food tours I've ever seen. Good choices, and pronounced properly. Bedankt!
Thanks so much! We had a lot of fun making this video 😊
Brilliant vlog - Bitterballen and beer is truly gezellig ❤
Yes yes!!! It's the first thing we do when we arrive to AMS to see the fam ❤️ The best 🤩
A “kopstootje” is a small glass of jenever put in a large glass of beer. Yes, really, you take the small glass and drop it in the large glass of beer. And then you drink it.
I didn't imagine you drop it into the beer... sounds like a 'sake bomb.'!
When I was in Amsterdam we went to a Rijkstable (rice table). It was an amazing experience. All of the Indonesian spices were wonderful & since everything was put out in it's own little container you could create something fun. It was also interesting as I learned a bit about Indonesia & have since become fascinated with Bali. In Bali everyday chores are treated as a meditation & their food is another form of meditation.
Sounds delicious! We will be back in Amsterdam in April and hope to have time for non-Dutch foods popular in the Netherlands video -rijsttafel is on the list 😊 do you remember the name of the place you went?
Unfortunately, No.@@waysoftheworld_
I love Amsterdam and Maastricht. The stroopwaffel is my top favorite and second is the lunch or dinner crepe with ham and cheese. And the Dutch people are very friendly and helpful.
Thanks! Yea, I hear Maastricht is a very wonderful city! And yes, the Dutch are typically friendly, and I find most have a great balance of being sociable but also not overwhelming 😉
I had never seen an unrolled pancake, until being in USA.....at home, ( Australia) we sometimes made crepe suzettes..... Pancakes, poured thin, eggy , always rolled...and so delicious!
Thank you for this video. Wonderful. The city of Amsterdam is really beautiful.
It's such a dream 😍 Thanks so much for watching!
@@waysoftheworld_ Thank you too. 😄
Bread beer and cheese. What I love about The Netherlands.
hahaha nice! us too :)
Cannot think of another actual food tour of a day in Amsterdam. I really like that you concentrated on the food. Made my mouth water. Especially the dinner pancake. I was thinking pizza when you stated "you'll never guess"...cheese & onion are to me like PB&J to others...yummy!
If you are growing your presentation, might I suggest a bit of history of the surrounding buildings. Nothing too elaborate, but to kind of let us know where you are, to set the atmosphere.
Happy you both are in a satisfactory relationship...brilliant!
Being born and raised in Amsterdam, this was really fun to watch! Saw so much places where my footprints are🧡
And I love Febo!! Best milkshakes and always eat a speciaaltje! You went to van Dobben in de Kalverstraat, but didn't eat the van Dobben kroket?????? 😱 That's what made them famous!
Anyway, I'm gonna watch more of your videos! Keep it up😘
Glad you enjoyed the video! I had no clue FEBO had great milkshakes - and we didn't have kroket because we already were planning to get bitterballen later in the vid... I thought they were too similar 🤷🏻♂️ Thanks for the comment 😎
You actually show real Dutch food / snacks, not the stuff tourist queue for because of Tiktok. 👍👍👍
GEZELLIG !! an enjoyable atmospher e /feeling
Thanks for sharing it. The food looks delicious. It's great. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
Thanks for watching ❤️ We had a blast!
The one thing I really miss when I'm not in the Netherlands, stamppot andijvie, not a restaurant food.
It's " zo gezellig" to eat with family.
Yes it is 💛
With the big pancake I would roll up the naturel ones with stroop en/of poedersuiker but the filled pancakes (my favorite is one with bacon and cheese or in dutch spek en kaas) with a bit poedersuiker (powder sugar) and slice it in to pieces. If you roll the filled ones they get so big and I like to enjoy my food instead of quickly chewing it away 😉
And that filet American you showed was a bit pale. I'm used to the brighter red Filet American you can buy in the supermarket 😉
Oh that makes sense! We were taking some massive bites out of that giant pannenkoek! Also I wouldn't have imagined poedersuiker on the savory ones 🙂 And yes... the filet american was different from the store - maybe they mixed in some mayo? I honestly don't quite remember...
I love The Netherlands, lived in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Wish you had discussed Genever, described, Juniper berries, etc. herring. The fact that Indonesian food is such an important part of the cuisine there and describing the rijstaffel.. That Genever is served ice cold, etc. Also frites.. served with mayo and bought on the street. Going in the tents for puffertjes in the winter and seeing the griddle they are cooked on... So much fun.
