Eating BALKAN FOOD for 24 HOURS!! Burek, Cevapcici & Rakija | Miami, Florida
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2021
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One of the first regions of the world I explored as a professional travel content creator back in 2008 is the Balkans. During that trip, I fell in love with the hearty and fresh food of the Balkan region. I miss it a lot, so I decided to remedy that by eating nothing but Balkan food for 24 hours in my hometown of Miami!
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My Balkan food adventure began at Rakija Lounge in South Beach, where I’d have some local favorites for breakfast! It’s a super chill lounge and restaurant with a beautiful outdoor area. I headed straight to the back with Marija to watch them make some fried dough!
The first dish I watched them make is tulumba, a cylindrical deep-fried snack from the Ottoman Empire that’s similar to Spanish churros and Indian jalebis. They deep-fry it and then dunk it into a lemon-flavored simple syrup.
Elsewhere, they were making burek, which is a flaky, stuffed pastry that can be stuffed with cheese, meat, vegetables, and more. They stretch out the dough, stuff it, and make the burek to order. The baking process takes 25 minutes.
We had a spinach burek and a cheese burek. Then, I headed out to the dining area with the owner, Miroslav and Vesko. We also had a cup of yogurt, a flight of rakija, cold cuts, and a fried bread called uštipci.
We started with the Golden Rooster rakija, which contains edible 24-karat gold flakes. It was so smooth and is made from quince fruit. Then, I jumped on the uštipci, which is like a donut. It doesn’t have much flavor, so you dip it into a type of sour cream. It’s also great with the cold cuts wrapped around it!
Next was the Yebiga rakija, which is super strong! I followed that with the ricotta burek, which was beautiful, flaky, and airy. It’s light, so it’s not filling. It was great dipped into the yogurt! Then, we had some honey rakija, which is my favorite!
I ended with some delicious Turkish coffee, and then Miroslav and I drove to Rakija Grill, the sister restaurant to Rakija Lounge. We drove past the cruise ship port and through downtown.
Rakija Grill has outdoor seating and a traditional taverna-style interior. It’s very reminiscent of the restaurants in the Balkans. They have lots of wine and rakija and traditional décor on the walls. They also have a little market where you can buy foods from the region including snacks, meat, and cheeses.
In the kitchen, they had just mixed the meat to make cevapi and pljeskavica, which is basically a Serbian burger patty stuffed with cheese and a cheesy, creamy spread called kaymak. They also made some chicken karadjordjeva, which is a type of pounded schnitzel stuffed with kaymak and rolled up.
I also watched them grill the cevapi, which are basically sausage, and bake some tavas!
In the dining area, I enjoyed some rakija and the jumped on the chicken karadjordjeva and French fries. It came with some delicious tartar sauce and was very filling! I’d had similar dishes in Italy and Austria, but never rolled up like this!
Next was an amazing plum rakija and some sarma, which is a cabbage leaf stuffed with meat and rice. It’s one of my favorites! We followed that with some mashed potatoes and ghoulash. I loved the vegetables and chunky beef!
Then, I had the pljeskavica and cevapi sandwich. They came with ajvar (a red pepper paste) and kaymak. The bread was incredible and the beef was out of this world! It was so massive, I couldn’t finish it, so I took it home with me. Miroslav even gave me some gifts to take home!
Later, I enjoyed a Balkan dinner with my wife and daughters. It was so delicious! I ended my day with some rakija from North Macedonia!
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6:30 Yebiga has the best marketing team in the game!
Rakia for breakfast, that's the most Balkan thing I've ever seen.
I am in the U.K. (London) our favourite local restaurant is Balkan, fantastic food.
Where is it in London, i live near London, am from croatia :)
@@_Xorag код пиркета
BALKAN FOOD IS THE BEST , IN EVERY BALKAN COUNTRY FOOD IS THE BEST
No. U think that way coz ur a balkan.
@@satendra007 everyone knows how good Balkan food is.
@@goatlyball no.. It may be gud but not best..
@@satendra007 and how do you know that and which one is best then?
@@goatlyball bcoz only balkan like balkan food. That's y..
