and so goes my name is elena smith. my mothers from indonesia for them long, and i run into for tours here in the hague. how did indonesian cuisine come to enjoy the popularity it has in dutch culture today? that's what we went to find out with elena to indonesia was a dutch colony for nearly 350 years. in 1945, the huge southeast asian country declared its independence, sparking 4 years of bloody war. hundreds of thousands fled to the netherlands. the former colonial powers, great wealth came in part from the spice straight that originated in present day indonesia. whichever way you serve it, the rice tougher is part of that colonial legacy. and lots of different dishes are presented in the woods calling this. they got all kinds of bags from o around to come and to make a dish from their own region. so like you see here and that i stifle all the dishes, are not from one place and then each. yeah. but it's from full kinds of islands in, in nowadays, and alicia hate doesn't only have a lot of nice in restaurants, but als