IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD PERSIAN CRISPY RICE IT'S CALLED TADIQ. WELCOME TO IRAN, A COUNTRY THAT'S PROBABLY
THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD PLACE ON EARTH TODAY I'M IN ITS CAPITAL CITY TO SEE JUST HOW FAR MY MONEY GOES
AS A VISITOR. THE POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY IS A WHOPPING 84 MILLION PEOPLE MAKING IT THE 17TH MOST
POPULOUS NATION I'M GIVING MYSELF A BUDGET OF $30 TO SEE WHAT I CAN GET THIS IS IRAN TODAY I'LL BE
HAVING TRADITIONAL PERSIAN FOOD BUT ALSO GOING TO MODERN MALLS TO GET TO KNOW HOW THE CITY IS
EVOLVING BECAUSE OF INFLATION MOST PEOPLE HERE USE BANK CARDS FOR EVERY PURCHASE BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO
PAY WITH CASH I START MY MORNING WITH THIS COOL BREAKFAST SPOT CALLED AMUHUSHENG AMU MEANS UNCLE
I SEE THE UNCLE HIMSELF WHO IS RUNNING AROUND DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMERS THIS PLACE IS 90
YEARS OLD OH AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WEIGHT AFTER GETTING A TABLE I ORDER EGGS FRESH BREAD
MINT AND FETA CHEESE AND OF COURSE I ALSO GET A TRADITIONAL PERSIAN TEA WHICH COMES WITH A SAFFRON
SUGAR STICK BREAKFAST TWO DOLLARS NEXT I HEAD TO TADRISH A TRADITIONAL PERSIAN BAZAAR AND IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO WALK AROUND AND SEE TRADITIONAL PERSIAN SWEETS AND FOODS IT WILL REALLY TAKE YOU
BACK IN TIME EVERY DAY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME HERE TO BUY FOOD HOUSEHOLD ITEMS OR CLOTHES THE
ARCHITECTURE HERE IS STUNNING AND AN ABSOLUTE MUST-SEE IN TEHRAN NEXT I'M GETTING HUNGRY ALREADY
BUT I WANT TO DISCOVER A MODERN PART OF THE CITY SO I COME HERE THIS IS CALLED SANA COMPLEX THERE
ARE SO MANY LUXURY STORES HERE AND THEY HAVE A FOOD COURT HERE WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CUISINE BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING FOR PERSIAN FOOD THIS IS CALLED TACHINE IT'S A PERSIAN CRISPY RICE
CAKE FILLED WITH A STEW OR MEAT OF YOUR CHOICE TACHYON BAR IS ACTUALLY A CHAIN WITH MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS AROUND IRAN AND EVEN IN CANADA BUT BECAUSE THEY COOK IT FOR YOU ONCE YOU ORDER YOU
HAVE TO WAIT UP TO 20 MINUTES FOR IT TO BE READY BUT LET ME JUST SAY IT'S TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT
THEY HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT STEWS CALLED GOURMA SABZI BOTTOM JUNE FESSEN JUNE AND THEY ALSO HAVE
LUBIA POLO AND ADDS PILLOW I GET MY TACHINE WITH GOURMET SABZI IT'S A FAMOUS IRANIAN STEW WITH MEAT
AND I PAIR IT WITH FRESH PERSIAN SALAD YOGURT AND MINT AND BECAUSE THESE PITCHERS OF DRINKS
LOOK SO DELICIOUS YOU CAN PICK CHERRY ORANGE BLOSSOM LEMON CUCUMBER AND MINT I GO FOR CHERRY
TOUCHING LUNCH SEVEN DOLLARS THIS IS SO DELICIOUS IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD PERSIAN CRISPY RICE IT'S CALLED
TADIQ GO AND FIND A PLACE THAT SELLS IT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY REALLY GOOD BY THE WAY TO GET AROUND
IRAN THERE IS AN APP CALLED SNAP IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE UBER OR LYFT OR KAREEM AND IT'S VERY
AFFORDABLE AND CONVENIENT EACH RIDE COSTS BETWEEN DOLLAR AND THREE DOLLARS BUT I'LL ADD UP MY TOTAL
TRANSPORTATION COSTS AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO NEXT I TAKE A TAXI TO IRAN MALL IT'S MY FIRST TIME
HERE SO LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MALLS IN THE WORLD AND I TOTALLY GET LOST
I'M OFFICIALLY LOST I WILL SAY THIS IS VERY BIG AND IT'S VERY EASY TO GET LOST WHICH I GUESS
IS TO BE EXPECTED UM IN SUCH A LARGE MALL I ALSO THINK I'M MORE LIKELY TO GET LOST BECAUSE I DON'T
RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE STORES LIKE I SAID THERE'S NO ZARA OR THERE'S NO LIKE BURGER KING OR ANYTHING SO
MAYBE I HAVE WALKED PAST THE STORE HERE AND THERE BEFORE BUT I WOULDN'T REMEMBER IT NECESSARILY IT'S
KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES AND I HAVE YET TO SEE
A BRAND OR A RESTAURANT THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE THAT I'VE HEARD OF BEFORE AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT TOTALLY
SURPRISED BY THAT BECAUSE WESTERN COMPANIES LARGELY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN THIS COUNTRY
BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE LIKE TO GO TO A MALL IN 2022 AND NOT SEE LIKE AN H M
AND A MCDONALD'S EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN GO TO A MALL IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY I'M MOSTLY HERE TO
EXPLORE AND SEE HOW THEY HAVE SO MANY OF THEIR OWN BRANDS YOU AND ME HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS
IS AN INTERESTING BRAND CALLED BODY SPINNER A LOT OF PEOPLE WEAR THIS THIS IS AN IRANIAN-ONLY BRAND
AND I THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH SANCTIONS AND STUFF THEY'VE ACTUALLY BECOME A LOT
MORE SUCCESSFUL SO A LOT OF IRANIAN BRANDS ARE ACTUALLY BECOMING MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT COMPETING WITH ANY INTERNATIONAL BRAND SO NOW THEY'RE MADE IN IRAN AND THEY'RE ABLE TO
COMPETE WITH ONLY OTHER IRANIAN COMPANIES THIS IS THE MOVIE THEATER THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN COME YOU
CAN GET YOUR TICKETS BEHIND ME OR YOU CAN ALSO BUY YOUR TICKETS ON A KIOSK AND GO WATCH A MOVIE THESE
ARE THE MOVIES THAT ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW THERE IS ALSO THIS HUGE GORGEOUS BOOKSTORE THIS IS SO CRAZY
HOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MASSIVE MALL YOU SEE THIS HUGE BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY AND THERE ARE STATUES
OF DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHERS BUT I MADE A WHOLE SEPARATE VIDEO ABOUT IRAN MALL THAT YOU CAN GO
CHECK OUT BY NOW I'M CRAVING A SNACK SO I STOP AT THIS RESTAURANT FOR SOME BAKLAVA AND YES ANOTHER
PERSIAN TEA THE PRICE OF THIS IS TWO DOLLARS ALL RIGHT SO ALMOST EVERYWHERE YOU GO WITH THE TEA
THEY GIVE YOU ONE AND THEN YOU CAN JUST PUT IT IN HERE AND WATCH IT MELT AWAY THAT IS DELICIOUS
BAKLAVA NEXT I TAKE A TAXI TO WHAT'S CALLED MILAD TOWER I'M ABOUT TO GO TO THE TOP OF THIS TOWER
IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS TEHRAN TOWER AND IT'S ACTUALLY CONSIDERED TO BE AMONGST THE TALLEST STRUCTURES IN
THE WORLD I ARRIVE AT THE BASE OF IT WHERE YOU CAN USE THIS KIOSK TO BUY YOUR TICKET THERE IS ALSO
THIS REPLICA WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW MILAD TOWER COMPARES IN SIZE TO OTHER TOWERS AROUND THE WORLD
LIKE THE FAMOUS ORIENTAL PEARL TOWER IN SHANGHAI THE PRICE TO GO TO THE TOP TWO DOLLARS THROUGHOUT
MOST OF IRAN IT'S RARE TO SEE TOURISTS BUT HERE YOU WILL FIND SO MANY COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE WORLD I WALK AROUND FOR A WHILE AND TAKE IN THE VIEWS FROM THE TOP IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL UP HERE
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF TEHRAN IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY CLEAR DAY SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE SOME POLLUTION SO
IT'S HARDER TO SEE BUT AS OF TODAY YOU COULD SEE ALL THE WAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE VALLEY AND
IT'S REALLY QUITE FASCINATING THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THEY SELL AN EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU
COULD DO WHAT'S CALLED THE SKYWALK SO YOU CAN GET A HARNESS ON AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK
AT THE EDGE YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK AT THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING BUT WHAT'S SUPER INTERESTING IS
THAT IF YOU'RE A FOREIGNER THAT WILL COST ABOUT EIGHTY DOLLARS BUT IF YOU'RE IRANIAN AND YOU SHOW
A NATIONAL ID THAT'LL COST YOU ONLY ABOUT TEN OR I'M DEBATING DOING IT I'M STILL NOT SURE UH
I DON'T KNOW I'VE DONE IT BEFORE IN MACAU BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M UP FOR DOING IT HERE THE WOMAN
WAS QUICK TO SAY THAT ALL THE EQUIPMENT COMES FROM THE US IN CANADA SO THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID
OF I MAKE MY WAY BACK DOWN AND IT'S TIME TO GRAB ANOTHER SNAP I GO TO THIS PARK CALLED GAY TERRIER
PARK THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PARKS IN TEHRAN THE ENERGY OF THIS PLACE IS REALLY DYNAMIC AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE AFTER WORK TO SOCIALIZE OR WALK THEIR DOGS THE VENDORS ARE SELLING FAMOUS
PERSIAN SOUP OR CORN ON THE COB I ALSO FIND THESE YOUNG IRANIANS WHO COME HERE EVERY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TO SING UNDER THIS GAZEBO AFTER HANGING OUT AT THE PARK FOR A WHILE I GRAB ANOTHER SNAP
AND HEAD TO THIS AREA CALLED TABIAT BRIDGE WHICH MEANS NATURE'S BRIDGE IN PERSIAN IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
BRIDGE THEY'VE CONSTRUCTED FOR PEDESTRIANS ONLY AND THEY HAVE PARKS ALL AROUND THIS TOOK THEM
ABOUT FOUR YEARS TO BUILD AND IT OPENED AROUND 2014. THIS PLACE IS REALLY QUITE BEAUTIFUL SUCH
A GOOD ENERGY SUCH A GOOD VIBE ESPECIALLY ON A CLEAR AND CRYSTAL DAY THE WEATHER'S NICE I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND COMING AROUND SUNSET BECAUSE IT'S NOT TOO HOT AND THE VIEWS ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL I WALK
AROUND HERE WHERE THEY'RE SELLING ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD I FINALLY SETTLE ON THIS IRANIAN
RESTAURANT WHICH BY THE WAY THERE IS AGAIN A LOT OF FOREIGN FOOD HERE BUT BECAUSE MOST IRANIANS
REGULARLY EAT IRANIAN CUISINE INSIDE THE HOME WHEN THEY EAT OUT IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY WANT TO EAT
SOMETHING NEW BUT AS A VISITOR HERE OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING FOR IRANIAN FOOD I ORDER THIS FOR MY DINNER
THIS IS CALLED ZERISH PALO IT'S BASMATI RICE WITH BARBERRIES A STAPLE OF IRANIAN FOOD IT'S COMMONLY
SERVED WITH CHICKEN AND I ALSO PAIR IT WITH A YOGURT DRINK WHICH MY MOM LIKES TO CALL THE
COKE OR PEPSI OF THE MIDDLE EAST THE PRICE FIVE DOLLARS NEXT I WALK AROUND A BIT MORE AND THEN
I GRAB ANOTHER SNAP TO HEAD TO THIS FAMOUS JUICE PLACE THEY HAVE ALL TYPES OF JUICES HERE AND IT'S
A POPULAR LATE NIGHT HANGOUT SPA THIS IS CALLED AMUSEFI AGAIN NAMED AFTER UNCLE THERE ARE SO MANY
OPTIONS BUT I GO FOR THIS IT'S A REFRESHING SUMMER PERSIAN DRINK THIS IS A FAMOUS JUICE PLACE HERE
IN TEHRAN THERE'S A LONG LINE FOR THESE JUICES I GOT THE TRADITIONAL IRANIAN DRINK LET'S GIVE
THIS A TRY THE PRICE ONE DOLLAR THAT IS A REALLY INTERESTING TASTE DEFINITELY SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT
YOU PROBABLY WON'T FIND OUTSIDE OF IRAN BY NOW IT'S GETTING DARK AND I'M READY TO END THE DAY BUT
FIRST LET'S ADD UP THE RECEIPTS FOR ALL THOSE CAR RIDES I TOOK TODAY THEY CAME OUT TO 11 SO THERE
I DID IT I SPENT 30 DOLLARS IN ONE DAY IN TEHRAN IRAN I GOT TO DISCOVER ITS HISTORIC SIDE BUT ALSO
EXPLORE ITS NEW EMERGING MODERN ACTIVITIES TOO THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING LET ME KNOW IN THE
COMMENTS WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART AND HOW WOULD YOU SPEND 30 DOLLARS IN IRAN MAKE SURE YOU GO FIND
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