Rotterdam Street Food You Must Try!! Best Street Food Market In The Netherlands?!

I'm here at the Blok Market. This is the biggest and most famous market in all of Rotterdam. There's produce, there's clothing, and there's lots of Rotterdam street food. Fries, I see some stuff over there. I don't know what to expect. My man, are you ready? Let's go? Let's go. My city, man. You want to try some fries at 9.30? Or do you want to walk? I mean, we could do that. I mean, what are you thinking? What do you know in terms of food that we have to try here? Oh, there's like everything, man. From tsunamis, to Chinese, to fries, to typical Dutch baked pastry. So, I think let's take a look and we'll find out ourselves. Yeah, let's go to this corn stall. Fresh corn. Good morning. Welcome. How do you say it? Welcome. Turkey? Yeah, it's Turkey. Hello. Thank you. You're welcome. Can I add anything? Yeah, you can. Do you like salt? Yeah. Oh, my God. It just came off the little grill right there. I know, it's too hot. Oh, wow. Look at that. Is that cream? Where's that butter? It's wet. It's freaking boiling. Oh, it's so good. It's so buttery. I love this. Perfect. The salt level is amazing. He's also selling mice from Hungary. Oh, yeah? So, this is from China, but normally you have to get it from Hungary. Oh, this is so delicious. I can bite. It's so hot. It's perfect in this weather. Delicious, delicious. What should I add? Do you like lemon juice? Yeah, yeah. Oh, my gosh. Oh, man. This is delicious. The butter with the lemon juice. I can eat corn non-stop. This in Latin America, Ecuador, chocolate. Normally people from Holland, they eat not that much of corn, you know? It's more like Latin, South American. Thank you. All right. Rice right there? Let's run. Hello. It's okay? Yeah. One of the famous fries from Rotterdam, also a staple. You have to try this, man. And you can fry them yourself. Yeah? Yeah, ask them. Can I fry them myself? Sure. Sure? Yeah, sure. Okay. This is the first fries I'm trying in the Netherlands. I didn't try any in Amsterdam, not yet Rotterdam first. Let's go. Okay. Hi. Everything good? Yeah, fine. Fine. So I just grab? Yeah, grab this. Yeah? Grab this. Okay. Put it in there. Right there. Woo! So how long? How many minutes? One minute. One minute, that's it? Yeah. So what is the difference between Belgian fries and Dutch fries? We bake a little bit higher. Higher. So it's getting crunchier. Crunchier. Yeah. So these are already fried, but then it's second fried? Yes. And it's the same thing for beef? No, no, no. The Belgium is all beef oil? No, no, no. It's only plant. Only plant? Yeah, sunflower oil. Yeah, so it's vegan? Yeah. Potato oil? Yes. Peanut? Peanut, yes. Peanut sauce. With onions? Yeah. You like onions? I love onions. With onions at 9.30 in the morning. Yeah. Alright, should I just try? Yeah. Here we go. So that's Dutch mayo and that's peanut sauce. Yes, with onions. With onions. How do we call it? Oorlog. Fries war. It means war. Dude, that Indonesian influence is so tasty. Lekker. It's so creamy. That combination is everything, right? That combination. I've never had a combination like this. Super crunchy. French fries. You have that creamy peanut butter and you mix it in with the Dutch mayo. Whoa. I can literally finish this. Oh, I had so much fries in Belgium. But first time trying fries in Holland. Yeah. What do you think? Without spice, there's no life. I love how crispy they are. The combination, though, is the mayo with the... Oh my gosh, okay, okay. This is the sambal? Yeah. Like that. Yeah, it's sweet and sour. That's some real sambal. That's like Indonesian spice. Yeah. Whoa. I'm in love, man. I'm in love. Last bite. Take it away from me. Dankjewel. Alsjeblieft. Heerlijk. Dankjewel. Hey, hey. Dankjewel, dankjewel. So where are we going next? Let's go... That way? That way. Let's go this way. Where are you from? Iran. Look at this. I went to Iran. Yeah? Yeah. You want to try some strawberries? No, no. Why not? No. Where are you from? Suriname. From Suriname? Fawakar? Fawakar. You know what this is? Tell me. We call it also bitter melon. Yeah, bitter melon. It's very bitter, but it's very healthy. We make it very spicy, hot, nice. You know this one? Called antua. Antua, yes. It's also very bitter, but very healthy. Wow. So this market has the fresh vegetables. And right here we have my boys that are from Suriname. Hey man, how are you doing? Good, you? You good? Good. Dude, this is great. I love these. This one is Suriname cuisine. The string beans. The string beans, chopped up. Dude, it's delicious. We call it kalsabon. Kalsabon. Kalsabon, yeah. Kalsabon, they put it almost like in the wok. You add some peanut dressing after. Man, I'll