The Netherlands - A Food Tour

The Netherlands isn't really known for its food.  When we told a few Dutch people that we'd booked onto a food tour they looked a bit confused and asked "What are you going to eat?" It turned out to be a lovely afternoon with an adorable guide.

FEBO! It's this crazy chain that's all over The Netherlands (65 stores) and this is the original store. Apparently they do the worst chips, but their croquettes are pretty good (we were surprised).  Early in the day their meatballs were selling out too fast and they didn't know how to keep enough hot to keep up with the demand so they came up with the fun system you can see behind me. They put the food in it's own warm little cubicle and you just put money in the wall and open the slot you want. You never have to speak to anyone!

Next on the stop was a yoghurt store. Maybe not traditionally Dutch but we were told Dutch people love yoghurt. It was pretty damn nice and a bit different since it wasn't frozen yoghurt.

It may not look tasty but it was. Surinamese Sandwich. 

Stroopwafle! :)

Herring - it was surprisingly good, very fresh. 

Of course there was cheese! Red cheese, blue cheese, green cheese

Second to cheese is Chips with Sauce. I always through the classic was chips with mayonnaise but we were told the original is mayonnaise, peanut sauce and fresh onion. Would recommend. 

Then there was dessert. Not really Dutch but it's made by Dutch people and it was amazing. A beautiful little cookie from a little shop that only sells this one type of cookie

To top it all off we got a traditional shot. It was like gin but it has an aftertaste of whiskey. Apparently you can't use your hands to drink it, you have to suck it up from the table.