|? Come to the Netherlands and eat seriously?
●●●? Fresh fat seafood from the North Sea, the Queen of Holland grand recommendation if you want to eat good quality seafood, in the continent can not help but choose Holland, here is the neighboring countries are envious of the seafood paradise oh! Fresh herring and other seafood delicacies with Dutch characteristics, even the Queen of Holland has been advertised on TV. The Netherlands is bordered by the North Sea, which is rich in aquatic species and has an abundant supply of fish. Fish is highly nutritious and good for you. Salmon, freshwater cod, silverfish, all delicious, cooking methods are raw, steamed, fried and smoked and so on. A wealth of highly nutritious fish
Famous restaurants specializing in fish can be found in The Hague, Rotterdam and the coastal towns. The province of Zeeland is known for its seafood, especially mussels (sea rainbow), oysters, sole and flounder. Many of the restaurants there are built on raised platforms above the sea, so visitors can opt for sea-viewing seats and enjoy fresh seafood while looking out over the entire beach. The Netherlands produces more than 100 million kilograms of mussels every year, and more than half of them are sold around the world from Ilsek in Zeeland. Scheveningen Beach, The HagueSeafood restaurants around the harbor at Scheveningen Beach, The Hague, offer set menus with five varieties of fish to savor at once.CAF? OF AMSTERDAMHOTEL NEW YORKCAF? OF AMSTERDAM in Amsterdam, HOTEL NEW YORK in Rotterdam, offer foodies a great seafood platter. Seafood platters are a favorite among gourmets, and the dry-roasted prawns at Euromast Rotterdam's Taihu House, cooked in Chinese style, are also a once-in-a-lifetime seafood delicacy. In the Netherlands, the Euromast in Rotterdam is a top spot for seafood dining.
●●●? Salted Herring
Herring is an "unbeatable Dutch favorite", fresh raw herring salted and served with diced onions and lemon juice in one delicious bite.
The Dutch love raw herring, and keeping it fresh used to be a big problem. Until 1385, in a fishing village in the south of Holland, a young man invented a live herring insurance method, will fight up the herring together to cut open, take out the viscera, pickled with sea salt, also known as a cut to remove the viscera method. It could then be preserved for a longer period of time. This preservation of herring can be eaten as you go, the flavor is delicious, far better than the flavor of frying and grilling. The Dutch people eat herring in a very interesting way, the most authentic way is not to put the ingredients, to eat the original flavor of the herring, lift the tail of the fish, tilt his head and open his mouth to eat. For the more sophisticated, the fish can be added to a small, fluffy baguette, plastered with a few slices of pickle and raw onion, and eaten like a hot dog with a napkin. Others slice the fish into small thin pieces, wrap it in finely diced onions, and eat it svelte, piece by piece, with a knife and fork. No matter how you eat it, you'll enjoy the tender flavor of raw herring.
●●●? Nutritional gold Dutch cheese
The world's highest quality cheese must know, dairy products are the national treasure of the Netherlands. "Salt from the North Sea lands on the ground through rain, mixing with the sweet water from the IJsselmeer freshwater lake, and together they nourish the gentle and sweet local pastures." The green natural environment has made Dutch milk powder, milk and dairy products famous all over the world. Delicious and nutritious Dutch cheese, not only for tourists to provide food, but also created a cheese market, a major feature of the landscape, those and cheese-related traditional activities can also show the warm and interesting Dutch style Oh ~ in the country, may be worried about eating more dairy products can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort, to the Netherlands, open your stomach to eat it ~ eat a time to earn a time! Ten times the nutritional value of milk, the Netherlands is the world's highest quality cheese producing countries, is also the world's highest average height of the country. It seems that the two are not unrelated, and the Dutch can't live without cheese in their daily life, whether it's for meals or snacks. In the Netherlands, the history of cheese dates back to 400 AD. In addition to being a daily necessity for the Dutch, cheese is also a great way to get to know traditional Holland. Even the Dutch say "Say Cheese!" when taking pictures. This cheese culture has left its mark in cities such as Alkma, Gouda and Aydin. Cheese can be consumed by all people and is the best food supplement for pregnant women, middle-aged people and growing children and teenagers.
Where to experience it
The cheese processing workshop in the windmill village of Sans Anse carries the best brand of cheese in Holland, HENRIWILLIE, the same brand as the one sold at the airport. Prices here are a bit better. There are several flavors of cheese and free tastings are offered to tourists. The most popular varieties among Chinese tourists are original cheese and smoked cheese. ●●? Bitterballen and Kroket Appetizing Bitterballen and Kroket are rich vegetable stews on the inside and crispy shells on the outside. They are often served at cocktail parties or as a snack to accompany pre-dinner drinks. These tasty little fried meatballs should be stuck on a toothpick, dipped in mustard and savored while still warm. Fried meatballs can also be sandwiched in a bread roll, charted with mustard, and gobbled up like a mini sandwich. Both snacks are available at snack bars.