just blow my mind. With some sambal. So we keep going? Yeah. Next up we got some spices. Look at this. Non-stop. Surinamese masala. Sichuan pepper. Satay kruden. You know what this means? Satay kruden? I know satay is kruden. What do you think? I don't know. Spices. Spices for the satay, kruden? Yes, sir. Where are you guys from? We're from Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan. Yes. From Tashkent. And you guys are from? I'm from Miami. And he's from here. Ah, nice. Oh yeah? Yeah. Amazing. Hey man, nothing like plov. Thanks, man. Plov, their dish, Uzbekistan dish. Rice. Oh, delicious. The raisins. And so you have all spices here. Almost everything. Sichuan pepper, man. This is like the ultimate spice. That's right. You start chewing on it, everything goes numb. That's right. That's exactly what it is, bro. You have something? Yes. Oh, we're going to try something here. A little gift. A gift? Yes. It's a little bit spicy, but you can throw it on everything. Are you sure about that, bro? I'm sure about it. Hey, I have a gift for you. This is closed. This is my sauce. Can I throw it in soup? Yeah, you can do anything you want with it. I'm going to try it out right now, man. I'd say with some soup, with some nasi, everything. Okay, I'm going to try it right now. Oh, dude, you're too kind. Thanks, man. I got more presents for you, bro. You love spice. I'm going to have this later. Yes, sir. It's spicy. You like spice? I like spice. I like without spice. Is that enough? No, it's good. It's good. Lentil soup. I need more, man. Of course, of course, you need more. Like that. It's like honey. Sweet. My man here has never-ending spices. So many. What are the spiciest here? Spiciest. Spiciest, I have this. Let me find it. This one. That one. And what are each one of these cost? The boxes are like 125. Sometimes there's a different price on it. Okay. I also have the bigger packages. They're like 3 euros, 2.50. Depends. Depends on the spice. The bill. It's going to be 5 euros. 5 euros. Thank you. Here we go, 5. Hey, thank you. Perfect, man. You're welcome. Have a nice day. That's great. Stick it on, stick it on. It's going to be great. Yeah, dude, I love this. This? My food? Always. Spices. No, for sure, bro. That's what I love about coming to markets like this. You meet people like that. And obviously Rotterdam has a huge mix of people. It's going to be amazing. Oh, here we have bread. Never-ending bread. And some baklava. Turkish bread. This one's huge. You know what it is? This is baklava with... Pistachio. Yeah, pistachio is Turkey. Walnut is more like Greek, no? Walnuts. Huh? No, no, of course, Turkey, Turkey, Turkey. Where are you from? But where in Turkey? Kas. Thank you. Alright, let's keep going. Let me ask you, can I try anything here? You want to try anything? Yeah, I can try? Yesterday I went to Akmar. Akmar. And I had so much cheese. Yes? Kas. Kas is life. Cheese is life. Kas is life. So what cheese is this? It's cheese with different herbs and spices. It's a blend of herbs and spices. That one? I love it. Creamy. Nice spices. Love it. It's amazing. Can I try one more? Yeah, of course. Anything you want. Do you like truffle? I love truffle. Here we go. I'll sleep with this, bro. It's so good. You'll take it as a gift? For sure. What is one of these? It's like three? 100 grams it says, right? Yeah, for 100 grams. So what is a block like this? That's 250, 300 grams. 300 grams? I'll take it, I'll take it. This piece? Yeah, yeah. Thank you. I'm going to eat all this. No, the sambal looks amazing. Maybe later, maybe later. Thank you. That was awesome. That is so nice. And now more fruits. Fruits and over here we have seafood. Wow, it looks all like ready. Like calamari, you have croquettes. Oh, they're frying too? Oh, good. What are you doing here? Fish. This looks delicious. This is shrimp. Calamari. Over here it looks like... Are there more fried fish? I don't know. I can eat fried all day, but... What do you think? Smoked salmon. Smoked salmon? That looks good. Can I pop it, I think? Yeah, yeah. Yeah. One euro. You don't have to pay. One euro, sure. Are you sure? Yeah, it's okay. The belly of the salmon. Salmon. You have to peel it. I have to peel it? Yes. I have to peel this. It's like off the skin. Oh, gosh. No, no, no. You guys, this is like... This is going to be the best thing ever. Oh, my gosh. The smokiness. So creamy. I've never had salmon like that. I've had amazing salmon in Helsinki, but this smoked, buttery, with the oils. I would have more, bro. This is so good. Hey, fantastic. Delicious, delicious. It's so good. Oh, she did this, too? This is... You see the fat that stays under the smoking. That layer. To take the skin