Cooking with the Mooncake foodiebag: it opens up a whole new world
Jonneke de Zeeuw, aka Mooncake, is one of my favourite food bloggers (and more). She travels around the world, but especially the Netherlands, in search of the best hidden-gem places to eat, which she shares on her platform Mooncake. Nothing brings people together like food, which is why Mooncake also launches a foodiebag from time to time. A delicious and beautiful initiative with which she supports local heroes.
Stuff it into your mouth in one go
On a Mooncake food tour through Amsterdam-Oost, Jonneke took a small group to the nicest spots run by her local heroes. There, I—no dummy when it comes to food—ate things I had never tried before. Such as the Indian snack pani poori. Pani means water, while poori is the small, crispy ball that is broken open at the top and filled with, for example, small pieces of potato, a little onion, a little tomato and whatever else they put in it. You then dip the poori into mint or tamarind water. “And then stuff it into your mouth in one go and don’t talk, just chew,” says Mooncake.
A bag with a message
Through the foodiebag, Mooncake highlights a different culinary influence on the Netherlands every month. The June edition of the Mooncake foodiebag celebrates the most fun and delicious Indian, Pakistani and Surinamese-Hindustani influences on the Netherlands. “It’s high time we started seeing all residents of the Netherlands, regardless of their roots, as an inseparable and equal part of society. And not as ‘that exotic other’. Because in that way, that so-called ‘other’ will of course never truly become part of this country. I hope that one day everyone will be able to feel 100% at home here; with the foodiebag, I’m trying to contribute to greater unity.” A wonderful and delicious initiative, if you ask me.
Secret restaurant and shopping tips
The foodiebag is packed with products that Mooncake has carefully selected. And to complete the culinary journey, the bag comes with a Mooncake mini-guide featuring recipes, stories, cooking videos, a fitting Spotify playlist, a list of films and cookbooks, secret restaurant and shopping tips, and an unboxing video in which Mooncake tells you more about the products. And all of this month’s content focuses on Indian, Pakistani and Surinamese-Hindustani food culture.
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- Hamburger met koriander/munt chutney
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- Dit… goddelijk!
Delicious or what?!
Absolutely delicious! So do yourself a favour and order this foodiebag—it’s available to order until 26 June. The bag is vegetarian: it contains no meat or fish products—the hamburger was homemade by me, delicious with the coriander and mint chutney—and apart from one product, the bag is even vegan. When paying, you can donate an additional €1.50 to Samen Vooruit—to provide everyone with a hot meal! You can collect the bag on 30 June in Amsterdam-Oost (at Saeed’s Curryhouse – Javastraat 9) or have it delivered within Amsterdam and the surrounding area. The foodiebag can also be shipped within the Netherlands via Post NL. The collection price is €45; delivery costs €49.95 (in Amsterdam and the surrounding area). Shipping within the Netherlands: €54.95 (via PostNL, including the box).
And then let your granola sit for a day and have pesarattu for breakfast instead—that’s one delicious pancake from India!
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