Jan from Mirasa Restaurant

This is Jan, the owner of the Mirasa Indonesian Restaurant on the Reinkenstraat. His is a great story: born in The Hague and decided at a young age to go to Indonesia to learn self-defense techniques. He fell in love and married and returned to The Hage where he opened the restaurant. His wife was the cook and his two children helped waiting on tables. His son, Michael, is now a policeman in the city. Sadly, Jan's wife died. There is a Bhuddist shrine in her honor which you can see over Jan's shoulder above the doorway. He remarried Fanny, who is now the cook, and the restaurant is a going business. Jan is full of life and a great host and Fanny is an outstanding cook of rijstafel and other Indonesian specialties. Jan has kept the family atmosphere and the natural home cooking and so when we want to impress friends or just have a good meal, we head off to Mirasa. At the end of the meal, we go into the kitchen and give Fanny a hug. Mirasa has been one of our regular eateries and Jan is a fixture in our lives. He told us that we "aren't allowed to move to Miami."