Alright guys.
So it is time for lunch.
We are still here in Ljubljana and today we've decided to have Balkan cuisine.
We found a restaurant called Sarajevo 84.
Apparently it specializes in Bosnian food and have we already mentioned that we're kicking
off our trip through the Balkans in about a week's time.
Hmmm.
Haha.
Now would be a good time to mention it.
It is a good way to announce it with Balkan food.
So I can't say I've ever had Balkan food before.
I don't really know what to expect but I've been like glancing over at other people's
plates and you know nearby tables and everything looks really good.
It looks like it is meat heavy.
Lots of bread.
So yeah, we've ordered I think like 5 different dishes and we'll see what arrives because
we didn't even know what the names meant.
We just kind of like pointed so it should be good.
Alright, so the wine is here and Sam is having the Rdeče Vino Blatina I believe.
Yeah.
Um, don't know anything about it I'm not going to pretend so let's just let's get right into
it.
It certainly smells good.
Oh.
How is it?
How would you describe this wine Mister wine connoisseur?
Well, the first thing that I should point out is that it has been chilled.
Oh, chilled red wine.
Which is unusual for red.
Yeah.
And that is has a very strong taste.
It is a dry wine but it has a it is just a very strong taste going down.
Oh, that will be interesting.
Yeah, and something that is fascinating is that we've come from a country in Slovakia
which was a beer drinking country.
Yeah.
To Slovenia which obviously uh is a wine drinking country because if you look here the wine
is considerably cheaper than beer.
And that was the exact opposite in Slovakia.
Alright, so cheers to that.
Cheers to a wine drinking country.
Gotta like that.
Okay, so this one I'm really excited for this is the one dish I really wanted to try.
It is basically beans and sausages served in a ceramic bowl.
It looks amazing.
I'm going to try it and pronounce the name here.
Let's see how it goes.
Let me find it on the menu first.
I believe it is prebranec s sudžukico.
Either way it is beans and sausage.
Please help us out guys.
We're clearly I need cutlery for this sausage.
We clearly are not language skills.
Our local language skills leave a lot to be deserved.
Oh this looks good.
Look at that crispy sausage and I think we need some beans.
Got to eat it together.
These looks like white beans.
It looks so good.
I know it is going to be so good.
I'm saying so good and I haven't even bitten into it.
Mmmm.
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah?
That is a nice like spicy flavorful sausage.
Beans it is almost like it has been stewing so everything is like super soft and creamy
and mushy.
Mmm.
And you're going in for a quality control second bite.
That is how I know it is good.
I sure am.
Haha.
I sure am.
Mmmm.
It is good stuff.
A good start to the meal.
Oh yeah.
Sam is going in for them beans.
Them beans.
Yeah, let's see what you think of this.
Normally this is not the kind of meal I would want to be having before getting on a long
flight or something.
Hahaha.
Alright, let's try that.
Let's see.
I've got a piece of sausage.
Got lots of them beans.
Sausage and beans.
What do you think?
Oh man.
That is really good.
Yeah?
Yeah.
It is just like I can't get over how thick the beans and sauce is.
I know.
It is almost stewy.
It is yeah that is one of the thickest bean sauces I've had in a very long time.
That is just so good.
It is very rich and flavorful.
Yeah.
We're off to a good start so far.
We are loving Balkan cuisine.
And we've only tried one dish.
We definitely ordered way too much as per usual.
We believe this next one may be called čevapčiči or something similar.
Yeah.
And check it out.
It is basically grilled meat rolls in a flatbread.
Alright, time to take a bite of this and I like to eat with my hands so haha.
Yes, he does.
I'm probably not supposed to do it like this but oh well.
Anyways, yeah you can see that the sausage, the meat is stuffed right inside and yeah
the bread is by holding it in my hand I can tell that it is very spongy.
So these should be interesting.
I'll have a nice big bite.
Woah, that is a nice big bite.
Wow.
Zoomed into your face.
Mmmm.
Oh man.
That is good.
Initially it reminds me of some of the kind of sausages that I had when we were in Istanbul,
Turkey.
I think it is called kofte or something like that.
Oh yeah.
It is kind of like minced meat but it had like shaped sausage.
It reminds me a lot of that.
And the bread is really good.
It is the perfect kind of spongy bread to go with the meat.
Yeah, really juicy, really flavorful.
It is delicious.
Yeah, I think my tip would be to sprinkle some more onions inside because the onions
give it even more juiciness.
Okay, in I go.
I'm going to use some cutlery here.
Haha.
Oh.
It looks good.
One of us eating with hands and the other one with cutlery.
With cutlery let's see.
Lots of onions.
I'm sure only one of us is eating it the right way.
We'll find out.
Mmmm.
Those white onions are quite sweet.
Yeah.
So it is a bit of a nice contrast happening there.
What do you think of the meat?
It is nice.
It is fairly juicy.
Wow.
You're right the bread is spongy.
Yeah.
It is so soft.
It just sops up the you know the grease from the sausages.
It is perfect.
Perfect.
Really good.
Alright, so moving on to dish number three.
We've got ourselves some roasted red peppers and I believe this is called pečena paprika
maybe.
Let's hope I got that right.
And yeah, it looks like it has got some chunks of garlic there.
That looks really good.
That is really nicely presented I have to say.
Yeah.
Let's see.
Beautifully plated.
It is beautifully plated.
Man, if this is garlic I'm going to have some awesome breath all day long.
Yeah, and we haven't even done our sightseeing for the day so yeah.
Watch out world.
You're stuck with me Sam.
Haha.
Oh, that is garlic-y goodness my gosh.
You called it.
Mmmm.
You called it.
That is like raw garlic.
Wow.
Really nice.
