Good evening, guys from another video here in Slemani. And in tonight's
video we're gonna be heading all around the market, and by we I mean me
and my boy Luke Damant. We’re gonna be doing a whole bunch
of things. We already arrived here just like a minute ago, and the first thing is
we have some sort of game. So, we're going to be stopping for some street food,
walking around this area, seeing what the night gets into. So let's do it. Oh I know
how this goes. You basically have to make sure it doesn't touch.
My patience is just so small that's like- Good thing you got a red bull in you.
I think that was one of the worst decisions. Oh already.
Do I get a one go or how many goes? One go? So, thats 500-- 500 Oh man.
Alright, here we go. Be patient. Don't hurry.
Oh you didn't even get through the first lump. I told you, I’m not patient at all.
This is it. Take three, take three.
Oh, there it is.
40 seconds? Oh no way.
There’s no way this is possible. There’s no way, that's possible. Let's see
you do it. Let's see, you do it. I’ll pay for a round for you to do it.
Alright, oh yeah.
Geez, is he selling us a fake game here? Alright, there's proof apparently that
someone's done it. Yeah, the machine's probably off. Wow, he's
so fast, that's crazy. That’s what a surgeon's hand Yeah, yeah.
That’s you? It’s my friend.
Wow, it's all rigged.
Yeah for real. Choni bashi [How are you?]
Good falafels? Yeah
Are you making them fresh? Fresh yeah, can you make me a fresh
falafel sandwich? Okay Do you have the- the pita or the- the
bread? Yeah bread with falafel. Yeah, I
haven't eaten since earlier today so it's gonna be a much-needed meal to- Oh
yeah, perfect with the bread right there. We need some of the bread in there.
Oh yeah, yeah, sandwich put a little falafel in there, and probably get some
of these fixings. Maybe this one, and this one. I don't
know what else do you put in the falafel That’s like some sort of pink looking
cucumber. That looks good. Oh yeah, let's go with
like three of them in there.
Oh yeah, some fresh tomatoes in there. That’s gonna be great.
That’s gonna be great. Oh yeah, that one.
Let’s try out that one, and then maybe these pink cucumbers. Oh
yeah, that's gonna be nice and then a salt?
Oh that looks delicious. How much is it? How much?
Is that enough yeah? Yum, look at this guys that is fully
loaded. That is going to fill the hole in my stomach right now. Ah no change, no
change. Zor supas. [Thank you so much].
Oh yeah, just got loaded up with a falafel sandwich bro.
No, no, no change.
No change, Zor Supas [Thank you so much]. Find a little seat here.
Eat with the locals.
That is tasty. Alright, I had to have a little nibble here, as you can see, we're
loaded up here with falafel, tomatoes, some sort of pink looking cucumber that
I’ve never seen in my life but that's gotta mean it's good because it is a
Kurdistani original. So, let's give this baby a big old bite.
Big old fatty bite. A quarter of it's gone. Wow, that was a massive bite.
These falafel as you can see some falafels
I’ve had they're very crunchy but this one's
squishy you see that so it gives it a super nice just mouthful when you
take a big bite into it. Very good, very rich in flavor.
The real question is which one's better? This falafel sandwich or the good old
one and Barbara and Beirut? This one's a winner. Oh.
It’s because the way they cook this I haven't had a falafel that's actually
squishy like this which makes it that good. Yeah.
And what sauce is on there; tomato sauce? We’ve got some sort of like mayonnaise
or something in there and we got some salt, and I think that's
pretty much it, in a whole bunch. Oh, oh losing some, we're
losing the pink pickle-- the pink cucumber.
Oh it's flying all over. You are dropping everything.
Oh wow, you really are dropping off--
And you're about to lose a tomato. Oh I- I called it- I called it, get it in you're
about to lose a carrot as well.
That’s the problem with these things, they load them up so much that it's hard
to keep it in there. Out of 10 what does it rank?
I would give this for a falafel sandwich, I’d give that an 8 out of 10. Wow 8 out
of 10. It is that good, I was unsure at first because the falafels were sitting
in a bucket right in front I was like oh can you make me a fresh one you couldn't
understand me. And I was surprised because this tastes
as fresh as it gets right. So, he must have just made a fresh batch.
There it goes again. You might need another one to make up
for the lost items. Oh, the music's back.
