Food Tour in Tirana, Albania | Go As Local
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- You may remember Andi, an Albanian that helped teach me how to cook some traditional Albanian dishes. Well, this time he took me on a food tour in Tirana and it did not disappoint! Be sure to check out his website if you're interested in having this experience!
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Hello from Serbia.God bless all Albanians and let we live in peace.
Hello my friend greetings from an albanian.
That is a cool comment ✌
Love ur comment,man have a nice day❤️
Arena SHQIP U can fk urself dude❤️
@@valestuffsyou have a nice day too.❤
I’m proud to work with you man!
You are promoting our country in an amazing way🙏🙏🙏
Well I live in Tirana and I think that its our privilege to have tourists ....😊 Every time I see a tourist in Tirana I'm happy and exited because in a small city like Tirana u can find much love ....I am a fan of your videos ☺ ....U show every good part of Albania and I am happy for that !
@rebel 777 lol yeah 😂😂😂 thanks
Tirana has 1 mio. inhabitants. It is a big city
With almost 1 milion inhabitants , i don't think Tirana is a small city lol
@@BigAlbboz your opinion 😊
@@berti2786 your opinion😊
Why are you always eating pace for breakfast? We don't do that.😂Nice videos though.
same question but let the man live lol
A lot of people do actually (I find it weird as well).
Maybe he had a liquor heavy night before that. Thats when me and hubby we would eat this for early bfast
@@DirrtyGirl right? I can't stand the smell of it, let alone eat that for breakfast.
@@sossoft tbh i'm a little surprised as I don't know anyone who eats pace for breakfast and I was born and raised in Tirana. Maybe it's different in other cities or regions.
Shkodra is waiting u also❤️
Me ken shkodran te tana i ban
@@hilatv2343PO PO
Excellent as always mate. Made me so hungry!
I'm from the US, but my family is from Albania, and I am going to visit in a few weeks! Thanks so much James for giving a little taste of Tirana!! I haven't visited in years, so this was so nostalgic. That food made my mouth water! If you are still in Albania, these food tours are super interesting.
Enjoy Albania, and I hope you will stay in Albania. 🇦🇱🇺🇲
Hahaha best comment
guess what you are such an abnormal person. What is seriously wrong with you inside? Such sick things to write about.
guess what genuinely, you have a cognitive dissonance that is concerning. You should seek counsel not only for your deluded mindset but also for your intense hatred of Albanians for no reason. Incest is not practiced in Albania , nor is it practiced in the civilized world. It is statistically impossible that you would know hundreds practicing it. Please go to school or some place that can cultivate sense into your brain. How do people like you even exist? I’m so sorry for you. I hope you can get help for your hate filled heart and mental state.
I saw you in my neighbourhood. I like your vids keep it up ✌🏻
hes literally by were all the English speakers go... stephan center 😂😂
As a American that moved to Albania there is so much more with traditional Albanian Cuisine he could of show'n. Plus the area he was at near Stephen Center is typically were english turists hang out🤦♂️. Recommend next time go to a small family restaurant thats where the best foods are 😉.
You should come to Kosovo as well . We speak Albanian , we are albanians from Kosovo 🙂❤
Yep Kosovo is one of the most beautiful parts of Serbia
Ain’t nobody speak Serbian there.
@Kokomiu hahaha very funny bro, but I think that you don't know well who came here first and who is the biggest terrorists here
@Kokomiu hahaha, boy the story that slovenians came here in 8th century it's yust fake story that are teaching you in the school's,we were here before Rooms, and Albanians are here since 1914-1916
@@kostauric6467 all the world accepts the history that southern slavs invaded balkan, only serbs don't, i think the entire world hates serbia that's why they tell those lies,
by the way your language is similar to russian, that means you are related to them and they are not in the balkan, meantime you don't have any language relation with albanian language in any other place, and if Austro Hungary made us a country then did they also invented our language?
I’m from a town called Berat and I’m so happy u decided to show of Albanian we are a very nice country.
Hey James, if you ever come to Kosovo I would be happy to be your host and tour around the country.
Keep up the good videos !
Yeap Kosovo is one of the most beautiful parts of Serbia
@@kostauric6467 damn then serbia has to be pretty fucking ugly...
Is it true that the main square is made out of tiles from different regions of Albanian? I never Knew that, very interesting. Great video.
@rebel 777 don't forget chameria!
Mendje Lire Sanxhak and Monte negro
Wonderful Albania..Ksamil..👉czcams.com/video/SRgpkLXFeLA/video.html
I live in Athens and i went to Tirana for first time (my hometown is Korça) and it was amazing.
