Natalia's Kitchen
Hilversum, Netherlands
The read// why locals go
Natalia Tkachenko arrived from Ukraine as a professional chef and opened this small Eastern European kitchen on the Gijsbrecht in March 2022. What she cooks is home food rather than restaurant food: filled dumplings, slow-cooked stews and the layered honey cake, medovik, that anchors a Ukrainian table, alongside syrniki and pavlova. Dishes are portioned so you can take one as a starter or a main and build a meal at your own pace, which is closer to how these plates are actually eaten at home. Vegetarian and vegan options run through the menu. It sits on a neighbourhood shopping street rather than the centre, and Hilversum's own city guide files it under places with a story.
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Gijsbrecht van Amstelstraat 111, 1214AW — Hilversum
The read// why locals go
Natalia Tkachenko arrived from Ukraine as a professional chef and opened this small Eastern European kitchen on the Gijsbrecht in March 2022. What she cooks is home food rather than restaurant food: filled dumplings, slow-cooked stews and the layered honey cake, medovik, that anchors a Ukrainian table, alongside syrniki and pavlova. Dishes are portioned so you can take one as a starter or a main and build a meal at your own pace, which is closer to how these plates are actually eaten at home. Vegetarian and vegan options run through the menu. It sits on a neighbourhood shopping street rather than the centre, and Hilversum's own city guide files it under places with a story.
