man it feels good to be back and actually it's been a long time coming because it's
about two years ago we had our first trip to Pakistan where we had a bunch of preconceived
notions of what Pakistan might be like and almost immediately on that trip we realized
those things are not true and this is a place worth visiting and worth visiting again and
again because so much action and so many friendly people but unfortunately last year when we
tried to come back our Visa had some issues and so we've only just arrived here now this
is in fact our first video and yet we've already applied for Visa re-extension because we're
hoping the party does not have to end so come along with us as we search for iftar which
is the meal to break our fast now to be clear Ivana and I are not actually fasting but it
is Ramadan so I think at the strike of 6 42 PM the sun will set the mosque will play the
prayer and everyone in the streets will begin eating and so we've been looking forward to
this meal all day we're quite hungry but we don't actually have a place in mind of where
we will eat what we've learned in Pakistan is sometimes the best way to find food is
to follow your eyes because Pakistan food can be very beautiful looking bright orange
color with some fire dancing beneath it or maybe follow your nose because some of these
restaurants I swear you can smell them down the street and around the corner it's like
intoxicating smell but also sometimes just you follow the crowd because everybody will
be out for Ramadan and the locals know where the good food is so join us as we hunt for
our first iftar meal as the Pakistan 2.0 Series starts now let's go I'm ready [Music]
[Music] so there are restaurants like this one which are slowly filling in Before Sunset
but there are also these big areas where there are these mats on the ground and lots of people
who I assume are volunteers sort of preparing a bunch of plates I guess for the community
it's sort of a nice thing to see but it's very curious to me because I don't know what
exactly is going on there who the food is for who it's provided for so let's go see
if we can learn some more
sugar happened [Music]
so you're gonna get food for the people you're going to give food yes fruit
oh okay foreign
community
thank you thank you hello hello
oh this is the food this might be the very first thing you eat after the
fast ends because dates [Music]
samosas
[Music]
who provides the food it's a donation [Music]
many people donate us good evening good evening how are you good very good traveling from
Canada yes my shirt my Canada shirt how are you very good very good nice to see you guys
making uh making a meal for the community thank you very much very good what you're
doing also morning time okay yeah
very nice there is over 30 points near the flower market okay yeah yeah you can see there
but not now because we just make the city uh meals after after iftar so you're cooking
all night yeah yeah all night cooking wow good for you we are just I think in our rally
one leg people's delivered Saturday one lakh peoples I see yeah one day yeah and in in
this point like 10 to 15 000 peoples wow we are doing and every day there if stars are
gone like 300 or 400 people wow there is like apple samosas tikoras and like rice yeah chicken
korma their food looks very good yeah yeah good good thank you thank you very much bye-bye
have a nice day thank you I tell you what I think Pakistani people are top of the world
at eye contact Pleasant faces smile on their face and body language because honestly I
approach that guy and I don't know what's going on his name is amjit and he's so welcoming
just in his whole body language and Persona he's so friendly and sort of disarming because
honestly in Canada we don't have things like that so I'm genuinely curious open minds but
I'm also a bit ignorant in my Approach and I'm sort of like what's going on and he's
so friendly and actually he invited us to um come check out where they prepare and organize
all the food because evidently the food is donations which is sort of impressive in and
of itself and so I think after our meal at 9 00 PM we'll go check out anjeet's um food
preparation where evidently there will be thousands of people grabbing food for tomorrow
city um first day explain Pakistan already making friends very good foreign
[Music]
actually I think this is the same menu that we saw two years ago all right with the black
I remember we had rice
okay maybe we can sit down and look at the menu thank you thank you
it's with a bunch of small shops and I guess they all share the table area and a bunch
of waiters approach you very friendly one thing I love about Pakistani people trying
to sell something if you say no they will immediately leave there's no hassling it's
like hey do you want to buy this no thanks okay no problem and so I'm very friendly people
and I think we got about half an hour so now the place is relatively empty as you can see
but I think even in 15 or 20 minutes this place will be full of people and uh full of
hungry people I would imagine yes so let's uh check out the menu and order some food
[Music] you go for Savannah
okay for me
sweet or sour sweet and sour sweet no no no sour once you can take a vantina
um sour okay original like plain plain Lassie
not sweet salt it's hard salt okay okay one Chinese
very good good thank you you like fries fries french fries no no you want first french fries
we'll get a small small fries thank you I tell you what even the experience of looking
at the menu rekindled so much of my memories of Pakistan remember they love the Zinger
Burger the crunchy chicken burger remember the xiaomi burger right and the eggshami almost
like a roti John in Malaysia remember that kind of burger as well as golgappe now he
gave me some options on Google Play I forgot which ones which is I think I like the sour
one I don't and also there are many chickpea salad salad I was like which one did I order
last time anyway I'm sure what we ordered is good so let's eat and like I said people
are starting people are starting to fill in now yeah we were about five minutes ahead
