Ultimate TRADITIONAL LEBANESE FOOD Tour of Beirut, Lebanon!!
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
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With the dawn of a new day in Beirut, Lebanon, I went on a no holds barred food tour of eastern Beirut with my friend and guide Nico! Come with us as we eat our way through eastern Beirut, Lebanon!
We’d be doing a mix of different foods this morning, which were different from Lebanese mezze.
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Our first stop was Abou Hassan, where we watched them prepare ful (fava beans with chickpeas, oil, and lemon juice). They come with onion, tomato, mint, peperoncini, and pickled beets.
I also watched them prepare fatteh, which is bread and chickpeas in yogurt topped with butter and nuts.
They also made a variation of hummus called mousabbaha, which contains salt, garlic, chickpea paste, whole chickpeas, and lime juice.
The ful with pita contained onions, and I loved the fluffiness of the pita. The fatteh was light and creamy. The herbs in it were fantastic. I loved it. It reminded me of Indian chaats.
Finally, the mousabbaha was incredibly hot and flavorful. It was an amazing variation of hummus. The radish, peperoncini, tomatoes, and mint, were also amazing. We got it all for about $7 USD!
Next, we drove through the eastern suburbs of the city. Between the weather and the architecture, it felt like I was somewhere in Europe!
At Café Younes, we had some amazing black Turkish coffee. Then, Nico read my fortune. He saw a dragon, which means something good will happen to me soon!
From there, we walked to a local produce vendor and tried some pomegranate seeds. They also sold tomatoes, onions, potatoes, beets, and more!
Next, we drove 10 minutes to Cocktail Jabbour for some fruit cocktails. They’re like fruit smoothies with fresh fruit on them. I went with the avocado with banana, kiwi, strawberries, strawberry juice, avocado puree, whipped cream, and honey.
It cost $2 and was super healthy and refreshing. There was no added sugar. I loved the curd.
Then, we drove to the ruins of Petit Serail in the heart of Beirut. They’re actually the foundations of an Ottoman palace. You can also see old Roman aqueducts and houses there!
Beirut has been rebuilt seven times. The country also has a rich history and was once controlled by the Phoenicians, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans.
Nearby is Independence Square, which is where commerce happened in the 1960s. There’s also a mosque and church nearby.
The next area we walked through was full of French-inspired architecture. There are silk factories in the area, as well as restaurants and pubs. I loved the bright colors and the architecture.
We arrived at Le Chef, a restaurant that was destroyed at one point. Its owners put up a GoFundMe to fund its reconstruction, and the actor Russell Crowe paid for it to be rebuilt! Here, we’d have homestyle Lebanese cooking.
We had some loubieh (green beans in tomato sauce), maghmour/moussaka (roasted eggplant & chickpea stew), mujadara msufaye (rice & lentil paste with caramelized onions), and kibbeh labanieh (meat fritters with yogurt).
The loubieh was light and chunky and felt really healthy. I really liked the grainy mujadara msufaye, and the roasty maghmour blew me away. It was amazing!
The kibbeh labanieh came with bulgur and was hollow but hearty.
Then, they brought dessert: mahalabieh (orange blossom pudding) and meghli (rice flour pudding with cinnamon, caraway, anise, and nuts).
The meghli was fluffy and thick, with an added crunch from the nuts. I loved the mahalabieh, which was thick and cold and had the nice orange flavor. It reminded me of panna cotta! The whole meal cost us $10 USD!
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Great Patriotism by the Host , Nice man .
Love Lebanon , Love Lebanese cuisine.
Great tour assistance we got it 🇮🇳
Such healthy and flavorful cuisine! I would eat myself silly in Lebanon!
So true
I went last year, I wish I was able to eat all day none stop! food was amazing haha
I don’t know how healthy everything is. With them pouring all that oil over the dish. But everything else looks great
I would be right behind you
And not a bit of me in that first dish or should I say dishes he is dying on wonderful. A vegetarians Mecca ☮️🇺🇸
Omg thank you for showing my mother country in such a great way!
What a fabulous Vlog, David. It was so neat seeing some of Lebanon and of course seeing their beautiful food! My favorite cuisine.
Awesome
Lebanon and lebanese people welcome guests like you david
Enjoy my country
I am waiting more videos from you
Lebanon history and archetecture,also foods are amazing and the people are so warm and friendly. Thankyou David.
I just immediately become happy when i see someone eating lebanese food.
Hope you loved our country❤
Thank you for sharing beautiful Lebanon with us and of course the delicious food!