away. This is amazing. Same thing? Yeah, it's the same. Oh, okay. Do you want some lemon? No, I didn't do it with lemon. Let's do it with some lemon. Okay, so this one, they removed the skin for us. That's the lemon. Wow. Look at this. The layer of fat. You see that fat right there? So much oils. So I'm going to break a little piece. Look how easy that is. So soft. This one has the best layer of fat. The best layer of fat. Nice and citrusy. A little sourness. One of the best things I've ever had. The fish in this country will blow your mind. With the lemon. It makes it really nice. Dude, it's like forever fish. Let me see. No, the herring. Look at the herring. Wow. What do we got here? This is... Fall. Fall cheese. With fall herbs. With jalapeno, and garlic, and paprika, and onion. Paprika, garlic, onion? Yes, jalapeno. I've got so full of cheese here. That's delicious. I'll try one more. This is truffle. You know what's a heavily competition? Cheese with mustard. Cheese and mustard? This one's truffle? It's amazing. It's like manchego. Yeah, the texture of this is like manchego, but with the truffle. Cheese with port. You see the port in it? Porto. Port wine? Yeah. Let me try this one with port wine. It's another one that tastes like manchego. Consistency, very buttery. But that port. Good wine in there. Yeah, that combination is perfect. Port and wine. And cheese. This is smoked cheese. So the smoky flavors in the cheese. If you make a grilled cheese, with smoked cheese, it's a game changer. I can't even describe. Gotta try the smoked cheese. So smoked with herbs inside. I don't know how to describe this. It's almost like the textures of a sausage. Like smokiness. So if you put it on a grilled sandwich, it's melty, and then you have that smoky flavor. This is the best one. This is extra houda. My friend, cloaking in the coking. Come by, try the cheeses. Try them all. All of them. What am I missing? This one's with pepper. Hot pepper. That's number one. Maybe the smoked is better. It's just spicy. Yeah, it's spicy. It's the flavor of spice. But it's doable. Also on the grilled cheese. I think it would be... With the ship. So Rotterdam cheese. Yes. With the ship right there? Yeah, with the ship and with the football stadium. Oh wow. Can I see that? Sounds like Turkish? Yes. Chestnuts. It's hot. Hot? Hot. Food. That's delicious. It's the first time eating chestnut. No way. It's dense. Like a little smoky. A little like a potato. Cassava potato. In between. Chestnuts are from Spain. He first steams them, then he puts them on the grill when somebody orders. So he heats them up. That's a little smoky. Oh yeah, look, look. She's cracking them open now. They got antiques now. So this market keeps changing. One sec, one sec. Let me see this. What is this? Yo, David. That's Little Italy. It's also Rotterdam's staple. They sell fresh pizzas, Italian sandwiches. It's also a little mini market with a lot of things from Italy. Think it's going to be good if we just walk in here? We'll try, we'll try. And here we go. Italian pizza. The owner's from Ravenna. I'm pretty sure it's in Emilia Romagna. And this is their pizza. Wow. This is a real Italian pizza. It's like a fluffy bread on top. You got the cheese, tomato. It's massive. Paprika, mushroom, and onions. That's a pizza. The bread is so fluffy. The bottom, crispy. Lay on a tomato. It's like Italy. In Rotterdam. Best pizza in Rotterdam right there. Little Italy. Thank you very much. Wow. Yummy, yummy, yummy. Hello. Wow, look at this. This is amazing right here. What is this? It's almond spice. Almond spice. You should try. Can I have a tiny, tiny fraction? Is it okay? It's hot. It's hot? Yeah. I told you, don't do it. It's so sweet. Don't do it. So almond, cinnamon. I don't know what else is in there. There's so many things. It's extremely sweet. Nice, soft dough. Yeah. Typical Dutch. Typical Dutch? I'll take it all, man. That's so delicious. Yummy. Thank you. Let's keep going. Is that your favorite proper dessert right here? Yeah, just around the corner, man. And what else we got? Just like more fruits, more bread. A lot of fruit. Vegetables. So it's the same as the other side. Basically the same thing. Almost the same thing. Can you imagine a day this beautiful? Like, it's perfect. It's perfect. And it's not too cold. Yesterday was really... On the dike, Volendam. Wow. Yes. Nah. It was heavy. I just want to go home. I think the experience with that was intense. But yeah. It was amazing. Real amazing. Yeah. I love this Mickey Mouse one. Especially now Christmas is coming around with my daughters. They're gonna love it. I got it. I got this one right here, guys. Got it at 25 euro. It's dope, though. We got here and it was raining. I was nervous. Now we got the sun, bro. The sun came out. You gotta be careful here. People are bumping into... People are bumping into people. Yeah, crazy. Oh my gosh. There is like more... More people than the day of Albert Cuyp. Yeah. It's more vibrant. Is that all butter? It's oil. It's oil, it's awesome. Plant-based. Plant-based oil. We're gonna take a big portion. Big portion? She wants to eat also. Yeah. Big portion, we take one. Let's take it, let's take it. Do you have a big portion? Big one? Yes. 30 pieces? