Ottawa Foodies

Review: www.ottawaxpress.ca

The hard dutch goat cheese is fantastic and joyfully tasty in a non-goaty way which some people find so unappealing with soft goat cheeses. If you decide to purchase an entire wheel, which i recommend if you like to impress you guests at your next gourmet parté, the nice folks at the dutch store will give you a discount.

If time permits check out the stand of photo greeting cards made by Wim Kok. Edible but not tasty, the photo greeting cards are of superb quality and craftsmenship and give one a warm feeling when seeing those cozy images of The beautifull Netherlands.
Those with a keen eye will notice the nicely laminated enlargments hanging on the walls of the dutch store are those very same cozy images as in the photo cards.

Try the aged Gouda (black rind). It is completely unlike wimpy supermarket gouda. It is hard, dark golden and nutty. A really superlative cheese.

This vendor has an awsume variety of licorice. In bulk or packaged.

Almost as many as here at the Hollandsedrop. www.hollandsedrop.com

Infact, I use this list as my shopping guide when I go to the Dutch store.

Pickup up some rookvlees for a pot-luck lunch at the office. The whole plate was gobbled up as many of my colleagues were eager to sample horse meat.

I'd compare it to a proscuitto, but much saltier and a slightly drier texture.

Just tried the smoked horse at the Dutch Grocery today. Excellent. Quite salty however, so don't layer this thick on your bread.

I found the horse flavour no stronger than beef, just subtly different.

The clerk said it will last quite a while in the fridge (high in salt to preserve)

Smoked horse meat, or rookvlees paard, is sometimes eaten for breakfast in the Netherlands. They sell a deliciously smokey version here, shaved paper thin and quite salty. Great for lunch with crusty rolls!

It's actually quite similar to Bündnerfleisch (food 195), only more smokey.

They're really good if you heat them up for a few seconds in the microwave.

Oh they had these in France. They're so addictive and sooo good. Now I need to go to this store!

Man..... are these ever addictive. In a good way.

Almost too sweet to bear, but unlike anything else with a hot cup of tea.

Tried a roast beef sandwich here and have to agree with the Ottawa Express reviewer -- it's the best deli roast beef I've had! It's all about the meat though.. no lettuce or other vegetable matter. The bread is a choice of a croissant or pre-sliced whole wheat bread (I chose this). Get it with mayo and Dutch mustard. Delicious!

Finally found it! They have the little cannisters (both regular and "fines herbes") as well as refill pouches. The graphic design of the packaging looks quite different from what I've seen before, but that could be because it's for the Dutch market.

Indonesian is pretty much the national cuisine of Holland! (I am half Dutch). They carry quite a few ingredients for making rijsttafel (pronounced "rícetaahful"), including spices for nasi goreng and bami goreng, Krupuk, Gado Gado and Satay sauces, etc.

Hi:

As my genes are half Dutch (Friesian, actually) I have an interest in their history. In the colonial era, the Dutch East India Company brought Indonesian food to Holland (and certain spices to the Western world), and of course colonized it. So I would think that the Dutch Groceries and Imports store is supplying the Dutch community with ingredients for Ritztaffel (spelling probably incorrect) etc.

Cool, but I have questions! What sort of Indonesian Condiments do they sell here? I remember noticing a whole rack of Indonesian shrimp chips in one area of the store. Do the Dutch love Indonesian food or are they serving the Indonesian community with a small portion of their store? Thanks.