All that food and drink are so healthy. I could eat it even with all that melted butter on that one dish but I guess that the butter and peanuts give it an added flavor. I love the Lebanese pita bread because it is so thin and light. When you look at the SkyView and skyline of the city, it's amazing how densely populated it is. Everything about this video I would describe as 'light' when it came to the food and drink. You can really see the difference in the everyday home cooked food to restaurant fare. Love the people and everything about the city. Well done.🇹🇹🇨🇦
Wow❤️am a Lebanese lady living in Arizona, i met a guy from Detroit today and Hes crazy about Lebanese food 😍 i love American people , American men are sweet😊
So happy to see you enjoying our dishes David !
I am 5 years work Lebanon
I love Lebanon
I like lebanon food.
Just lovely tour nostalgic teenage years in beirut thank you David and Nicholas
Mjadara is my one of my favorite foods in lebanon
YUMMY FOR THE TUMMY! Food looks fantastic.
Safe Journey!
CHOLULA!!!
Great to see you in my country 🇱🇧🇱🇧
Cool places... Great guide.. Expert in anything 🧙♂️⚔️😎
Badaro where i was born ...and spent 20 years love it
Loving these videos from Lebanon bro! Opened up a new cuisine to me. Keep up the amazing content, not far from 1million subs! 👊
So beautiful country and people thanks 🙏
You did a good thing tasting some of the cooking we cook in our houses well obviously we don't eat tabouleh and Hummus everyday we havee a huggeeee cuisine and well done tasting kebbeh blnabniye
And some Lebanese dessert
Russell Crowes donation to Le Chef was made in the memory of Anthony Bourdain (who loved the restaurant).
Thoroughly enjoyed. People so friendly and welcoming. I'll be honest I wouldn't have thought of Lebanon for a holiday, after this experience I would enjoy going. 😉😉🌳🌳🌿💚💚🌿🌳🌳
They worked hard to rebuild after years of war. It's got beautiful mountains and scenery, their Cedar and Juniper trees are so fragrant and gorgeous, the people are warm, the music is addictive, and of course the food is healthy and delicious.
@@lilliehalumi8770 Fantastic. Many thanks for your comment 😊😊🌺💕🌺
Wow! Look so yummy ❤
David I love the food hands down and not croissant you ate before with the honey and the cheese and the chocolate syrup oh my God that is to die for
its amaaazing bro❤️❤️❤️❤️
love your content ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
stay friend forever 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Watching.. Full support 🇰🇼🇵🇭...
What a nice gesture from Russell Crowe what a great guy
I really like your translator super nice guy
you have to try the best lebanese breakfast in Tripoli - north lebanon, and the best street food ever
I love Lebanese food. I was there in 1987 when the country was wrecked from the war, and had to stay on the 'Christian' side - no crossing the Green Line. Talk about some culture shock. But the people were wonderful, I love the music, too. I still cook Lebanese food at home. It's really healthy and not swimming in gravies or sauces, and not a lot of frying. But some foods shown here are not what I experienced while I was there. Za'h tain!
The red pink thing early in the morning is pickled turnip.
I can do anything - as an Arab we always say this even if we can’t do it 😂
my ancestral comfort food is the best ever
More things to do in Lebanon
Visit: baalbak ruins temple
Go skying resorts
Eat more Lebanese food
Visit Byblos and Phoenicians castle and Phoenicians Wal
Eat kanafee
And when your done tell me 🙂
There's a lot more but those are a priority 😉
Yesss . That's what we lebzies eat at home 😍
But the kibbes supposed to be filled with ground meat , i laughed when i saw it empty lool
Kibbeh has pine nuts inside, with ground meat.
With all that oil they’re making cardiovascular industry wealthy in their country. It’ll be interesting to know the health rate of cardiovascular disease there. Thanks for sharing
dude ,,,,,,, Abu Hassan Restaurant is good But it was on your buddy should take you to El Sousseh Restaurant Selected as The World's Best Breakfast by CNN year 2013
If you are still in Beirut I highly recommend you to try it
even for the cocktail shop, there was a way better choices, but at the end he enjoyed each place he visited
@@Null11able honestly Sorry to say that, but his escort or guide Restaurants with surprising choices
MIddle East food is fat, heavy, oily, but is DELICIOUS. Probably the best food in the world.
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I'm just seeing this video and it's the first one. Was this your tour guide by any chance? Do you have his contact info by any chance?
Buonissimo bravi
You are watering my mouth at 12:08 AM....
David you try in Lebanon ghawa fararcici so good
Where would you rank Lebanon among countries you visited?
Famous CZcamsrs vlog after visiting all countries
Andrew Binsky rank it 2th
Word nomac ranked in 6th
I would rank it 4th
I would rank it first
I find that a very difficult question to ask him because of the fact even being quite honest I feel he would put aside other countries because of his honesty and the other countries would get there feathers ruffled and I'm sure none would be a happy camper
Love Lebanese food, how many countries have you visited now David?
