- Check it out guys. It's Trevor James.
We are in Dubai, UAE, and I am so pumped
'cause today we're gonna be bringing you
the ultimate unique multicultural food adventure.
Let's go check it out.
(upbeat music)
Get ready for the ultimate multicultural food tour
of the UAE, because here throughout UAE
there's so much delicious food from all around the world
and today we're bringing you in for five different locations
of some of the most delicious food in the whole country.
So make sure to watch all the way until the end,
'cause this video is packed with the most delicious food.
Let's eat.
You guys, first up, one of the things I love most
about UAE is how international it is.
So today we're gonna be bringing you
for a full-on international food adventure
and first up, of course, we're gonna go for
a local breakfast, Emirati food, Arabic breakfast.
We're driving out to the desert
to an amazing camp Al Khayma heritage camp
and it's gonna be a lot of fun.
Let's go check it out.
Here we are. Emirati Breakfast.
Thank you Kareem. - Welcome.
- Let's go, look at this!
Thank you.
Wow! Right deep in that desert.
Let's go check it out. Look at this guys.
Kareem - Welcome to Al Khayma camp.
- Good to see you. - We have everything.
Happy to see you. - Here we're are.
Wow. Amazing. Beautiful.
Look at this.
Ah, thank you. What's this?
- It is a rose water.
- Rose water. Oh, beautiful!
Here we are.
Look at this guys!
Full-on Emirati breakfast.
(speak speaks in a foreign language)
Wow. It's a tea and coffee?
Way to start the morning,
Arabic tea and maybe we'll get an Arabic coffee too.
Thank you very much.
Hmm. Oh, that's great.
Oh, a little sweet and tart on me.
Oh, and here's a coffee.
That's rich Arabic coffee, right in the desert.
Thank you very much.
Thank you and then right here. Look at this guys.
Good morning! - Hello.
How are you?
- Hello.
- Oh, look at this.
She's starting with the batter right on the pan.
Oh, here's the egg.
Nice, little cream cheese on there.
Nice. So we got the Rugag bread and then the lukimat,
like a sweet dough ball and then they covered in date syrup,
I believe.
I think there's more to it, actually.
Let's see how it's done.
It is rolled up. Look at that. Nice.
Wow. Cut like a pizza.
Wow, nice and there we are.
Let's go eat breakfast now, guys.
I think we're going to eat it right in the desert over here.
Thank you!
We're with Abud.
- Welcome.
- He's been with us at Al Khayma restaurant last year
with our buddy Payman.
And now you guys have opened up this camp, right?
And you've got breakfast and dinner and it's all here.
Emarati Breakfast?
- Yes.
- Ohh, look at that!
- [Server] ...and eggs, balalid.
- [Host] Balalid?
This is so is this like a, like a rice noodle thing?
- Yes. Kind of rice.
- [Host] Like a sweet with a almond on top.
- [Server] Oh yes. Omelet on top.
- [Host] Pistachio almond. Oh wow!
And then we got some beautiful bread.
what's this one called?
- [Server] It's called (indistinct).
Go here.
- [Host] Just take the bread by hand here?
- Yes. You can do that.
- [Host] And then just take it down.
Oh, look at that!
Emirati scrambled eggs. Wow!
Mm. Oh wow!
Oh, that's amazing!
- Bit tomato
- Lightly spices there like some...
- Yeah, lightly spices and just a little bit soft spices.
- Some cumin or something in there?
- Yes. Cumin is there.
- Mm! - And tomato sauce.
- Wow. And that's a beautiful breakfast
but it's warming up now.
The morning is progressing.
It's getting hot.
Let's go in the tent and finish this up.
Beautiful. And what do we have here?
- Emirati? - Emirati!
- Emirati style. Oh, ah.
Look at that!
And there we are.
Ready for the Emirati breakfast.
So now we can try dango.
It's like a boiled chickpeas with...
- [Server] Boiled chickpeas with the spices.
- [Host] And then the?
- [Server] This is the bagela.
- [Host] Okay. The broad bean?
Let's try the boiled Chickpea.
