Dutch food has certain similarities to French food, such as the use of a variety of cheeses and wines. Dutch cuisine is also known for its seafood, sausages, breads and pastries. Indonesia, a Dutch colony for many years, offers spicier food. Indonesian foods famous in the United States include satays, which are grilled meat kebabs, tempeh and nasi goreng, which can come in several ways but is often fried rice with egg and prawns. You can find several Dutch and Indonesian food restaurants in the United States, especially in the northwestern section of Washington state.
Julia’s Indonesian Kitchen in Seattle offers several kinds of traditional dishes, like siomay bandung (steamed fish cakes in peanut sauce), bakmi goreng semarang (fried egg noodles with vegetables and chicken) and nasi uduk (coconut rice with fried chicken). It also displays some Dutch influence with Klappertart (bread pudding with coconut cream) and rijstfafel, a family-style dinner that includes rice and several entrees. Julia’s serves both lunch and dinner and has daily lunch specials where customers can choose from one of eight rice dishes for less than $6, as of September 2010. The restaurants also does catering and takeout and can package certain menu selections as to-go meals that can be frozen and then reheated at home. Julia’s Indonesian Kitchen is closed on Mondays.
Julia’s Indonesian Kitchen
910 N.E. 65th St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-522-5528
juliasindokitchen.com
The Original Pancake House has three locations in the northwestern Washington area in Seattle, Puyallup and Kirkland. The restaurant was originally started in Oregon by Erma Hueneke and Les Highet. The Original Pancake House only uses fresh ingredients, and all batters and sauces are made from scratch. The restaurant offers European-style breakfast foods like Swedish pancakes, Dutch Babies and French and Danish crepes. The Original Pancake House’s pancakes are the main attraction, however. Customers can order dollar, coconut, banana, wheat germ, pecan, bacon, blueberry, potato, buttermilk and sourdough varieties. The restaurant also serves waffles, omelets, corned beef hash, fruit and cereals.
The Original Pancake House Kirkland
130 Parkplace Center
Kirkland, WA 98033
425-827-7575
originalpancakehouse.com
The Original Pancake House Puyallup
1611 Meridian East
Puyallup, WA 98375
253-604-0791
ophpuyallup.com
Indo Cafe is an Indonesian restaurant serving lunch, dinner and weekday happy hour specials. Monday through Friday, the cafe offers daily lunch specials for $5.95, as of September 2010, including stir-fried chicken and meatballs, spicy beef stew and mixed vegetables in peanut sauce. Guests can also order noodle soups, stuffed tofu, deep-fried fish, nasi goreng and a coconut rice plate. Indo Cafe offers catering and delivery.
Indo Cafe
543 N.E. Northgate Way #J
Seattle, WA 98125
206-361-0699
myindocafe.com
De Dutch is located just over the northwestern border in Surrey, British Columbia. The restaurant serves genuine Dutch pancakes, which are 12-inch pancakes only a little thicker than a crepe. Pancakes come topped with apples and cinnamon, bananas and whipped cream, raspberries, strawberries, pineapple, raisins and lemon. You also order special “pannekoeken” with smoked salmon, hollandaise sauce, broccoli and mushrooms.
De Dutch
8484 162nd St.
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada V4N 1B4
604-543-3101
dedutch.com