Wow this is a messy falafel. Wow. Alright, we got about two bites left here guys.
I’m gonna make it count without losing the rest of it.
So, good but so messy. If you're getting one like this make
sure you get a lot of napkins, you're gonna need something. I spilled on my pants, my hands
and everything. Alright, last bite, let's make it count.
That was delicious guys. Oh my God. Oh, fresh watermelon.
Fresh watermelon? Can you slice it fresh for me?
Over here looks like we're going over here this
looks like his competitor. This is like the higher presenter, better
presentation one.
It's already pre-packaged here I want to see my buddy slice it up for us
though. Can we get freshly sliced? Oh yeah. Fresh off the pot there.
Oh yeah, whoa, whoa, look at that. Oh man, look at that skill right there,
full speed ahead. Dude, I would lose a finger if I did that, that was quick.
Oh you can no- I don't need any. I’m gonna eat it now. Oh alright,
looks like I do need it. Oh, that looks great. How much?
Well that one's for you. This one is for the example. Oh nice,
look at that, skills with a knife of fresh watermelon, that is gonna be good,
nice and juicy. Thank you so much.
Alright, yallah you want one, bro? I’m all good, it's all yours. Alright, let's see
how this tastes.
This watermelon I feel like it has a lot of water in it.
When I just took a bite of that like a bunch of like juices squirted out.
That is great. Best watermelon you ever had?
Honestly it might be. No change
No change, Zor supas [Thank you so much]. Yeah, I could probably eat this whole thing.
Ba broin [Let’s go]. We’re cruising through I feel like every
time we're around this area, we find new things. Like right now we got some kids
over here playing Pac-man. We got a couple rifles hanging up,
daggers in there, you can buy anything on the market here. Alright, I think it's
time to get a shoe cleaning. I just got these shoes
right before coming to Kurdistan, they're a bit beaten up as you can see here.
Choni bashi [How are you?]. Is it possible to get a shoe cleaning?
Yes. Yeah, how much? How much?
Yeah, alright. Not sure he understood me but
let's- let's get this done. So, this is what they look like now they're a little
yellow on the sides, a couple scuffs, and we'll see what our man can do.
They’re gonna turn out good. Oh, these these little baby flip flops actually
fit me.
It's a nice size. So, I can cruise around in these things.
Oh, these are kind of nice actually on my feet right now giving them- give them a
nice little break here. It looks like- looks like we got a
little line here. Our man's over here taking care of-- Got two, three pairs of
shoes ahead of us. And we'll see how he does mine. Luke got
his shoes cleaned earlier today but they're already absolutely filthy
again. Yeah, yeah, you need round two.
We’ll see, we'll see which polish they use on mine because they use- they use
like just a scrubber on his. And wow yeah that guy's looking fresh,
looking good. Bashim [Good] Zor hosh [Very nice]
Yeah, yeah, these are what these brown ones look like before, and he's gonna
get them all. He's getting them painted, getting them cleaned, they're gonna be
looking real good after that. He’s busy tonight there's like a line of
shoes all the way back there. I am underway at the end of the line. This is
actually my first shoe cleaning of all time
ever. Wow. I’m excited for it because in the US,
you'll pay like 45 dollars, most of my shoes don't even cost thirty-five.
No, they're in line. Oh yeah, there's a big line of shoes. Yeah, yeah, they're busy today.
Yeah, but I feel like this was the exact
same spot your guy was at but same stand yeah, yeah, they're just
swapping spots. Could even maybe get some beans while we're waiting. Bashi [Good] beans?
What is your problem?
My problem I have no problem now that I met you. Nice to meet you. Salaam Alaikum [Peace be upon you]
Yeah Thank you very much. Yeah, the good thing
is, in Slemani I have no problems because the solutions are in front of me.
Bakla. I’ll take one- one bakla.
You’re from Slemani? Yeah, it's nice. Nice to meet you too. What was your name?
Sora. Mac, nice to meet you. These are good. Yeah. I’ll take- I’ll take one whenever
you're ready. Hey, how are you? Oh, yeah we're doing it.
How are we doing? What's your name? Mac, nice to meet you.
Oh, that was a quick one. He already cleaned it. So, we got a lot of things
going on. We got- we got beans coming out, and we got the shoes being cleaned here.
