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Sint Maarten, the Dutch half of Saint Martin, pulses with Philipsburg’s cruise-lined capital, a duty-free haven of beaches and casinos split from French St. Martin. Known for plane-spotting at Maho Beach, rum, and resilience post-hurricanes, its economy rides tourism and trade. Its Creole-Dutch vibe sizzles. Sint Maarten’s lively split glows.

Featured Dishes from Netherlands

Avocado toast

Avocado toast

Baghrir

Baghrir

Small, spongy semolina pancakes, serve with amlou, honey butter, jam

Beschuit

Beschuit

Round rusks (toasted bread)

Boerenomelet

Boerenomelet

Farmer's omelette, made with vegetables, cheese, meat

Bread

Bread

Serve with cold cuts, cheese, butter and hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles), jam, boiled egg, coffee

Cereal

Cereal

Breakfast cereals, typically eaten in a bowl with milk, many different types

Cheese

Cheese

Chia pudding

Chia pudding

Chia seed pudding flavored with vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, coconut

Chipolata

Chipolata

Coffee

Coffee

Cold cuts

Cold cuts

Eggs

Eggs

French toast

French toast

Sliced bread that is soaked in an egg, milk and vanilla mixture, then pan-fried

Fruit

Fruit

Fruit juice

Fruit juice

Granola

Granola

Harcha

Harcha

Pan-fried semolina flatbread, serve with coffee, tea

Hot chocolate

Hot chocolate

Muesli

Muesli

Breakfast cereal mix with grains, dried fruit and nuts, commonly eaten with milk, yogurt, berries, many different variations

Omelet

Omelet

Ontbijtkoek

Ontbijtkoek

Spiced rye bread/cake, made with cinnamon, cloves, ginger

Tea

Tea

Uitsmijter

Uitsmijter

Bread topped with ham, cheese and fried eggs

Wentelteefje

Wentelteefje

Yoghurt

Yoghurt

Abrikozenvlaai

Abrikozenvlaai

Apfelstrudel

Apfelstrudel

Apple pastry, serve with coffee

Appelbeignet

Appelbeignet

Apple fritters, common during New Year's Eve

Appelflap

Appelflap

Pastry containing diced apples and cinnamon, with sugar, lemon peel and rum powder on top. Use Golden Delicious or Schone van Boskoop (Goudreinet) apples. Serve with hot or iced coffee

Appeltaart

Appeltaart

Babka

Babka

Sweet yeast cake or bread, made with chocolate, cinnamon, spiced, fruit, orange peel, raisin

Baklava

Baklava

Layered phyllo pastry with nuts and syrup or honey

Banket

Banket

Almond roll, pastry roll with a sweetened almond paste filling, may be shaped into an S

Berliner

Berliner

Doughnut filled with jelly, may also have other fillings such as dulce de leche/manjar

Berlinerbol

Berlinerbol

Doughnuts filled with jelly or pastry cream and topped with powdered sugar

Blancmange

Blancmange

A sweet molded milk or cream dessert, often flavored with almonds and thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss

Boerenjongens

Boerenjongens

Spiced and brandied raisins or sultanas, also made into a cocktail

Boerenmeisjes

Boerenmeisjes

Brandied apricots

Bolo di cashupete

Bolo di cashupete

Cashew nut cake

Bolo di manteka

Bolo di manteka

Bolo di manteka is an Antillean butter cake, known for its rich and moist texture, often used as a birthday cake. It is made with ingredients like flour, sugar, eggs, and butter, and is typically baked in a round pan.

Bolo pretu

Bolo pretu

Dark fruit cake with alcohol, made with dried fruit, rum, cognac, cherry cordial, port wine

Borstplaat

Borstplaat

Sugar confections, several flavors, for example, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, lemon, raspberry, coffee, common during Sinterklaas

Bossche bol

Bossche bol

Choux pastry filled with whipped cream and covered with chocolate

Boterkoek

Boterkoek

Butter cake, the Dutch boterkoek is different from the Belgian croissant-like pastry of the same name

Bread and butter pudding

Bread and butter pudding

Sliced white bread is buttered, soaked in egg custard and topped with raisins

Broodpap

Broodpap

Broodpudding

Broodpudding

Bread pudding is made using stale bread, croissants, soaked in sweet milk and eggs, baked with diced apples and topped with cold coffee and cinnamon

Brownies

Brownies

Most common are chocolate brownies, but variations include caramel, white chocolate, mint/grasshopper, peanut butter, marshmallows, Nutella, with fruit, cheesecake, candy bar, peppermint

Caramel shortbread

Caramel shortbread

Shortbread topped with caramel and milk chocolate

Carrot cake

Carrot cake

Cake made with carrots, raisins, pineapple, pecans, spices and a cream cheese frosting

Charlotte Russe cake

Charlotte Russe cake

No-bake layered spongecake or lady finger cake with Bavarian cream, whipping cream, berries, fruit, mousse, brandy

