and I'm working on my pronunciation of
bug duct it's not Baghdad
we need to stop and have a cocktail get
across the road here what's your name
Brendan Brandon Brendan
you're good it means very good juice no
it means trash juice oh our new friends
here in Colorado
hello everybody this is Doug and I'm
back once again in Baghdad Iraq I'm here
in taprio square and I'm back in Iraq
this time with a very special guest if
you're a very good fan of the channel
and you've seen all my videos then you
might remember him from my Mexico series
here he is it's my brother Brendan yala
yala we made it baby let's go we made it
to Baghdad and guys over the next five
days we're gonna be exploring Baghdad
we're gonna be going to a couple other
cities in Iraq we don't really know yet
we're going with the flow but today I'm
gonna make a video just showing you guys
my brother's first impressions of Iraq
first impressions of Baghdad what do you
think so far it's pretty crazy I didn't
look up anything before I got here so
I'm just going with uh what this guy has
in mind
we're gonna continue on we're gonna go
to Old Baghdad we're gonna meet I'm sure
a lot of good people we're gonna eat
some good food it's gonna be fun
all right guys so now we're behind
the uh giant uh Monument here this is
the back side uh in Tahira square and
this area is apparently like brand new
it's like a little New Park area that's
set up and uh about a month ago when I
was here with my group trip this place
was totally filled at night it's kind of
empty now because it's midday by the way
I still have space on my fall Iraq trips
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it's gonna be awesome right here all
right guys we're moving on
we're making our way towards uh old
Baghdad and the Baghdad traffic is
already alive and well
we've got a lot of horns I don't really
know how to cross uh these streets as
well as my brother but let's see how I
do let's see how it goes you lead the
way and then I'll I'll follow you you
gotta just be confident and uh
here we go we're weaving through traffic
just you do little by little you don't
have to go all at once like relax
there you go well done
nicely done
perfect nice job
now come to this side we're gonna go
this way okay you did it I did it good
job in Boston they'd kill you yeah
that's true
so uh we're just walking through the
market now guys they're selling
everything you can imagine here got a
bunch of kitchen knives back there we've
got strawberries and mushrooms there on
Fridays this is an enormous animal
Market but it's not Friday today it is
uh what is it Sunday
Sunday you can hear everyone advertising
what they're selling on loudspeakers
it's on a loop it's very overwhelming
all the noise mixes together
and we're following the street to the
old town so be there soon
Brandon it's your first time in Iraq
first time in the Middle East first time
in a Muslim country yes that's right I
uh don't speak any Arabic besides like
hello and thank you how do you say those
uh salam alaikum is hello and shukran is
thank you and yela is let's go good job
and I'm working on my pronunciation of
bug duck
[Music]
yeah there you go activated
guys right now we're having
this is a very popular Rocky drink and
uh it contains soda water I think some
mint and also vinegar it's a very unique
drink what do you think it's not bad it
kind of tastes like coke with a lot of
vinegar in it that's basically what it
is yes and uh yeah they're just selling
it here on the street in the middle of
the market I think it's good it's kind
of like a spicy sweet
refreshing drink
Brandon just got his first taste of uh
Iraqi Hospitality the famous yeah wow
they won't accept any payment for this
soda yeah I just asked him how much he's
like no
the same
welcome to Iraq it's amazing it's crazy
we try to insist they just will not take
it all right guys it's midday so we have
stopped off for a nice falafel sandwich
we got some eggplant in there some salad
some Falafel some fries in the classic
Iraqi Saloon bread what do you think
it's pretty good I didn't know what was
in it I just kept nodding my head when
he appointed to the different
ingredients and it's great when in doubt
just say yes
thank you
good stuff so guys I just tried to pay
for the Falafel sandwiches we just had
and he absolutely refused I'm telling
you I don't even like to I don't like to
accept it because it's just like as I've
said before on the channel like I should
pay for it we we ordered some food and
like that's fair it's his job we should
pay for it but they just will not accept
it they say no no you're a guest nope no
no no no no no no it's unbelievable
that was wild okay guys this uh day is
quickly turning into a food tour of the
greatest Street Foods in Baghdad so we
just walked by this Juice Shop and I
said we need to stop and have a cocktail
a fruit cocktail this is a mix of all
the different fruits that they have here
and they have a really nice presentation
here take a look at this drink you got
the bananas the Kiwi the the strawberry
the little coconut shavings I think
there's some pomegranate in there and uh
it looks delicious so let's give it a
try what do you think a cocktail is
great great is it the best cocktail
you've ever had maybe not the best I've
ever had but pretty good
so good so refreshing and there's such
good fresh fruits all over Iraq I really
like that delicious
very busy day out here even though it's
a Sunday not a Friday which is usually
the biggest day
it's still plenty happening out here I
think this is the copper Market we
should go in there
okay let's go across
get across the road here
okay and here we are
[Music]
I'm not sure if this is the copper
Market or just a copper Market but yeah
they have a lot of copper stuff and and
all sorts of random Metal Works in here
Salaam
all right guys we are here now on
al-mutanabi Street
uh it's the middle of the day so it's
not too busy yet but at night maybe
we'll come back here tonight or tomorrow
night it's going to be very busy we're
here now in front of the very very
famous shabanda cafe let's go inside and
check it out maybe some of my friends
who work there will be there right now
let's go see
thank you
assalamualaikum
okay so here it is
covered in photos
lead the way Brandon find us a spot to
sit grab a seat wherever yeah let's go
