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Curaçao Rises as a Top Destination for Foodies

The Dutch Caribbean Island of Curaçao is recognized worldwide for its rich history, diverse culture,

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Now open: Sandals® Royal Curaçao says ‘Bon Bini’ to the Dutch Caribbean

June 01, 2022, Sandals Resorts, 40th Anniversary Sandals Resorts International (SRI) announces the opening of

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Spice ‘n Lime: New kid on the block!

There’s a new kid on the block… a baby in the field, that opened their

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Our first cooking video on YouTube

We are proud to announce our first cooking video on YouTube. 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲𝘀 |

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Offerings and Blessings

A few weeks ago, my colleague’s mother held a “Puja”. This one was held for

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Passion for Passie

A dear friend of mine has this passion for a restaurant called Passie Food and

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JJ’s foodie journey 2020

It has been a while since I’ve shared my foodie journeys! Each picture has a

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A conversation with… Xaviera Mijnhijmer

Suriname’s well-known and still our reigning pastry chef of the year! Xaviera has been with

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Beach Picnic Fine Dining Style

A birthday girl’s wish come true. Her beach picnic concept well prepared and thought out.

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A conversation with… Patrick Woei

A few years ago we started our posts on “Who’s the Chef?”. Now we are

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Pumpkin Spice Latte: Recipe of the week!

Our recipe of the week is Pumpkin Spice Latte. A favorite of many once the

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Melanzane lasagna: Recipe of the week!

Melanzane lasagna is the recipe of the week. What more could you ask for eggplant

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Local Dealer: Not your usual dealer…

When one can’t go to Mexico during this pandemic, the next best thing I have

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Caribbean Culinary Bites: August 2020

U.S. PORK MARKET TRENDS Pork production has fully rebounded following COVID-19 disruptions in April/May. Production

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Curaçao Hotel Updates: Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort

Last month we wrote the first update, the hotel where the King and Queen of

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Restrictions lifted: My first stop: Sagardi.

This past month the restrictions have been lifted in some countries somewhat and our lives

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Curaçao Hotel Updates: Avila Beach Hotel

Avila Beach Hotel has new and improved post-COVID-19 menus & enlarges its beach area. It’s

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Try everything, keep the good: JiJi’s Way

Surinamese cuisine is often criticized, a criticism that is not entirely unjustified, for being too

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Foodie moments… June 2019

Here’s the menu: Michelin Chef’s Menu Starter: Codfish | Eel | Kohlrabi | hoisin Main

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Even better at cooking: The basic pan set and special pans

A good pan is an investment for life. Rather buy a few expensive high-quality pans

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Quarantine & recreating mom’s salmon dish.

Quarantined… never did we think that this would be a situation that so impacted our

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Fine dining versus Surinamese cuisine

Have you ever heard of fine dining? Restaurants can be categorized into categories where fine

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Even better at cooking: The Essentials – Pots and Pans

I usually just write about my own experiences, in the culinary world and traveling. I

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Baking: French Pastry Class

Funny… I’ve lived in France 🇫🇷 and always loved their bread and pastry, but never

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Good France/ Goût de France event Postponed

In this troubled period that we are going through, the Good France event, scheduled to

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My 6 day trip to Europe

The Netherlands The surprise First off I wanted to surprise my brother. It was his

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Scuba Lodge

SCUBA LODGE Boutique Hotel Curaçao This boutique hotel is located right next to the ocean and

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Hands down the best Black bean Eggplant and steamed fish

The Asian kitchen has always been a weakness of mine, the different flavors and tastes

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Will you marry me? Yes, I will!

Will you marry me? Yes, I will!

Great! Now I got your attention. lol

There is magic in that moment and the mind immediately wanders to a magical isle and, seemingly out of nowhere, appear visions of a ceremony in an intimate setting, surrounded by loved ones and in an ambiance created just for you. Voila, you are in Curaçao.

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Let's get it snapping… Red Snapper.🐟🔴

Food /fuːd/ noun1. any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that

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February 14 plans?

No plans yet for Valentine’s Day? Well here are some ideas, menus and restaurants! Passie

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Goût de/Good France 2020: 6th edition of the global event

On the initiative of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and Alain Ducasse

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Our First Vacation Destination: Aruba 🇦🇼 part 1

🙌 Whoop whoop 🙌 Our first vacation together as a family! Snapping pictures… AUA here

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JJ’s foodie journey – April 2019

Every month I save and collect pictures from some or all places I’ve eaten or

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Refined Dining: Quality and Style

l’Hermitage – the facts l’Hermitage is a high-end restaurant that is specialized in fine dining.