The square looks amazing today. The colors of the stones come alive when it rains. Like a beautiful quilt :)
Albania is not yet into the fast food culture. You should go for slow food dishes. That is the most delicious part of Albanian cuisine.
Everyone is Welcome to Albania
Very poor description of albanian food,more like student junk food
Exactly !!!!!
May God Bless you James, such a great guy and always positive. Keep it up, brother.
As always James, thank you very much for your friendly and positive attitude/approach in presenting the city and the country you are currently living in. I congratulate you not simply for putting Albania "in a good light" but above all for the positivity you spread by providing simultaneously (intentionally or not, doesn't matter!) a stage for complaisant exchange between many people, especially for those from the Balkans, who are sick and tired of seeing at everything through the lens of hate and suspicion.
Albania so beautiful
you should come in shkoder :)
Taman mor ta marrsha
Bri Ght po duhet me pa kulturen e Shkodres
Ta marrsha tkeqen
@@ogjonii6939 mha Karin maj dush🤣
K G karin e satam 😂
Perfect turist allways like the food and I think you are the most amazing turist
except that i’m not a tourist 😜
James Leithart oohhhh sorrryyy my fault
You are now an albanian boy
One question: why you dont get albanian passaport?
@@ssskanderbeg2906 Propably because the american passport is more powerful than the albanian.
Albanian Coffee Is The Best In The World! That's Why Starbucks Is Afraid To Enter The Albanian Market! Starbucks Knows Its Coffee Quality Can Not Compete With The Albania's Albanian Coffee Quality.
hahaha
Coffee doesn’t grow in Albania tho
@@klisarthila6978 That's true - but Albanians have been drinking coffee since 15th Century when the coffee was introduce to the Europeans & that is much longer then the discovery of the North & South America.
I’ve heard from an Albanian guy that during the communist days you didn’t have coffee
Nobody can deprive Albanians from their coffee - not even the Communism! @@giannaxro
Hey james come to shishtavec village in summer and you will have the best time of your life and most people speak good English
I was so happy when I found your channel because I am from Albania.
I am too
hello from Albania
Did you put sugar in your coffee?
Love your videos!!! 💖🌟🇦🇱
Those meatballs are insanely good
James if you are interested in coming in Durres, I'd suggest coming on summer time. It's the best time for our city because the weather/water is the best in Albania but there's also going to be lots and lots of tourists coming there etc...... Anyway, it was just a suggestion
Christian M duress is nice but the water isn’t nice , south Albania is nice but duress is a nice city nevertheless
I WAS there
Omg, I've actually been here 8 years ago. My gf took me when I visited (am an Albanian immigrant living in Canada for the past 20 years) and she definitely recommended this place as one of the best for pace. Ahhh, thanks James. Appreciate it. I feel like I am learning more about my country through you than through my fellow Albanians lol
wow thanks! that means a lot... 😅
Albania, best country in the world for vacation 😍❤️🖤
All the best man. Keep rocking.
I recommend to you to come to shkodra too..and you can try and also see new yhing and of course amazing things..from tirana to shkodra it is less than 2 hours to come..you can come with the help of gps or you can ask people ..but you also have the street's signs
I LOVE ALBANIA😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Tries Suxhuk for the first time... forgets McDonald's! 😊
Where are you from?
@@adrisallaku6237 Tirana ;)
@@NandiCollector un nga kruja
I am from Albania.
Go in Tropoja
Marcos from Tropoja
Good enough video but I suggest you go in south Albania specifically Gjirokaster for a nice food tour I think you are about to have great time keep it up!!!!
Nice work there buddy! A truly open and honest vlog of Albania. Would be great to collab next time I am down there (August at the very least)
Not all serbs are bad i ve been there its so cool even tho i am half albaian half american
About the coffe
In Albania, we call it Turkish coffe, but turkish people don't drink coffee , at all.
They drink tea, onlly
So, this is Albanian coffee , used during Ottoman times
Now, this coffe , i don't like this coffe , --But you should know that this coffee is the healthiest coffee ever,
My grandma and her sister used to drink this kind of coffee every day, all day long
Early in the morning , both , my grandma and her sister strarting the day at 7 am drinking this kind of coffe , every day, and God knows How many times a day they were drinking this kind of coffe
But, listen, they both lived 98 years old ..
And I guess, because they drank this kind of coffe , they lived so a long life
It's realy a healthy coffe , because, there are no chemicals in this coffee
there is a restaurant down the street from the artificial lake in Tirana (not sure tne name) where you can get the best beef steak and yoghurt sauce. Its to die for 😍😍😍😍😍And also the chicken doners what u can get anywhere basically 😍
I believe you mean Mullixhiu. It's great.