So, he's giving it a nice scrub, we'll see if he can get the- the main- the main
part that's a little beat up on there, and it looks like- Oh, not gonna be possible.
Inshallah [God willing], it will be but we'll see, we'll see.
It may not be possible but they're
already looking much cleaner than they were before, that's for sure. Alright,
now I think the next step is we're doing a little white polish it looks like.
Is that white polish? Oh, actually that looks like that hides them. Oh, nice.
So, that must do a little bit of a paint to cover that. That is very, very
good. Oh wow, we have a lot going on here. We've
got the beans coming out now guys, the beans are coming out.
Thank you. I don't need the change, thank you so
much. That’s gonna be good.
I’m gonna set this here for one second while my shoes get cleaned.
Let’s get them nice and clean you can see you can see the white's starting to
shine now. That is gonna be great. Look at how white those things are
turning bro. They're whiter than they were when I
first bought them. He’s even putting the stuff like on the
like the- the brown parts, and that's painting it- painted white.
No change. No change.
Yeah, we got a lot going on here, he's- he's really doing the details there,
There’s he's getting all painted looking good there.
Wow, look at those things, they're shining shine bright like a diamond. If I would
have known this secret, I would have not needed to change my shoes so often.
Wow. We got a crowd.
Oh yeah, We’ve got a- got a whole crew of people here.
Which is good that means more people are
gonna be coming to get their shoes cleaned because they're gonna see how
fresh and white these things are looking.
Those look great. Oh, so now, we gotta let them dry probably for a minute or two.
Oh hey, bro.
Alright, we're gonna try out these- these beans, while the shoes are drying
off right now. Whoa. Oh, the kid's adding some cool stuff
on it. That's a wild taste what is it it's like a massive bean.
That’s almost like sour, mixed with pomegranate juice.
It’s so odd. To be honest, I don't know if it's my
style. But gotta
give it a shot. I’m curious what you think?
Interesting like on first look. It does not look like beans, looks like
little kidneys. It has that bean texture to it but
it's like a sour. Look like I guess that's how it
turns red. He added all the powder.
I thought those were two different flavors before, so that makes a lot more sense.
No change.
Thank you. Zor supas [Thank you] my friend. What do you think
of the fresh kicks are they better than what they started off like? Yeah, look at
this, they're so clean this is literally better than I- Oh we're dripping a little
bit. I’m gonna set this up here for a second. You don't want to get any juices
on your- I know, almost made a big mistake here.
Are you going to bully me again about my nose ring?
These things are shining better than they've ever shined before. I was
surprised he was able to get so much of this out.
Yeah. That part was like from like a tire or something when rubber melts into it,
it's hard to get it out. Well, I’m sure in a couple of minutes time you're gonna
have some pomegranate juice all over them or a bit of a falafel or something
like that. Probably be going for two rounds for shoe cleaning today for
how much stuff I’ve been spilling from all this stuff on my pants earlier, so
now these beans it's non-stop. So, we got the shoes cleaned. Luke made a quick stop
over, got his shoes freshly cleaned so those things are shining bright. Yeah and,
got the belly full now. So we're gonna walk around the strip, see what else we
can find down here. It's crazy because it is a
tue- no Monday night, and it's very busy. The last time we were here, it was a
Saturday night. So you know it makes sense on the weekends, and I wasn't sure
what to expect when coming down here if it was gonna be the same. It's not as
busy because it was like almost shoulder to shoulder the other night but it's
still popping off and it's about like 10-10:30 p.m. It was funny I realized
before that Luke and I are both wearing green shirts like the- the army
color shirt. So, people probably think we're like US military walking around
with cameras, and filming. I’m sure we've had the same shirt on in like
10 different videos. I only own like three shirts. Yeah, so
it's a 33% chance he's gonna wear that and then me like this shirt's like since
it's a dark green sometimes you can wear it like two or three times. So, when I-
when I haven't done any more laundry, then it's like oh I’ll just grab my
green shirt because that one's you know usually hides the stains the best.
Choni bashi [How are you?]
You guys doing Oreo crepes right now? Oreo crepes? Yeah, can I have one?
Can- can you teach me how to make it? Can I make it back there? Yeah. Alright,
we're going back, I’m gonna see if I can-
I can learn how to make a crepe. Can I do it? You? Yeah. No, no.
