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Two cuisines that reached the Netherlands through the port of Rotterdam and stayed.
Cape Verdeans in Rotterdam
The largest Cape Verdean community in Europe is here, formed as sailors signed on to Rotterdam ships. Delfshaven and the south are the core.
Cachupa
A stew of corn, beans, vegetables and meat or fish, cooked for hours. The national dish of Cape Verde, found in Rotterdam on Sundays.
Portuguese
Salt cod in dozens of preparations, grilled sardines, custard tarts. The community is smaller but the businesses have been here for decades.
Pastéis de nata
Puff pastry tarts with custard, baked hot and fast so the top blisters. Available fresh at Portuguese bakers in Rotterdam and The Hague.
The port connection
Both cuisines arrived through harbour work rather than tourism or colonial ties. That explains why they sit in Rotterdam and not Amsterdam.
Where to look
Rotterdam South and Delfshaven, and The Hague for Portuguese bakers.
Where to try it
Places in our directory that serve this
Restaurant in Rotterdam 753 · Restaurant in Den Haag 748 · Restaurant in Schiedam 71 · Restaurant in Dordrecht 114 · Restaurant in Delft 127