Jenever and herring is not something we would consume weekly though. Most just once in a while.
@@Iamsanni You clearly never lived near the coast here in the Netherlands. Herring is often just eaten as a snack which can be multiple times a week. And Jenever depends on the person, personally I rather take a shot of jenever after work than a beer.
Would I be right in assuming that Gezellig is the Dutch (kinda) version of the Scandinavian ‘Hygge’?
It means, good time.
Well I always have joghurt with muesli + fresh fruit. Lunch could be a broodje haring or a portion of kibbeling with curry sauce. Evening meal could be hot or a full salad.😅
Next time you should make a winter food special! Erwtensoep, boerenkool or hutspot, oliebollen, kerststol, Sinterklaas candy.
yea it would be fun! although we try an avoid cold weather as much as we can 😎 also erwtensoep/boerenkool/hutspot are hard to find in restaurants, or no?
Kopstoot is a combination of 1 genever and 1 beer. Sip the genever and take beer, and repeat.
Dear Aimara and Gordon,
Thank you for a very nice video!
Hi Rene! Thanks so much for watching. It was our pleasure. We can't wait to be back ❤️🇳🇱
We need more foodie series.
I might be wrong, but Amsterdam is the most expensive City I've been to in Europe so far (I was there in 2022). I love the city and the Dutch people. Amsterdam has some good Indonesian restaurants.
Cheers, Saludos
Yes, we plan to include Indonesian food on a separate video next Summer. And yes, it's expensive. Not more than other cities like Rome and Paris though... I guess it all depends on where you go, but yes, it is expensive in AMS 🙈 We love that city so much too!! And love the Dutchies too lol obviously! 😍
it also one of the more expensive cities in the netherlands
Honour where honour is due, The Hague has the very best Indonesian restaurants of The Netherlands.
@@waysoftheworld_ Perhaps you can try herring too, next time?
You have to visit The Hague, beautiful city near the northsea very cultural and beautiful buildings and museums 🤘🏼🤩
Yea would love to go! And visit Delft, as well 😎 We haven't seen much of that part of NL.
Hey guys, what a nice video! It’s hardly noticeable that Gordon has Dutch roots 😉
A little insider tip: you can put the stroopwafels from the supermarket in the microwave/oven, I like m better that way!
Broodje filet Americain and broodje osseworst is the best WITH onions amd some salt and pepper.
It makes me happy how people from other cultures like our “gezellig” and sometimes make fun of us for it :)
It is so outlandish to me to have to explain what 'gezellig' is.
we, the dutchies, only go to febo after a long night in the club :) the frikandel after al lot of drinks tastes the best
hahaha love it! Thanks for sharing!
Haha, do I get points for spotting the guy in the van waving? 8:05 I find the Netherlands very green and beautiful. Next visit I am definitely going to try some of this food. Thanks for another great video guys! 💛 Gezellig!
Yes you do get points!! 👏🏼 Nice catch! We didn't even notice hahaha Maybe one day we can meet you there and show you around :) Gezellig! 🥰
Dutch mustard...lol that kind is called...Franse mosterd...
Broodje Kaas: (and yes, Kaas is with a capital K, One hill I will die on) I don't eat it every day anymore but yes, absolutely a staple of Dutch food. Personally I rather have the "Tosti", the Dutch variant of the grilled cheese sandwich
Saucijzenbroodje: Perfect for when you are traveling by train. A coffee and Saucijzenbroodje from Kiosk is always a winner while watching the cows roll by.
Stroopwafel: It is actually one wafer split in two. The "stroop is a syrup made from beetsugar based molasses, brown caster sugar (called basterd zuiker in Dutch) and real butter (called Roomboter in Dutch). For tourists taking a package with them back home. Make a big mug of thee (or coffee) and place your stroopwafel on top as a lid and keep it there for about two minutes. The wafer and stroop will slightly warm up making the cookie softer and more delicious.
Poffertjes: The man was correct, you eat them with butter and sugar, all the other "flavors" are purely for tourists. This is also true for the different types of Stroopwafel.. most Dutch will take them just naturel and warm tyvm.
van Dobben, famous for their Kroketten and bitterballen. Their biggest competitor is probably Kwekkeboom which also hails from Amsterdam.