Those are giant like bell chilies in there.
Mm, and cumin, right?
Cumin. - Mm mm mm
You can taste the cumin. Nice!
Oh nutritious.
Very nice. Amazing breakfast.
Amazing day!
Thanks. Sej Sanjay.
- Thank you so much everyone.
- [Host] Thank you Abud.
- [Abud] Thank you very much.
- [Host] Thank you Kareem.
- [Kareem] Thank you very much.
- [Host] Amazing breakfast.
- [Kareem] I was glad meeting you. Thank you.
- [Host] And next up, before visiting the ultimate Chinese
hand-pulled noodle master,
the most incredible Persian food cooked in a rock oven.
And more.
We're going in for the ultimate giant Yemeni Mandi platter.
You gotta see this.
Okay, next up guys, with my friend Bruna
who's just flown into UAE.
We are driving into Sharjah which is another Emirate.
There's a lot of good food and a lot of different
Emirates in UAE.
And right up ahead, we're going for a Yemeni Mandi platter.
It's gonna be a lot of fun.
- Nice. Super excited.
- Let's go eat!
- Let's go!
- Okay, and here we are.
Right up here.
Be Al Mandi.
Super excited to eat this.
It's good. It's a big giant lamb platter.
They got a lot of different Arabic food.
And it's just right up here.
Here we go.
Mr. Erbanaster, how are you? - Fine.
- Nice to see you. Nice to see you.
Good, thank you.
Okay. And we're just going into the kitchen.
We're gonna see some very special dishes here today.
- It's gonna be awesome.
- It's gonna be amazing.
Oh, Abenaser is bringing us in here.
Okay, come take a look at the rice.
Look at this. They're scooping out the rice.
So this is the The Mandi rice? - Yes.
- Holy moly! Look at that!
Okay. And we're just
about to witness the opening of Mandi Rice here.
Bruna's first time. - Oh my god!
- [Host] Here it is.
Ooh, look at the color!
- [Bruna] Oh my God. Look at that.
- [Host] Wow, it's so beautiful.
Loaded with saffron and light spices.
- Can't wait to get my hands in there.
- Oh my.
- Literally - Yeah, amazing.
Yeah. Literally.
- Amazing. - Yeah.
So we're gonna eat this with a big platter.
We're gonna get camel, we're gonna get chicken Mandi,
we're gonna get barbecue chicken.
So many types of amazing food here.
Oh, here it comes. Look at the rice!
Oh, you can smell light saffrons.
Oh, beautiful.
- [Bruna] Amazing.
- [Host] And then you have the chicken mandi
inside here, right?
Wow.! - [Bruna] Look at that!
- [Host] Look at that.
Wow. Secret spice chicken mandi.
So colorful. They're baked in the oven, right?
Oh, and this light spices.
You can actually, oh, see the saffron color
- [Bruna] Crispy. Look at that.
- Wow. - Water coming out of it.
- [Host] Beautiful. And you get this with the rice.
A whole chicken.
- [Bruna] Wow!
- [Host] Oh, mutton shoulder. Wow!
- [Bruna] Oh my God.
- That's amazing.
Oh, and just garnishing it with the fried onions.
Oh, and what's this?
- Bukhari.
- Oh, bukhari. Oh, it's got the raisins, the carrots.
Yes. Okay.
And here's, oh, this is ours here?
Wow. So what do we have here?
Chicken. - Chicken Mandi
- Oh, that's camel?
- [Server] Yes.
- [Host] Oh, it's juicy?
Okay, let's go.
Let's go eat.
- So this is it.
- Let's go try it out.
- Let's try it out.
Okay. And Abunashi is taking us into the family room here.
We're gonna have the local experience.
- Oh! Thank you Abunashi, you're amazing.
- Oh my God!
- You have so much amazing food!
And here we are. Look at this, Bruna.
- Oh my God!
- Your first time, you just landed in UAE.
- I just landed in UAE. This is my first time.
And this looks like something that I really wanna try out.
- There's a lot of food here to try in UAE.
- So much food.
