hope you're having an amazing day it's
mark Wiens in tel-aviv and today we're
taking a day trip to the Ramallah Bazaar
which is not too far away from the city
and it's one of the ultimate local food
destinations there's going to be a lot
to see and lots to taste as well so
we're gonna meet up with David then
we're gonna go to the market some
amazing food coming up we just made it
to a table that was only about a 15 20
minute ride
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this place is known for their hummus but
they're actually more known for their
Musa Baja which is if I can if I can
explain the difference a hummus is the
is chickpeas and tahini which is sesame
paste mixed up and then pounded up and
ground up into a paste
Mosab AHA is the raw tahini with whole
chickpeas not ground-up together but
just you can see the whole chickpeas
within the sauce I already love the
bright red chillies on top and then
there's some olive oil on top it's you
can see the whole chickpeas with in
there that texture and then it's like
saucy oh well that is like thick and
sticky and it really really you can
taste the tahini really strongly in
there very very sesame nutty it's almost
so fresh and so nutty that you can taste
a sweetness in it next up the taste the
difference got to try some of the hummus
well that feels pretty thick as well
all our punish is amazing dude it's
halfway in between the like sticky dense
humus and the kind of fluffy like with
humus texture it's like halfway in
between there and then it almost has
this like natural sweetness to it that
Mustafa hodjam amazing and makes it even
better
that was really a top-notch breakfast
and I especially loved how they served
it with that chilli sauce on the side to
all that took it to the next level
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we're walking through these back streets
which look ancient and we're getting to
the market right now and this is
supposed to be one of the best markets
in all of Israel for food well I can
smell the spices already
is it
yeah
this is a fruit that I've been wanting
to try I think it's a cactus fruit and
you just peel one fresh for me you don't
want to touch that outer outer layer the
outer skin otherwise it will stick to
your fingers from what I hear but then
you peeled one it's a nice yellow fruit
on the inside and I think you can just
eat this whole thing
kinda tastes like a cross between a
passion fruit and a papaya juicy and
then has really kind of hard seeds in
the middle it's amazingly juicy and
fleshy but you can't really chew this
you just gotta end up swallowing the
seeds
amazing fruit and watermelon
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it has to be one of the coolest lemon
aid dispensers I've ever seen in my life
this is a fantastic market they have
everything here it's mostly on the food
side but they do have non-food items as
well but you'll find pickled olives lots
of fresh fruit and vegetables and then
mixed with in their street food stalls
serving snacks as well as little
hole-in-the-wall restaurants this is a
great awesome market
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yeah okay so we're sitting down now with
the owner and we're tonight this is our
puppy yes thank you so much yeah that's
probably the best enjoy this is the best
place in Israel for this Turkish Turkish
dish comes from the Balkans we serve it
in different version it will get
it's pillow let's with all your pillow
feeling you go okay loyalty streak no
good cheese and poppy seeds and there's
eggs on the side will up with it I'm
gonna go in for that cheese oh you can
peel the crustiness of that
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well Oh just perfectly crusty and gooey
and salty from the cheese oh you've got
that brilliant combination of crispy and
gooey though it's perfect okay next up
for the spinach and there's some poppy
seeds on there too
oh that's just like a pastry phyllo
dream it's so delicate salty it is
delicious
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oh the Chili's out that's even better
oh yeah well that's everything you could
want in a salty savory pastry oh it's so
like it's so flaky and so gooey that was
extremely good and that's a Turkish
snack if you love salty savory pastries
there's no way you're not gonna fall in
love with that and the owner here is
he's a character he's a really really
friendly nice guy whole that was salty
goodness
next up there's a little side alley from
the main market and there's a very
well-known Iraqi restaurant so we're
gonna stop in here if it's right here
for Iraqi food for lunch today
hello
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this is probably Oh Oh with with
meatballs
this is potato okay you know what's
amazing
it's the same same same it's okay this
is the homeland you know that this is a
pumpkin
okay
this is Bamian on a Spanish book we can
hear looking this is Palmilla
small bamboo Papa Mia it's a sour from
Egypt
now I show you the Koopa board okay this
is Super Bowl
yeah this is cool
you see such an amazing restaurant a
family-run iñaki restaurant they have
the pulley different salads at the front
all the fresh vegetables and showed me
all of the stews in the back you have
all the different Iraqis screws there's
some beans there's some potato dishes
some yeah these are dishes I don't think
I've ever tasted in my life and now who
is lighting a big ball they also get
kebabs here at rocky kebabs so this is
gonna be a new dock to be straight now
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while they're serving up food like crazy
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chef here and the whole family is
amazing he just and he just made these