My friend is going next week, we are both big fans of Balkan food. It all looks amazing! Can’t wait to go next time I’m there
I love your Balkan food series. Probably watched more than 30 of them :D
Yet another superb vid David. I have to visit the Balkans, it's a must! Nice one.
it is - it's a beautiful part of the world!
It’s an excellent⭐️ video from Miami now I might just travel to Miami just to go to that restaurant 😘excellent job sir🥳
I love your videos.. Keep them coming
Oh my 😮 the food looks rich snd so delicious 🤤 wow I want to try those so bad
let me explain how it tastes so cevapcici tastes very much similar to a patty but its richer and juicier burek tastes like a salty pie it just depends what flavour u choose and rakija tastes like vodka aka spicy water but has fruity feeling bc its made of expired fruits so i dont recommend rakija
NAJBOLJA HRANA NA SVIJETU!!!
Excellent show
Awesome videos❤️
Too good👌👌😋
Balkan’s food. It’s so delicious
Where are my balkans❤️😍
across the oceans in my case....
Ovde haha
❤❤❤
Never tried valkan food bro, looks amazing 👏
Yo Volpe when are you coming back to Bangalore, India. We got lots and lots of food for you to eat :).
You must try it bro, It's gooooood 💪
oh dude you would love it!! YOU MUST GO TO ALL THOSE COUNTRIES :)
@@Davidsbeenhere have you been to Kabobji over in north Miami Beach? Amazing Lebanese food. The meat stuffed grape leaves are fucking epic
When r u coming to Afghanistan?We are waiting for you
You must be saying: Dear diet, things just aren’t looking good for the both of us. It’s not me, it’s you. You’re too much work. You’re boring and I can’t stop cheating on you. LOL. Love from Korea🇰🇷💕
this food is too good!
Making me hungry!!
Greatest day
Love from Serbia 🇷🇸 for USA 🇺🇸
Wow!!😋
Wow love the Art Deco buildings as well as your chorus 😋👏🏼
I miss this type of food!!
At 17:59 is a famous instrument and it's called GUSLE. Actually Achileus (one of the Encheleians) played on that instrument looong looong time ago... some 3200 years ago...
Jeo, pio i kusur dobio.😁
Make me hungry🤤🇲🇨
New tasty dishes
Happy to be early
Love form india❤❤
Svaka cast i tam ima ljepi djevojka nasih
Cool guy vallah
Hey man, im from Serbia, currently in Gainesville Florida, and i did not know that this exists. Gotta check it out!!
Unfortunately I’m diabetic but Dave buddy I have watched every single video of yours and I have to give you compliments about every video you posted especially one in Kosovo, Ferizaj when you ate all different sorts of meat grilled and I believe my sugar went over 25, lol 😂. Thumbs up for you brother David.
you should be fine eating meat - it's the carbs and sugar you should avoid, so cevapi are fine ;-)
I dont have that much balkan food restaurants in my city in germany and we have tons of ppl from former ex.yugoslavia. Im jealous.
How did you manage to drink all that then drive straight lol I'd be all over the road
Love from Nepal
That burek is ...., do they need a chef :)
Love ur work man...great show...oneluvfrmCali
i cant get over the way he said rakija
😋Hmm 😋 Hmm
Kakav burazer,popio tri rakije i odma burek jede bez viljuske i noza onako kako se i jede,prstima.
😋
मन ललचा रहा लगता,
मन ललचा रहा आपका
Yebiga aka FUCK IT rakija XD LOL
Palakkad 🙌
Србија Брале.😀
Best Burek go to Des Moines Iowa the best I had so far
I want t try yebiga
Ugh cevapi are the best 😭
I wish I can try some American food
The name of the rakija with the picture of babushka on it killed me! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Name Yebiga you actually write "Jebi ga", two words and it as the guy says it, it means "F**k it" :)
Babushka's picture is just cherry on top :)
We got pretty good food over here in Balkan.
Znam! Mozda i naj bolju!@@edinkajtazovicBOSNIA
@@DeeDeex007o agreed :)
Ja nesto malo shorts imam sa hranom sto sam kuhao al to sve od prije nego sam sta poceo snimati za kanal tu ali moracu i ka svoje neke specijalitete da snimim i stavim sa svojim ostalim videos na kanal :)
Dobro izgleda! Je li zivis u Americi? Ako si mi komsija onda eto me za veceru!
