{"id":127,"date":"2016-11-10T10:21:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mypellau.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2016-11-10T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:21:56","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-surinamese-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypellau.com\/portal\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-surinamese-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about \u2026. Surinamese Food"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"16549647250_da3b3407bb_k\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>Suriname, the dutch element of the Caribbean. Colonized by Netherlands<\/span><\/span><\/span> until the 1970’s, the Surinamese culinary identity has a nice blend of Indonesian, Chinese, East Indian, Native American, European and African flavours to caress the taste buds. Also, Suriname being tropical, and coastal, has some exotic fruits and plates of seafood that are featured highly in their cuisine. But what you will observe is that within most dishes, there has to be one of the basic ingredients such as <\/span><\/span><\/span>cassava <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, lentils, plantains, tayer, malanga, or plantains.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Surinamese delicacies include Pom (a chicken dish made with tayer), Pastei\u00a0(a creole-style chicken pot pie), <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dhal, Roti and C<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>urry Dishes,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Massalakip a chicken curry dish, pindasoep\u00a0(a spicy peanut soup),\u00a0her heri (a stew of cassava, sweet potato, plantain, with salted cod), and the Indonesian <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Vegetables with Peanut Sauce (<\/span><\/span><\/span>gado-gado<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0style).\"16711172056_b0d98fa4ae_k\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Albert Cuypmarket in De Pijp there are a cluster of Surinamese restaurants where you can find heavenly tasting servings like Bakbana,<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0which is fried plantain with peanut sauce, Goedangan<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 a mixed vegetable salad laced with coconut dressing, Phulauri (fried lentil or chickpea balls), <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mango Chutney and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> scrumptious bonne bouche like Coconut Desserts and <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bojo cake (M<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>ade with coconut and cassava).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some places where you can enjoy Surinamese food in Suriname are the famous\u00a0Eetcaf\u00e9 de Gadri, Restaurant Jawa, and Moments Restaurant.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0You got to love Suriname for its rich culture, although situated in South America, we still call them our neighbours.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photos:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Joosei’s Roti House Vegetarian Platter Paramaribo Suriname<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u00a9<\/span><\/span><\/span> Mandy\/Flickr<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ik hou van Suriname<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u00a9<\/span><\/span><\/span> David Stanley\/Flickr<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Spicy fried spare ribs eggplant hot pot fried tofu Paramaribo Suriname<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u00a9 Mandy\/Flickr<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suriname, the dutch element of the Caribbean. Colonized by Netherlands until the 1970’s, the Surinamese culinary identity has a nice blend of Indonesian, Chinese, East Indian, Native American, European and African flavours to caress the taste buds. Also, Suriname being tropical, and coastal, has some exotic fruits and plates of seafood that are featured highly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_bst_post_transparent":"","_bst_post_title":"","_bst_post_layout":"","_bst_post_sidebar_id":"","_bst_post_content_style":"","_bst_post_vertical_padding":"","_bst_post_feature":"","_bst_post_feature_position":"","_bst_post_header":false,"_bst_post_footer":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[23,24],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-food","tag-suriname"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mypellau.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14292157134_bcb996caf3_b.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":360,"url":"https:\/\/mypellau.com\/portal\/christmas-around-the-caribbean\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Around The Caribbean","author":"Dexter Michael Tittil","date":"December 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Christmas in the Caribbean can be quite enjoyable. 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