●●● ? Dutch Pancakes Pancakes (Pannenkoeken) are the most common and popular flavorful meal in the Netherlands. Dutch pancakes are somewhat similar to scallion pancakes or egg pancakes. The basic ingredients are flour and eggs, which are mixed with water, spread out in a pan and cooked slowly over low heat. The size of the pancake is a little smaller, but there are so many different kinds of pancakes in Holland that the most famous ones are: vegetable pancakes, cheese pancakes, ham pancakes, savory meat pancakes, shrimp pancakes, apple pancakes, peach pancakes, chocolate pancakes, maple sugar pancakes, ice cream pancakes, and so on.
The generally salty flavors are suitable for Orientals to eat as a full meal. However, the portion of Dutch pancakes for one person is a bit too much for oriental girls. So you can order a couple of different flavors together. You can use a knife and fork to cut the whole pancake into small pieces. Chew it slowly. Or just tear it with your hands to eat it to ensure the original flavor. You can find restaurants that make pancakes in any city in the Netherlands, and some cafes serve them for a light meal, but the restaurants give it the fancy name of crispy cheesecake or crepe. It's breaded with vanilla ice cream on the inside and drizzled with warm chocolate coffee on the outside.
●●●? Caramel waffles in the Netherlands, the most famous specialty is caramel waffles (Stroopwafels), many tourists especially like to buy back to eat or to give away, economic and affordable, soft cake sandwiched between the honey sugar filling, directly used to eat will be very sweet. The correct way to eat them is to soak them in unsweetened hot black tea and leave them for a while until the honey sugar softens. The astringent flavor of black tea is just right to adjust the high sweetness of the soft cake, after eating will love its taste. The most authentic place for caramel waffles is in Howdah, a town that also produces delicious cheese.
●●●? You can't have a Dutch meal without soup
The Dutch are very fond of soup, and the world's first canned soup was born in the Netherlands in 1957, produced by the Unoox company, which has always been famous for its sausages. The Dutch call Saturday the traditional "Soup Day" and Unoox has become synonymous with soup in the Dutch mind.
Dried green bean soup is a favorite food of the Dutch in winter. In winter, dry green bean soup is warm and fragrant. There are also some special soups in the Netherlands, and one of the healthiest is probably kale soup. Kale is called Boerenkool, and kale soup is full of vegetables and herbs and low in energy. Chicken consommé is the most popular consommé. Chicken broth made with flour and cream is known as "the queen's soup".
●●● ? The Dutch national drink, GinThe Dutch gin (Jenever) is the national drink of the Netherlands. Gin is distilled from fermented barley, oats and wheat, and flavored with juniper berries to create a spirit, also known as gin, with an alcohol concentration of at least 35%. There are three types of gin: new gin (jonge), old gin (oude) and aged gin (korenwijn). The newness of the gin has nothing to do with the vintage, however, but rather the percentage of ale. The law states that new gin cannot have more than 15% ale, old gin contains 15-40% ale, and more than 40% is old. New gin has no color and is stronger than the pale yellow old gin.
Experience Schiedam, the home of gin, which still has a gin museum and a gin-making windmill that is one of the tallest in the world, and learn about Dutch bourbon at the House of Boles across from the Van Gogh Art Museum in Am.
●●● ? Why drink Heineken in the Netherlands? Beer is one of the daily drinks of the Dutch. In medieval times almost every town had a brewery. At its peak, there were nearly 700 breweries in the Netherlands. With the diversification of beverages such as tea and coffee, the beer industry has lost some of its importance, and today there are only 25 breweries. In recent years, however, there has been a retro trend, with some pubs and small hotels starting to make their own beer for their customers to enjoy. Of course, their products are still a little different from the best-selling brands such as Heineken and Amstel.
Heineken is the best-known beer brand in the Netherlands and the world's fourth-largest brewer. In the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam, the original Heineken brewery, visitors can learn more about Heineken through modern audio-visual means and taste authentic Heineken beer. 1863, Mr. Gerard Heineken established the largest brewery at that time in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, named "Straw Pile", in order to produce the best beer, Mr. Heineken almost traveled all over the world to find the best beer. In order to produce the best beer, Mr. Heineken traveled the world in search of the best ingredients, and he even built a private library of books related to brewing. Today, the Heineken brand is a major sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, one of the top five leagues in the world. The flavor of Heineken beer. Why does Heineken beer have a slight bitter taste? It's not just Heineken, beer has a bitter flavor, which comes mainly from the beta acid in the hops, and it's worth mentioning that Heineken beer also has serpentine added to it, so it has a rather special aroma.