Roti kip is Amsterdam's Surinamese flatbread dish: a soft pancake-thin roti wrapped around curried chicken, potato, kouseband bean stew, hard-boiled egg, with sambal on the side.
Roti came to Amsterdam with the Surinamese-Hindustani community after 1975. The Amsterdam format derives from Indo-Caribbean roti as it evolved in Suriname: a thinner, more pliable wrap than its Trinidadian cousin, served deconstructed so you assemble each bite at the table. Spang Makandra in De Pijp has been the city's reference room since 1978, the warung where most Amsterdammers first encounter the dish.
2 editor picks for Roti Kip in Amsterdam, ranked by editorial score. All Amsterdam signature dishes · Roti Kip across every city.
Warung Spang Makandra ★ 4.4
de-pijp · Gerard Doustraat 39, 1072 VK Amsterdam
Warung Spang Makandra has been the De Pijp Surinamese reference since 1978: roti you assemble yourself, saoto soup, almost nothing on the menu over 15 euros.
Warung Mini ★ 4.4
de-pijp · Ceintuurbaan 205 HS, 1074 CV Amsterdam
Warung Mini on Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp serves what locals call the best saoto soep in the city: clear chicken broth, beansprouts, fried potato, hard-boiled egg.