Hidden in a street in among Amsterdam's most circus-like locations, there's a small family restaurant serving Caribbean and Japanese soul food according to Rastafarian concepts. Izaba and Tomomi started TerraZen Centre together after living in Tokyo for 25 years, and combine their backgrounds with meals like vegan jerk, karaage, and crispy dragon rolls. Regardless of its chaotic surroundings, individuals discover their way to this vegan utopia by an 'organic pull'.
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This man is pure vibes
Indeed
Even though I can’t give up meat, I would love a place like this where I live. Would be nice to have more options when I take breaks from eating meat.
they seem like such lovely people
What an interesting, open-minded, and vibrant couple. As an expat myself who has lived abroad for the bulk of the last 12 years, I really appreciate the mashup of cultures. Food looks great too! I’ll mark it down for the next time I’m in Amsterdam.
Why not go just cause it’s the weed capital of the world
@Ricky Rascon I’m from Canada, weed is plentiful enough 😉
@Zachary Sullivan ahaha I have a friend from winepeg Canada who’s named Zach as well 🤣and he smokes
You were an inmigrant
I live in Amsterdam and this place has been on my list for so long!
Go tomorrow ! I am so jealous. Been there every time i have been to Amsterdam
Man did say it is hard to find. 😆
Long before many went ‘ vegan ‘ , Jamaicans have being doing it with or without a choice. Rastas call it ‘ ital ‘ which is all natural, fresh and non- processes foods. There were difficulties and there were a few hurricanes, shortage of food and this resulted in the marriage of ingredients and so we got creative. My mother was a great cook and my family and relatives were married to all possible nationalities that brought their foods and knowledge into to our home. We ate more vegetables dishes and somewhat different vegetables as the average Jamaican household. We forge for wild herbs, ate salt kraut ( known as pausely in Jamaica ) sea weed and too long a list of what I thought was that every Jamaican consume. When I got older I discovered that we were more than average in what we ate and how it was prepared. We ate Säure kraut, which was taught to my mom from the Germans and Jamaican Chinese food, Indian food because my uncle was married to an Indian woman, Irish food because of my grandmother, Sirrean food because of our neighbours, to simply say most of these dishes were vegan/vegetarian. We ate meat only on weekends as my father was a fisherman. I can’t convert to vegan but I don’t consume vast quantities of meat and support farmers by buying from the market and local butcher. Will visit this restaurant when in Amsterdam as I am living in Germany and often go there.
i was surprised he never used that word
@Dania A he’s from Suriname, not Jamaica
@Brian I didn’t say he’s Jamaican. I said Jamaicans did practice veganism in parts. I heard him mention that he’s from Suriname. But thank you, I will go back to edit my comment if anyone else thinks that is what I meant.
Everything about them is beautiful, that man has a special vibe to him, the world need unique characters like him
there’s a legendary restaurant in Vancouver as well that is Japanese Carribean food run by a couple of mixed descent. Called the Lions Den, it’s a Vancouver staple.
What a great father and husband … Bless them
What an amazing family. Truly a glimpse of the world and our potential as people who inhabit it.
Definitely going to eat at that restaurant when I get the chance to visit Amsterdam 🙌
These two are some of the most fascinating people I’ve ever seen. I am US stateside and getting to Amsterdam is prohibitively expensive for me, but I very much hope to eat their food someday. What an enchanting pair.
Beautiful! I wish I knew of this place when I was in Amsterdam. I will most certainly visit next time!
me and my wife love this place soon as we touch Amsterdam this is normally our first destination!
Many blessings to the couple and their children 🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽
This man has such a wonderful personality, i really really hope we can see more of him somehow. Maybe a recipe video?
This makes me want to go visit Amsterdam just to see Izaba and Tomomi and try some of their food!
We want more of this we need more of this❤
Most unexpected combo, for a while there everything feels alright with the world ❤️😊