- Today we're combing for the ultimate, look at this.
This is a Yemeni Mandi platter
but we've actually got a lot more here.
Look, starting with the rice.
Three different types of rice.
Ah, meats, there's a few varieties.
This is the Bukhari rice.
You can see it's actually got almonds and cashews.
Raisins, fried onions,
underneath here we've got the Mandi rice.
Oh, it's infused
with some light spices and oh, a little saffron.
Here, we've got the kabsa rice.
But actually look at all these types of meat as well.
Let's go in for this kabsa rice with the camel first.
Let's try that out. Ooh.
- [Bruna] I'm gonna have to try the camel first.
- [Host] Look at that.
Just breaking it apart.
Take a little of this salsa.
- Alright. This is my first time eating with hands as well.
- Here we go. Really? - Yeah.
Alright. - Take it down.
Mm. Mm. - Mm.
- Whoa. Oh, that's amazing flavor. Mm.
It's like an upgraded beef. Mm.
Full flavor. And that kabsa rice.
It's seasoned so nicely.
Let's try this chicken mandi. - Okay.
- [Host] Look it that.
You can just, oh, just falls apart with time.
- Wow, look at that!
- Let's try it out. - Let's go for it.
Mm. That's good too.
It's so juicy!
- And it's much better eating with your hands.
- That is insanely delicious.
- You can just get in there.
- Look at that platter!
Oh, and what do we have here?
Oh, mutton Haneeth.
That's the Haneeth leg.
Let's try it out, mutton Haneeth.
Oh my God.
That's so flavorful. - Mmm!
- [Host] It's naturally smokey from the oven.
- Oh wow!
- Melt in your mouth.
Some of the juiciest lamb you'll ever eat.
Overall an amazing meal.
We've got the mutton haneeth. We got the barbecue chicken.
All the rices flavored differently,
but it's all super fluffy, aromatic.
Generally it's fairly light
but you can still taste the spices.
Very flavorful.
And there's just so much good food to eat here.
Thank you guys.
- Thank you guys. Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
- It was so delicious. - So good.
- Thank you guys.
- Thank you.
- Thank you. Have a nice day.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you. It was so delicious.
- Thank you.
- Thank you. We're gonna go eat this for dinner now too.
Too nice of you. Thank you so much.
- That was amazing.
- Wow, guys. That was amazing. - So amazing.
- Awesome food here!
- Awesome food. Amazing food.
- [Host] And next up, before visiting the ultimate version
feast and more, we're going to an amazing local
Chinese Muslim hand-pulled noodle joint.
Getting right into the kitchen and seeing how it's made.
Let's eat!
Okay, here we are, guys.
Qua Chinese. Here we are guys.
Impressions. Let's go.
(speaks foreign tongue)
And Mr. Maz bringing us into the kitchen here to see.
Wow! Look at the skills!
Okay, so he is just mixing in some ingredients here.
Look at this, little salt, chicken stock, starch going
into the bok choy.
Wow. (speaks foreign language)
Okay. And here's the show dry younggo.
Oh, look at that!
That's literally like lamb... - Mutton!
- Lamb mutton chop.
Whoa! And look at this guys.
We're with Ma Tachu here.
Chef Ma. He's really amazing. (foreign language)
Smells amazing.
We're gonna make look, beef ribs here covered
in spicy chili.
And then we're gonna see the hand-pulled noodles.
Different chili paste going in, big onion.
And then here's the beef. Look at this.
Wow! Jano laja.
It's got chili, soy sauce, oyster, little starch going in?
Look at that.
Here it is.
Oh, he's got the bed of bok choy on the bottom.
Wow. Okay. And it's not done.
Let's see what he is putting on next.
Oh yeah. More chili lajau.
Oh, garlic onion. Oh, dry chili.
Oh, watch out! Szechuan peppercorn going in.
Oh, he's sizzling it! Look at that.
Wow! Sizzled chili oil on top.
(speaks foreign language)
- Thank You.
- Amazing guys, that smells so amazing.
That chili oil sizzle on top.
Okay, next up we're seeing the Lamian. Nihau.