of the crowd this is a very common experience during Ramadan the food comes and you sort
of sit and wait and in our case we sit and film if you notice most of the tables around
us have their food already but they're just waiting for the time I think we're about five
minutes away to be clear I don't think there's actually a law saying we must wait for non-muslim
but I feel like it's the right move to wait it's kind of obnoxious to come here and eat
timings before in front of everybody else so we just sort of sit and wait uh as the
food slowly piles up and the sun slowly goes down sort of a anticipatory feeling yes yes
this is Ramadan special I think yeah yeah is that feeling do you it gives you a feeling
right you know what I mean and also when everyone's together very Community feeling it's a feeling
that of eating finally and also everyone doing it together yes sort of a nice thing yes it's
my group time the prayer yes it's on the speaker people are reading I can't actually hear the
speaker I guess we're not too close to a mosque but people are eating and drinking water so
first things first some lassi to uh prepare our stomach I guess accidentally we got the
extra large very salty food that is some stilted I've seen we might have ordered extra salt
facts then now introducing golgappe so if you guys remember the first time we learned
how to eat gogopay was with honey in Lahore so a big shot of the honey and his whole family
very sweet people very dear memory to us and I believe the technique is something like
dip and rip it'll make a mess because this is turmeric no tamarind water Tamarind which
is a very sour flavor think of it like vinegar in this little pouch the minute it hits the
water will start you must disintegrate so you've got about 0.1 seconds to get in your
mouth and it's stuffed with chickpeas and beans and other good stuff um go ahead um
my shirt is going to get ruined maybe put this closer oh gosh first Go-Go paint two
years foreign
[Music]
and
I got my favorite Channel chat this is my favorite thing it's like um chickpea salad
yum you notice they didn't bring Fork a knife I think this is finger food I think so too
good deal let's eat man I'm excited chicken yeah good right nice
yogurts and fried yeah some vegetable onion cucumbers carrots with some Wonton skin on
top and some yogurt base very good no I think I might be having a bit of selective memory
but I remember the chicken tikka being like almost as red as a table do you remember I
remember it being like glowing ready potentially last time we had some chicken tikka with food
coloring because this one is more like a very familiar barbecue orange color yeah um very
good have it with yogurt
good very good I mean impossible to dislike marinated and barbecued chicken with delicious
mint sauce [Music] simple and effective yeah it looks good if you guys remember one of
my only complaints of Pakistan on our first trip because my stomach was consistently bad
now during that time I was eating street food every day I was really pushing it to the Limit
and maybe I was asking for it but one thing we've learned is when in doubt yogurt breakfast
yogurt in our yogurt drink classy did the yogurt phone to heal my I also hurt weird
stomach eat the raw onion too yogurt and raw onions tell you what we've got a lot of food
here I think we'll do a good number too I think because I'm hungry and it's delicious
okay absolutely five star eating
crazy
[Music] oh
I tell you what I think as per the recipe the Lassie is made right so when I say it's
not my favorite let's see I take full responsibility I order the wrong one feels like when he was
adding the salt the top of the salt container fell off
it's supposed to be salty yeah we ordered the salty one yeah now I know
now normally this is where the Vlog would end because we went out we had our adventure
and we found some dinner but in true Pakistani Vlog Style We unexpectedly made a friend and
the Adventure Continues we're finished eating we're going to go to the flower shop and see
if we can see our friend and I believe they're cooking and passing out food something new
not sure what to expect let's go
I think we found it see if we can find our friend and see what they're making this is
it gotta be hello cooking
oh very nice what's What's inside uh no no lentil lentils okay okay
making so many good good nice to meet you hello I'm from Canada
nice to meet you oh
man oh yeah it's very good reminds me of making Guru yeah that's true this is lentils lentils
this is the food that they are preparing for tomorrow yeah what what time it's ready how
many how many hours
I think in the same spot that we saw them eating iftar yeah they make this for tomorrow
morning yes exactly all night
and these are volunteers I think volunteers
smells good wow it smells good yeah
look it's um lentils maybe some carrots yeah and tomatoes and tomatoes maybe very nice
small cook in a big pot
wow really
really this is for us I think so I don't know thanks guys this is the nature of Pakistan
you just walk up and say hello so nice curiosity pays it it works Steve
yeah good ah thank you so much
good thank you
thank you I guess our friend we met over there is not here right now but yeah in the end
we just walked up and said hello so one one two like 20 big pots for tomorrow morning
39 I guess they do every day for all of Ramadan yes awesome work is that what does okay A
little addition to the Vlog thank you very nice people this is a typical experience in
Pakistan very funny people okay bye-bye
bye bye thank you
look at this very nice
okay thanks for watching Everybody we'll see you in the next one many more Adventures to
follow have a blessed Ramadan everybody Ramadan Kareem Ramadan Kareem Ramada Mubarak May these
people be blessed yes absolutely because they are so different yes yes the spirit of Ramadan
in volunteering and giving for the community yes because they believe when they give especially
during Ramadan season Their Blessings will be multiplied counting back even more yes
it's a good thought to follow it's a good thing to practice Yeah like give something
I'll get it back twice all right very good okay later everybody