hello everyone and welcome back to Belgrade
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I should do videos at this time of the day more often because the lighting is
fantastic, we're back in Belgrade and if you saw the last video you'll know that
this is part two of my three part series from the Serbian capital and in that
last video we had a bit of an introduction to the scene we had a look
around we're into the Nikola Tesla Museum which was spectacular
if you want to check that video out hit the link up above but there's another
reason that were in Belgrade other than travel I did a DNA test about eight
months ago and discovered that I'm actually 31% Balkan yes I know that that
isn't entirely accurate but I'm going with it so what better place to come to
and Belgrade in this video we are going to be having some food because one bad
thing one bad habit of mine is the fact that when I film all day I forget to eat
all I've eaten today is a croissant so we're going to have some food, have a look around
this area in the center of Belgrade go to belgrade fortress and go to the
bohemian quarter of Belgrade as well I'm excited I hope you are too
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I'm down like the main shopping street through the centre of belgrade
look all this pretty artwork, i'm loving the transport in belgrade and that's the
temple of saint sava in the background which I went to in the last video briefly it's
under renovation at the moment that's why i didn't go in there in the video
yeah shops galore down here, Zara, H&M, I always mention Zara in every video
but yeah everything you'd expect from like a Main Street in a city. I'm just
off the main street now I just rewatched the first shot of this oh my god my hair
what's going on with that it's bit better now but anyway and many of you
asked me about Serbian food or in general Balkan food and for me having
been here for the last three weeks it feels like traditional Serbian food is
very much fast food related in terms of street food in terms of pastries there's
lot of bakeries everywhere and meat and cheese I think that might be where I get
my love of meat and cheese from because a lot of studying food is all meat
related there's a lot of cheese and pretty much no vegetables which pretty
much sums up my diet so maybe I really am Balkan after all we're gonna have a
dish first of all which is considered to be a signature dish not only in Serbia
but throughout the Balkans Bosnia Croatia essentially etc and you know
when it comes to signature dishes and I've always been wary because you know
it turns out England people think fish and chips I never ate fish and chips so
you know let me know in the comments if you are bombed or great or Balkan area
in general do you eat these foods on a daily basis
okay apparently my hair is getting more bonkers as this video goes along I'm
having Ćevapi which is essentially a kebab it originates back from the
Ottoman Empire and I believe is more popular in Bosnia however it is common
throughout the Balkans and there were various different
varieties I did have it the other day from like a takeaway so I'm at a
restaurant now sitting outside very nice and then I'm curious to see if there's
only difference from the one I had the other day so let's have a look at the
menu okay it's kebab time normally in the UK are only about about if I was
absolutely wasted obliterated drunk in a wheelie bin and not today
I'm sober as a pope and what I understand the me is either beef lamb or
veal and as you can see there's different varieties so I'm assumingthat
means Sarejevo so it's like a bosnian one i guess and it comes with a cheese
as well so unpasteurized cheese called Kaymak I believe it's called when I
heard it the other day it was quite bland but and we'll see what this one's
like and as you can see there are various other dishes as well and the one
I'm gonna get is just the five pieces 230 dinar, oh ok fly move okay can we
just take a moment to take a look at the size of this marvel at the size of this
it's humongous so there's onion there's no cheese that I said about I think
that's another one I'd have to get to get that and normally with the kebab
like a typical kebab at the UK I'm talking about I know it's no comparison
pitta bread you know but this isn't my pita bread
it's it's lighter you know as you can see inside you've got the
neat they're beautiful we see what it's like yeah
I've not eating all day that is the best thing about it my stomach in a long time
the meats really nice the one I had the other day it didn't taste the best to
taste a bit like you know typical kebab meat if you know what I mean but this is different
actually tastes nicer the bread is light fantastic, let's have some more, honestly I could
have brought like ten of these oh shit
hmm
Loving Serbian food right now the meat, it's like a little sausage kabob you
know what I mean
okay as you can see I'm almost done and I forgot to mention I've realized this
as I beat anymore that this bread or pitter or ever it has the kind of same
consistency of like a muffin or pancake or a crumpet crispy like even have a
crumpet in the UK it's absolutely beautiful
I'm so glad I came to Serbia discovering my heritage I deliberately had a smaller
portion because I'll be eating more later on in this video an amazing thing
happened when I was at that restaurant and that guy from London and Chelsea and
guess where he lives in Coyoacan Mexico City so we had an amazing conversation or
about Mexico brilliant and I think with youtubers and food videos
I'm definitely part of this I think when you have food in videos you feel like
you have to say it's amazing and be positive about everything but that was
truly wonderful genuinely it's probably the best food I've had since Mexico
really fill me up party meal and it was wonderful to experience the Serbian food
