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Holland is not a destination that automatically springs to mind when considering some of the finer and better known cuisines of the world. This though of course does not mean that the Dutch do not have many culinary traditions of their own.
A nation that tends to eat a lot of potatoes, the Dutch tend to eat very traditional plates of meat, potatoes and boiled vegetables with generous lashings of gravy. A very famous traditional winter dish from the Netherlands is pea soup which in Holland usually contains either sausage or ham and is served with crusty bread. On New Years Eve the smell of frying pastry wafts from the homes of the Dutch as they prepare Oliebol, deep fried dough balls filled with apple and sultanas and scattered with icing sugar.  Oliebollen
The Netherlands has opened its arms to a whole host of cuisines from around the world and this is reflected in the many multi cultured restaurants to be found. One particular cuisine that the Dutch have adopted almost as their own is Indonesian (Indonesia used to be a Dutch colony) and visitors are able to enjoy some of the finest Indonesian restaurants in the world.
The Netherlands is not renowned for their wine both as they are not a nation of wine drinkers and that they do not have the ideal climate for producing it. The Dutch do though produce some of the most famous lagers in the world such as Amstel and Heineken which is the forth largest brewery in the world.
Probably one of the most famous food products to come out of the Netherlands is cheese. The Dutch produce an enormous quantity of cheese that is enjoyed in all four corners of the world. Some of the most well known cheeses produced in Holland are Gouda, Edam, Leyden and Leerdammer.
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Holland Food and Drink 
