Not Indian, but Hindostani. And they are not all hindu. You’re mixing up religious terms with ethnic ones.

This video is very well done. I was born and grew up in the United States, but the rest of my family is from Suriname. Growing up, I always had a hard time explaining Suriname to people, because I am Indian, not Native American, but people are mind blown when I tell them my family is from South America and we speak Dutch instead of Spanish. We do call ourselves Hindustani when speaking dutch. It’s how you identify yourself as Indian. Fun little fact, when I speak dutch, it has a Surinamese American blend to it.

Thanks for doing anything featuring Suriname in English! As an American with Surinamese roots it’s always a treat!

This video was great, and it was also a good intro for my kids to learn this history. I haven't had much Surnamese food since moving to the Netherlands. I should really have it more often. Also, I didn't realize you can get Indian naan at some Surinamese restaurants!

My issue with the term "Javanese" is that in the Netherlands it only means "Javanese-Surinamese", my step-mother is actually from Java and a Surinamese Javanese person once got angry at her because she called herself "Javanese" which the Surinamese Javanese woman got angry at her because "no, you're Indonesian, we're Javanese", meaning that the term has been completely divorced from the island itself.

i have just found this video and I am so happy. I am Indonesian, however my mothers father was the Son of a Surinamese Dutch Soldier during WW2. When the Dutch were fighting to keep ahold of the Dutch East Indies, which is now just Indonesia, my great grandfather was deployed to Indonesia, where he met my great grandma. They had a kid, my grandad, but my greatgrandad had to return to Holland after the war ended, leaving his new Indo/Surinamese son. All my grandads life he did not know his father, and my mother did not know her grandmother. Thanks for telling this story as it seems that this is hugely overlooked. U gained a new sub

The Dutch be like: Sugar Spice And everything hard labor *These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little colony* Also, Java isn't the most populous province. It's definitely the most populous ISLAND within Indonesia, but Java itself has four administrative provinces (Banten, West Java, East Java, and Central Java) and two special regions (Yogyakarta and Jakarta)

"I met a guy called Risky on the internet and decided to invite him to the restaurant" You know how to live, sir.

I lived in Paramaribo Suriname for three years and compares to the rest of South America it feels like a slice of asia got airdropped in South America. The food was definitely a megamix of foods from all over the planet.

I'm Trinidadian, so we learnt all about indentured servitude after slavery in primary school social studies and history, having gone through that process as well. They (being the British in our case) also promised the Indian (from the subcontinent, we tend to refer to the First Peoples by the term Amerindian as you do in the census part of the video) workers land for their work, and a guaranteed sailing back after a certain period of time. Trinidad and Tobago changed hands at least 33 times during the colonial period, which means we had quite a few influences to pull from - Spanish, French, Dutch, New Courland, British, with a lot of workers/plantation owners from all around - China, India, Portugal, Kashmir, Ireland, Venezuela, Africa, Brazil, etc. We have that similar mixed background as well here, it's incredibly diverse here, particularly with food with our own types of curry and roti (goat, duck, chicken, beef, conch, armadillo - called tattoo here - any meat can be curried, really), pelau (rice dish), crab and dumplings, blue food (provisions), fresh and salt water fish dishes, fish broth (pronounced broff for some reason), bake (which is frybread ironically enough), stew chicken, pigeon peas, black pudding, bake and shark, Chinese food (but with our own taste), KFC (believe it or not, completely different taste to the international market, KFC is an institution here in Trinidad and Tobago), oildown, callaloo, pig/oxtail, souse, cow-heel soup, macaroni pie, Syrian/Arabic food, American styled food, Latin American food, chow (which is fruit spiced and seasoned), and the list actually goes on, I'm just putting down what I remember here. I haven't even touched on seasonal food like Indian sweets (not seasonal, but I can only calorically afford to eat so much prasad during Divali!), turkey, ham, garlic pork, pastelles, chow-chow, ginger beer, ponche a creme, sorrel (yes, I'm remmbering these from the lyrics of Trini Christmas is the best, iykyk) for Christmas, Easter (watercress and salmon) and harvest food in Tobago with (if you can get it) babash that will knock you down clean, but wake you up with no hangover whatsoever. There are the street foods and sweets as well: toolum, geera pork, coconut water and jelly, corn soup, hops and pudding/cheese/ham/anything you can put in hops with a red Solo, punches, pacro water, carilie, gyros, roti, oysters with the flambeau, doubles, hot dogs, pizza, bbq pigtail, sada roti and baigan/aloo/tomato choka, aloo/beef/cheese pie, it goes on as well. Almost all of our meat is prepared halal, and we have a very respectful interreligious community here, so vegetarian/vegan food isn't too difficult to get (saheena may be vegan, but damn does it taste good, especially if you ask the doubles man to put saheena crumbs in the doubles), or fish dishes during Lent. In terms of herbs and spices, if it doesn't have chadon beni and pepper (scotch bonnet), I'm not eating it! We like to use green seasoning as well to marinate (we just say season) our meats beforehand, then cook them. All in all, we Trinis like to eat, as we say, better belly buss, than good food go to waste.