I went to school in de Jordaan, partime SVH school at Elandsgracht (school for cooks, waiters and everyhting related to the hospitality industry)
Biterballen (plural), not Bitterbaalen ;) I bet those are from van Dobben heheheh. And yes, a Bitterbal (singular) and a Kroket are basically the same thing. One is a one bite version (well maybe two) and the other a 3 bite version (maybe 4)
The mustard looked to be "Grove Zaanse" which is the best mustard in the world (another hill I will die on)
Bamibal/schijf and Nasibal/schijf (Bami is an Indonesian noodle dish, Nasi is an Indonesian rice dish) are only vegetarian if explicitly mentioned. There are also versions that contain small pieces of ham or chicken. So vegetarians should take note of that. As for Febo... haven't been there is years, I prefer the "snackbar"
Jamin nowadays is a sad leftover from a really iconic candy store franchisein the Netherlands. Jamin (founded by Cornelius Jamin in 1870) hails from Rotterdam.They used to sell every type of candy imaginable, most made by Jamin themselves. There wafer icecream sandwich was iconic with Xenials and probably Millenials as well. They were the Dutch version of Wonka. Nowadays most of what they sell is made by the big companies.
Jenever: Incorrect information. first, it is spelled correctly but said wrong. It is not a kopstotertje, it is a Kopstoot. Secondly a Jenever is not a kopstoot. A Jenever and Beer (seperate glasses) is a kopstoot. You down the Jenever and follow it up with the beer. There is a version called "Duikboot" (submarine) where the glass with Jenecer is dunked into the beer (wglass and all... just like *bloop* ) It is called Kopstootje because the combination can "hit you in the head"
For the best pancakes in the Netherlands you have to go to Naturpark Lage Vuursche, in the little village of the same name you find the best pancake restaurants in the country, third hill I will die on. My personal favorites there are the Bosrand and Restuarant de Lage Vuursche.. purely based on how they look as all the pancake restaurants are top notch.
One bitterbal, two bitterballen. ;)
My grandparents were from Rotterdam. Last time I was there was 55 years ago when I was 5 years old. The BEST memory I have is poffertjes from a food cart on one of the bridges. I can get frozen poffertjes from Trader Joes in Arizona, but it's not the same...The Netherlands is on our itinerary for our slow travel in 2025! Can't wait!!
Wow! I love those kind of memories 🥹💞 You guys are going to have a blast in The Netherlands!!! We have a million recs for you too. G's family travels a lot in the country. It's so stunning! Maybe we'll coincide when you're there :) We always go to visit the fam ❤️ PS: need to try the TJ's poffertjes!!!!
Simple solution. Buy a poffertjespan online. Batter recipes are online, as are the HowTo videos.
@@_PJW_ we are in the process of getting rid of everything so we can long term travel. I think I'll hold out for the real thing in Amsterdam! 😉
Thank you for the great walk! And for trying all the food🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
It was our pleasure 😎
The food is good, but you do not buy is ready made from Albert Hein. Most of the sandwiches you have to make yourself and use the best ingredients.
yea - this is true. but we had to start out the 'food tour' in the city, and it was a convenient way to get things started 😉
I never have (or had) a saucijzenbroodje for breakfast. They're more like a snack ... when you're shopping. I had/have cheese for breakfast, but on a baguette. If they have bread for breakfast, most people I know have sliced bread with different toppings. I usually have a mix of savory and sweet: for example cheese, leverworst and peanut butter (on 3 different slices of bread).
We used to walk by Febo, but since our grandson isn't a baby anymore we go there sometimes.
Sauscauzijen broodjes zijn ook niet Nederlands het komt uit Frankrijk dus niet echt nederlands
Een gesellige avond... a relaxing evening that was had by all. Good food, good company, good drinks, No drama.
Hello. Thanks for this great video. Food looks delicious :) See you.
