Mongolia Most SHOCKING Meal! 🇲🇳

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  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
  • Is this Mongolia's greatest or worst meal?! 🇲🇳 I came to a popular restaurant in Ulaanbaatar to try some delicacies that this country has to offer.
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Komentáře • 417

  • @polster2
    @polster2 Před rokem +153

    George (the random stranger) apparently forgot to remove his phone from the table prior to stumbling upon Ben as a random person to review the menu for the non local tourist! Quality acting all around! :-)

  • @beorlingo
    @beorlingo Před rokem +62

    I like this one. And Kudos to George, such a wholesome character!

  • @TheCuoo
    @TheCuoo Před rokem +19

    1:24 George already sitting at the table before they even met 😅

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před rokem +9

      😂😂😂😂😂 nah that’s bald 👀🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @737T1C130
    @737T1C130 Před rokem +12

    Such a natural meeting interaction with George. LOL.

  • @mrn13
    @mrn13 Před rokem +100

    Today I was George! I am a Paris dude, and at lunch offered to help a Japanese couple with some menu translations/tips. They where very pleased with the veal kidneys!

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před rokem +25

      Everyone must learn from George

    • @Assdafflabaff
      @Assdafflabaff Před rokem +14

      Ah, Paris. So you helped them translate into Somalian then?

    • @evolvedmindset4163
      @evolvedmindset4163 Před rokem

      ​@@BackpackerBen Head off a lamb you legend

    • @docco007
      @docco007 Před rokem

      I suppose you could have checked the English section of the menu out

  • @badgerpa9
    @badgerpa9 Před rokem +7

    Nice of George's phone to transport itself to the table before he walked over. Really sweet of George to give you some tongue, nice of him.

  • @indianoutlaw1313
    @indianoutlaw1313 Před rokem +24

    Mongolia is a beautiful country and the food is great. I moved here from America in early 2022 and have never regretted it

    • @spreadloveandfaith4320
      @spreadloveandfaith4320 Před 10 měsíci

      It is very dangerous for you to go there, Mongolia is being surrounded by Russia and China, it is very dangerous

  • @tammysauspidge
    @tammysauspidge Před rokem +4

    Great videos from Mongolia Ben. Always been really interested in the place, so thanks for showing us.

  • @gachilhan
    @gachilhan Před rokem +22

    I get that there's not much content in Mongolia, but regardless I love these videos so much. Mongolia is such a quiet country nobody ever makes any videos on, I'm glad that we can see a little into the country with your perspective!

    • @user-zp4de5lq9i
      @user-zp4de5lq9i Před rokem +3

      I’d say it depends on what content that you’re trying to make. Obviously you wouldn’t make city contents such as Japan, Korea, Hongkong Taiwan and other south East Asian countries but I truly believe if you’re adventurous enough you’ll get enough content from the country as a whole. I’ve been going back and forth since 2014, truly haven’t discovered everything that Mongolia has to offer me yet. Everytime I visit there’s always something new to learn or to see but I guess it’ll be quite boring for some so I get it but still, dnamen?

  • @ellocoparasiempre
    @ellocoparasiempre Před rokem +16

    Mongolians seem so friendly and hospitable!

  • @tomeatshouston
    @tomeatshouston Před rokem +1

    Another fine video, Ben. But also, I love the thumbnail! Fantastic artwork.

  • @xxxs8309
    @xxxs8309 Před rokem +1

    Great video mate,I like to see how the food is like there

  • @garammasala9507
    @garammasala9507 Před rokem +5

    2:27 Blimey his phone arrived earlier than him 😂

  • @raymonde4272
    @raymonde4272 Před rokem +25

    The lamb's head genuinely looks tasty, proper nose to tail eating, shows real respect for the animal that was reared for eating.

    • @helvete_ingres4717
      @helvete_ingres4717 Před rokem +3

      Huh. I once ordered a dish pretty much at random off the menu in a Brazilian restaurant (any Brazilian should be able to say the name) - tasty stew with pork, only towards the end of the meal I noticed I was eating what were unmistakeably the pig's ear and snout. I felt really sick and disgusted - I was vegetarian for 5 years and that may have been the closest I've come to going back to that since. But what you said changes my feeling about it..I guess eating indeterminate hunks of fat and muscle of an animal we didn't slaughter ourselves lets us forget here it came from

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Před rokem

      @helvete_ingres4717 I’m assuming you’re also from the West where we don’t tend to eat things like that, but you should really give it another shot. Why let that good food go to waste if the animal is already dead?

