FOOD PORN, Amster-DAMN-that-looks-good Street Food Edition

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/05/street-food-amsterdam-bitterballen-french-fries-doner-kebab-hot-dog.html



Vlaamse Frites: Yes, they do eat a ton of fries in Amsterdam (though they refer to them as "Flemish Fries"), and they do, in fact, drown them in mayo (or more often than not, curry sauce).



Bitterballen: Similar to a Spanish croqueta, the breaded, crispy, deep-fried balls are filled with a roux-thickened beef-based filling. Beef gets cooked down with vegetables and butter before being bound in a thickened beef broth sometimes flavored with curry or nutmeg. The mixture is then chilled, rolled into balls, breaded, and deep-fried. The most common accompaniment is strong dijon mustard.

[Kali]

1. yum - those beef balls sound better than the kind we have here on the ranch!

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[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Yeah, it's probably a really different recipe.

:rofl:

:toast:

[Shagbark Hickory]

3. Yeah but no fried beer, no fried cotton candy.

They haven't completely beat us at our own game just yet.

[WinkyDink]

4. Rijstaffel was always my fave:

And breakfast:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mowestein/4341793948/

[freshwest]

5. That place reminds me of the Mongolian Grill up here.

[KamaAina]

6. Yay for the food, BOOOOOOOOO! for the condiments.

Why do they have to ruin perfectly good fries and meatballs with mayo :puke: and mustard :puke: :puke: ?

Then again, these are the people who are (in)famous for mustard soup. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[MrScorpio]

7. My wife is Dutch-Indonesian

Been there, eat that.

[Bombero1956]

8. I loves me some bitterballen

My wife is Dutch and her mother would cook some up when she was still living almost 20 years ago. You also can't go wrong with stamppot and hutspot.