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| - Being a recent Indonesian-American transplant to Toronto, I was terribly disappointed to learn that the GTA lacks a proper Indonesian restaurant. Furthermore, the local Asian markets don't seem to carry many of pre-packaged Indonesian spices with which to make some of the favorite dishes at home.
This is where Niemeyer Imports comes in. Not only do they have these spices and other pantry items, they carry many Dutch goodies that I grew up with and love -- such as muisjes and hagel (sugar sprinkles that are eaten on toast for breakfast), speculaas (spiced sugar cookies), ontbijtkoek (a breakfast cake, soooo good slathered with Dutch butter!), stroopwafel (syrup waffles)... the list goes on. Seriously, it's hard not to explore the shelves and not want to bring home one of everything!
Most of the shop is taken up by a deli/coffee shop where they serve up Dutch specialties (kroket, sausage rolls, gouda, etc); however, on my visit there I didn't get to stick around long enough to sample. I definitely will make a special trip out there to do so, though.
The people that work there are super super nice and very helpful. I'm so happy this place exists -- I will definitely be back!
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