wow, 4 guys, one shawarma!!
wow, look at that!!!
- Okay guys, today is really exciting.
I am in a taxi right now and we are going
to a famous shawarma Arabic style restaurant
with some of the biggest shawarma in Dubai.
And we're almost there.
Ahmed, amazing driver, this met him
and he is driving me to the shawarma joint, should be good.
- [Ahmed] Yeah.
- [Trevor] Look at this, Dubai is great.
Let's go try it out.
(upbeat music)
If you love juicy meat, you're gonna love this video
because we're bringing you in
for some next level shawarma and Arabic food in Dubai
that's gonna make your mouth water, let's eat.
Okay shawarma time.
- Yes sir.
Enjoy.
- [Trevor] Okay, thank you Ahmed, thank you see you.
- Take care.
- [Trevor] Okay, and here we are guys.
We're going to a monster shawarma joint here,
Al Mallah in Dubai.
We're gonna watch the skinning and we're here early.
Wow, and this is the shawarma truck.
Hi boss, how are you?
- How are you?
- [Trevor] This is chicken shawarma?
- Chicken shawarma.
- [Trevor] Oh, it looks good guys.
Look at the size of that, wow.
Giant chicken.
Oh and here's the beef.
Oh, look at this shawarma, looks good guys, here we go.
So this place here,
I've heard a lot of great things about it.
Look at this menu.
Lots of nice Arabic salads, tabouli, fattouches,
mixed grills, mutton chops, and of course shawarma.
Let's catch up.
Oh, this is great.
We're getting a full tour here.
Your good name, sir?
- My name's Sahid.
- [Trevor] Sahid, nice to meet you.
- Welcome, welcome.
- [Trevor] Thank you.
Wow.
- [Sahid] This here is cheese.
- [Trevor] Oh the cheese, mana'esh.
- [Sahid] Cheese nursery.
- [Trevor] Wow, and then up here, zataar.
Oh, beautiful.
So this is the Arabic zataar.
Oh, looking good.
So it's a very light cheese?
- [Sahid] Yeah.
- [Trevor] Oh, and the zataar.
Oh my, look at that.
That's the Arabic spice.
Hi, Mr. Abdallah.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for having me today.
And here we go, look at that, this is the zataar.
Oh, this is honestly one of my favorite things in Dubai.
The zataar, it is like a herbal woodsy forest,
aromatic spice blend with a oregano, thyme, sesame.
Looks good, thank you.
Thank you for showing me this.
Oh, okay and here's all the mana'esh.
This is all with the akkawi cheese we just saw.
And there's a line here where the paddles come through
from the kitchen area, look at that.
It's a massive non-stop factory of mana'esh.
Arabic flatbread.
Okay here we go.
Time to prep these, oh, right in.
That's hot boss, that's very hot.
Oh, and here's the zataar.
Honestly, this is some of the best Arabic flatbread.
I just fell in love with it in Dubai.
These wow, look at that.
Oh and it's bubbling, look at the bubbles.
Wow.
How long will these bake for like?
- I leave it in for five minutes.
- [Trevor] Five minutes.
- Five minutes.
- [Trevor] Five minutes okay.
Oh yeah, that is extremely hot.
Oh, my hands are burning.
How long have you been in Dubai?
- 13 years. - [Trevor] 13 years.
Oh, there they are still sizzling right out of the oven.
Look at that.
Okay and here's the akkawi cheese, nice.
So we got the oven firing here and the shawarmas
are just about to start cooking.
Oh, four guys, one shawarma .
Wow.
Look at that.
Okay and here we go.
Shawarma reveal, look at the size of that 100 kg of shawarma
everyday making this and this is chicken shawarma.
Beautiful.
And then here's the lamb shawarma .
Oh, look at that.
Okay and here's the lighting,
Mohammed is gonna light the shawarma here.
There's the gas.
Oh yeah you can see there's a flame in the back.
Okay now for the lamb, beautiful.
Two amazing shawarmas.
Thank you for showing me Mohammed.
It looks amazing, the lamb and the chicken.
So he's just prepping all the ingredients here.
So we've got pickles, garlic paste.
It looks like a parsley onion salad.
Oh, and pickles, more pickles.