Thanks so much for watching! It was so fun and yummy to make this video 🥰
Yeah, we love Amsterdam! We live nearby and visit every few months. Your video looks very "gezellig" ! 😊
Yea Amsterdam is the best! Always super gezellig :) we might be back this April 🌷
Wondering what the sauce was on the broodje kaas, I'm used to just put a bunch of real butter (boeren roomboter) and cheese on a white bun. (Or on so-called tijger bruin, if I'm being healthy lol) love adding some cucumber or tomato slices, for taste and some moisture, as just bread and cheese can sometimes be somewhat dry 😅
Thank God you got the original stroopwafel and not the tourist trap of all sorts of add-ons 🙏
About Febo, hardly ever go there, I believe most people have a small fryer at home. (Allthough a lot of ppl have airfryers instead now, bc thats healthier than frying in oil) and all the snacks to fry are sold at the supermarkets in the frozen section. Lots of families will then (air)fry some in the weekends. Lot cheaper than Febo or any other 'snackbar' 😅
Oeh, and you should 💯 try spek-pannenkoek or ham-cheese with dutch 'champignon-ragout' (unox brand preferably)
Also, if you visit in winter, come to Friesland for the real Snert (erwtensoep aka pea-soup) 🤩 and what's also popular in winter in the Netherlands are all the different kinds of stampot we have!
I think it was just some garlicy spread on the cheese sandwich. In hindsight it may have been fun to start with the broodje kaas at my opa's apartment with just butter on an open face bread. And yes, I have had some fried snack dinners when my uncles were in charge of cooking... I don't like it 😂 we usually try to avoid Netherlands in the winter haha - and because my fam now lives in Florida we never really had much erwtensoep. maybe once a year when it was a bit cooler and there was family in town bringing the Hema worst (i think 🙃).
You have a new subscriber! I too am the child of a Dutch parent and loved seeing all these treats…. A trip down memory lane from my childhood!
How cool! Thanks for joining us 😎 maybe you can find some of the treats like stroopwafels where you are? 🙌 groetjes!
What did you guys think about this video? Amsterdam is 😍 Thanks for watching guys! PS: if you're a local please let us know what to eat time time we're in town!!! 🇳🇱
Great video. You showed all our delicious food we eat sometimes to treat our selves.
My typical daymenu is:
Breakfast: broodje hagelslag with milk
Snack: biscuit with tea or coffee
Lunch: broodje kaas and broodje filet american
Snack: fruit
Diner: potatoes with vegetables and hamburger
Snacks: tea or coffee with biscuit and chips with a soft drink
You are talking about Amsterdam like it is a country😂😂
Your vids are well done, etc. Technically better than most. Thnx Fun for tourists, sure. ✅
But do you even believe we Dutch really eat this "Dutch" stereotyped street food? Take a look around you at the vendors, it's tourists' food mainly.
Just your first 2 items are laughable... eating a cheese sandwich is common in many other countries, innit?
And that exotic Dutch 'saucijzenbroodje' you're eating, oozing with saturated fat but minimal nutrition value ... take it to England and it's not Dutch, it's just a 'sausage roll' Then take it to Australia and "It's just a bloody sausage roll, mate! Ya got any tomato sauce? Yum! " There they are as common as Aussie meat pies and kangaroos! Get real 🤣😂
@@theon9575 I am surprised you went out your Opal mine wearing that corked hat fighting some desert crocs singing "Waltzing Mathilda".
How does the sneering of typical stereotyping feel? Does the Dutch wooden shoe fit mate? LOL Have a goodday! hahahahahaha
@@ervie60 LOL. Nice. Go ahead, enjoy being nasty and shooting the messenger. I can take it. 🤣 Leuk man. Play the man and not the ball Haha!
But you can't deny what I say about cheese sandwiches and sausage rolls. Perfectly true. You did ask what we thought about the video? Sucses! X
PS I'm just another Dutch citizen, born of Dutch parents above ground in Bergen op Zoom (no opal mine, unfortunately) and have lived in de Pijp, Amsterdam, for decades. I think maybe you should get out a bit more, see the cheese sandwiches for yourself.
Sauzenbreadje you have to eat it warn.. not cold. So go to s bakery and ask the bakery to heat it.
Thanks for the tip! It's hard/impossible to eat anything hot while filming a video lol but we'll try it off-camera 😂
Salty Dutch Drop is my favourite candy!
