Restaurant quality [..] Bitterballen [..] Bitterballen are snacks, not a dish. If you're in a place that has bitterballen on the menu, you're not in a restaura

Restaurant quality [..] Bitterballen [..] Bitterballen are snacks, not a dish. If you're in a place that has bitterballen on the menu, you're not in a restaurant, you're in a cafe or a snack bar. But yes, we do not have a haute cuisine culture. Traditional dutch dishes are mashes or stews (boerenkoolstamppot, hutspot, hachee, zuurkool met spek) or equally simple dishes based on local vegetables (witlofsalade, asperges met ham en ei, erwtensoep).