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Fulfilling a wish: “He wanted that”

Surinam Airways Fête de la Cuisine: A tribute to Paul Nolet Paramaribo, May 21, 2019 – In tribute

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JJ’s foodie journey – March 2019

Every month a journey… A food journey! That’s what it’s all about. I am late!

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Curaçao Culinair: THE party of the year for foodies!

The culinary delights of Curaçao, all gathered at one location. Curaçao Culinair is celebrating its

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Curaçao Vegfest 2019

Vegan Curaçao – Organizes 7 April Vegfest 2019 at Kura Di Arte Willemstad – Sunday

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JJ’s foodie journey – February 2019

These journeys have become a part of a routine. I’m being honest, and I’m still

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Good to know your ingredients: Zest

Good to know your ingredients! Always research and know what you eat. ———- Zest Pronounce

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Sunday – Healthy Food Tips #06

Eat lots of fruit and veggies It’s recommended that we eat at least five portions

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A Foodie’s Idea for Valentine’s Day

Even though Valentine’s Day is almost over, I still wanted to share this with you.

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JJ’s foodie Journey – January 2019

It’s a new year and it looks like it’s going to be a beautiful one.

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JJ’s Foodie Journey – August till December 2018

First, of, I’d like to apologize for not writing as much the last few months

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JJ's Foodie Journey - July 2018

JJ’s Foodie Journey – July 2018

I really do appreciate that all of you are reading my journeys each month. It’s

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JJ’s foodie journey – June 2018

Last month I started to log my foodie journey and I’d love to share it

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Evening out: Taste of Burma 🇲🇲

On the last day of the month May, I had the Taste of Burma on my mind. Gathered a couple of girls, the group was growing and 6 confirmed of the 11 asked. Eventually, due to circumstances, 2 had to cancel at the last minute. 😔 They did miss out!

I wanted to share our well spend evening at Azteca’s Exotic Foods with you. Hope you enjoy the read, as much as we did the food. Imagine the taste if possible 😉.

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Sunday – Healthy Food Tips #03

Practical tips that cover the basics of healthy eating, and can help you make healthier

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Know Your Ingredients – Garlic

Garlic Pronounce it: gar-lik Good to know your ingredients! Always research and know what you

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Patio 83 – Soft Opening

Our two well-known chefs, Michael Hermelijn and Nicole Tong Sang, decided to put their heads

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Know Your Ingredients – Butter

Butter Pronounce it: butt-err Good to know your ingredients! Always research and know what you

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Turkey. Cranberry Sauce. Sweet Potato Pie.

What does Thanksgiving dinner look like at your house? Last year was my first time

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Nishi’s Summer Menu

Forks, Knives, Action! Dear Foodies, I know it has been a while since I wrote

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Our Second Award: The Liebster Award 2017

We’ve been nominated for our second award! First of all, we would like to thank

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Sanuk – Fun is a way of life

SANUK… a new concept Courtyard by Marriott Paramaribo introduced on Tuesday, September 12. Fun is

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Surinamese Brewery brings fresh refreshing beer to the market

Published in Dutch online on The West, September 21, 2017 On September 20th, the launch of

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Corks & Forks 2017 – The Sixth Edition

Landgoed Brakkeput May May and Licores Maduro proudly present the 6th edition of “Corks &

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Our First Award and the Nominees!

  Hello Hellooo…!!! We received our first award and it feels so great to know that

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Vlog #01 – our first

Traveling experiences to Curaçao in April 2017.   You have seen our posts about Restaurant

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Exploring Curaçao restaurants: Oporto Restaurant

Oporto Restaurant the second on my list of eight restaurants we visited! Oporto is a striking

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Etiquette: Table manners & Dresscode

Table Manners & Dress code There are many written and unwritten rules on being polite

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Connected Through Variation

One of the most important philosophical questions is; how can people live together? Each individual

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Exploring Curaçao restaurants: Gouverneur de Rouville

Restaurant & Café Gouverneur de Rouville, the first on my list of eight restaurants we visited!