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. I'm not eating 30, though. You might eat 30. I talked to him yesterday. Yeah, but? Because Javert was cleaning up downstairs. So I sent him a message. Oh, nice. It's always the one I got. Look, guys. Look at that butter. So you just like put that everywhere. Can I grab this piece? Um, yes. He asked if you want an extra shot in the blue wine with rum. Of course. Oh my gosh. They're so fluffy. These pancakes. These are the best pancakes ever. I love them. You have to try this when in Rotterdam. And right here is blue wine with a shot of rum. Hot. It's almost like, um, there's like sweetness in here. Cinnamon as well. Oh, it's good. Orange. It's like orange, cranberry. I mean, it's a mix of things. You usually have this like in Germany, Poland, winter months. You need this to heat up. Right now, obviously, the sun came out, but before it was a little cold. For you guys. Enjoy. Tell me about the poffertjes. You taste it first. I love it, bro. You said it was the best? The best. It was the best? I said it was the best. Look. Hey, dankebel. Have a nice day, man. Oh, you're the best, bro. Thank you so much. Dankebel. Let's go. Seth. Go to Seth. No way. You want to try? I love it here. I love it, yes. You're from Suriname? Yes, I am. Yeah. I know a little bit. That's the only thing I know. I don't know Suriname. Bro, you need to try this, man. What is that? Is this sorrel? It's coconut bread. It's coconut bread? You know this one? I think I've tried something like this. Yeah, you put two of them together and then you… Barra? Barra, yes. A plain barra or… Thank you. Have a nice day. Just a barra with some chutney? Is it barra with chutney? Yeah, let's do it, let's do it. Let's do one barra. Ein barra. With chutney, yeah? With chutney, of course. Chutney, chutney. Oh, chutney, chutney, chutney. Dankebel. It's good. Here we go. We're going to have a barra. Barra. Surinamese style. Wow. So we have two different chutneys. This is going to be too hot, guys. Oh my gosh. How hot do you think this is? With a little bit of spice? Wow, that's a nice, nice spice. Delicious spice. This is so different from the barras that you have in Trinidad. The barras in Trinidad are super thin. Like, there's almost nothing inside. This one, as you can see, it's hollow. But it's thicker. Let's try that. This. Spicy. Oh, I love the tomato chutney. Oh, the other one. I feel it. Right here. Look at that spice. Love the sambal. Surinamese food. Unbelievable. Look how doughy it is. There's some oil in it, too. Watch this. I'm going to ask her to put some spice. Can you put some more spice on here? You want the hotter one? The hotter one. It's the yellow one. Oh, you had to put so much. Oh, man. That's crazy. You think it's too much? I don't know. You tell me. Come over. I love that chili. He told me I'm going to pop here in Rotterdam. The food is the best. The most mix of everything. Every type of cuisine. Surinamese food. It's so underrated. You gave me a lot. You gave me too much. I told her to do it. Sima, Olivia. They make incredible Surinamese food. You've got bara, but they also have some incredible chutneys. You've got tomato. You have mango, as well. And the other one is... Madame Jeanette. So, this is the spicy one. This is the one that's going to... You feel it in your throat. That's true. But it's very nice. Amazing. I might come back for that. Let's go. Mike, what is this? This is an Indo market. A place with a lot of food stalls. It's like a food court. I love this building. And people are living here. It's like a hangar. People live in there? Yeah. No way. That's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. It's like a huge airport hangar. In the middle, you have this huge market. And you have some restaurants. And then everybody is living on the side. So, that's why you have all these windows. This market is amazing. It reminds me of a lot of markets I've been to in Spain. It's this huge covered market. They've got so much food. They've got beer. They have street food. They have mixed stuff. They have peppers. They have souvenirs. And that's it, guys. I hope you enjoyed the market. Bye.