 This has ensured that Surinamese cooking has spawned many dishes; the different groups were influenced by each other's dishes and ingredients; this new Surinamese cuisine included roti, nasi goreng, bami, pom, "snesi foroe", "moksi meti", and "losi foroe"; because of this blending of many cultures, Surinamese cuisine is a unique creation.Basic foods include rice, plants such as tayer and cassava, and roti.Usually, there is chicken on the menu in many variations of the Chinese "snesi foroe", the Indian "chicken masala" and "pom", a very popular party dish of Creole origin.