Surinamese Restaurant Roopram Roti
Roopram Roti on Anton de Kompleinstraat is a Zuidoost institution that has been feeding the neighbourhood since 1987, and the queues outside at lunchtime tell you everything you need to know about the quality. This is the place to eat your first — or fifteenth — authentic Surinamese roti in Amsterdam.
What to Order
The roti here is the real deal: a soft, flaky flatbread made fresh each morning, served wrapped around your choice of curried filling. The curried chicken with potato is the crowd favourite, but the vegetarian option with pumpkin, long beans and egg is equally satisfying and a fraction of the price you'd pay for lesser food closer to the city centre.
Order a bara on the side — a golden, slightly chewy fried dough ball that is dangerously addictive — and a glass of cold Fernandes soda (a Surinamese soft drink brand) to complete the experience. The whole meal will set you back around €10.
The Neighbourhood Context
Eating at Roopram is as much a cultural experience as a culinary one. The small dining room fills quickly with a cross-section of Zuidoost life: elderly Surinamese-Dutch regulars, construction workers on lunch break and curious food tourists who've done their research.
The area around Anton de Komplein has several other excellent Surinamese and Antillean eateries worth exploring for dinner, making it easy to build an entire afternoon around eating your way through the Caribbean-Dutch food culture that makes Zuidoost unique in Europe.
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