- [Trevor James] Wow, look at the color on that
and here come the fresh green chilis
Right in there,
everything has green fresh chilis
oh they're spicy.
And just look at those chunks
of fatty, mustardy, chili infused beef.
Alright check it out guys, it's Trevor James,
We just got into Chittagong, Bangladesh.
You can feel the energy here and I'm so pumped for today.
We're going for a full on street food adventure.
Check it out.
(upbeat music)
[Narrator] If you love juicy meat,
get ready because today, we're bringing you in
for an extreme street food adventure
to the world famous city of beef and hospitality Chittagong.
Bringing you to five incredibly delicious street foods,
and one of the world's best beef dishes.
The Mezbani Beef, let's eat.
- [Trevor] Hey baya, wow. What is this here,
Chole?
- Yes, Chole.
- Chole.
- Oh and there it is,
look at that chole.
That's a,
thick chickpea and bean stew with eggs,
with eggs.
So look at that. So he's actually putting that lentil
bean stew into a Jhal Muri
and he's just mixing it up.
That is super unique.
Oh, so it's served like a Jhal Muri
with up a pakora, pakora?
So vegetable and onion pakora
and just mashing it up with hands here,
and then he's putting a little salad, cucumber,
coriander and look at that beautiful
thick lentil and bean stew.
Wow!
Oh and there it is. Look at that.
Wow, beautiful.
Thank you baya.
Oh and chili, fresh chili.
To eat? To eat? No problem. Oh, mix it in.
So we got the Jhal Muri, the special Jhal Muri,
with the beautiful, oh Lentil and bean stew.
He put cucumber, he put coriander,
there's salad in there, we got rice puffs
and that is just gorgeous.
Mmmmmh, ooooh.
- Ooooh
- Wow. Should I eat it the chilli?
Eat the chili? We got a fresh green chilli up here.
Oh. Oh.
Spicy. Oh and a fried.
- Don't don't.
- Don't eat, too spicy.
Don't eat these will burn your mouth off here these chilis.
Too spicy.
Oh oh oh
oh its spicy.
That is insanely spicy.
Maybe I shouldn't have bitten into that chili.
But you can see, that is what it's all about right there,
that thick lentil bean gravy.
You can smell the cumin.
Bangladesh is amazing, and you have to visit.
We're having the best time ever guys,
really delicious food,
really friendly people.
And just, I can't get enough.
- [Narrator] And after that perfect street snack,
we're bringing you for one of the ultimate beef dishes
in the world,
The Mezbani beef.
And we were lucky enough to meet with Mr. Monju.
Owner of Mezpan Haileayun,
to bring us into the kitchen to see how it's made.
- And Mr. Monju here, is bringing us into his kitchen,
to show us how the Mezbani beef is made.
And it's right in here, right?
- Okay.
- So this is all a Mezbani beef preparation.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Oh, look at this.
So what do we have here?
So this is for Masala.
So ginger, garlic.
Wow.
Amazing.
Oh and here's a ginger.
Oh and this is the Mezbani beef?
- Yeh.
- Oh. So this is Mezbani beef.
Chittagonian Mezbani beef.
Look at that. Wow! That is thick.
So what are we putting in here?
- [Foreign Language] beef.
- Beef. And this is all Masala he's putting there
- Black Masala.
- Black Masala
- Yeah. We are addicted to the beef, all the time.
- Addicted to beef.
Wow!
So this is just one, and we've got a lineup.
This is the same Mezbani beef?
- No, chanar dal.
- Oh chanar dal.
There it is. So the dal is not added in here yet?
- Yeah
- Oh but this just smells amazing.
We've got a row of,
- Jadel, put the dal now.
- Pots, putting the dal in okay,
And that just smells so delicious,
over top, this is wood charcoal.
- Yeah wood charcoal,
this is especially for the spices.
- Wow.
- If you don't cook with this one,
then the taste won't be as good as it should be.
- Oh and this is the dal here.
- Yeah.
- So we're gonna mix this in with the beef?
- The beef yeah.
- So it's a beef dal mix.
- Yeah
- Ooh lentils. And here we go.
Okay. And here we go.
The dal is going right in to that pot. Ho, ho, ho!
So this is dal and beef. Dal beef.
And we're going to try that in a bit.
And the aroma of the beef is going to infuse into there.
Wow. Oh yeah.
So those lentils are gonna get nice and soft.
Oh, just a little water in there as well.
And this production line is just so cool to watch.
We've got so many of these bags full of spicy curries,
and dals
and we're just pouring water and lentils in there.
Wow.
- And we are using all the organic things.
- Oh really.
- Mustard oil, organic spices as you have seen.
- Yeah, you can actually smell that mustard.
- Yeah.
- Oooh and fresh green chili.
That's gonna be spicy.
So it's mustardy, fresh chilis, tons of masala,
tons of fresh, soft looking beef.
Oh. And that is just beautiful.
Oh look at that. Wow.
Amazing!
Wow!
That is just looking so thick.
Did you grow up eating this at the festivals?
- Absolutely.
- Yeah, yeah.
- When you're a kid was this your favorite?