Oh yeah, so we're just gonna hang out here
and smell the aromas for an hour and then start eating,
oh look at the spinning.
Where are you from Mohammed?
- Pakistan. - [Trevor] Oh, Pakistan.
- Yeah. - Oh, beautiful country.
- Have you been there?
- I've been there.
- Yeah, yeah.
(men speaking foreign language)
- Oh, you saw? - Yeah.
- You saw?
(Mohammed speaks foreign language)
Oh yeah yeah.
And these are just looking delicious guys.
Shawarma is full of spices.
Usually cumin, smoked paprika, cinnamon, ginger,
oregano, cayenne, garlic.
There's a lot of secret ingredients
that they marinade shawarma with
and it's different in different regions of the world.
Oh, look at that.
It's just starting to sizzle.
So you have to always spin right?
Never stop spinning?
- No stop.
Wow, smells good.
And this is definitely hard work standing in here.
So much respect for the guys like Mohammed
that make this shawarma every day,
you got to have a lot of passion to do this
because it is hot
and you know that you're pleasing people
when you make good food like this.
You got to sharpen the knife.
Oh man, this is ready now, look at this.
It just looks amazing and it smells amazing.
And in between the meat,
you can actually see the layers of the marinade.
The marinade is just that juicy, creamy looking white sauce.
Oh, those are the fresh tomatoes.
- Fresh tomatoes.
- [Trevor] Okay, and here comes the chicken slicing.
Oh, look at that, look at the juice bursting out,
looks mazedar Mohammed.
This is just so amazing to see in the kitchen
looking really good, how the shawarma is made,
how it's sliced and then you can see the pile of meat
down here.
- You need to pick the first slight off.
- [Trevor] Oh, I would love to.
That would be awesome.
So Mohammed, why should I order?
Maybe one chicken to start?
- Yeah okay.
- Your favorite, right?
- Favorite.
- Okay let's try one chicken shawarma.
Fresh pita, okay and here it is.
Fresh garlic? - [Mohammed] Fresh garlic.
- [Trevor] Oh fresh garlic sauce.
Pickle.
- [Mohammed] Pickle.
Three pieces.
- [Trevor] Three pieces. - [Mohammed] Yeah.
- [Trevor] And then, oh, look at that.
Okay and then it goes right on the grill here, toasting.
It's ready. - Yeah.
- Thank you.
Wow, there it is guys.
Fresh chicken shawarma, thank you Mohammad.
- Welcome.
- Fresh shawarma , made with love by Mohammad.
Let's try it out.
Mm, wow. - Nice?
- [Trevor] That chicken shawarma is so juicy,
actually unbelievable, you can't get that anywhere else.
Except in the middle east and places like here,
Al Mallah, doing it so well.
I think the defining feature of that shawarma
is the extreme juice levels bursting from the chicken,
the garlic sauce, and then the sour pickles.
And the bread is nice and soft as well.
Mm, mm.
Oh and this is the making a falafel.
- Yeah.
- [Trevor] So we've got fresh sunflower oil
being poured in here.
And here's the falafel.
Oh and here's the fresh falafel mix.
So that's with chickpeas, parsley, garlic.
Oh, and it just gets fried right in here, let's watch.
So this is Levantine, middle eastern
vegetarian lovers, delight, chickpea and parsley,
and lots of spices and mashed up and ground into these balls
- [Mohammed] One, two, three.
- [Trevor] Just three quick--
- [Mohammed] Yeah very quick.
- [Trevor] Three quick spoons and then into the oil.
I expect Mohammad can do like a hundred per minute.
He's so fast, look at this one--
- [Mohammed] One, two, three.
- [Trevor] Two, three, boom.
So fast.
How long have you been here now?
- 35 years.
- [Trevor] 35 years. - Oh yeah.
- [Trevor] So it's a classic restaurant.
Oh, look at those falafel, nice and golden brown.
Oh wow and then they just get brought out to the edges
to let the oil drain
Can I order one falafel wrap?
- Yeah, yeah.
- That'd be great, thanks Mohammed.
So let's see how it's made.
- [Mohammed] Two pieces.
- [Trevor] Two pieces?
- [Mohammed] Yeah.
- [Trevor] Oh, looks great.
Soft, look at that soft, oh, it looks nice.
And then some pickle.