I am in 🇹🇹 my 87th! Will be doing the next 13 countries this year
21:47 welcome to lebanooon welcommm habibo hahaha
Wow
best country
David let me tell you that food do you are eating at that first restaurant you went in it's to die for everything on there is what I love I love anything that is made with chickpeas and hummus oh my goodness I was just in my glory just watching all those dishes oh please how I wish I could taste it mentally I can physically I can't so I'm hoping you enjoyed it for me yourself and all the others that are drooling right now Lebanese food is a secret this country does not realize except that big section in New York City they have no trouble being smart there enjoy yourself while you were there my dear and peace to you ☮️🇺🇸🥄👍
i was worked bfore in Ashrafiyeh
I am Lebanese it’s really delicious 🤤
Welcome to my country, we love USA 🇺🇸💙🇱🇧
David can you please start visiting Albania and eating their food
He has a lot of videos on Albania.
The truth about the coffee grounds or simply that it is created by the spirit or spirits that are around you at that moment and each spirit is different therefore there's no real meaning but somebody that is dark and has a dark attachment will manifest something dark in the ground that is unmistakable
Yes!!!😄😋👍💪🙏💙
Amazing video. You should go and visit Israel since you are so close. Very similar food across the border. Love middle Eastern food no matter what country you are in. Looks 🤤. You need to call Mark wiens so you both can hang in Beirut..
David is so American…… all that chit chat.
When u coming to Canada
Love the Lebanese people and the Lebanese cuisine .
David, did you spot the little girl looking? She seemed like she was looking for help.
Love from Meghalaya India..😘🥰
love from me to you too❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nice Man! What’s the prices as the war in Ukraina and Russia stop to deliver !
Im near bfore in.Dawra...
I’m Lebanese and Recognize all the food
1ST Comment...(love India )
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❤️for you dear
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Lebanese food is very good
Hey, so what I don't understand is how you converted the money. When I check online it seems that $1 = approximately 1500 LBP but when you convert somehow the dollar is worth way more. I'm just trying to understand the prices.
Hi, so because of the economic crisis, the LBP rate keeps changing, Yes the official rate is $1 = 1500 LBP, but on the black market, today, $ 1 is 25000 LBP, and you as a tourist will exchange the money according to its rate on the black market, so this is why the dollar is worth so much more than its official rate.
First!!!!
Lime juice?
Well i live in lebanon ehden and zgharta
أسعار فلكية هل يعقل فطور 3 صحون 116$ !!
Mmmmmmmm 😂
Come back to india man.
Lot of dishes still pending to explore 🥰
Little girl behind while you sip coffee help her i think she wants something
Niko 🤣🤣 bro don’t say this word in Lebanon
Why was your kibi empty?
So time we do them empty depending
So if cooked with yogurt the inside empty will be as a cup basically to hold some yogurt
Sometimes in the mezzeh we also do them part empty and other plate filled with meat pins species
The empty served to fill it with labneh
Please come india in Punjab
💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞😍😍😍😍😍😍🙏
Hai I am from india
im persian girl🇮🇷🇮🇷love
Nico is a brilliant host, shame what happened to his head
who is the girl at 11:02 she watch you guys for some time. She looks like she might need help
Just wanted to say,,that at least you got a chance to see Ukraine prior to the russians destroying and shelling all of its cities... not many people will ever be able to say that...pretty amazing
Two minutes in….advertisement ?
Hey Brother did you get a divorce? Only asking cause I've noticed most of your videos lately you aren't wearing your wedding band.
09:10 Lebanon was NEVER a French colony.
The cultural links between France and "Lebanon" (was not a nation yet) date back to the year 1536 AD... After WW1 France was handed a mandate in Lebanon by the League of Nations. There was a terrible famine back then... So it had first to fix that etc. etc.
Can't say much more in a CZcams comment, but if you are to present a country, you need to be more knowledgeable and respectful of its history.
Your host is an intelligent guy, took you 2some great delicious food outlets... 'but' like 'some' Lebanese has an identity complex and mentions France colonisation and French architecture..etc..
Fact is Lebanon was never colonised by France, it was only ever a political mandate... there are some Lebanese who wish they were colonised because they desperatly want 2b conected to Europe. However, his good sense of humour and sharing of a wider broad range food dishes + social hidtorical info makes up for any mistaken facts.
Brother David he is only explain u Christian food not invite u for muslim food me from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 cptwn
What is muslim food and christian food in Lebenon? They eat all the same, stop dividing people u fool
lol what is this stupidity, we eat the same food lebanese muslims do
He's cutting the banana with no gloves disgusting 🤮🤮
My boy takes a bite and sounds like she's taking Backshots uh mmm ummm lol
Wow