    • @TRICK-OR-TREAT236
      @TRICK-OR-TREAT236 Před rokem

      WHAT A PITY THEY LET THAT EYE PUPIL GO TO WASTE ! 😂 🤣 😂

    • @unelectedbureaucrat2003
      @unelectedbureaucrat2003 Před rokem

      The asshole is the sweetest tenderest meat known to man

    • @indianoutlaw1313
      @indianoutlaw1313 Před rokem

      We don't waste any of the animal here and it is all free range fed,no drugs like used on animals in other countries

  • @clam371384
    @clam371384 Před rokem +7

    You are a true adventurer, which is why I enjoy your channel so much!

  • @helenvarner5787
    @helenvarner5787 Před rokem +8

    What a great meal! Great video too ❤

  • @tahep3906
    @tahep3906 Před rokem +3

    I love your accent and channel, very good and funny content, thanks a lot

  • @victorhaland5474
    @victorhaland5474 Před rokem +1

    Hey Ben long time lurker here. Just wanted to say I`m really enjoying your videos. Especially in the exam period as an escape from reality. Keep up the good work.

  • @KC-in9px
    @KC-in9px Před rokem +6

    Excellent series Ben! George looks like a cool guy. He reminds me of Harald Baldr's Korean friend Noodles.

  • @khwaac
    @khwaac Před rokem +12

    Loving the Mongolian content and food, thanks Ben. I'm sure Kat is envious of your lamb head experience.

    • @MattyEngland
      @MattyEngland Před rokem +2

      Lol, I think she had a lucky escape.

  • @Tannertraversed
    @Tannertraversed Před rokem +2

    Hats off to you Ben for that Fear Factor style dinner course, I almost spit up a few times. You're a champion!

  • @jayfloramusic
    @jayfloramusic Před rokem +5

    Thanks George for joining Ben yourself. Other Mongolian videos don't have locals joining in easily.

  • @MrEpicface97
    @MrEpicface97 Před rokem +8

    The trip videos have been freaking sick so far been, once I leave the military here in the us it is definitely one of my dreams to first visit a country like Mongolia after seeing your vids. Keep up the good work :)

  • @rumik-stahnke6512
    @rumik-stahnke6512 Před rokem +6

    Great Mongolian food presentation guys 👍one of the best for the cold winter food 👍😎Thanks for sharing and take care guys 😁😆🤣Well done 👏😁✌

  • @trancazia
    @trancazia Před rokem +5

    Agree Ben the food looks propper lush, great series Bro really enjoyed it : @ )

  • @resist.
    @resist. Před rokem +2

    Great content

  • @maryr8364
    @maryr8364 Před rokem +3

    You hold your fork like a shovel😂

  • @pauljames77777
    @pauljames77777 Před rokem +2

    Great to see Ben , I have been here Since May 17th never had a bad meal , allways good and new tastes eating with great friendly people

  • @Deathwing2001
    @Deathwing2001 Před rokem +16

    George seemed like a good dude and you are pretty brave for trying that meal Ben 👍

  • @spitischoolnunsprojectymke5226

    Yesterday I commented I was glad for you that you went around with locals. But I thought, you should try to eat boz (dumplings). And today I watch and you do eat boz and local meat. Haha. 👍🏼😃You get so much more inside information hanging out with local people in Mongolia. I hope you’ll also go and experience the life of nomads/herdsmen. All the best, from Amsterdam.

  • @hankmoody5514
    @hankmoody5514 Před rokem +3

    Your boy George with the Oscar winning performance

  • @sherlockholmes304
    @sherlockholmes304 Před rokem +1

    Cracking thumbnail ben.
    Your a legend bro

  • @theseeker7938
    @theseeker7938 Před rokem +4

    Your funniest expression was in Indonesia while eating a Durian and that one beats every food challenge you've taken so far.

  • @BLBell
    @BLBell Před 11 měsíci +3

    Super! Beautiful country, my next destination ❤

  • @zarathustra007
    @zarathustra007 Před rokem +6

    Your Mongolia content has been amazing. Well done!

  • @travelator9377
    @travelator9377 Před rokem

    very impressive ben good effort

  • @neeway1620
    @neeway1620 Před rokem +7

    So awkward that Georges phone was already on the table haha. The food looks class though.