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Curaçao – the C of the ABC islands 

If you haven’t heard of Curaçao, I think you might be living under a rock…

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Willi Burger – Toko Willi Wood

Last Saturday, April 8, Curaçao launched a new delicacy, namely “WILLI BURGER” in the presence

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7 Days of Chefs – Menu Tasting

On Wednesday, March 22nd, the Courtyard by Marriott held the tasting of the menus of

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Customer service and Communication

Customer service is a requirement if you work in the hospitality industry. Except for food,

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Which Wine to use with which Dish?

Which wine should you choose for a dish or starter? A dinner or a nice

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Facets of a Menu

We all have dinner outside. This can quickly be something from the Chinese or warung.

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Traveling Experiences: Part 2 – Vegas baby!

Vegas baby! We arrived! After picking up our luggage at baggage claim, we hailed a

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Travel Experiences: Part 1!

It was my first time traveling to Las Vegas! So I was really excited 😊.  Our

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Restaurant Week all over the Caribbean

In Suriname, we recently had our second restaurant week! Not long ago, we didn’t know

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Another Gold medal for Surinamese Rum

-Repost from Starnieuws.com– Another Gold medal for Surinamese Rum! This proves that our own Borgoe rum

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Flavors of Curacao 2016

Bigger and Tastier On October 28th and 29th, Curaçao Hospitality and Tourism Association (CHATA) will

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Curacao Culinair: April, 8 & 9, 2016

Curacao Culinair 2016 is the first of many to come. This event is planned and

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‘Fête de la Cuisine Suriname 2016’

May 31 – June 4, 2016  –  The ‘Fête de la Cuisine Suriname’, an event

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Going Caribbean: Who is Mr. Mix Bahamas?

After having heard of some of our own in the culinary field, we are going

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Dining out French style [Goût de France]

My first post on Goût de France was on March, 26, 2015. I was then

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“A Healthier New Me”

Love Your Body (LYB) – juices & smoothies gives you fresh fruit and green juices

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Tan Bun Skrati: growing and processing…

Terroir, fermenting and drying Each of the gardens gives the trees in it a specific

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Goût de France au Suriname

Goût de France is celebrating the French gastronomy in various locations worldwide on March 21st

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So You Think You Can Cook?! 2015 – the results –

Finale So You Think You Can Cook?!: Game, set and match YUM WORST The successful

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Wippy Strei Bori Soup Edition, eerste pindasoepwedstrijd in Su!

This article is in Dutch: Zaterdag 14 november wordt door Handelsmaatschappij L. Willemsberg N.V, in

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Curacao North Sea Jazz 2015!

Curaçao North Sea Jazz festival (CNSJ) is one of the most exciting programs sponsored by

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Lunch at Avila Beach Hotel Curaçao

March 2014, I wrote a blog about Avila’s delicious Keshi Yena. This year, I’m glad to

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Press Trip #Sureporters Curaçao – day One (September 3rd) – Dinner

Yes! Dinner at ACOYA Curaçao!!! This day couldn’t get any better… After lunch we all

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Press Trip #Sureporters Curaçao – day One (September 3rd) – Arrival

Every year during the first weekend of September, the Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB) invites a group of

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Sharing the Passion: Krasnapolsky Star Dinner 2015

Hotel Krasnapolsky is culinary  upside down on 26 and June 27! Hotel Krasnapolsky is organizing for the

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Results Suriname Culinary Team at the Taste of the Caribbean 2015

The Results The Suriname Chefs Association is very proud to present you with the results of The

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Bahamas, Puerto Rico Top Taste of the Caribbean Competition

Repost from Caribbean Journal: Bahamas, Puerto Rico Top Taste of the Caribbean Competition Above: the Bahamas

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New species of Frog named after Puro Coffee

Turnhout, 18 June 2015 Miko is thrilled to announce Pristimantis puruscafeum, a new species of

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The Taste of Suriname

A Taste of The Island event: Taste of Surinamepresented by The Suriname Culinary TeamYour National

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Culinary magazine Victuals now also available on Amazon Kindle!

The culinary magazine Victuals, is now also available on the Kindle from Amazon.com.  Editor Jill-Joy

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Culinary Dinner with your friends

Will you join us in Baka Foto for ourLAST fundraising dinner? Join us and enjoy this

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Culinary Dinner with your friends and family

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Denk je dat Het Surinaams Culinair Team bij de volgende competitie een medaille verdient?

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An Amazing Culinary Experience at Moments!