@@DeeDeex007o Ja samo radim za amerikance ali eto ne zivim tamo, moraces ipak u mcdonalds :)
Hi david
First product is very similar to rasgulla
That's something we don't get in India !!
nítida a diferença entre o Brasil e essas outras culturas. Brasil é muito mais amistoso e interativo.
as a Serbian i can confirm those foods are all from serbia btw try kajmak on bread its not as rich but please its real good
NovO Sad na karti?
Mark Wiens needed to be there.
Hahhah Jebiga :)
seriously.... who comes up with these names.... ;-)
(they obviously thought of pronunciation )
SRBIJA FOOD 🥰
Burek
For context, in case you never got it yet, "Jebiga" means "Fuck'em".
Kind of in the same tone we would say "Fuck it" like "don't care".
Hey David Kajmak is not sour cream but milk fat that forms on the surface of a milk!
Hi bro
krompirusa je najbolja - barem sto se pita tice! (potato pie is the best pie - especially the one my (slovenian) mum used to make, of course - goes without saying).
balkan food is soooo good and, unfortunately, so underrated.
p.s. did not expect to see the map of former yugoslavia! cool!
Is drunk driving allowed david 😃😃
Come to India with sam and volpe
Is Rakija Grill on Insta?
How much did you pay?
18:43 someone sold them the wrong map
@whateveryousay saywell thats ur albanian version doesnt mean its true.
@@raxzar it is true
Indian food 😋😋😋🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Omg, rakija named jebi ga 😂😂😂
A jebi ga :) sta drugo reci :)
To je ono, hajmo zviznuti po jednu jeb ga :)
Baba Booey
David should do a tatto: Cevapi
Ave Serbia🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸☦☦☦
Hey David..you never try my culture food...Samoan food...see if you have one in ur hometown...
I doubt this is so close to the Balkans. A lot of ingredients u cant find in miami and u must substitute them with something similar.
First
Miroslav brat...pokazi im sta je hrana bato
Cheese must be basic ingredient in western countries 😀
My mother always told us never to bite on the for, its not pooo... just use your lips to ease your food in your mouth...Looks allot cleaner
why dont you eat balkan food for live
💖🤩👌 കുറച്ച് നല്ല വീഡിയോസ് ഞാനും ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ട് ഒന്ന് കയറി നോക്കി കണ്ട് ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടാൽ എല്ലാ മുത്തുമണികളും കട്ടക്ക് കൂടെ ഉണ്ടാവണം... 🙏😍💖✌️
Where is Balkany?
E Region in Europa south east Europa country’s like Greece,Serbia, Croatia....
@@TheMrPasul also albania and Kosovo
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia in Eastern Europe is called Balkans or Balkan Region
@@Vin_1985 also the Balkan peninsula
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Thats not burek thats maznic.How they dont know the difference.Both beautiful to eat but they are different
Again we want india
this is serbian food
malo kasnim,kazite coveku-da je jbg-a rakija od fronmena -faith no more,ako se ne vararam...ljubitelj srba i srbije...ziveli
David stop calling raki it’s called rakija if you hang out with the Albanians they call it that don’t compare Serbs with there dialect and if you don’t know how to say maybe ask not sure why these guys don’t pull you up in it
First of all that's not burek, but banitsa. Second of all, you don't drink rakiya at breakfast.
No I do BRE brate,i like Nik like Nik like to drink before breakfast on
empty stomach
Cozinha bem suja de gordura por todos os lugares.
Pessoas sem luva fazendo alimentos.
Bem ruim.
O outro restaurante bem melhor.
Like
Jedi lajne.
Имају златног певца. Кида та дуња
Banjaluka is Bosnian and will always be ..... Not Serbian fffff
Xaxaxa, teši se lojavi. Zivela REPUBLIKA SRPSKA.
he has already forgotten the country of KOSOVO 🇽🇰🤨 perhaps the owner of the premises did not want him to mention kosovo
Serbia or Kosovo the same :)
Kad pricas, pricaj Serbski a ne den stans sprok.Englis.
food look very awful no disrespect just my
you have to try it.
Typical, it's not how it look it's how it tastes like.
ok soy boy