De Lachende Javaan
Haarlem, Netherlands
The read// why locals go
De Lachende Javaan has served Indonesian rijsttafel on Haarlem's Frankestraat long enough to count as a fixture rather than a find. The street is one of the city's old and largely unchanged ones, and the restaurant matches it: informal, unfussy, priced for people who come back rather than for people passing through. The rijsttafel is the reason to book - the spread of small dishes that turns dinner into a long, shared, slightly chaotic table. It sits off the tourist route through Haarlem, which is precisely why locals treat it as an institution. Mid-range prices.
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Frankestraat 27, 2011 HT — Haarlem
The read// why locals go
De Lachende Javaan has served Indonesian rijsttafel on Haarlem's Frankestraat long enough to count as a fixture rather than a find. The street is one of the city's old and largely unchanged ones, and the restaurant matches it: informal, unfussy, priced for people who come back rather than for people passing through. The rijsttafel is the reason to book - the spread of small dishes that turns dinner into a long, shared, slightly chaotic table. It sits off the tourist route through Haarlem, which is precisely why locals treat it as an institution. Mid-range prices.
