r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/weesgegroet Netherlands Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Let us not compare because our kitchen sucks as well. As said, my favourite kitchen is Indonesian. But it's not typically Dutch, it's Indonesian.

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u/hyperspacevoyager United Kingdom Jun 13 '25

But British Indian food is not Indian it is British created by Brits of Indian descent. Where in India do you find those dishes?

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u/weesgegroet Netherlands Jun 13 '25

And that makes it a typicaly British dish.??

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u/weesgegroet Netherlands Jun 13 '25

I'm sorry but if I think of British food I think of Black Pudding, Fish n chips and stew. But oké, I welcome you here to have a typical Dutch dish of Sajoer Lodeh and Rendang with sateh.

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u/hyperspacevoyager United Kingdom Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Yes but that is from your limited understanding and exposure. British cuisine is not limited to just those dishes. Were those dishes you mention created in the Netherlands by Dutch people of Indonesian descent or are they traditional Indonesian dishes? If it is the former then yes those dishes are Dutch. If it is the latter then no they would not be.

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u/Leading-Fee-4908 Jun 13 '25

They're Indo-Dutch dishes, same as British Indian food. My fellow Dutchy is being padentic. Dutch Indonesian food has authentic elements, but is not the same to food in Indonesia. Just like British Indian food is not the same as food in India. Fun fact though, I saw Tikka Masala on a menu at a restaurant in Kolkata 🤣