Next time you can try Broodje van Kootje. And order: broodje ei met ui and mayonaise ❤
Visit number 14 coming up next week…. There isn’t any decent Indonesian food near me, so I come to Amsterdam about once a year for rijsttafel! And other stuff, of course. The Pretenders at Paradiso, 24 Sept, will be a highlight on this trip. Great food video! (Try the ham and cheese croissants from Albert Heijn… I practically lived in those during a solo visit a few years ago. AH croissants are better than most bakery croissants in the US)
As a belgian guy I can confirm you didn't eat (and spell) bitterballen correctly. You're supposed to eat it in one big bite, burn your tastebuds and don't taste anything for the rest of the night while all your friends are laughing at you. Then they do the exact same thing since nobody can resist bitterballen.
yea, it was a typo 😒 haha no way I am putting the whole thing in one big bite... the inside is molten lava!
Yes, Febo is great too, after midnight!!👍😀 😅Great city guys, from Ireland ☘️🎉❤❤
hahaha yes!! Thanks for watching. Cheers!! :)
"Gezellig" actually does have a good translation. It's just very old Dutch. Gezel, means partner. So, it literally translates to partnerish, and with that, that bond partners have, is implied/meant.
Be it a travel companion, (this is my metgezel. (withpartner) ) or a life partner, kompaan is a more modern version, but that does no longer connect to gezel.
So from Old Dutch: Gezel mostly meant life partner, and that bond became "gezellig" --> happily together. That whole terras you were sitting on and eating on with all the others... you're all feeling nice togetherness, yes? partner in lunch, partner in enjoying time together. So that was really gezellig today. :D
This is so beautiful and good to know ❤️ Thanks so much for taking the time to share it 🙏🏼
Glad to help!
I love languages and at home we speak a big weird mix of English and Dutch, and by now I have trouble to fully speak Dutch. Often, when Im a little stressed, like at the dentist or doctor/hospital, I suddenly find myself blabbing in English, and my partner saying, "hey, you're speaking English again! My doctors are now used to me, and let me just speak however. English is often shorter and more to the point, and often i have more trouble translating into my own Dutch language, then I have when translating from dutch to English. @@waysoftheworld_
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The one thing I always find myself lacking on, is *vocabulary*. In Dutch I will have several meanings to one word, or several words for the same thing. In English I'm more limited, especially when it comes to specific topics. If you don't know horses, you don't know what it's called what they put ON the horses.
Or if you have a metal worker, I wouldn't know how to call his actions in words. But, that's the fun part, one can keep learning forever!
And the best thing about language sharing... more people to be able to talk to :)))) And, "hands and feet language" often works too.
it sounds like “koselig” in scandinavian “ kos” meaning cozy so to have it cozy, it so cozy etc. its not that far fetched that you might have gotten it from us or maybe the other way around. “snop” is also candy in swedish btw
A Dutch travel series would be awesome! Make sure to visit my home city of the Hague.❤
We would never miss your hometown ❤️ Hope we can make this travel series happen in the next couple years 🙏🏼
Next time visit the cities Groningen, Leeuwarden and Zwolle in the north and take a bike tour in the province of Drenthe. Also I would advice to visit Limburg, province in the south.
In Groningen you at least need to try the original eierbal, a snack. And in Maastricht you need to try zuurvlees. And everything I mention here is just not enough, because the rest of the Netherlands has so much more to offer.
Anaterdam street food tour look yummy and delicious food enjoyed watching here
Thanks so much for watching!! 😊
Great video. I'm only going to be in Amsterdam a couple of days (going on a cruise), but if you have any additional suggestions for local foods, restaurants, PLEASE let me know. I wrote down every place in this video too!
If you go to Van Dobben, you can try the kroket (also on a white roll with the mustard). It's effectively the same thing as bitterballen, so consider this mostly if you won't do those. If you eat fish, raw herring with fresh cut onions at one of the outdoor stalls is super typical. It's better to ask a local for a good one or check Google reviews, the herring isn't always equally good. Smoked eel, as well, is super typical - eel comes from a nearby lake/bay. Maybe 'Herring Stall Jonk' is a good option for you if you're in the area. Indonesian rice table 'rijsttafel' is also quite famous in Amsterdam, though obviously not originally Dutch. And if you find yourself in a typical Brown Bar, order a cheese platter so you get your fill of Dutch cheeses. French fries with mayo or mayo & peanut sauce is fantastic. There is now a restaurant in A'dam that serves stampot and traditional 'home cooked' dishes, but it is touristy because the Dutch wouldn't eat this outside the house. The restaurant is called 'Moeders'. Have fun in Amsterdam!
