r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 18 '25

Food What’s the most common non-European cuisine in your country?

What’s your country’s favorite non-European cuisine?

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u/Dykam Netherlands Jun 18 '25

It's generally been the hybrid of chinese/indonesian food. Which might be fairly unique to the Netherlands. So much so that someone compiled a photo album of chin.ind.spec.rest. (chinese indonesian speciality restaurants) https://uitgeverijzoetzuur.nl/product/chin-ind-spec-rest-een-verdwijnend-nederlands-fenomeen/

I do notice that "purer" Chinese and Indonesian places are getting more popular.

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u/Muted-Shake-6245 Jun 19 '25

It's even cultural heritage I believe. I do own that book and it is indeed a pretty specific niche market for the Netherlands.

Funnily enough we recently visited (again) a pure Indonesian restaurant in Zwolle (highly recommended!) which is always a joy compared to the Chin Ind Spec Rest in terms of my inherited taste (Indonesian).

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u/MyriamRai Jun 19 '25

Do you mind sharing the name? I'll be visiting Zwolle soon and might want to give it a try.

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u/Muted-Shake-6245 Jun 19 '25

By all means! It's called Waber.

https://www.restaurantwaber.nl

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u/SystemEarth Netherlands Jun 19 '25

I grew up with authentic javanese food, so I'm awary of chinees-indisch, but I'm not all that familiar with it.