Café Samabe
Haarlem, Netherlands
The read// why locals go
Cafe Samabe cooks Balinese-Indonesian food behind an 1899 facade on Haarlem's Korte Veerstraat - rijsttafel, satay and slow-cooked meat and fish stews. Chefs Jiani Gritzalis and Hozan Kassem run the kitchen, keeping the traditional repertoire while sharpening the service around it, and the vegetarian dishes are treated as part of the menu rather than an afterthought. Two Michelin Bib Gourmand awards, the guide's marker for good cooking at a fair price, back up what a local food blog already says about it. Dishes sit around EUR 10, which is how a full Indonesian table here stays within reach.
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Korte Veerstraat 1, 2011CL — Haarlem
The read// why locals go
Cafe Samabe cooks Balinese-Indonesian food behind an 1899 facade on Haarlem's Korte Veerstraat - rijsttafel, satay and slow-cooked meat and fish stews. Chefs Jiani Gritzalis and Hozan Kassem run the kitchen, keeping the traditional repertoire while sharpening the service around it, and the vegetarian dishes are treated as part of the menu rather than an afterthought. Two Michelin Bib Gourmand awards, the guide's marker for good cooking at a fair price, back up what a local food blog already says about it. Dishes sit around EUR 10, which is how a full Indonesian table here stays within reach.