The peppers are cold.
They are not served warm.
Okay.
Um and it looks like we've also got a little bit of parsley going on.
But yeah, this is nice.
You know it would even be nice with the bread from the meat roll to kind of like sop up
the garlic.
Sop it up yeah.
But yeah, we do have lots of bread.
Look at this.
We haven't even touched that so yeah.
That is good stuff.
We will have no shortage of bread to sop it up.
More sausage.
Sam is trying to decide between the use of bread or cutlery.
I'm going for bread.
You look like Edward Scissor Hands right now.
Haha.
Yeah.
I've got a lot going on.
I should put my cutlery down for a minute.
And this bread is exactly the same as the one that is used for the sausages.
Except it was a complimentary basket.
I don't think we ordered this.
No, we didn't so that was nice of them to bring it.
Oh wow, look at all of the garlic.
I'm going to have to cut off a piece though.
Okay there we go.
So we got a nice big bite with bread to go with it.
Mmmm.
What do you think?
Woah.
That is a lot more spicy than I was expecting.
Yeah?
Delayed onset with that spice.
Woah.
And I grabbed an enormous piece of garlic so we're going to be having garlic wars all
day.
Woo hoo.
Breathing into each other's faces.
I can already tell that my breath is really garlic-y already.
Wow.
But it is good.
Nice and juicy.
Um but yeah this is definitely something that I think goes really nicely with bread.
I would recommend trying it with bread.
I'm not sure if that is how you're supposed to eat it but that is how I would eat it.
And this right here would be the Bosanske Pide which means which is the Bosnian pide.
Yes.
The Bosnian bread.
And we ordered the one with cheese.
Oh yeah.
And this is very different from the Turkish one we've tried because the Turkish one is
shaped more actually it is shaped more like the serving plate.
Yeah.
Whereas this one is very much round.
Yeah.
.And these are also wow they're thick.
Like look at this.
Oh my gosh.
Alright, I'm just going to take a massive bite so hopefully we'll get some cheese.
Oh cool.
Mmmm.
That is really nice.
It is very um very oily and flaky on the outside.
You bite in and you get like tonnes of the cheese.
Oh.
And you can't tell by from me holding it but it is heavy in the hands.
Maybe let's keep it still so we can see the cheese.
True.
It is very dense.
Wow, look at that.
So this is um definitely some high calorie food.
We're going to need to do a lot of walking around to burn off these calories this afternoon.
Alright, like Sam was saying.
We got the cheese one but you can actually order different fillings.
On the menu they had potato, meat and also spinach.
I think spinach would also be pretty good but let's go with the cheese one right now.
I'd actually like to try them all.
That could be like a whole video just a taste test of the different ones.
Wow.
Isn't that good.
It is very flaky.
It is like somewhere between bread and dough.
Yeah.
It is an interesting texture.
It kind of reminds me of something we were eating in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia with
these little like steamed spirals.
Like stuffed with potato or vegetables.
Yep.
But yeah this is good.
Greasy fingers though.
Super greasy fingers.
We've been having to wipe our hands after eating it.
Haha.
And to wash that all down some wine.
Some red wine.
Mmmm.
We didn't get your reaction so.
I still find it so strange to have chilled red wine.
That is a first for me.
And actually the other day when we were still in Slovakia someone served me white wine and
it wasn't chilled and I was like what is this?
Warm white wine.
Hahaha.
I'm getting a bit snobby with wines these days.
Haha.
But yeah, this food has been amazing.
Everything has been so tasty.
No complaints.
Now we just have to keep working on this because the portions were so big and we have so much
food still.
True.
Here comes the food challenge part and on top of this we have a dessert coming.
Oh my gosh we ordered dessert.
Yeah.
Haha.
We have got our work cut-out for us.
Wish us luck guys.
OMG.
Dessert is here.
We have ordered the tufahija which is an apple and nut dessert.
Though right now it is covered in whipped cream.
Yeah.
So we can't actually see the content.
But oh man I am so full.
First thing I'm going to get you to do is give it a stir.
A stir.
You want me to destroy the whipped cream and sauce.
Destroy.
How about we dig in.
Oh, let's dig down deep.
Oh, there we go.
Oh there we go.
Apple.
That is like a whole apple.
Oh wow.
Let's just do this.
Let's pull out the apple.
This isn't going to look pretty guys sorry.
So it is basically a cored apple that has been stuffed with nuts, some whipped cream
on top.
This looks good.
Oh wow.
I feel like I'm probably going to need a knife for this.
I was just so full right now I barely have energy to even lift my fork.
Haha.
Mmmm.
Good?
That will get rid of the garlic breathe.
Haha.
Okay, that is good.
Sam how envious are you that I still have some wine left and you've already drank yours.
It is a very sad situation.
It is.
I usually try to steal yours in that case but I'm enjoying it too much.
You've been refusing a lot lately so.
I've become a wine lover.
What can I say?
I don't share wine.
Oh, that is a really sweet apple.
Yeah.
I also love having walnut bits.
I like the whipped cream because I feel like I don't know that is going to do something
for the garlic breath.
It is going to sop up the garlic breath.
Yeah.
Anyways, yeah fantastic meal and uh we ordered everything we ordered was good but we did
order too much.
We could have used a third person to help us out.
Yeah.
Alright, time for price point.
And before I even talk about the price it is really cool that they gave us spearmint
gum.
Very timely with our garlic breath.
Anyways, it came to 23 Euros just slightly over 23 Euros.
And that included five food items and two drinks so 7 things in total.
I think that was like outstanding value.
Yeah, I would agree.
It was really good food, really good quality.
Also, we're really full so that is a sign of a good meal.
We'd recommend coming here for sure.