Insights knowledge dropping yes boy content all day. This makes me think a lot more on where the food actually came from while I’m enjoying it.

As a person who lives in Java, I knew theres gonna be a link with Suriname and Indonesia and some dutch rule in this video. This video is very well done for how much views it has so far, and so its definitely underrated in my book. I hope for success to the creator!

The thing is, Java during the 19th century isn't Java in the 21st century, culinary traditions may get lost and new traditions are made overtime. Both Nasi Rames in Indonesia and Hairdresser in the Netherlands are all modern inventions. Most culinary "traditions" aren't as old.

Finally a historian talking about Suriname , Suriname is a very underrated country full of many cultures it's like the Singapore of south America

I came from your Johnny Harris video and i love your content. I hope more history outside of the States makes its presence known on KZfaq. You have a new subscriber, thank you for putting this together

Indonesian in Netherland here. I came from Tiktok. Thanks for the explanation man! Looking forward for your next content. I'm subscribing 💪👍

Suriname fun fact: The country is the home of the famous blue poison dart frog. They are found in patches of forests surrounded by the Sipaliwini Savanna, known in Surinamese Dutch as blauwe pijlgifkikker. The frog is also known by its indigenous Tirio name, okopipi

Heel mooi gedaan. Thanks very much. Wanneer het verhaal correct en zonder censuur of minimaal verbloeming verteld wordt is dat altijd beste.

Great Channel Dude! Love the editing, maybe put a gate on the audio track and watch out for reflections when recording in vlog style. Love the fact that we start to get more european creators talking about european and world stuff from an european perspective. Love from Romania

Great video! Love that collabed with Ky and we go to that restaurant often!

Great content man, keep up the good work!

I just binged all your videos. You’re doing great keep it up!!!

Dude this subject matter and the scripts keep me so engaged, you follow every lead and side story this is so sick and I am so curious I just watched every second of your content after seeing my first video

Great content, as Javanese myself, i can relate some of Suriname cuisine. In fact I eat Soto (Saoto) this morning as a breakfast, and Pecel (petjil) yesterday also as breakfast.

Correction for 0:27, Java isn't a province, it's a whole island (or an ethnic group, which is the majority of Indonesia). There are 6 provinces on the island of Java, including the capital city Jakarta. So, it is the most populous island in the world, even there are more people here than in Russia. Splendid video by the way, this is the second video I watched on your channel after your critics on Johnny, also subbing for your video quality. Greetings from Indonesia!

Overall a good explanation of how history played out and great use of the world map to give better visuals. I would have liked to hear more commentary from Surinamese people e.g. that Surinamese girl ... Since it's about Suriname 🇸🇷😘

Brilliant video, i learned a-lot!

super interessant, was hier laatst nog over aan het nadenken!

This was very educational. I hope children in Netherlands learn this in school!!

You rock man. I came here from your video where you criticized Johnny Harris. I loved that video because you didn't express hate. You just criticized him constructively that he himself took notes. We as a society are increasingly moving away from healthy criticism. It was refreshing to watch your video. The current one is fine too. I belong to a priestly class (not really priests but where priests get picked from) and never had an experience with being exploited (though poor). I am kind of embarrassed that I am learning about the complex history of my society via foreigners. I respect you for your neutral and respectful language when describing other cultures. Wish you a good luck! Btw, is this your primary profession or a hobby?

Well I came here for the video about johnny Harris and umm stayed for the super high quality content, super well produced and interesting as can be, so keep up the good work because your content is just on point

Wow just discovered your channel thru watching your critic of Johnny Harris's video. Nice content! bravo!

Very informative and fun to know.

