A Dutch-Indonesian feast of 12 to 20 small dishes served with steamed rice. A legacy of the Dutch colonial period in Indonesia, now central to Utrecht multicultural dining.
Rijsttafel, literally rice table, was developed by Dutch colonial planters in the Dutch East Indies as a formal way to sample Indonesian regional dishes. After Indonesian independence in 1949, Dutch-Indonesian families repatriated to the Netherlands bringing the tradition. Utrecht's Lombok district, particularly Kanaalstraat, has the highest concentration of Indonesian restaurants in the city.
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