- Everybody lived, everybody in Chittagong
even whoever lives in Chittagong, they love this.
- They love the beef.
So beef is part of the culture here in Chittagong.
- Yeah yeah, especially Mezbani beef.
- Mezbani beef.
- And after gazing and eyeing all
the individual spices roasting over the fire,
all to make the masala.
We made our way to Mezban Haileayun to have a feast.
This is the dal, oh and the beef. Oh!
- This is Kala bhuna.
- Beef Kala bhuna.
- Yes.
- Oh wow! And more.
This is amazing. Wow!
So we've got, this is kind of like a Nehari.
- We just call nola.
- So this is nola.
- Yeah.
- So it's a beef stew.
- Yeah.
- with the bones.
And then we've got the traditional
Chittagongian beef Mezbani,
and I heard actually that people in Chittagong
most of the time,
if they get sick
it's because too much beef
they go to the hospital and look at this.
This is the beautiful incredibly thick beef dal.
So we've got dal, tons of lentils and huge chunks of beef.
Wow! Look at that.
That is beautiful.
Thick beef mezbani.
So this is dal and beef mix.
- Yeah.
- You can see the whole lentils in there,
that look so filling and healthy and wholesome and spicy.
And then this is the famous,
- Khala bhuna
- Dry style Khala bhuna.
- Khala bhuna is black, color is black.
- Okay. And this is just a beautiful concoction of joy here.
Look at that guys. We've got the triple combo.
We've got the beef Khala bhuna,
we've got the Mezbani beef
and we've got a dal beef mixture.
It's all beef, super happy and delicious.
You can really feel that hot beef, is just tender.
- How is it.
- Mm mmm.
Oh well.
Oh. It's tender.
- Thank you so much
- For that gravy, you can really taste.
There's definitely some cumin and coriander seed.
- Oh yeah.
- Oh right over that rice.
Oh, pouring it over the rice.
That is so delicious.
Life doesn't get any better than that.
We're gonna take a little bit of that beef Khala Bhuna,
which is the dry style beef with onions.
And we're just going to pour that gravy over
the rice and the beef there.
Wow.
Mmmmm
Oh yeah.
- Good right?
- That is really good.
That gravy right there, is worth flying the Chittagong for,
right here. We've got a rich cinamony,
spice pack goodness, dry style.
So it's condensed, and thick.
Oh and look at that gelatinous,
wow, huge bone and you can just slurp out the marrow.
- Yes, or it can fall like this.
- Oh look at all that gelatinous fat,
and we're just gonna.
Oh.
Just hit it.
Oh there it is.
Oh, satisfying beef joy here,
in delicious Chittagong.
Oh, oh.
Oh that is pure jelly.
So fatty, it's like drinking,
it's like slurping delicious, fatty gelatinous.
Cow aroma. It's not so spicy it's more smooth,
and we're just gonna get a bit of rice with that
and mix it all in.
Mmmmm.
Oh yeah.
- [Narrator] And after that incredible feast,
we're getting up at five a.m.
the next morning to bring you
for the ultimate breakfast bones stew.
One of the most fatty
and flavor filled stews you'll ever eat.
- Awesome guys and we're starting out super early
at the Doorstop gear hotel.
Hey mama. Wow.
We're gonna get beef Nehari.
The Nehari special.
And look at this huge pot,
this huge pot of giant Nehari.
Wow. This is amazing. So we've got this huge pot
of Nehari beef soup,
and we're rolling out parathas here.
Incredible. They've got paratha and naan.
And you can order up this super rich
beef delicacy to go with that.
Oh and there they are, you get a bone
and you can just scoop out the bone marrow ,
slurp it out with each one.
Amazing. Wow.
And we've got a naan station over here,
deep pan or oven full of naan.
And, we're rolling out paratha over here as well.
Oh and that oven is just packed.
Oh, those actually smell kind of like pancakes.
Sweet. And savory.
Oh.
Wow, that's beautiful Nehari.
Unbelievable. Wow.
And there's so many spices in there guys,
masala and ghee, tzaziki, chili, oh cinnamon.
So much going on in there,
and that is going to be fatty and sloppy.
Oh purely satisfying to scoop up with the naan
and slurp out the bone marrow from the Nehari.
The Nola.
That is one of the most potent,
satisfying blends of beef and spices in the world.
And it is packed. 5:30 in the morning.
There's, there's so many people here enjoying this
thick rich Nehari.
I just love how busy this joint is guys.
Five in the morning.
So packed. We're going for Nehari heaven. Wow!
Unbelievable.
Hey mama.
Oh thank you mama.
Oh, look at that bone
of satisfying
the life that is so hot and fresh.
And you can just slurp out the marrow from the hole.
There's just an ultra rich, beef, fat desi ghee, chili,
masala, little bit of mustard oil, coriander,
it's all mixed in there.
First thing we're gonna do is take some of this ultra
fluffy, ultra satisfying.
Oh ho ho. Oh and look at that gelatinous fatty beef. Joy.
Oh. Look at that.
Mmmmmm. Oh wow. That is so good
And messy.