The berries are blueberries (boronica), not blackberries. We don't dry blackberries, but it them as is from the forest or wild blackberry bushes that can be found at odd places everywhere. Boza is GREAT! I love it!
(Edit) The stones from each area where ethnic Albanians live are not used to pave the Scanderbeg square. The stones your Albanian guide is speaking of are far fewer in number and much bigger, like rocks. They are the ones in the small road in between the National Museum and the Tirana International Hotel. They are placed standing in front of each other and were brought exactly to represent national unity. I believe you will have seen them when walking there, they're beige and very big to miss.
How you go to Albania and not like ☕ coffee WTH
Proud to be ALBANIAN🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
Haha your face after that sip of coffee 🤣
Good job Andy, proud of you , keep it up
Best vloger and im not Albania
Epic Gamer Brick oh yes, you are not Albania or albanian?
simpleuser Albanian xD
Love your vlogs they are amaizing
Pse po hikim ne nga Shqipra ne Amerik kur Amerikani ka ardhur te ne
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@TheBeginning i wouldnt use bad word, but totally agree with your thought. Albania is beautiful, as times passes, foreigners will continue to abuse or steal its resources. For example canadians (even though im from there dont agree with this) thst come and steal oil and leave, italians germans americans retirees who come and enjoy ehat the country has to offer but bring nothing except daily spending, etc. And the youth is deserting the country running to germany US Canada where they dont hold the highest positions but pay taxes to enrich those countries, but hey for the others lets go burn the parliament, we dont like Rama? Oh well, ill always love and support Albania since its my second home ❤🖤
Maybe next time (if you haven’t already) go to some actually nice restaurants and show case the talent and level of dining you can have in Tirana. Man there are some equiste spots that need to be shared! Liking the channel a lot
I love your videos mate I left Albania 5 years ago to go for a better life in uk
best food ever. tasty and cheap
What is the name of the place you ate the pace?
Honestly next time get someone from Tirana to show you around, food wise specifically. I have lived there for 18 years and never really considered eating pace or drinking turkish coffee as something locals do.
out of curiosity, where would you have gone?
@@JamesLeithart depends on your budget, but street food wise i would definitely go to any place that sells pizza or byrek(i know pizza is not traditional albanian food but we have embraced this part of italian culture really well and its a staple in Tirana) and one famous shop that sells good pizza slices is in front of the pyramid whereas for byrek you can stop anywhere and try it with some typical filling from our region, or Mr. Chicken and any other place that sells sufllaqe, this is another street food favourite, going for coffee at places like Mon Cherie, Sophie around Blloku, trying traditional sweets and pastries(amareta, tullumba, revani, trilece, sheqerpare, bakllava) from a very old patisserie like Reka (opened 1924) or any other place, qofte with a panine and a beer is another option. On the more expensive side there are good restaurants which offer traditional albanian food from Tirana with a modern twist, like Luga e argjendte(Silver spoon) or for more traditional, family type restaurants sofra e ariut is a good choice. Sorry for the long answer, i just feel like Tirana has more to offer than what was shown. :)
@@12nelly1 I agree, it absolutely does. But unfortunately i couldn't make the video any longer than this so i couldn't share all of this stuff in one video. thanks for the input though! i appreciate it.
I LOVE❤ALBANIA
I walk past pazari ri ( when you drank youre coffe ) becaouse next to it is my school . Btw nice video
hey i am a 12 year old boy who lives in tirana i know preety much english as a american child would so it would be an honour to help you with youre videos
I don't know who eats pace for breakfast. I never have and never will.
nice, I think it is great
keep sharing them =D
thanks for this
U guys aint had the chance to taste the best pace around here I can guarantee U that 4 sure :) ,
and this Andy guy seems to contradicts a lot of our traditions with other country's such as the coffee , which is a Turkish tradition not ours . As for lunch U guys had , it can be better overall cuz those plates weren't all of them our tradition but anyway
I feel amazed of foreigners coming here getting to know Albania as a country and its tradition .. I m pretty sure U like them so far
Hopefully one day I ll get to show you guys around , feeling this as paying back the respect you are giving our country and its people
Much love
Visit Corovode one time, if you want
Bro that was yesterday I live in Tirana where can I meet you
The best fish restaurant in Tirana is the Pireu fish. All of the delicious dishes you can found there. I am glad how eating in these restaurant. Very load price
No grepi i are or tiku and mato
Love you James☺
That corn milkshake looked pretty good to me!