- [Mohammed] Tomato.
- [Trevor] Oh, and then tomato, oh and then a salad.
Oh, wow and then look at the tahina.
Oh, a nice big scoop of tahina.
Oh, and then right on the grill here to toast it up.
And here's the falafel.
- [Mohammed] Falafel right here.
- [Trevor] Oh, there we go.
Nice wrap, thank you, Mohammed.
- Welcome. - Thank you,
oh so hot, so fresh, this is just amazing.
Wow, and it is just so hot.
Look at that, you can see the turnip pickles
just bulging out.
Thank you Mohammad.
Let's try this out.
Hmm. - Water?
- Hmm, oh, look at that falafel.
Wow, so fresh.
I love how the tomatoes and the parsley
give it a fresh burst.
The falafel is crispy, aromatic
and Mohammed is just amazing.
Thank you, Mohammed great.
Oh, and look at this.
This is the cheese and zataar mix.
Mana'esh, and then the special Al Mallah drink.
Thank you Sahid.
Oh, this looks awesome.
Look at this, so this is the zataar, cheese mana'esh.
Wow, I'm just loving the food in Dubai, looks fantastic.
And that's with akkawi cheese,
which is like a middle Eastern Arabic style cheese.
And then of course this dark green zataar,
thyme, oregano cumin, sesame, spice mix.
There's a lot of stuff in there.
Look at this, this is the signature fruit drink
and it just looks delicious.
And then I think they put some honey on top there too.
It's that secret recipe, it looks fantastic.
You can see the mixture of all the fruits in there.
And then we've got some vine leaves
stuffed with fragrant rice.
We've got the shawarma, one is chicken and one is falafel.
And then a hummus.
Dubai is just like hummus heaven here
and then some pickles and pita.
First thing I really want to try
is this beautiful looking fruit drink.
There's definitely some mango and strawberry in there.
Vanilla ice cream, let's take it down.
Mm, oh, oh it's so messy, wow.
Mm, whoa.
Look at that, totally messy and satisfying.
Definite mango, strawberry, honey, ice cream mixed in there
and nuttiness as well, that is fantastic.
Okay and here we're gonna cut the mana'esh.
Can I call it like an Arabic pizza or no?
- Not really, we have pizza.
- [Trevor] Oh you have pizza as well.
- So it's not a pizza.
- [Trevor] Mana'esh.
So don't call that a pizza, this is mana'esh
even though it's circular with cheese
it's totally different.
There it is, look at that.
Look at how dark green that zataar is, let's try it out.
Mm, oh wow.
- Like it?
- That zataar awesome.
Wow the zataar is so nice,
definitely can taste a little garlic
and maybe some cinnamon.
The sesame is like a toasted sesame so it's nutty
and then the bread is so soft and fluffy
and that cheese is actually really light as well.
It's not like a cheesy cheese.
It's more like a light white cheese
that goes down really well.
And I personally really enjoy that.
Thank you so much for that amazing food.
You guys are just so friendly.
Really nice.
- Thank you,
- Thank you so much.
- No problem.
- It's very nice, super nice guys.
And I think I'm gonna go in for some hummus next,
Mr. Abdallah was telling me that here.
Oh, you can choose how much olive oil you want to pour.
Ooh, isn't that just beautiful, look at that.
High quality hummus, just take a small piece of pita
and then go right in, look at that.
Oh, there it is guys, pure hummus, take it down.
Mm, mm, oh yeah, mm.
Creamy, you can tell
I think there's definitely some tahine on there.
It's really nice and nutty,
that olive oil adds a nice touch.
Let's take some of these vine leaves.
These are so famous here.
Usually there's some fragrant rice
kind of like pickled style so it's sour.
Try it out.
Mm, oh, yeah, it's like a sour herbal rice.
Okay guys, I'm gonna keep eating here.
Got a lot more mana'esh, still have two shawarmas left.
And I think I'm gonna be taking some home as well.
Sahid it's just been amazing, thank you Sahid
for letting us see this.
Thank you, see you.
- See you.
- [Trevor] Bye-bye, bye-bye, that was awesome guys.
Crazy food in Dubai and hope you enjoyed the video.
Super delicious, great to be here.
Leave a comment below.
Thanks for watching guys.