  • @riverrat1980
    @riverrat1980 Před rokem +8

    It's basically sause that you ate!! That's what we call it in America, it's just not all ground up together and made into this jelly like meat with spices, but it's really delicious though! Well to me lol Enjoying the Mongolian series Ben👍🏻🤘🏻

  • @zee-ws8px
    @zee-ws8px Před 16 dny

    The salty milk sounded like Ayran, a traditional Iranian drink that's also commonly found throughout West and Central Asia. This one looked plain, but the Iranian version is often loaded with mint and herbs. Tastes delicious.

  • @lauribeth1979
    @lauribeth1979 Před rokem +1

    Ben this is quality viewing. I was hoping for an insight into Mongolian food. Sorry Bald went but loving your content,

  • @hawkkim1974
    @hawkkim1974 Před rokem +5

    that lamb head seems truly authentically Mongolian!

    • @Buydaa.M
      @Buydaa.M Před 11 měsíci

      everything else is good except eyeball

  • @davidskidmore3816
    @davidskidmore3816 Před rokem

    Fair play for getting stuck in there Ben! George seems like a top guy!

  • @Mookie_Wilson
    @Mookie_Wilson Před rokem +6

    Bens got himself a taste for mongolian beefcake.

  • @yasinarafat1996
    @yasinarafat1996 Před rokem

    In your vids always i found interesting when it comes to matter of food😅i always admire your true confession in terms of food❤

  • @janellek21
    @janellek21 Před rokem +4

    My friend and I ate at Nomads when we were in UB back in 2016. We got the khorkhog and an order of khuushuur. It's expensive but the portions are large. I wanted to get the lamb's head but my friend would have been grossed out. She made it clear a sheep's head (including the eyeballs) wasn't an option.
    Glad to see you're a carnivorous alpha male and not one of those effete, sissy vegan types!
    I did eventually get to fulfill my wish of eating a sheep head, but it was at a Mexican restaurant in L.A.

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před rokem +5

      I was vegan several years ago for 5 months! Worst time ever I was brainwashed completely by the propaganda. Never again

  • @WindsorFelix
    @WindsorFelix Před rokem +2

    I feel like it’s the psychology of the actual body parts i agree tongue is good, i couldn’t do eye or ear either but i think if they just ground it all and made it i to a sausage or a patty itd be ok. Great video Ben sometimes i want to give up traveling but people like you keep me going!!!

  • @mbsil5331
    @mbsil5331 Před 7 měsíci

    ❤ lovely video. The food looks yummy

  • @Lionking1190
    @Lionking1190 Před rokem

    Your food vlogs are awesome as usual 😎

  • @ThomazMartinez
    @ThomazMartinez Před rokem +24

    Jorges phone just magically appeared on his side :D

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před rokem +6

      It was fate 🤪

    • @aronjohns4662
      @aronjohns4662 Před rokem

      😂😂

    • @aronjohns4662
      @aronjohns4662 Před rokem

      @@CallieMasters5000well done genius

    • @kieranhudson4938
      @kieranhudson4938 Před rokem

      Cringe setup under the guise of unexpected Mongolian hospitality, completely random encounter so kind peoples 😂😂😂😂

  • @JB50713
    @JB50713 Před rokem +15

    I had no idea Mongolia was that modern. Nice restaurant and the food did look really good!

    • @patrick1992
      @patrick1992 Před rokem +1

      Countrys outside of Western countrys are offen was more modern by the way. I lived in few estern european countrys

    • @batmunkhaltanulzii161
      @batmunkhaltanulzii161 Před rokem +1

      Welp 70% of Mongolia lives in urban areas. The biggest of them all being Ulaanbaatar which by itself boasts half of Mongolia's population

    • @UndergroundDoggo
      @UndergroundDoggo Před 8 měsíci

      I like the steppe. I want Mongolia to be mostly steppe and freedom

  • @AmitabhKakoty
    @AmitabhKakoty Před rokem +2

    Only one mistake! George had left his mobile phone on the table (side of the table, which he eventually occupied) before he came to introduce and help you!!! :) :) :)...........

  • @saiftravelschina
    @saiftravelschina Před rokem +11

    Delicious Mongolian meat, flavourful and delicious!

  • @quaide78
    @quaide78 Před rokem

    Yikes! Couldn't do it! Brave man Ben! George seems like a super nice guy!