Chipolatapudding

Chipolatapudding

Gelatin pudding with fresh fruit, not to be confused with chipolata sausage

Chipolatataart

Chipolatataart

A layered cake with fruit, not to be confused with chipolata sausage

Chocoladetaart

Chocoladetaart

Chocolate

Chocolate

Roasted and ground cacao seeds, made into chocolate bars, used in sweets, desserts, moles, sauces, drinks, cakes, cookies, used in many recipes and foods

Christoffeltaart

Christoffeltaart

Meringue-bottomed cherry cake with custard, whipped cream, grated chocolate

Christoffelvlaai

Christoffelvlaai

Cherry pie with whipped cream and grated chocolate

Churro

Churro

Fried cylindrical pastry, serve with dulce de leche, chocolate

Crème brûlée

Crème brûlée

Custard topped with hardened caramelized sugar

Crêpes Suzette

Crêpes Suzette

Crepe with beurre Suzette sauce, created in Monaco in 1896 by Chef Henri Charpentier of the Café de Paris

Dame blanche

Dame blanche

Vanilla ice cream with melted chocolate and topped with whipped cream

Drop

Drop

Licorice, either salty or sweet

Edible cookie dough

Edible cookie dough

Cookie dough designed specifically to be eaten raw, made without raw eggs and uses heat-treated flour.

Eierkoek

Eierkoek

Egg cake, small cookie-shaped cakes typically flavored with vanilla, lemon

Floating island

Floating island

Meringue floating on crème anglaise

Fraisier

Fraisier

Layered sponge cake (genoise) with fresh strawberries and mousseline (pastry cream mixed with butter)

Gevulde speculaas

Gevulde speculaas

Cake bars made with speculaaskruiden (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger) with a sweet almond paste center, common during Sinterklaas and Christmas

Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Cakes, breads and biscuits (cookies) made with ginger and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, from dense or airy cakes to crispy cookies

Griesmeel cake

Griesmeel cake

Griesmeelpudding

Griesmeelpudding

Sweet semolina pudding, often with red berry sauce

Haagse bluf

Haagse bluf

A light and fluffy fruit meringue, made with whipped egg whites, berries or berry juice, and sugar

Halva

Halva

Sweets, candy confections, many different types, for example, flour or nut confections, many types

Hangop

Hangop

Sweet buttermilk or yogurt dessert, commonly served with fruit

Jan hagel

Jan hagel

Shortbread spice cookie bars, common during Christmas

Jan in de zak

Jan in de zak

Wheat pudding that is steamed or boiled inside a cloth bag, may contain, for example, raisins, currants, candied citrus peel, serve with syrup

Jodenkoek

Jodenkoek

Shortbread cookie

Kaaskoekjes

Kaaskoekjes

Cheese cookies, made with grated Dutch cheese and flour

Kersenvlaai

Kersenvlaai

Kesio

Kesio

Custard with caramel sauce

Kiflice

Kiflice

Crescent-shaped pastries or cookies filled with walnuts, jam, cheese, poppy seeds, common during Christmas, there are also yeasted rolls with the same name (kifli)

Kletskoppen

Kletskoppen

Thin, praline-like almond or peanut confections, also made with cheese

Koekjes

Koekjes

Cookies, many different types

Ko'i lechi

Ko'i lechi

Kokoskoekjes

Kokoskoekjes

Coconut cookies, coconut macaroons

Krakelingen

Krakelingen

Sweet pretzel-shaped cookies, also commonly in the form of an 8

Kruidkoek

Kruidkoek

Kruidnoten

Kruidnoten

Small ginger cookies, common during Sinterklaas

Kruimelvlaai

Kruimelvlaai

Custard pie with a crumb topping

Macaron

Macaron

Meringue cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, sugar, then made into sandwiches using fruit curd, buttercream or ganache

Maizena koekjes

Maizena koekjes

Cornflour cookies

Malva pudding

Malva pudding

Sponge cake with apricot jam, serve with custard and/or ice cream

Marzipan

Marzipan

Sweetened almond flour, commonly made into sweets shaped like fruit, vegetables, people

Moorkop

Moorkop

Cream puff pastry filled with whipped cream and topped with chocolate

Mousse

Mousse

Whipped custard, many flavors, for example, mousse au chocolat, fruit, mousse can also be savory, for example, salmon mousse

Mug cake

Mug cake

Small cake cooked inside a coffee mug, typically using a microwave

Nonnevot

Nonnevot

Knotted doughnut

Oliebol

Oliebol

Fried dough, doughnut, may contain dried fruit, topped with sugar

Pain perdu

Pain perdu

Sliced bread soaked in eggs and milk, then fried

Panna cotta

Panna cotta

Thickened, sweetened cream, may be flavored with vanilla, chocolate, berries, mango, coconut, sea buckthorn

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