Local cuisine: herring, stroopwafels and cafés

Introduction — Herring, stroopwafels and cafés: a tasty introduction to Amsterdam Amsterdam is as much a place to taste as it is to see. Between the canals, crooked houses and world-famous museums, the Dutch capital also offers a straightforward, authentic food trail deeply rooted in local habits: raw herring known as « Hollandse Nieuwe, » caramel-sticky stroopwafels, and cafés — both regulated coffee shops and traditional brown cafés — dotted across the city. This general guide, written…