Word got out that Bek and I are in Sofia and well....
Hey guys I'm Ross and today we're
in Sofia Bulgaria and we're gonna take you around the streets and show you our
favorite everyday Bulgarian foods and while all the locals are tucking into
this stuff everywhere it's look not a hundred percent healthy but it's ten out
of ten for delicious seriously some yummy stuff so yeah we're really excited
to share this with you and we're actually at the first place right now
so we're gonna go in and there's actually not a lineup but every time we
come here there's a massive lineup of all the
locals waiting for a dish called Banitsa. So we're going to show you that
right now
hello how are you. Fine and you. Good Good!
Bonitsa is a traditional Bulgarian pastry that's
filled with feta and baked in a large round pan
it sliced into quarters for
the perfect breakfast lunch snack on the go
Thankyou! Thankyou!
this is the line I'm talking about guys
every day we come here there's a line normally out the door so yeah let's
just see how we go. We've got our Banitsa which is the staple food
that you need here and I'll talk about this too
the pastry is crispy on the outside but the soft layers on the inside remind us
of a Malaysian roti with a delicious salty hit from the cheese it's so
addictive we ate this more times than we'd like to admit
and the traditional way to wash down your Banitsa is with a Bulgarian
yogurt drink made with yogurt water and salt
they say you live longer when you drink this stuff
fun fact this means yes in Bulgaria so I thought people being rude saying no to
me they're like no but that actually meant yes
our next stop is not somewhere
that we can pronounce but never fear the details are in the description below
you'll need to line up with the locals here to try their selection of delicious
home-cooked Bulgarian dishes
We're in line and we've done this before there's
a little bit of a language barrier here when you go to order so I just point at
what we want and it's just delicious food it's really good
Sausage mix with some egg in there reminds me of the
Scotch eggs which but those that know
me I love and have made so many over the years love them so
much but yeah this is really good hearty food. It's a cold climate and locals are in here
smashing into their lunch before they go back to work
Yummy!
we love this home style of dining
we picked a selection of things to try including meatballs mashed potato and a
risotto based dish with liver topped with a bechamel sauce
we even had time for a dessert filled with grains apple sultana and cinnamon
something you will find on every street corner in Sofia is pizza although we
PIZZA!
Although we didn't have some today we have tested it and we can definitely recommend it
you have to watch yourself as you're walking because...come Bek!
these things are the same color as the pavement and while I just did this
another delicious snack on the go is the bulkan chock it's a crisp bread like
exterior with ham feta and onion filling
the delicious makitsa is Bulgaria's answer to the donut the dough is made
with yogurt and his hand stretched before frying and covering with the savory or
sweet topping of your choice.
We've gone for cream cheese and jam
Makitsa and coffee is one of the last locations in Sofia
to make these fresh on sight each day
word got out that Bek and I are in Sofia and well it's a bit of a lineup
for autographs so we just said single file guys... a single file!
One at a time ....so we're gonna sign some autographs for the local kids and
we're kind of a big deal you know we're kind of a really big deal lol!