  • @dseednorwayn47
    @dseednorwayn47 Před rokem +7

    Smoked sheep head is a local tradition where I am from west in Norway. Always interesting to see how other countries prepare the sheep head. Look delicious.

  • @sirganjaknight5460
    @sirganjaknight5460 Před rokem +2

    2:29 Looks like George already left his mobile phone on the table before he met you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @gimmethepinkelephant3685

    Yep, the food there looks amazing. I agree. Packed with great looking meat, which is something you rarely see in some of these videos. The colder places always seem to have the greatest cooking.

  • @whereisgabri3641
    @whereisgabri3641 Před rokem +5

    I was really impressed by the kindness of this man trying to help a stranger….until I read the comments LOL

  • @Dephective1
    @Dephective1 Před rokem +3

    Ben your a braver man than me. Can believe you ate the eye but good on ya for trying. ✌️❤️👍

  • @richardsingh5827
    @richardsingh5827 Před rokem

    That looks great

  • @JAMMAJ-cq2bl
    @JAMMAJ-cq2bl Před rokem

    Thanks George for taking part in the video 👏👍

  • @SilverfoxJB
    @SilverfoxJB Před rokem +2

    Jorge’s has just randomly joined me. Honest!

  • @GannonsAdventures-wg1xk

    brooo the food looks gnarly

  • @marcusdarkus79
    @marcusdarkus79 Před rokem +4

    I've recently come back from a lovely trip in Albania, and lamb head was on all the menus. I kind of wish we tried it now, but had the fear it would come out whole and I'd catch eye to eye contact with it.

  • @simonpayne54
    @simonpayne54 Před rokem +4

    It is like watching meal time with Hannibal the Cannibal. A conversation stopper....I am not too keen on the ear or the eye, but the tongue and cheek are tasty.

  • @colly3333
    @colly3333 Před rokem +3

    I'm Diné (Navajo), a tribe in southwestern USA, and sheep is a delicacy here. We also eat most of the sheep-head, stomach, blood, intestines, ribs. We have what's called blood sausage that's made from sheep blood, potatoes, carrots, and then there's achii' which is sheep grilled sheep intestine wrapped around fat (not my fav but would still have one piece or two). My tribe's language (Diné bizaad) is Athabaskan which is related to the far northern tribes like Alaskan first nations. Ancestors of the tribes far up north traversed the Bering Strait bridge thousands of years ago into North America. So I wouldn't be surprised if my people are relatives of Mongolians. Our traditional houses are also similar to each other.

  • @MazzBCD
    @MazzBCD Před rokem +4

    George is a TOP G.

  • @PeRcH72
    @PeRcH72 Před rokem

    Great video again, I would like the same stuff I guess ;)

  • @jerry50bmg65
    @jerry50bmg65 Před rokem +1

    George saved the day for being the guinea pig. Bravo. And bravo to Ben for bringing us this rare content!

  • @elfredo70
    @elfredo70 Před rokem +2

    Mongolian BBQ is one of the best and world famous!

  • @zeppelinboys
    @zeppelinboys Před rokem +4

    ive had cow tongue before and it was friggin delicious! im glad they didnt tell me before i ate it though lol

  • @mikeproctor7277
    @mikeproctor7277 Před rokem +1

    Thanks George for helping this guy

  • @br0wnkrak3n70
    @br0wnkrak3n70 Před rokem

    Love the unintentional pun ...[just after eating the ear] ..right, what have we got 'ear!🤣

  • @johntchb
    @johntchb Před 7 měsíci

    Sounded well dodgey when you said you were getting some lamb head😮😮😂😂

  • @JohnHandles
    @JohnHandles Před rokem +5

    Lucky George already had his phone on the table

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před rokem +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před rokem +2

      Detective Brad

    • @JohnHandles
      @JohnHandles Před rokem +1

      @@BackpackerBen Im surprised George only got you to try those two foods..You missed out on Tsuivan. If you're still there try it

  • @Eurobazz
    @Eurobazz Před rokem

    Your Alan Partridge "Aha" quotes are interestingly placed in your videos BB.

  • @10lauset
    @10lauset Před rokem +1

    I'm with you for what not to eat and your choices are also mine. Thanks. Cheers.

  • @user-xo4lg5se3d
    @user-xo4lg5se3d Před rokem +5

    Healthiest diet in the world and also the most tasty (as it actually should be and is)!