chips fresh so they they do everything
for actually seasoned it you can smell
that spice that paprika all they're hot
and brush well we are sitting down for
an Iraqi Jewish feast right now and this
is food unlike I've ever seen anywhere
else we made everything fresh we've got
all the different stews they dished out
some beans they dished out different
types of Iraqi dumplings the fresh chips
the rice and then he is a special
specialist at grilling meat so yes
kebabs and different pieces of meat and
he actually serves the kebabs right on
the sword you take it right off the
sword to eat it I can't wait to take my
first bite you said I got a tough try
that kebab right now it's hot and fresh
right off the grill swag slide it right
up this what you doing
it's really to see any test onion and
fast planet on University very little if
any just salt and pepper just dip it in
the tahini okay piece of kebab or kill
the softness the tenderness and that
meat and - supposed to dip it in the
tahini which is the sesame paste this is
right off the grill
you can take those onions are juicy this
is kuba Boger and this is a it's like it
looks like a giant dumpling you can see
the wrapper it's a yellow color and then
on the inside is meat stuffed with meat
or like a gigantic ravioli almost look
at that oh wow now it's very hearty
mixed with chicken okay okay so the
other so the dough is very swimmer and
then it's simmered in soup okay so it's
a boil it's okay I can't wait to try
this
oh that sucks that's really hearty and
because it's boiled it
it's almost gummy and you can taste the
spices in there that was like a comfort
food for the entire table is just
covered in food and so these are some of
the main specialties here these three
dishes which are simile nut dumplings
and there's meat inside of them but
they're all in different students this
one is a beetroot this one is with okra
so we're gonna get sweet and sour with
okra and then this one is with that this
is a pumpkin the big giant chunks of
pumpkin I'm gonna start with the beet
root just because it's so interesting
and such such a beautiful color put this
onto your plate grab some of that some
more of the juice just open this guy up
look at that insides it's just stuck
with me and you eat this with the rice
all together I got a piece of beetroot
in here oh look at that color
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it's very sweet and sour and then you've
got that like starchy wrapper very Hardy
and then you have to mince meat with
maybe some parsley in the middle it's
really really sour that's what I like
about it next up for some beans and rice
and their meatballs in here do
oh that is comforting
well that meat is so tender and then
kind of like a tomato we've kind of yeah
this is a good comfort beans and rice
throw it with the knife okay oh yeah
this one is also filled with minced meat
and candy see that how big and Hardy
that is and we add some more soup to
that
hmm no one has a really good onion liver
but still a beet one which is more sour
and sweet
this one is more salty and has like a
dry spice flavor to it my third dumpling
wow these are filling but they're really
good and this one comes with okra and a
sweet and sour sauce let's see what's
inside of this one oh yeah
a similar meat filling but look at how
thick that yeah these are these are
filling Oh a couple of these and you're
like you're like in a slumber it's like
a sweet and sour sauce
okra some fried eggplant
I find it super creamy the owner at this
restaurant he comes every morning the
whole family they come every morning
they buy everything right from the
market we're right next to the market
they cook everything from scratch they
make their own bread they they cook the
cut enough all the salad they make their
own french fries they make they make
everything from scratch right here they
start servings
around noon and then as soon as they
finish they sell out of their food
that's when they closed is usually
around 4:00 p.m. every day food is gone
this is a really a gem of a restaurant
and a an entire style of cuisine that is
so rare so hard to find these days and
that is some seriously heavy food oh man
those those semolina balls will just
like hit you hard ending the meal with a
cup of tea
and then this is a desert or like a
sweet snack it's a little sesame cookie
and inside is date paste wow that's like
a yeah that's like a sassy pop with
sesame seeds
the actual no is like almost like ready
but inside you do have that sweet bait
paste that has to be followed with he
kind of like a pig Newton but a really
fresh original one this is the
restaurant right here there's not even a
sign on the door but people just know it
all the signs up here over here okay let
me show you the sign real fast there's
the sign this is the restaurant there's
such warm such generous such welcoming
people amazing food that was a
completely new culinary food experience
for me and that was really an amazing
amazing thing I loved it great food
great company great people alright and
that is going to complete this Ramallah
Market tour it's a really amazing market
people everybody we met here is so so
friendly that's what really stands out
to me but you'll find all sorts of great
fresh produce from vegetables to fruit
some Street food stalls some very unique
Street food stalls there's a lot of
Turkish food Iraqi food in the market a
big thank you to my friend David Khalifa
he's the hungry tourist on Instagram
I'll leave his link in the description
box below but thanks to him for bringing
us here and also to the chairman of the
market for showing us around and thank
you very much for watching this video we
are heading back to Tel Aviv from here
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