Join Suriname’s best! Chefs, Pastry Chef and Bartender this month on April 28th in Moments Restaurant,

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An Amazing Culinary Experience

Join Suriname’s best! Chefs, Pastry Chef and Bartender this month on April 13th in Ogi

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Do you think that the Suriname Culinary Team deserves a medal at the next competition?

Do you think that the Suriname Culinary Team deserves to win a medal at the

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Where will you go for Sushi….. Let the battle of the SUSHI begin!

Where will you go for Sushi? Sushi-Ya Starting Monday…. ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI!!!!! HOW

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Goût de / Good France

On Thursday, 19 March 2015, all around the world, restaurants will offer more than 1300

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3rd Fundraising Dinner Event

Join Suriname’s best! Chefs, Pastry Chef and Bartender this month on March 9 in Courtyard

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2nd Fundraising Dinner Event

The best chefs, pastry chef and bartender of Suriname will prepare all for you! The

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Meet the Suriname Culinary Team 2015!

The Suriname Culinary Team 2015! Last April they competed and won to make it to

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DIY table top BBQ at Lee’s Korean Restaurant

Starting Monday 26th of January Lee’s Korean Restaurant proudly introduced a new concept: DIY table

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Who’s the Chef? – Floris van Noort – His point of view about the Surinamese HORECA life

Floris van Noort was born in Limburg, The Netherlands. He started working in the kitchen

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Where to go and get some food in the weekend? – Royal Torarica – Getting the Royal Experience

Food, what a pleasure it is to be able to have it… Victuals had the

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Opening new Riverview Restaurant

This Saturday, Courtyard Marriott Paramaribo, opens the doors of their new Riverview Restaurant… Stay Tuned for more

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Where to Eat/Dine this Christmas… – Updated – 23/12/14

Just a little heads-up on some places where you dine this coming Christmas 🙂 Marina

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Burger Battle: who won?

December 07th was D DAY! The finals of the Burger Battle.We will only show you

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Suriname’s first Vodka – Voltz!

The Suriname Alcoholic Beverages NV (SAB) held their launch party of Suriname’s first Vodka –

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Moksi Aleysi Strei 2014

Het is al bijna tijd… Elk jaar, sinds 2012, heeft de Suriname Chefs Association (SCA)

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Meesterkok Angélique Schmeinck deelt passie voor koken met Surinaamsechefs

Het delen van ‘passie voor eten’ en ‘de verbondenheid van volk en vaderland’ gaan hand in hand bij de vierde editie

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“Students” are raising Funds for their Internship abroad

Yesterday evening we had the pleasure of enjoying food from recently certificate chefs. They received

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Who’s the Chef? – Benedicto Cataggatan Jr. –

Who         :   Benedicto Cataggatan Jr. What       :   Chef Where 

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Who’s the Chef? – Gilbert Wirjomoenawi –

Who         :   Gilbert Wirjomoenawi What       :   Chef

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Who’s the Chef? – Stein Hoogdorp –

Marloes  Luiting (l) & Stein Hoogdorp (r) Who      :               Stein Hoogdorp                                What     :              Chef Where  :              

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Who’s the Chef? – Stephanie E. Loor

  Who:             Stephanie E. Loor Age:               26 Where did you learn how to

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Who’s the Chef? – Jethro Wirht –

Who:             Jethro WirhtWhat:           Executive Sous ChefWhere:         Rumors Lounge at Hotel KrasnapolskyAge:               26 1.      Where did you learn

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Who’s the Chef? – Max Resomardono –

The brothers Resomardono: Max (l) & Mike (r) Who:             Max Andy Resomardono What:          

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Who’s the Chef? – Michael Hermelijn –

Do you want to know more about the chefs in Suriname? Every week we will

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A Curacao visit and Keshi Yena – local dish –

We have had the pleasure of visiting the Dutch Caribbean Island of Curacao invited by the Curacao Tourist Board. One

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Who’s the Chef? – Patrick Woei –

Do you want to know more about the chefs in Suriname? Every week we will

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Raising funds for the Suriname Culinary Team to Participate at the Taste of the Caribbean 2014

 On Tuesday, 14th, the Suriname Chefs Association organised the first Fundraising Dinner for 2014, prepared by the

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Brunch on Sunday

On Sunday, January, 5th, we walked the “Bigi Broki Waka” (Big Bridge Walk). We started

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1st Suriname Chefs Association Fundraising Dinner Event

Come and let the Suriname Culinary Team spoil your taste buds. Continue to support them this year

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