on my third trip to Iran
Let me take you to another beautiful historical city
Tabriz
Tabriz is located in northwestern Iran
it's a capital of the province of east Azabaijan
the population is bilingual speaking azeri Turkish
and Persian
the bazaar of Tabriz is
one of the oldest bazaars in the middle east
with an area of 75 hectares
is one of the largest covered bazaz in the world
guys now we are in the biggest covered bazaar in the world
in the bazaar of Tabriz and i'm with my lovely Tabriz friends
Hello
it developed particularly in the thirteenth century
It is a very important trading center along the silk road
what i like about this place is this roof
famous travelers
such as Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta
described it as one of the richest
trading centres in the world
we're gonna go to
the cheese Bazaar which is
But we got lost
yeah literally because here is so big
there are no signs
There are some signs but we can't really
find the way the only thing we can do is
keep asking people where are we where should we go
yeah
we got lost again and again
now we are trying to
find a very good Kebab in the Bazaar
Haj Ali we're trying to find Haj Ali restaurant okay
we're trying to find Haj Ali restaurant
but because the place is so big
even me that i'm from Tabriz i can get lost here
okay we will try our
best
we say "merhaba" here?
We say "salam"
Salam
How are you?
Hello how are you? (in Azeri Turkish)
here is a pastry shop
and we can buy some Ghorabie
Tabriz is also famous for it
it's sweet
We have to eat with tea
it's kinda sticky and it sticks to your teeth but it's
delicious
interesting
finally
Is there a place?
We should wait
Like this
What's this?
This is the soup
There are barberry and parsley on it(as dressing)
The red ones are barberry
And the green is parsely
The red color of the soup is because of the tomato sauce
we're gonna taste the famous Tabriz Kebab
look at this Kebab
super juicy
very good
To eat like an Iranian, we use fork and spoon
now where are we going?
We are going to the cheese market
the cheese market
our team is getting bigger and bigger
This is...?
Lighvan cheese
I don't know what is this
Come come I'm taking a video, it's not a photo
It's video
Thank you very much
iki kilo? (Azeri accent)
It means two kilo
ah, iki kilo in Turkish
Dear look how much you bought
I want to make jam
She's here for the shopping
Dear you are here for shopping
Ghooreh
the unripe or sour grapes
What is it for?
They are used for making food
Just eat one
It's sour
It's so sour
Ghooreh
no no no Ghooreh
Ghooreh
Yes
okay she was buying this for Sarma (Turkish), Dolme (Persian)
and then the guy he was so kind because
he saw that I am a foreiger
hahaha
and he gave us more
he was like this is for her right yeah yeah
that's so kind
I just bought this scarf
you became more beautiful
Do I look more beautiful?
Excellent
ice cream
now we are going to try very good traditional ice cream
traditional ice cream?
is it traditional?
oh okay it's traditional ice cream
Melon and carrot ice cream
Carrot ice cream
I want to try both
i want to try why I speak in English
I really
sometimes I just don't know which language I should speak
We can share
Yes we will share because i would really want to taste both
melon ice cream I mean look
they put the ice cream
inside with
fresh carrot juice or fresh melon juice inside
so that's why we call it
Havij bastani
it means like the ice cream
with the carrot juice
I've never tasted before
but it looks really delicious
Melon juice
with melon juice
and we can see there's ice cream inside
this is so special I have never tasted things like this
ice cream with the fresh
fruit juice
they're different
they're just so different
this one
is more sweet
and
i don't know i like both i like both
both of them
Negar and I continue to wander the Bazaar
this carpet shop is very beautiful let's go and have a look
Salam
i like this one but it's too big do they have the smaller one
This pattern, do you have a smaller one?
This is so beautiful
How much does it cost?
It's for two
This one and this one are beautiful
now we are looking for a traditional restaurant
hiding in the bazaar
it s not very easy to find it okay
it seems like there are some small restaurants here
Are we near?
yes okay
maybe we can ask
yeah we can ask
uh i think it's here
okay is it there?
yes we found it
very crowed now we are queuing there are two
gentlemen in front of us
Hello
How are you?
Fine thank you and you?
I am good thank you
now we are in the restaurant look how
crowed
we are so hungry
what we gonna order today
Koste Tabrizi is a must-try, very famous dish in Tabriz
you should try
yeah i can't wait
okay now i'm gonna taste this kofte
Should I eat like this?
I shoud eat with the bread?
you mean like this?
Like this
now after the lunch we are looking for a
cafe inside the bazaar
it s not easy at all because this bazaar is so huge
we ve asked a lot of people and
I feel like we are lost here
we are not sure if we can't find it
Salam
what did they say?
I don't know Turkish
Most of them
keep saying there's a cafe
but when it is different
yeah
we can't find it
yeah we will try
but even with a google map it doesn't work
we have asked a lot of people and
we just can't find it is that the coffee?
maybe, can you see ?
okay let's have a try
so the google map doesn't work here so what we gonna do is like
even every time when we ask people where is that cafe
they say you go left go right
each people gave us
different information
so what we're gonna do is, have a last try
i
I think another one another street
another part of the Bazaar
okay
it doesn't look like here
um
hahahaha
i don't know maybe we should give up
but
maybe we should just give up
maybe we should go
and here there's a cafe but it seems like it's closed
no, it's open
it's open let's go
ah finally
finally we found the place
even we have no idea where we are now but
finally we found a café we found one
and it looks cute is on the second floor
look it's not bad at all okay
oh it is cute
it's a cute place
okay salam
look it's cute
it's cute
welcome to our café
thank you
where are you from
I am from China
Nice to meet you
It's a very cute café
Are you from China as well?
Yes, she is from China
No, she is Iranian
okay
wow
I am from china as well
look it's cute it's cute it's cute
oh my god
several different rooms
people are taking photos
there
we found a good place now i can chill
now i can chill
guys finally i got my coffee