While travel
is about discovering new places and customs it also helps you learn things
about yourself. Food tours provide a great opportunity to try different food
and learn how a city developed in relationship to other cultures. Recently I
enjoyed a food tour of the Jordan area in Amsterdam. Our trip featured some
stereotypical Dutch food but also cuisine inspired by its colonies. Our first
stop was at a traditional “brown café” which is a pub historically decorated in
dark woods. After meeting our group and
enjoying poffertjes with coffee our guide lead us through the area to different
shops and restaurants where we sampled pastries, herring, kibbling, cheeses and
bitterballen. I expected to sample
Indonesian Food however our tour included a Suriname restaurant: this
cuisine had been developed by Indonesians when they immigrated to Suriname. The
fusion of cultures made for a great food experience.
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