I've been to Suriname a couple times. It is definitely a very interesting place, a big mix of people from Java, China, and India, and the Dutch. Everybody could speak Dutch, and I didn't find anyone that couldn't speak English. And there are so many Chinese businesses around. The people are super friendly also, and lots of choices of foods. You could find Chinese restaurants that made you feel like you are the only person that isn't Chinese. I remember hanging around the popular bar and not many people talk to you much, but once they hear you speak they know (In am American), they start giving you a lot of attention. They probably thought I was just a local. Oh, also several neighborhoods of Brazilians, but I didn't see many in the touristy areas.

nice edit job!

You're such an underrrated channel! kudos to you for your amazing work!

0:27 Java is the most populous island* not province. The island is composed of 4 provinces it's so populated. It's the most populated island in the world in fact, the small island alone being more populated than all of Russia :)

Pom was an old Jewish dish without meat that was perfected in Suriname by adding different kinds of (smoked) meat. The dish itself was introduced in Suriname by the Jewish people.

WOW 10 out of 10! WELL explained!! Finally I am proud about my ASIAN heritage being told VERY well!! Thank you for the vid! Its pity Dutch school don't tell this at school .

Been living in Australia for over a decade, besides my family and being able to ride my bike everywhere, Surinamese food is one of the things I miss the most. I knew a little bit about the reason behind the diversity, but you explain it all very well. Thanks for the history lesson.

The Netherlands paid BILLIONS in reparations to Suriname when it went independent. You should at least include that, because the British never paid anything.

Very interesting. I have only barely tasted Surinamese food since moving here, but I want to try more of it.

How interesting! When I go to Amsterdam in the summer I will try to go to one of these restaurants!

Heel interessant 🧐! I like learning about the Netherlands and it’s former colonies. Dankjewel voor een goede video.

Dude I applaud you. I can really see the time and effort. It speaks highly of the Netherlands in general and you in particular. How you own up to the dark past without self loathing and hypocritical anachronistic l double standards. When I visited Amsterdam ( to see the Museums... most of the time) I saw all of these Surinamese restaurants that puzzled me. So thank you for answering a question I never asked. Also in the Reikmuseum they had a similar tone to yours. Respect from Tel Aviv

Hey man goede video! Vooral met die kaartannimaties! Je kan misschien ook inspiratie opdoen van NOS op 3 of Geo History!

Even the brits brought in slaves from what are the modern states of UP and Bihar in India as late as the 19th century to the Caribbean. So much for abolishing slavery. Scottish landlords, with their whips in hand, were waiting for them when they landed. The Scots were so good at ensuring that a running supply of slaves was needed, that the average expectancy of an Indian slave was 5 years - in this time, they were worked to death while their womenfolk were abused.

Nice info

Unfortunately as a typical American I had no idea Surinamese food even existed, but of course it does. All the cuisines here are just so homogenized and watered down, you have to really seek out certain neighborhoods and know what you're looking for to be able to find this kind of exotic cooking, it's all Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian, and the occasional Ethiopian restaurant.

Geweldige editing in deze video, er zit duidelijk super veel werk in en het verdient meer aandacht, zeker in Nederland.

Please do a video (or a series) on the Dutch East Indies!

Nice video, bud. A tiny correction, just a tiny, Java is an Island not a province of itself. But that's a good video

Wow I didn’t know all of that. It’s really interesting and I’ve never tried Javanese food before. I hope I get to try some when I visit Amsterdam.

3:00 ahhh so that's how "de zilvervloot" relates to get Leids ontzet. I always thought it was a weird addition to the songs we sang at school for the 3rd of October

this video taught me things. thanks

Wow didn't know about the contract workers getting treated almost as badly as slaves. Thanks for the video!

Just a correction to what you said 29 seconds in, Java is not a province of Indonesia but instead is an island home to 6 different provinces (Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, SI Yogykarta and East Java.) You're right that its the most populated island though.

00:28 the name of Java is not refer to certain province, but an island, the most populous island in indonesia with 130 million people. It's consists of 4 provinces and 2 special regions, the province banten, west java, central java, east java, and special region of jakarta and jogjakarta.

0:15 don't you throw shade against stamppot boerenkool met rookworst, with gravy it's pretty delicious.

Tell them why they went for indentured servants? It's a critical part of it, it shaped the future of the nation.

Safe to say ur my favorite youtuber 😎

You deserve more views

Thank you for your video! Now i now a little more of my roots. Maybe its time for me to go Java.

