Thus, there is a strong possibility that you experience a kind of shock in your first visit to the 'foreign' supermarket because none of the things (or at least, none of the labels) will look familiar.
You will spend a lot of time walking around, trying to find what you want and it's possible that you come back home and realise that you have bought things by mistake. That happened to me in my first visit to the supermarket: I came back with a delousing shampoo and salt without sodium, and that wasn't my intention, believe me.
Another thing that may be different are the timetables. For me this was really surprising as in Argentina we are used to have a heavy lunch around 12:30 p.m. and a light dinner around 9:00 p.m.
So in the beginning, to get used to the cheese-sandwich lunch, I used to prepare myself a sandwich with cheese... but also with vegetables, eggs, olives, let's say I used to put a complete lunch between the two pieces of bread.
After a while, I realised that having a light lunch and a heavier dinner make much more sense in this kind of weather and with this kind of life style and began to try some Dutch Food and some Indonesian, Chinese and Indian courses, like Dutch people do.
In my opinion a nice thing about the food habits of this country is that Dutch food is 'everyday cookery' complemented with some Asian and other international cookery.
Anyway, it is very difficult for foreigners to change food habits as they are related with traditions, likes and the concept of 'home'.
I have heard foreigners complaining about some stuff here: 'the fish is not fresh in this part of the country'(a Spaniard), 'the sauces mix ingredients that are not supposed to be mixed' (an Italian), 'I would like the food to be more spicy' (a Brazilian), and 'the meat doesn't taste of anything' (an Argentinean). But I have never heard anyone complaining about the breads, the cheeses and the yoghurt desserts, that are very tasty and varied. It takes time but finally everyone finds stuff to enjoy and things that are going to be missed when the person goes back home.
About this, there is one thing that I can't avoid mentioning: the 'extra grote stroopwafel', I will definitely bring some packages with me when I go back to Argentina.