Here we go.
Mada Chu is gonna lamian here.
He is gonna pull the noodle.
(speaks foreign language)
Oh, look at the skills here.
Wow.
Amazing. Right in the boiling water.
Wow. Look at this.
So we got the kwanda.
Oh, kwanda the the fat style Landro Lamian.
Okay. Little bit of green onion shangtie.
Oh, then here's the stalk.
That's (indistinct)
Wow. Thai Shang, smells so good.
And then we'll get the new roll.
New roll (speaks foreign language)
It's really beautiful with the Lao, the chili oil on top.
You need chili oil, extra beef. Thank you.
Okay. And just look at this guys.
We've got the mejun new pie, the secret,
that signature spicy chili sauce.
And he put that sizzling chili oil on top of it.
We've got the shol young boiled mutton.
We've got some fried bok choy.
And then their signature.
This is what you come here for, guys.
This. Oh, look!
And I ordered kwanda, the fat noodles.
Let's try it out. Mmm.
That is extremely aromatic, extremely flavorful beef stock.
One of the top soups of the world, for sure.
Absolutely delicious.
Next up, let's try the signature secret beef spare ribs.
Look at that.
(indistinct) Seth Mao literally sizzling oils
on that afterwards.
That's where the infused flavor comes from.
- Mmm! - Really good.
- It's really good.
- I also make this food.
- [Host] Whoa. The aroma in that oil is infused
with chili numbing Sichuan peppercorns, and the beef.
It's so soft. Look at that. It just falls off the bone.
Amazing day.
We're gonna finish up this meal and go for more food.
Dubai is full of awesome food.
(speaks foreign language)
Bye-bye. - Bye-bye.
- It was very good. Thank you.
- See you.
Amazing, guys that was just amazing noodles.
Just some of the variety you can get in Dubai.
Food from all over the world.
And we're going for more.
Let's jump in the car and go. More food.
And next up.
Before going for the ultimate massive Thai feast,
we're going to a super amazing Persian restaurant
serving classic Persian kebabs
and super amazing sangak bread cooked in a stone oven.
Okay. And next up guys, we're just driving
through downtown Dubai and it wouldn't be complete
without some juicy, juicy kebabs.
We're gonna bring you for some ultimate Persian kebabs.
Let's go check it out.
How are you Boss?
Curry Special kebab?
All right guys, look at this.
They just invited us right in
to see the sangak bread right away.
And kebab. Oh, look at this!
Salam. Salam.
Wow! Thank you so much.
Look at this. Wow. Thank you. (laughs)
They make this bread in this giant stone oven.
So this is how it starts.
You can see this beautiful dough
little sesame and nigella seeds on top.
Look at the padding here.
Wow. And he's just using the fingers to compress it.
Wow. And look at the length of this paddle.
There's a little more sesame and nigella.
This is classic version on the stone bread.
You can see the stones back in the oven.
Look at that. Right on the stones.
Thank you. Thank you.
Wow. Look at the sangak.
Thank you. - You know sangak is...
- Yeah. (speaks foreign language) (laughs)
Look at this.
This is Khoory special kabob.
Some of the best Persian mixed grill.
Sangak bread and and maybe mix and dizi.
Is that okay? - Okay.
- Here's the kebob!
Looking good. Thank you.
(laughs) No, here it is.
Okay. And here's the dizi.
Thank you. Oh, this is the moment.
Wow. The special signature dizi, classic Persian dish.
Look at that.
That's big lamb chunks.
Potato lamb fat. Oh, oh, look at that.
Look at that fat. That's pure lamb fat.
Wow. And this is the Iranian Stew dizi.
It's like a hearty mutton Persian soup,
thickened with chickpeas, white beans
onion, potato, tomato, turmeric, and dried lime.
It's gonna be really aromatic with spices.
Oh, chickpeas.
Chickpeas in there. And beans.
Oh, it's perfect like a lamb
and mashed potato, tomato, chickpeas, gravy.
It's turning into a gravy.
Oh, here it comes. (laughs)
Look at that.