  • @adrianmartyn-fisher5441
    @adrianmartyn-fisher5441 Před rokem +1

    Good stuff, on my list Bayan Ulgii in western Mongolia. Eagle festival

  • @roryingram9332
    @roryingram9332 Před rokem

    In Norway the sheeps head dish is called Smalhove, you down the eye in a shot of aquavit. The half sheeps head is served with turnip and potatoes which was quite familiar as a Scotsman!

    • @Marc-dj5fk
      @Marc-dj5fk Před 9 měsíci

      Most scandinavian food seems to be more like challenge food than actual good food to eat

  • @dpgraphicdesign
    @dpgraphicdesign Před rokem +1

    You deserve to be at a million subs with bald and all the others Ben m8!

  • @middlekingdomproductions

    Brave trying the eye and ear ! They eat some unusual body parts here in China too, but thankfully I haven’t seen ear or eye on the menu yet although I’m sure they are eaten 😂 Chicken feet and ducks neck are pretty popular snacks here!

    • @chestermosburger3113
      @chestermosburger3113 Před 9 měsíci

      middlekingdomproductions Stay away from bat

    • @bobifisher2967
      @bobifisher2967 Před 4 měsíci

      Нашел с кем сравнивать😂! Увас в китая едят все, все что ползают, плавают, летят, бегают! Вы же нечем не брезгуйте! Увас перенаселенность, и изза этого увас еда натурального нет, все исскуственное или выращенное. Мне как монголу вот китайская еда не нравится нисколько, жрут всякие жуки тараканы,😂

  • @paulrobinson165
    @paulrobinson165 Před rokem +2

    You're back on your game Ben...less than a minute in and there is a 'a-ha' in your video. The last one (with Mae) was A-Ha free. Were you distracted 😃

  • @markrobertdevison1227

    When ben took a napkin in his hand as he put the eye in his mouth, I knew it wasn't going down. Great video, cheers to Mongolia!

  • @OchitosBuritos
    @OchitosBuritos Před rokem +1

    Lol, george has a good appetite, can't stop laughing from him salivating over everything.

  • @hk112
    @hk112 Před rokem +2

    Mongolia seems to be a nice and safe destination.

  • @RyanMcDonaldUSA
    @RyanMcDonaldUSA Před rokem

    nice hair cut yo! lookin' fresh!

  • @peterelst
    @peterelst Před rokem +6

    how convenient having a phone ready across the table for George to film when he spontaneously approaches and offers to help 😅

  • @peterborchek2637
    @peterborchek2637 Před rokem +4

    Brave Ben to go deep into the real mongol cuisine. LOL we all think your dinking to get over the fear of what your doing. We love your british talk mate and cheers.

  • @CelticMickWalks
    @CelticMickWalks Před rokem +2

    And his phone was already there at his table

  • @theloneracer1935
    @theloneracer1935 Před rokem +1

    Caught up just in time!

  • @daledenton7296
    @daledenton7296 Před rokem +1

    George’s shirt said Legend on on he was an absolute Legend

  • @user-gu5zi7oc3f
    @user-gu5zi7oc3f Před rokem +2

    Lamp head is full of nutrition good for you Bin and George

  • @b1scu1t69
    @b1scu1t69 Před 2 měsíci

    Please stay genuine and not fake reactions! I love your content! I'm late to this one, but the comments says it all! ❤❤

  • @paulharnad777
    @paulharnad777 Před rokem +1

    I had a Lambs head in rural Italy , served my my wifes cousin - I had two bites . The skull cap was open with a spoon in it ......

  • @unclebmcc6848
    @unclebmcc6848 Před rokem

    Nice video.👍🇨🇦

  • @TheXaniah777
    @TheXaniah777 Před rokem

    That food looks awesome

  • @maydayhappiness2796
    @maydayhappiness2796 Před rokem +1

    George is my friend. I know him for years, actually he is super kind person.

  • @Sludgedragon
    @Sludgedragon Před 9 měsíci +1

    It's so funny to me when people get ooh-wow about unfamiliar food. You know you're in a new culture. I figure, if it's what people normally eat, eat it! No big deal. Don't expect it to be familiar; if one wants familiar, one should stay home. I just wish there was someplace close to me where I could try Mongolian food. I've been watching cooking videos and it all looks so good!

  • @mariolopez-oi2td
    @mariolopez-oi2td Před rokem +2

    Respect for trying the eye. I wouldn't have touched it haha.

  • @stecher1995
    @stecher1995 Před rokem +4

    Wow George so friendly. Cool guy.