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Amsterdam's best broodje pom, handed over a counter at Waterlooplein market.

A Surinamese counter on the edge of the Waterlooplein flea market, where the Saturday lunch queue tells you everything you need to know. The broodje pom is the point: warm, tangy-sweet pom, chicken slow-baked with pomtajer root, piled into a soft roll, hot sauce on request, pickled cucumber if you're smart. There are also roti plates, bara, saoto soup and wok boxes, all cooked fresh daily and priced like the last decade never happened. Seating is minimal and that's fine; you eat leaning on the counter or standing on the square with the market crowd, sandwich in one hand, dasi in the other. Family-run, fast, cash-and-carry energy, closed Sundays like a proper institution. Locals stack takeaway orders to get through the week; do the same.

Broodje pom with extra hot sauce, plus a bara on the side.

Photo: Tokoman

Photo: Tokoman