yeah perfect
so we've got the very special lemon tea
it's extremely fragrant and uh
it has like kind of a nice sour but
sweet taste to it because there's plenty
of sugar still in the bottom as you guys
can see of course because this is Iraq
let's see do you think it's too hot to
drink still
give it a try
wow it's very sweet it tastes more like
lemonade
I want to try oh it's so hot very sweet
but there's a little tanginess right
yeah it's a unique kind of tea and uh I
like to get it here at shop under what a
nice stand bug though the weather is
perfect not too hot not too chilly like
a month ago I was here was very cold
you're getting the perfect Baghdad
experience so far can't ask for much
more
it's been good very good we're coming
soon stay tuned what's your name Brendan
Brandon Brendan yeah Mr Ali thank you so
much thank you very much good to see you
Habibi
nice to meet you nice to meet you too
guys come see Ali at shabanda he's the
best Habibi see you next time bye
okay here we go
hello
okay sure
sorry yes
well now you're on YouTube say hello
know you and he told want to talk with
you but he is
very good that's about all my Arabic
colors
working on it
nice to meet you
bye-bye see ya all right guys we've come
to another classic place here on
motanavi street I don't even know the
name of this shop but it's another
iconic historical place you can see the
walls are lined with photos and you've
probably seen it in some of my other
videos it is a shop that sells Kuba this
is Kuba it is a ball of ground meat I
don't know if it's lamb or beef or a mix
or something it's very delicious it's
wrapped in this dough and then it's
soaked in this kind of salty tomatoey
broth and you can eat it with the saloon
Iraqi bread
it's delicious Brendan You're Gonna Love
It I hope so so you just go in there and
kind of break it up with your spoon oh
just break it up in your spoon like this
it's like a little piece of ravioli yeah
and now you need to let us know what you
think
it's pretty good yeah
then you get some extra soup here you
can soak the bread in it and you get
some Iraqi pickles you should try the
they have various vegetables just grab
it
and uh it's very good celery it's some
kind of a cucumber or something
they're very sour I love Kuba I think
it's awesome when I'm hungry I could eat
like four of these
chewy texture you got the pickles a
little spice little sour good stuff all
right guys and now we're back at uh
another hot spot on the burgeoning
tourist trail of Baghdad Hajj zabala
juice you know what that means uh it
means very good juice no it means trash
juice oh it's kind of a silly little
name I was off the mark yeah so guys
this is uh grape juice or raisin juice
so it's kind of grapey but it's really
rich more like a raisin juice I thought
that sounded weird when I first heard
raisin juice but it is delicious very
rich very very sweet and it's their
specialty so let's let's go have some
yellow
what do you think
um it does taste like raisins very fresh
it's almost like a smoothie it's like
thicker than juice yeah there's little
bits of like Pulp grape pulp if you will
raise some pulp and this whole Cafe is
decorated with photos uh from the
history of Iraq it's kind of a common
theme here in Old Baghdad to have the
photos decorating the walls but very
cool place a must stop on every tourist
visit to Baghdad what do you call it
again
very good okay guys we just went back to
the hotel for a little rest it's a few
hours later now and we're out in karada
which is a central area in Baghdad it's
very Lively at night how are you feeling
it's cool it's very different than where
we were very important back then yeah so
so now you're seeing a little bit more
of the modern uh you know typical daily
life of uh normal bug daddy people
there's lots of people out and about
lots of families lots of restaurants and
it's time for us to grab some more food
I'm hungry as soon as I smelled the food
lots of Street uh food and Street
vendors out here yeah okay guys we just
got La magina yeah
yeah it's just me I imagine
okay thank you so we just got Lana
with some eggs and some meat and uh
it's very similar to Turkish la manjun
and now we're here with sujack and
Muhammad our new friends here in
Colorado
you guys are from Baghdad oh yeah of
course and this is way bigger than I
expected so please help us
okay Brandon so you just rip some off
and and try it yeah you can do the
honors
yeah just rip some off
all right
here we go
you like your Rocky Pizza
like it's good what do you think it's
really good really good it's uh
okay okay it's way thinner than pizza
it's like yeah it's not pizza it's its
own thing it's very similar to llama
June in Turkey anyway it looks delicious
really good
I love this
do you know what kind of meat is on it
lamb
pigs
eggs yes yeah why are you in Baghdad are
you students yes yes in the University
of Baghdad
um
you work in a company
car oil company ah very good do you like
it you like it I'm engineering you're an
engineer huh oh so you're finished
okay
very nice and you same yes same ah okay
so are you your friends from work very
nice okay all right so we're gonna do
our best to eat all of this I hope you
guys will have some please and let's see
how it goes
okay ready
oh
yellow
oh
nicely done
oh
whoa okay
okay
last one last one sir
careful careful careful
whoa oh no
okay call us
oh we already did one more
bye bye bye bye
okay okay okay last one
you get it you need help
wait when you go from this side I think
yeah
kick it back here henna
uh
oh so close
there we go
there we go nice job guys nice job
oh
Habibi masalama
the game that never ends okay yellow
yellow yellow yellow
oh very nice you almost just knocked his
shoes over again
now he's second goalie
okay bye bye bye bye
okay inshallah see you next time like
come again or something
bye bye buddy
all right guys so we were just walking
along and came across those kids and uh
started talking to them and then they're
like football football
and so we ended up playing for a little
bit on some random street here in
Colorado anyway now we're going to find
some ice cream and then I think that's
gonna be the end of the night because
I'm very tired I think you're tired too
oh yeah and we've got a lot more to
cover this week so stay tuned but other
than that we will see you in the next
one bye-bye