Rare ALBANIAN MOUNTAIN FOOD!! Remote Mountain Village near Montenegro | Çerem, Albania
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On the second full day of my second Albania trip, my boy Erjan and I drove north from Daias village to explore the beautiful Lake Koman area in northern Albania! Come along with us as we take a ferry ride across the lake and have some rare Albanian mountain food in a remote mountain village near the Montenegro border!
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My morning began on the Lake Koman Ferry, which operates between the towns of Koman and Fierzë. It’s known for its beautiful, scenic mountain lake views and for being pretty unpredictable, as it’s frequented by tourists, locals, and animals!
The ride takes 2.5 hours and is a must when you visit northern Albania! You can only take the ferry during the summer months, and the ride costs 800 leke/roughly $7.66 USD.
Pro tip: always bring food on the ferry! Luckily, we found a vendor selling some cevapcici hot dogs.
The cevapcici hot dog was cheap and just OK. Then, we boarded the ferry, which had three levels. The bottom level was for the cars, and the two decks were for passengers. It was packed because it was a Saturday, and it was the last week the ferry would run for the year. It was also delayed by about 30 minutes.
It got cold out, so we went back inside the car to warm up. We had an amazing view of the gorgeous, rugged mountains and trees surrounding us. The Albanian Alps are stunning! There are lots of ancient Roman settlements in these mountains. It reminded me of the ride I took down the Danube years ago!
Erjan and I slept for about an hour and arrived in Fierzë and hit the road again! We passed through the small town of Tropojë and got into an off-road vehicle down a rough and unpaved mountain road get to Çerem.
The road was rough and unpaved and led us into a mountain valley that looked almost exactly like Theth or Switzerland. The village was only a few houses and very rustic.
We stopped at the Kujtim Cocaj Guesthouse. They were drying wild apples outside. There were lots of bees and flies around them. Then, I went into the kitchen, where they were making byrek, baked beef, a pumpkin pie with corn flour, a unique lakror, and more!
I got some strong raki and explored the garden and valley to see some cows grazing. The cheese that comes from these cows is the best!
Back at our outdoor table, we had cheese, yogurt, bread, salad, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, a pepper and cheese tava, three different byreks, lakror, and more.
The cornbread-like bread was amazing, and the beans were hearty and tasty! Next was the lakror, which was sweet and herbal and contained some delicious cabbage. I loved the crispy cornmeal crust! It was a little spicy, too!
The pumpkin byrek was full of layers and nice and crispy on the outside. We also had some insane, thick yogurt, which was like a sour cream cheese. I loved it with the byrek! What a combination of sweet, sour, and creamy! The goat cheese was also thick and salty.
I also had a super juicy pepper as well as some peppers and cheese. The ones with the cheese were hot! But it was so organic and healthy. I’d never had a dish like that before! The best thing to do was to dip some bread in the cheese.
Then, we had some thick sheep milk, which had the consistency of yogurt. It was heavenly and chunky! Then, we jumped on the baked beef, which was nice and fatty. I loved it with the sheep milk!
Then, we left the village and saw an amazing waterfall in the mountains. We had wanted to hike there, but because of the delay with the ferry, we only had 2 hours there instead of the 4 we needed.
What an awesome experience!
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Thank you David very awesome.
god bless you and God bless the great Albania. I can't wait to see my birth place Pejë
Greetings from the Netherlands (Amsterdam) you are always welcome if you will come to visit Amsterdam. Be safe.❤️🖤🇦🇱
p.s. Thank you for not lying fool you the propaganda nonsens from people that have killed our people.
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I love all your videos.. I watch your videos every morning when I wake up .. I been addicted with..
Greetings from croatia to Albanian Brothers 🇭🇷🇦🇱👍
RESPECT 🇦🇱🇽🇰
We are not brothers.
This country is so beautiful mountains, beaches, lake's have everything but need to invest a bit to infrastructure
It’s the best!
@@Davidsbeenhere yeah because italy is too common now🤣🤭
They r but Rome was not built in one day LoL
Thanks though 👍
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David has explored Albania more than 99% of Albanians!
Facts
True
I am part of 1% 😎but in the remote times
Cause we broke as fuck bro 😅
Albania looks so beautiful! The food looks delicious! I wish I was eating it now. I’m loving this series.
David you make me feel much in love with my country, every time I watch you're Videos I think I am there with you and eating same food as you miss my country, I just want from bottom off my hart thank you for being in Albanian 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
When David says uhmm,more bread.You know its good.
Hello David! Hi from 🇧🇾! Last summer we was at Coman, very pleased see you video, thanks you.!!!!
David i love your videos from the beautiful country Albania 🇦🇱 you do such great tours! Beautifullll.👌🤍😍 glad you are back to Albania. Keep exploring and bringing great videos. Excelente job!👏🤍
thank you david for making our quarantine better , greetings from kosova(Albania)🇦🇱
Kosovo (Serbia)
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Albania is beautiful, country with history, mountins and lovely beaches. 💯👌🇦🇱
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Dave, super impressed with your videos brother. I’m Albanian by blood born in NY. God bless brother and hope you enjoyed your time in Albania. You know you’re always welcome to visit. If you ever think about going to Montenegro. My family is 20 minutes from the boarder ( Hani i Hotit )
Dave your from Italian descent that loves Albania so much. Maybe you have Arbëresh blood in you
The same I thought!