Thank you. Wow!
And here we are, Farhad just gave us,
just made this dizi for us.
Look at that.
That's the most beautiful rich lamb stew.
We've got the classic Persian kebabs here.
Look at this, mixed grill.
Mini mixed grill for one.
We've got the koobideh, we've got the saffron chicken
we've got the yogurt kebab.
I think first thing we gotta do is make one of these.
Look at this.
Okay. Make some bread. Look at this guys.
This is the signature soul of Iranian food.
Koobideh. My personal favorite. Ho, ho, ho.
Load up some tomato on there, load up some fresh basil.
And then just give it a little wrap.
And this is what it's all about right here.
Just take it down. Mmm, mmm, mmm.
(laughs)
Look at that flavor right there in that koobideh.
It's so juicy. So delicious. Melt in your mouth.
Delicious fatty koobideh
with the fresh basil, the grilled tomatoes.
That's one of the top kebabs of the world right there.
Okay, next up guys.
Look, we got this giant sangak bread.
We gotta try that dizi. Look, that mash.
It's like a chickpea, lamb, tomato, potato mash.
And look, here's the gravy.
That's the fat he literally melted.
Whoa. Look at the fat melted in there.
Let's just take that, a little touch of basil on there.
Oh, that's a mouthful.
Mm mmm. Oh! (laughs) Mmm.
This right here.
That lamb fat gives so much flavor to that stew.
It literally is like an upgraded mashed potatoes
because you've got that delicious fatty lamb in there
with the chickpeas, tomato.
What a beautiful meal. We're gonna keep eating.
Try some lamb chop and go for more food.
(speaks foreign language)
Thank you. (laughs) So good.
Thank you guys.
Hey guys.
And to finish up the day, we are just exploring.
I love exploring.
We're driving around different Emirates of the UAE.
We're in Ajman now, and I'm craving Thai cuisine.
So we're gonna go find, I think there's a,
we just found a awesome looking Thai place
just right up ahead.
Let's go check it out guys.
Let's go get some Thai food.
Awesome. And here we are, guys.
Just got in. Look at this.
This one right here. That must be the pad kapow.
Fried basil leaf with beef or chicken or seafood combo.
That's the classic. That's one of my favorite dishes.
Let's get that. We should order.
And after a quick order, our table was full of food.
Oh wow. Here we are.
And then the green, oh, it's all here now.
- Green curry with chicken.
- Green, wow!
- This one (indistinct)
- That's the raw shrimp, right?
Whoa! Thank you.
We got the pad krapow.
That's the minced chicken with chili.
Wow. We got the pad Thai, classic Thai noodles.
We've got raw shrimp with chili.
This is in probably a fermented fish sauce.
Or maybe just a little bit
of a spicy papaya salad style sauce.
And then classic green curry.
And we've got some fried morning glory over here as well.
And then you can see they serve it with dry chili
with sugar, with chili and vinegar and chili in soy.
And let's just, wow!
Let's just get right in here.
Ah. Food in UAE is so diverse.
Oh. And we're just gonna add it onto our noodles.
Look at this.
You literally just add your green curry onto the noodles.
I think that's what the boss said you can do.
So, ah, wow. Let's do that.
It's like a green curry noodle soup.
Here we go.
Mm mm-mmm!
That's really good, that's fantastic.
Mmm. It's definitely lightly spicy and lightly sweet.
Aromatic mmm.
You can take a kafir lime leaves.
Creamy with coconut milk.
Lemongrass aroma.
Mmm. Loving it here guys.
Hope you enjoyed this video.
It's been an amazing time.
Exploring all of this multicultural diverse food
in the UAE.
Oh, let's try this.
This big bite of pepper pow.
Minced chicken with Chilean Thai basil.
Mmm, mmm!
Awesome. Guys, I hope you enjoyed
that multicultural food tour around the UAE.
It was a lot of fun. So much good food.
As you can see, there's food
from a ton of different nationalities here in UAE.
So happy to be based here.
And I hope you enjoyed the video.
Please leave me a comment down below.
Thanks so much for watching.