Awesome video! As a Dutch half Surinamese I still managed to learn a lot

heel interessant

Great video! Very informative and clearly can see that a lot of work went into it. Love all the maps animations 😊 We are in Indonesia now and have been noticing Dutch influences, especially when we chat with locals and Dutch nomads living here.

Now I want to try some Surinamese food, but I’m American, and we don’t have any Surinamese restaurants here. 😢 Speaking of which, American food is also very culturally rich…our cuisine is influenced by Italian, Mexican, Chinese, and African (soul) food. I wonder whether Surinamese or American cuisine is more culturally rich…

One of the few Surinamese dishes? What about sopropo, pepre watra, antruwa, pastei, kwie kwie... There is so much more then Javanese and Hindustani food....

omg... i almost cry... Never before i know about the dark history! 😭

This is impressively honest. People who've never lived in the Netherlands have no idea how controversial it can be to even talk about such things there (much like in the USA).

Can someone tell me what the restaurant is called or are there any recommendations for surinamese restaurants? I'll visit Amsterdam next week.

Hmm, the Dutch government promised cheap workers from other countries good jobs and conditions and didn't live up to the expectations? Reminds me of something. I guess that's how the Netherlands also became a multi-cultural society.

I live in South Africa and we have a similar culinary mix in the Cape-Malay food which is the result of the influence of historic Malay slaves on the food.

Lol kompeni pronunciation of java is "yava" while we pronounce it jawa

Bakabana or Pisang goreng + bumbu kacang is very commont every street in Indonesia ..Evey fry food usually eat with sambal and bumbu jacang

I hope you'll make a video a bout Dutch Colonialism in the future.

this video made me super hungry 😅

this vid is high quality dude!

Never trust anyone talking about "the dark history of _____" to know anything about history. If they did they'd know it's ALL, SO dark that any luminescence deserves to be celebrated.

Whats the name of the restaurant? Would like to go there!

Some of the best Dutch soccer players are Surinamese. Sergino Dest, born in the Netherlands of an American-Surinamese father (former serviceman) and a Dutch mother, plays for the USMNT

This took place in the Caribbean long before South America. West Indian food is rich mix we are ground zero of the Colombian exchange. Very similar food to Suriname but not Indonesian or Javan but all the others.

what is the restaurant in the video? name/location ?

Interesting

It's worth noting that a large majority (80-90%) of slaves were sold by the local people and not actually abducted by the traders themselves.

0:28 java is an island not a province. but anyway awesome work,,

Nice video. I am from Suriname and this is one of the most realistic and objective takes of my country's history. Very good video.

I'm originally from Venezuela, and you just don't imagine how "alien" are for us countries like Suriname, Guyana or French Guyana being so relatively close -- this can also be applied to Trinidad and Tobago -- whereas not such for Aruba or Curacao

Spicy content 🌶🌶

Id say the more positive message here is: No matter what happened, how you look or where you from, who was right and who was wrong, we all enjoy great food all the same together. And what better way to celebrate this to have some Indonesian, Chinese, Creole and Hindustani food in a Surinamese restaurant in Amsterdam in 2022?!

In 16th century the Ducth occupied SãoTome and Luanda in Angola, the main source of slaves for Brazil, way more than Gold Coast (Elmina). You should explore that.

First time hearing about this country

The something strange going on ... And that's is they always leave the original people out of Suriname history( the aruakkas.) We could not be in slaved. That's why they brought creole and others to be a slave. We the indians helpt the slaves Escape.

3:33 "and traffic people back to their colonies in brazil" - cue sick cyberpunk music

Very enlightening! I'd noticed the prevalence of Surinamese food combined with other cuisines in NL and wondered about it.

Lately (read: the past 3-5 years or so), I've seen many Dutch still trying to blur their own history. Altho most of the ones that committed the crimes are long dead. So bizzare. possession This is a video about food history! Yes, the vid is also subtly (and not too subtle in some part) owning up to his nations history, but first and foremost its about food! Those two beautiful friends of his captured it the best, SPANG!

The food is so so good ❤❤❤

Kinda nitpicky, but I didn't like how you kept using a modern-day world map with modern-day borders throughout the video. For example arround 6:10 you said _"India"_ whilst highlighting the borders of modern-day India eventhough the Hindustani people at that time came from the British Raj which was much bigger before it was split up into the independent countries we now know today. But overall great video! Your Johnny Harris video brought me here and I'm looking forward for your future content since I just subbed. Ga zo door man!

4:08 this number represents over five-and-a-half hundred* thousand, or over half a million

What is the name of the Suriname restaurant?