Pop your store bought stroopwafel in the microwave for 20-30 seconds, then let it cool enough for the wafel to get a crunch again, but so that the stroop is still lukewarm. You can thank me later 😘
hahaha I'm sure we will thank you later!! Thanks so much for sharing ❤️
They were fishing for Perch and Zander. Its more common then you think.
interesting - i don't remember ever seeing people fishing in the city-center canals before that day. also have never heard of zander before 👍
Fresh stroopwafel yes is better 😊 as a kid i would buy the crumbs they have left from making stroopwafel they would sell that for very cheap on the market where i grew up. Mostly kids buy these and snack them😊
Loved the video. As a true dutchie it would be nice to see you travel to other places in the Netherlands. I live in the area of Giethoorn, another iconic place. And in our town Meppel we have a summerfestival every thurday in August. Give it a try!
Thank you! We would love to visit other places, but our budget doesn't really allow us to spend too much time traveling in NL. But even for us it would be really exciting because I only know Noord Holland well, so there's a so much for us to explore. Hopefully soon 🙏
Amsterdam? It’s okay. But…….the netherlands has so much more to offer!
When you back in the Netherlands, please do yourself a favor and buy a saucijzenbroodje from a real bakery. It's one of my all time favorites !! On your next visit to Febo, try the Speciaaltje. Have you guys ever tried the Surinamese and Indonesian foods ? Definately recommend !! Great video !!
Do you have a favorite bakery? 🤤 We'll be back to visit opa in December! we won't be making a video, but we would still like to try it lol - and yes, we've had amazing Indonesian foods in AMS but we didn't want to include those in this video as we want to do a separate one for both Indonesian and Surinamese food next summer. If it's not too much and you can think of recs, please let us know! We would love to try them :) Thanks so much ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ i'm actually not from AMS, but there is a Kwekkenboom Pattiserie and they claim to have the best saucijzenbroodje. They have nice reviews and they are also the manufacturer of a very good beef kroket. Kwekkenboom and Van Dobben, which you guys visited are considered the best krokets. There is a small Surinamese restaurant called Warung Sranang Makmur and they have the best Saoto soup. The Baka bana which is battered sweet plantain is eaten with their peanut sauce is also good. And basicly all the stir fried noodles are good in the Surinamese kitchen. Maybe also try the Kapsalon fries and the Doner kebab sandwich. Which is the Dutch version of Turkish fast food, most eaten after a night out and not all that sober maybe ; ) Hopefully these recommendations suit your taste buds too. Have fun visiting opa in December !!
Next time for dinner try the stamppotten there should be a restaurant with real dutch stamppotten 😊
Thanks for the tip! There now is a restaurant in Amsterdam with stamppot, but I think it's quite touristy. I always avoided them as a kid, but it's time to give them another try! 😉
Good Amsterdam food tour is mazing for me and Looking delicious, friend😘😍
So good! Thanks for watching! 😊
Two observations I have made as American, one Amsterdam is a very beautiful place , two Amsterdam is very expensive , love this explore showcasing many fine restaurants , great place to visit and experience, very modern place.🙂🙏 To a long happy life ,thank you.
Yes, Amsterdam has definitely become quite pricey. But like anywhere you can find more affordable spots. Cheers to a long happy life to you, too! 😊
We dont eat cheese with bread for breakfast everyday. People are really different in what they eat. Some eat yoghurt and fruits, others cereals, others oats and some eat bread. Bread can be with cheese but also jam or other things.
You went to van dobben and didn’t have a kroket? Sacrilege.. They have the best ones. Much much better than Febo.
I bet they are! Everyone was ordering them! But we didn't want to be too full lol - but we will order that next time for sure 😍 (we'll be back to visit opa in December 🙃)
Oh, you should have had the poffertjes with a little lump of butter. It melts and makes a perfect combination with the “poedersuiker”
Oh there was butter!!! It was glorious 🤩
Gezellig is creating a social mood and everything you use to create that social good mood. 🙂 De Drie Fleschjes is legendary! Very old style bar. I always drink a "Boswandeling" at the bar. Try it! Try Indonesian and Surinamese food!
Thank you! Yes, we plan to make that video with Indonesian and Surinamese food next summer. Please send us your favorites if you can! 🙏🏼 Cheers! Thanks so much for watching!!
A cheese sandwich and a sausage roll! How did you cope with that level of fun & excitement??!
sometimes it's the simplest things that bring you joy in life 💫✌🏼
am i the onlyone who is really shocked about the prices as a dutchie?!
