Netherlands

🇳🇱Netherlands

Leiden Cheese

Leidse kaas

Semi-hard cheese from Leiden with cumin and caraway seeds, low-fat (20-40%), distinctive keys label for PDO version.

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Licorice

Drop

Dutch licorice candy ranging from sweet to extremely salty (with salmiak), Netherlands is world's largest per capita consumer.

🇳🇱Limburg, Netherlands

Limburg Nonnevot

Nonnevot

Nonnevot is a Limburg pastry of sweet yeast dough twisted into a nun's bow and fried until golden.

🇳🇱Limburg, Netherlands

Limburg Pie

Limburgse vlaai

Traditional fruit pie from Limburg with yeast dough base and various fillings like fruit, rice pudding, or cream, EU protected.

🇳🇱Limburg, Netherlands

Limburg Sour Meat

Limburgse zuurvlees

Sour beef stew from Limburg, similar to hachee but regional variation, served with fries or bread, a southern specialty.

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Maasdam Cheese

Maasdammer

Dutch cheese similar to Swiss Emmental, with large eyes (holes) and a nutty, sweet flavor, creamy and smooth.

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Mashed Potato with Vegetables

Stamppot

Traditional Dutch dish of mashed potatoes mixed with vegetables, served with rookworst or bacon, the national comfort food.

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Meat Pudding

Balkenbrij

Traditional cold meat pudding from pork broth, buckwheat meal, organ meats with rommelkruid spices, sliced and fried.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Mee Goreng

Bami goreng

Fried noodles with spices, vegetables, and protein, wok hei with balanced seasoning and fresh ingredients, a daily Malaysian street food staple, versatile

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Mini Pancakes

Poffertjes

Small fluffy pancakes made with yeast and buckwheat flour, baked in a special poffertjespan, served with butter and sugar.

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Moorkop

A Dutch choux pastry filled with whipped cream and coated in chocolate glaze.

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Orange Bitter

Oranjebitter

Bitter orange liqueur drunk on King's Day, dating to 1620s, a traditional Dutch festive spirit, bright orange in color.

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Peanut Butter

Pindakaas

Dutch peanut butter, thicker and slightly sweeter than American versions, Calvé is the famous brand, a household staple.

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Pepper Nuts

Pepernoten

Small chewy cookies traditionally square-shaped, made from rye flour, honey, and anise, distinct from kruidnoten.

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Rice Table

Rijsttafel

Elaborate Dutch meal developed during colonial era, consisting of rice with up to 40 small side dishes including curries and sauces.

🇵🇱Poland

Rolmopsy

Polish rollmops: pickled herring fillets rolled with onions and pickles, served cold. A tangy, sour appetizer, a bar and home classic, served with bread and vodka.

🇫🇮Finland

Rye Bread

Ruisleipä

Dense, dark sourdough rye bread, Finland's national bread since 2017, with distinctive sour flavor and dense texture.

🇧🇳Brunei

Satay

Marinated meat skewers grilled over charcoal, served with peanut sauce and cucumber

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Sauerkraut Stamppot

Zuurkoolstamppot

Hearty dish of mashed potatoes and sauerkraut, enriched with butter and bacon bits, served with rookworst.

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Semolina Pudding

Griesmeelpudding

Pudding made from semolina, milk, and sugar, a traditional Dutch dessert often served with fruit coulis.

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Skinless Sausage

Frikandel

Skinless deep-fried minced-meat sausage, served plain or as frikandel speciaal with mayo, curry ketchup, and onions.

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Slow-Braised Beef

Draadjesvlees

Old-fashioned beef and onion stew slow-braised until meat falls apart in threads, seasoned with juniper and cinnamon.

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Smoked Eel

Gerookte paling

Traditional smoked eel, a Dutch delicacy from haringhuis and fish shops, rich in omega-3s and flavorful.

🇳🇱Gelderland, Netherlands

Smoked Sausage

Rookworst

Traditional smoked sausage from pork, smoked over oak and beechwood, essential accompaniment to stamppot, Gelderse variety is famous.

🇩🇪Germany

Spargel

Spargel refers to German white asparagus, blanched or steamed and served with butter, hollandaise or ham during spring harvest.

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Spice Nuts

Kruidnoten

Small round crunchy speculaas-type cookies heavily spiced with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, white pepper, cloves, and nutmeg.

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Spiced Cookies

Speculaas

Crunchy spiced cookies flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cardamom, and white pepper, often shaped with figures.

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Split Pea Soup

Erwtensoep

Thick hearty split pea soup with pork, leeks, carrots, celery, and potatoes, thick enough to stand a spoon upright.

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Spring Rolls

Loempia

Dutch-Indonesian spring rolls filled with vegetables and meat, deep-fried until crispy, a popular snack and side dish.

🇳🇱Friesland, Netherlands

Sugar Bread

Suikerbrood

Frisian yeast-based white bread with large lumps of pearl sugar mixed throughout, flavored with cinnamon.

🇳🇱Gouda, Netherlands

Syrup Waffle

Stroopwafel

Thin waffle cookies sandwiched with caramel syrup, invented in Gouda in the late 18th century, a national icon.

🇳🇱The Hague, Netherlands

The Hague Coffee Candies

Haagse hopjes

Haagse hopjes are hard coffee-caramel candies flavoured with coffee and cream.

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Tiger Bread

Tijgerbrood

White bread with mottled crust from rice paste applied before baking, which cracks during baking to create tiger-like pattern.

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Tompouce Pastry

Tompouce

Rectangular pastry with layers of puff pastry and vanilla custard, topped with pink icing that turns orange for King's Day.

🇳🇱Utrecht, Netherlands

Utrecht Liver Sausage

Vockingworst

Utrecht liver sausage made by Vocking, a fine-textured sausage traditionally bought sliced for bread.

🇳🇱Zeeland, Netherlands

Zeeland Twist Pastry

Zeeuwse bolus

Rolled white bread dough coated in brown sugar and cinnamon, sticky and sweet, a traditional Zeeland bakery specialty.