The Best "Surinamese' Food in Paramaribo

It's difficult to talk about Surinamese food and only identify one type of food -- since there is such a diversity in Suriname... the roti we serve here is Surinamese, as our bamie is completely different from bamie in Java/ Indonesia -- so this too could be categorized as Surinamese food.

When people speak of Surinamese food though, they're usually talking about the creool food.
The best restaurant to get this type of food is at De Gadri.  De Gadri is located between Fort Zeelandia and the Waterkant -- walk in front of the Fort Zeelandia towards the water, and you will arrive at de Gadri.  It's more a terrace than a real restaurant.

They serve excellent creools food -- peanut soup, okra soup, moksi alesie, etc etc.  They have sandwiches in the morning and hot food from early afternoon until 10 pm (they are closed on Sunday).
I've had several dishes -- stick to the creoolse dishes especially the soups.  They do have bamie, but I don't recommend it very much.  The bruine nasie though, is very good.

The portion sizes are quite good and they serve a variety of vegetables every day -- which all taste good.

Go to the website eteninsuriname.com and you can see what the specials of the day are:

http://www.eteninsuriname.com/Eis/Fof/Crd/ShoCrdPhp.php?Cmd=CrdIni&ResNum=37&SitLan=1&ResLan=1