Suriname: Why are Javanese foods such as soto and pecel so popular and accepted in Suriname

Why are Javanese foods such as soto and pecel so popular and accepted in Suriname?

BBC NEWS INDONESIA Sellers of fried rice, fried noodles, spring rolls, soto, and ice dawet at Saoenah Market, Paramaribo, Suriname. This market is also known as Java Market. Saoenah Market (sometimes written Saoena) in Paramaribo, Suriname, has another name: Java Market. As the name implies, every Sunday the market becomes a meeting place for Javanese…
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