No, no. Okay. They say, no. No problem, no problem. Alright, there we go, we're crushing the
Oreos. I think they are fake oreos.
Oh yeah, these do look a little different than the ones I’ve seen before. Yeah,
there's the Oreo box but those look like maybe a bit more of a private label.
Oh man, and we're getting them right on there. Oh, that's gonna be delicious,
freshly built in. Oh, there's our sunflower buddy. How are we doing?
Choni bashi [How are you?] brothers.
Oh yeah, look at that drizzle right on there. Luke's gonna end up wanting to get
another one, he's had like three in the last three days. Smell this. Yeah, it had
such a nice scent. Just Oreo and a little Nutella.
Oh and that's the- what is that, pecan? No pistachio, pistachio. I’m an expert
when it comes to- Yeah exactly. I know exactly what's going on. I know how to
make it. He's had so many of them at this point, that it's he's a bit of an
expert. Oh, that's gonna be good, fold it right over like that and
oh yeah that is good, made perfectly. It's probably good that I didn't take over
the stove because I don't think I would have made it as good as he did. Your
English is good by the way. Are you from Slemani?
Yeah, yeah, it's a nice place. Zor hosh [Ver nice] Slemani.
There we go, we're doing- we're doing a little chop there, so we can make them
bite size. I’m gonna devour this thing. Yum, yum, yum.
That is great.
Oh yeah, a little drizzle up top too. Oh my God, I am starving.
Always have room for dessert that's- that's for sure.
Oh perfect, perfect, that is delicious.
Thank you. How much? Okay.
Okay. Keep the change. Keep the change. No no, no, no.
Zor supas [Thank you so much] Wahafiz [Good bye]
Oh my God. Alright, let's eat it right away. We don't want to
miss a single bite while it's nice, and warm. No fork needed.
Oh my God yeah, that is so, so good. It's like you could probably cool down a degree or
two but the- the crepe itself is so squishy
right now, with the Oreos and the taste is perfect.
I honestly wasn't hungry but as soon as Luke’s like dude you gotta get a crepe,
not regretting that I’ll tell you that And conveniently there's two forks there.
Try one bro.
Yeah, let's see Luke’s review. If you want to see this full review you
can go on his channel but for now you can- you can see what his initial
reaction is because this is a different crepe stand than we've been to. Oh
yeah, yeah, exactly it's super-hot. How does it compare to the other spot?
This one the actual crepe is a little softer. Ah yeah, see when it's- when it's
softer it's better, and he- I think it's because he probably cooked it a little
like for a bit shorter of a time. Yeah but you're gonna taste the Oreo, and
everything. Yeah, it's delicious, so good, so good, gonna devour this little bite
size pieces it's perfect.
I could live off these things, especially Oreo
mixed with Nutella never actually mix those two flavors before.
It’s the ultimate sweets combo, that's for sure.
The top of the pistachio just adds a little-
little twist to it, that makes it so unique to Kurdistan. First crepe you've
ever eaten? First crepe in Kurdistan, yeah.
Because I don't think I’ve tried any of Luke’s the other day, he was too busy in
devouring them. Yeah,
you're not getting any of mine.
Yeah, this is like gone in 60 seconds. Out of 10 what are we thinking?
10 out of 10. Zor hosh [Very nice]
The best crepe I’ve ever had. You say number one. Number one.
I agree. Last bite here, let's make it count.
So, good guys you gotta come, and get a crepe in Kurdistan, that is necessary.
Zor supas [Thank you so much]. Hey!
Hello, grand millennium. Hey alright, guys we made it in the cab
here, that's where we're gonna finish up tonight's night here I gotta tell
our buddy to bring us over to grand millennium but I think they call it
something else because- Grand millennium?
So, I just show him the picture grand millennium, I took that picture today.
I was like that'll- that'll be easier because it's the tallest landmark in the
city, actually it's the tallest hotel in all of Iraq. I don't know if it's the
tallest building overall but yeah, it definitely stands out, so
if you live in Slemani, you're for sure gonna know where that place is once you
see the photo. About 5000 Iraqi dinars to get back which will cost like three
dollars and fifty cents with the conversion rate on average. So,
not too bad but yeah guys that's where I’m gonna go ahead, and end it tonight. As
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