Can I get a list of all these places, I'm going to tirana in june
I am ashamed to say I ate at Kolonnat more than once in a week. It wasn't too bad- for fast food. Next trip I will have google translate on my phone and be more adventurous!
Love your videos bro.
sow sow good video
What is price of food?
U re so so amaizing 😍 keep going 🌝🌝🌝
resi vojka u look beautiful too
Lol there is literally no difference between "Albanian coffee" and "Turkish coffee". We all call it "Kafe Turke" here. Such term like "Albanian coffee" doesn't even exist
Well then why Greeks call it Greek coffee? 😂
@@kingjulian904 That doesn't even mean anything. We all call it Kafe Turke. Un skam par ndonje paketim kafeje qe t jet 100% shqiptare. Kto kafet tona qe pim jan maksimumi italiane e braziliane. Ndersa kte kafen turke e bem vet. Me s shumti ATSH kafe pim edhe esht kafe turke. Edhe xaxiqi qe kta i thon greke esht n fakt gatim turk. Varilesht
@TheBeginning e clidhje ka? Un desha te beja nje sqarim. Kaq. Mos e co muhabetin nga Kina.
Can you please publish the names of the businesses you visited ?
Everyone calls them qofte (meatballs), if you ate them in Korça, they call them differently ^_^ !
kernacka
Nice video
Have you been in Fieri??
yes, but only stopped for food for one meal
Albanians almost never have Turkish coffee in a bar. "Tymi" is rather recent and did not exist in 1992 (the kid is forgiven, probably was not born 1992 yet :P). Most people do not eat "pace" for breakfast, it used to be more common close to factories as food that could be produced quickly and massively, not anything traditionally Albanian about it. It is a poor man dish from a time when the country went into an economic crisis where we had to ration everything. Tymi, Zgara e Tiranes etc do serve some traditional dishes, but are mostly fast food places serving "buk e qofte" (bread and meatballs). You have to seek out these places out as a prank to someone. Much better places around, higher quality food, same prices or less.
U should come in North Macedonia
Hello James. I just subscribed your channel cuz i loved ur videos.. Im an Albanian too and i think i can suggest you some cool places to visit and also some good restaurants and some nice coffe and drink shops in tirana
You were on TV 😍
I swear Tino slow 😂🤦🏾♂️💯
Nice Video 👏
Really? Tymi? There are so many other places to take him and you take him there wtf lol. And thats not Albanian traditional coffee its Turkish. Just saying.
Ps: your videos are quite nice , keep it up 👍
Lets go
Lol right!!!
I live in tirana omg wish I could met you
I saw you at the toptani center in last monday
did you know who i was? you should have said hi!
Go to the beaches in ksamil ❤️
Edit : also while you are in albania try some burek me mish and kifle me djath
Wow I think I saw you in a bus yesterday
Them meatballs hit different 😭😭 I really miss em
igli ajdini sameeee
😂😂😂James do you really like Pace because we Albanians dont?Btw thx for these beautiful videos bro
Next time try the chicken wings with fresh lemon. You will never go back to eating fast food!!!! It’s one of the first things I had when I arrived in Tirana.
Dude i told you come to tirana.. i didnt think you'd come to my neighbourhood
Triangular shaped Byrek , dammit !!! lol
The coffee you drunk is not Albanian traditional,its turkish,and also the meatballs and qebap is a Turkish tradition. You must get better people to show you around.(JUST A SUGESTION)
@rebel 777 yes you are right. But mostly everything Albania calls as tradition is otoman tradition.
In Balkan u have every were similar traditions but every country do different in different ways so u don’t need to tell us
world cup
bold of you to assume “everything albanians call traditional, its ottoman tradition”
Back in the Days it was known as "Arnaut coffee" (Albanian coffee) in Istanbul, introduced in the 16th century in the Sultans Palace from Sultan Suleiman. From that day starts being popular.
"Qofte" is also similar to Kebab but the main ingredient is different, pork instead of lamb. Pork is forbidden in Islam so can not be 100% Turkish as most of the Turkish people are Muslims.
The same for the most of the Balkans cuisine. The fact that the world knows some dishes as Turkish does not really means they are Turkish, just they have had the possibility to promote better than us. But let's enjoy the food more than thinking of its origin. It's healthier 😁
@@andimemaj5550 qofte with pork?? Asnihere skam pa ket
Good video keep working 👌🏻
Poor Albanija long time thay was unhappy under comunisam.Thay are good people.Good luck to them.Skenderbag Brandi the best Brandi on the warld.
i lived here
I think it's Turkish coffee... I mean what's the difference Andi?
U staying in albania??