It's all about the fatty,
slightly spicy,
slightly mustardy, slightly cinnamony.
Oh delicious, sloppy goodness with that naan.
We're going to try and get the bone marrow out here guys.
Oh it's sloppy. Push it harder.
Oh. Oh there it is. Look at that.
There is all the fatty bone marrow coming out.
This is the ultimate sloppy delight here.
Mmmmmm.
Oh beautiful Nehari.
Thank you, bye bye.
That was just amazing guys.
- [Narrator] And next up
we're bringing you to an ultimate Chittagong feast
of Bengali boarders a.k.a delicious mashed spicy
fish and vegetable dishes, that'll make your mouth
come alive.
- We're just crossing the street
now exploring Chittagong guys, Chittagong is amazing.
There's so much here and we have tons of food to eat today.
Hey Mama. Here we go guys.
Going to the Nizam hotel,
for famous famous Chittagong foods.
And here we are guys, the Nizam hotel. Thank you Mama.
Right here.
Here we go.
Hey Mama. Nizam hotel?
(agreement from workers)
Nizam hotel. Chittagong.
And chef Lee down here.
He's going to bring us in,
to the kitchen of Nizam Hotel.
This is beautiful.
Oh. Chittagong specials.
Oh, what's this fish.
Oh, look at the curries here guys.
We've got fish curry. Ilish?
Ilish. Oh we've got Ilish fish which is Bangladeshi special.
Look at all the color here. So much action.
So these are the Vorta.
- Vorta.
- Look at the color and we've got like
three layers here of pure Vorta heaven.
Chittagong, Nizam hotel. (workers confirm happily)
Wow!
There is just so much fish in Bangladesh guys.
All of this is delicious fish curry.
- Chinras.
- Yes shing fish.
- Shingfish. From Cox bazaar.
- Reef fish.
- Oh reef fish.
Oh the famous Bangladeshi reef fish curry.
Wow and everything is so thick here.
Beautiful. Oh and look turkey.
Beautiful.
- Big, big turkey food. You got chicken.
- Oh big chicken, turkey.
Oh tasty.
Look at that guys.
We've got
- Mutton dal.
- It's dal?
- Mutton, mutton.
- Oh. Oh mutton curry, mutton stew.
- Yeah, goat meat.
- Oh I just look at that dal guys, the color here.
Wow that looks so thick and hearty, beautiful!
You can see we've got double
stirring action going on here.
- Right. Oh. Yeah.
- Oh fish fry.
- Rota fish fry.
Oh beautiful food here in Chittagong.
- Nizam hotel.
- Wow. Fish fry. Yeah, Nizam hotel.
Wow. And fish is so famous in Bangladesh.
It is the land of fish,
the land of delicious fish.
Thank you Mama.
Oh and it's all coming out.
Beautiful. The Chittagong Nizam Hotel
curries and vortas.
Thank you Mama.
Oh. This is crazy. Oh. There's so much here.
- [Narrator] If you love curry
eating a Chittagonian and feast like this
will please all of your spice cravings.
Where you're served a huge variety of spicy fish and mutton
and chicken and turkey and duck curries.
Along with a huge selection of mashed vortas.
Like dried fish vorta, loita fish fry, shim beam curry
bitter melon bhajis and more.
And you only pay for the food you touch.
- Wow, that's beautiful.
So what do we have?
- Friend. Friendly.
- Friendly, Bangladesh friendly. Yeah.
Very friendly people here.
Biriyani, the duck Biriyani
And then you put the duck on top right.
OK. Let's do that.
We're just going to pour that gravy.
Oh, and the duck.
Oh look at that duck biriyani.
And then we're just gonna get that gravy all over top there
and this is beautiful Chittagong food.
Everything smells so rich, so thick, so potent,
so intense, so real. Here. Bangladesh special.
And the beauty about this is that you can take
all of these rich Bangladesh curries and vortas,
mix them with your rice. we've got plain rice over here.
And everything just smells so intense.
Thank you mama. Plain rice. Yeah.
Thank you. I'm, let's try it out.
Mmmm
Oh yeah.
Oh that is really delicious.
Chittagong is amazing. Bangladesh is amazing.
That is so rich. And the duck flavor.
Bangladesh. Chittagong. Number one.
This is awesome.
And there's also so much seafood here.
We've got prawns.
And then look at all of the fish here.
We've got so many different fish dishes.
And that's what Bangladesh is known for.
Delicious fresh fish.
We've got fish. Fish. Fish. Fish. Fish. Fish.
It's all here. And this is loita fish here,
Let's try it out.
Dry fish with red chili.
Mmm. Oh, it's full of bones.
But you can crunch through them.
Spicy. Oh, it's really spicy. And mustardy.
That's fantastic.
Got to give a huge thanks to my buddy Asseed,
for showing us around and recommending all these joints.
Thanks so much man.
- Welcome Trevor.
To all the viewers, you must have tracked Trevor,
that is the AKA Food Ranger.
And, you must come to beautiful Bangladesh.
And my city Chittagong.
- So beautiful here.
Thanks a lot for watching guys. +