some real Serbian food you know I'm gonna go up to the fortress now the sun's
going down the lighting's getting better boom let's go
we're heading towards the fortress now Belgrade fortress this little area
reminds me of Mexico City, Chapultepec park speaking of Mexico all these little
tourist stalls, fridge magnets galore and there's a fortress up there as I said in
the last video there's so much history in Belgrade but I didn't even know about
belgrade fortress dates back to 237 BC BC so you know Roman Empire Ottoman
Empire and it's been such a huge part of Serbian history Balkan history like I
said in the last video it's been fought over over a hundred times it's had 15
different names and it reminds me of like a castle in England and meanwhile
we have a special guest, I'm from Serbia, I used to live in America though but now I live here, it's a really beautifu place, you should visit, Serbia! so this area
is vast this fortress is huge and there are so many different areas you can
visit to read about historical information from back in the day it's
amazing to think that this is so old 237 BC absolutely bonkers and there's one
particular point that I'm looking for which is the Roman well I've read a lot
about it so in the Second World War the gold from
the bank of Yugoslavia was hidden down there and three Germans were sent down
to retrieve it they never returned and in the 50s a man there his mistress down
there and she resurfaced ten days later so they're some interesting stories about
that well, let's see if we can find it
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I've got to say despite the crap behind me
this might be foreshadowing a future storyline by the way so if I ever
relocated back to Europe, Belgrade would definitely be one of the cities
that were on my list it's affordable there's so much to do I feel comfortable
here it's perfectly safe so yeah revelation okay the Roman well
despite being called the Roman well that's lute constructed at the time of
Austria enrolled during the Austrian Empire during the 1700s
there's the well so I'm guessing that is the entrance to the well actually walked
up this way when I got in here so yeah obviously you can't go in because you
know if anyone wants to throw a mistress down there it's a perfect opportunity
yeah there's this big black gate and it smells of damp and water so I'm assuming
the well is down there
that was cool belgrade fortress boom I've got a stop sign that we're now back
down to the main shopping street as you can see eight o'clock at night it's
bustling it's busy there's people a restaurant alfresco dining we've already
had a bit of al fresco dining we're gonna have some more in a bit we head
into the Bohemian district now it's a perfect time another point about
Belgrade the nightlife is awesome so if you have time to have a drink while
you're here then do it if you are from Belgrade want to put down in the
comments some of the best places to go for nightlife
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It's like Mexico! did I just really say that it's like Tamborazo in Zacatecas this
area is very special it's beautiful fading light blue skies
dark blue skies I mean music playing in the background all these restaurants
flowers interesting architecture and buildings it's wonderful you know this
is my idea I'm like you know classic European night out alfresco dining it's
awesome I think this is one of those videos where I say insert city is magic
well that is the case Belgrade is magic there's such a great atmosphere down
there so many places a drink as well what's the thing called my friend Pavel
has it from Bulgaria is it rakia the drink but first we're gonna have some
food to end this video I'm hopin I can find a place that's open which seems likely
considering this place so busy let's go put some more food okay we're on the
mean streets of Belgrade
I'm going to a bakery because as I said before food, oh God which way do I go?
oh that way - food in Belgrade is all about bakery stuff there's something called
Burak
we're still on the hunt for Burek but that is the hotel Moskva I
mentioned in the last video beautiful lit up at night green beige wonderful
okay it's 10:15 p.m. I Googled two of them right the first one I can't find
and the second one is back in direction of the first video alright so we're
going to scrap it for now but don't panic it will be in the next one the
third and final video from belgrade i filmed two videos don't give me a break
okay we're back people, I'm exhausted - the last time I film two videos in one day I've
got a little box from the bakery it's probably gonna be destroyed when I open
it oh that's okay oh yeah I'm actually yeah it's fine I don't know what it is
it's some chocolate thing look at the size it with cream on the
top is it spongy I don't know. OH MY ACTUAL GOD. look it's mayonnaise it's what it called?
MARSHMALLOW. The whole thing is marshmallow
can you believe it, it's not mayonnaise mm-hmm sounds like it's the right time to
finish this video I'm still laughing about mayonnaise, what am I on, I know this
video is kind of descended into chaos and I seem like I'm drunk but I'm not I
promise it's the chocolate and you know because of the chocolate I wanna eat it there's not
going to be a big long message into this it's quite simply I love Belgrade it's
brilliant it's such an awesome city you've got to come here don't go to Paris,
well yes go to Paris but consider Belgrade is another option you know and
if you want to discover your heritage as I've done there is a link down the
description below you can get free shipping on a DNA kit from my heritage
calm amazing don't forget to subscribe like and comment and I'll see you in the
final the third and final video for a book from Belgrade before we go to Hong
Kong lovely jubbly and I'll see you next time, catch you later