Amsterdam is an amazing city ❤
It sure is 😍
OMG! Visiting Van Dobben and NOT have a broodje Van Dobben kroket and a broodje halfom (liver and pekelvlees) is such a miss; so Gordon next time order both en dat is een order! LOL
Nog vragen?
Haha yea I missed the kroket - I didn't realize it was so iconic! We should be back in April ... I'll follow the order 🫡
If you order a savory pancake, we still add syrup (stroop) to it. :D
Hello Aimara & Gordon 😊
I came across your video amongst numerous other's but yours captured it a little bit better.
I am glad to see that you found Van Dobben because they're serving things typical for Amsterdam!
1st, Ossenworst origins lay in this city. 2nd, you must try broodje Van Dobben (kroket) next time 😉. 3rd, try broodje Halfom (cooked liver and salted meat) with butter and pepper or how ever you like it. In my opinion it doesn't need salt added. It's a typical Amsterdam broodje, just try it!
Haring is an all-time Dutch favorite, adding pickles comes from, you probably guess it, Amsterdam! Don't go to Leiden and ask for union and pickles with your haring, they will shake their head and ask if you're from Amsterdam 😂.
Hagelslag is liked by almost every Nederlander, kids like it most but only a few grow over it! 😄 Personally I like it with peanut butter. It's always best to put it on fresh- or toasted bread, with butter of course! You'll have fun trying it without 😅
I can go on commenting on your video, talking about Amsterdams Zuur and which food from Suriname 🇸🇷 and Indonesia 🇮🇩 that I like 😋. I suggest that you do some research for yourself, maybe ask your family about it. Great food during the winter months!
I hope to see you back in December! ❤
Congrats on your courage : trying the crokets is a feast, a daring one.
Cause it sure looks like it, it feels like it to the touch, it smells like it, and well… it tastes like it.
FEBO the odd moments I'd be in the city, I can't pass them without getting a grill burger!
hahaha nice! We relate 😂
I really must object to the comparison of beef tartar with filet Americain, its nothing like that, and from the footage it didn't look like filet Americain to me anyway. And in Van Dobben I kinda hoped you would get the kroket, Van Dobben kroket is brilliant!
Other than that great video and i really appreciate you guys speaking a bit Dutch (our language is hard!)
Since you asked, I haven't been in febo for years, but if i go i go for the kaassouffle personally 😊
A kopstootje is a jenever in combination with beer...i don't recommend it...
Oooohhhh Dutch pancakes! I know what i want for dinner tomorrow!
Suggestion: Vienna maybe? I can use some pointers, or Venice
Can someone explain to me why every Dutch food tour goes to FEBO? There are places you can het fries and snacks on every corner and most are better than FEBO. I can understand midnifht getting a snack from the FEBO window but midday you can get a fresh burger or snack at a local cafetaria.
8:11 waving guy in the bus😂
LOL yes! You're the 3rd person to notice!
I am a fan of Amsterdam, but I am live 12 km southwest of Rotterdam City centre, soo all these foods you can taste also in Rotterdam Market Hall, or on the week Market on saturday and tuesday Rotterdam, City centre
That's good to know :) Thanks for sharing!
Een glas jenever heet een borreltje. Een kopstoot is een bier met een jenever ernaast. Heineken is geen bier maar een slap aftreksel van een biertje
Try Indonesian food and Surinam food as well. They had a big influence on our kitchen,
Wow❤️
Enjoy 🎉
Thank you friend ❤️
The thing which strikes me when l go to the Netherlands is not really the food but how healthy people are. They are tall and for the most part fit and active. People cycle and walk everywhere and as you say unhealthy foods are eaten in moderation. Not like the nation of sumo wrestlers we are in the UK
Yes, they are super active! I (Aimara) think what they do so great is that they do everything in moderation :) And they bike everywhere!!
Salt drop isn’t all sodium. Yes, it gets part of the salty taste from sodium, but it’s also from ammonium chloride. So it’s not always as bad as you think with the salt. But there is another ingredient to be careful with as well. Licorice root can raise your blood pressure even worse than sodium! And it’s not a salty ingredient, so sweet drop is not ‘safer’.
ooohh interesting. I had no clue the ingredient itself was bad for blood pressure. I'll keep it away from my opa next time.