I MISS MY FOOD SM😭😭it doesnt taste the same outside of albania, I love that you enjoy it so much!!!
This is a proper village life in Albanian mountains ( in the North, North East) alongside the food. I spent a lot of time at my grandmas eating this kind of food( but with electricity).
This place looks still wild..
They have electricity but cooking with wood fire is cheaper and also makes the food taste better. I live in the center of Fier and many families use fire to warm up their homes and cook a little.
Man after watching your videos I am considering moving to Albania. You are doing a great job. Ciao
Stunning mountains and lakes ...keep safe
Beautiful scenario from the ship.Beautiful village
BEAUTIFUL video na kenaqe shpirtin me kto video
That's my beautiful Albania
Guys ,i told you this place is greater than italy🤣🤣🤭
Thank you David for such a nice advertisement of Albania!😍
Amazing Albania.....
Looks like paradise. Thanks for showing us!
Awesome....drooling🤪👍🏻
I've finished all of albania episodes this is the best episode
Beautiful place, fresh and peaceful.
another great video lovely food enjoy !!
You love the Raki man :) Cheers
Simply Amazing.
I saw a mosque and a church. People are respectuf of each others religion. Thumbs up Albanians.
Have a great time David
Stunning views
this food is UNREAL!
So nice to see you David...love from Guyana,South America..
Thanks for another inspiring food adventure video! We are heading to Albania for the month of September and can’t wait!!!!
E bukura Shqiperi,🌟🍀❤️
WoW. Beautiful beautiful country. I would honestly live there. Very cold in winter but hey keep cosy in your bed. The food looked rustic and hearty. Loved this video. Absolutely love it 🌺💓💞💓🌺
Love your videos keep going!❤️
Beautiful Albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
So close to my beautiful kosova
I have been watching your videos for 2 hours and I miss Albania so much :''') such a small country with so much to offer. AMAZING
Great vid 👍
So damn homesick.. please keep posting more!
DAVID BRO HATS OF TO UR CHOICE THE FOOD THE PLACE VIEWS ARE STUNNING BEAUTIFUL .UR REALLY GENIUS BRO
Me laying in bed and watching
This 😭😭😭
In this side and the side of montenegro lives Albanians!
Mah !!! Albanians live in all bALcan ( this name have our human code AL ) !
But Kosovo is there to
Nice video David
The food looks so fresh :))
lol David , looks like you went back to Albania just got the Raki 🥃😜
yes this is awesome!!
Great Video ☝️
Awesome 👌
Love from India, Assam
That creamy pie looks delicious 😋
Thank goodness 😅 for you Albania is your ✅ticket boy 👦🏽
OMG What an adventure. Now this I so would love as I love nature. The Fairy ride I also would love. Enjoy the water and mountains at the same time. Beautiful !! let me have cevapcici hot dogs lol. Glad you ate now enjoy the ride i know i would. in the car lol.. Awesome with the settlements from ancient Rome! You are so blessed along with the hard work you to do bring and show us all the wonders this world holds. Food looks amazing serve me up!! The food takes on a whole new experience homemade and outside!! Wonderful experience really enjoyed this adventure. ♥♥
Bellissimo montagna.
David, you rock. Your videos are amazing. I mean, you good at it. And you sound so good when you taste that food. And abviously you like rakia lol. Good job man.
Is just good natural 100% Albanian food.🇦🇱❤️
like your hat bro!
Love from Assam..Bro👍
I just had lunch now and watching it video is making me hungry again bro🤣🤣
Good video
Nice video
That looks delicious
Europs last historyical and acient country you are all welcome to visit us ❤
soon Albania 😘😘😘
Nice
If you visit kosovo you must go in ISTOG CITY ,to see very fish restaurant and beautifull places ,please come ,we enjoy with yours beautiful videos ,god bless you
Love from India (Assam )
👍❤
You are best
Love from India
You should try tave dheu & vionez
_"the combination..."_ aha!
lakror, pending on its filling, can be combined with foods that most in the west would never even consider - for example a spring onion and paprika filling in lakror goes with either 🍇 or watermelon 🍉 or stinging nettle with paprika filling goes with a homemade sour plum sauce...
yep..stinging nettles 😆 not the best tasting but omce the sour plum sauce is poured onto the filling it is edible.
fyi to entice children into eating lakror with stinging nettles a coin would be placed inside the filling lol...
killed it bro! long trip and very informative with some great advice.
sending out there ✌
nice
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Kernace is clearly only enjoyed i Korce!
When u going rafting bro ,that should be fun, maybe have a few rakia before🤣👊
FYI for you Dave: Those panini (or panine as we call them) with kebabs are a bit far from what I enjoyed in 2003 at "Daj Meti" (uncle Met) an old man in Pazari i Ri (New Bazaar) in Tirana. He used to cook the kebabs over ember fire slow, very slow and the place was full of smoke. At Daj Meti on top of those kebabs you put sea salt mixed with powdered non spicy red pepper. The taste was heavenly. Unfortunately, daj Meti has passed away and his son-in- law has totally destroyed the product. However, you may still find similar to daj Meti's but I have not been lucky and I am Albanian??? Hahaha
wonderful trip. how to get in touch with the guide?
Lol David you had to go back huh? Do you want to plan a stay at vlore? I will be there in a month or two
Hi. Which time of year do u visit albania.. we going soon this month and it says it will be raining for few days. Is this normal. I need the sunshine.
💙🍴
Now I'm hungry
Hi from Kerala ❤️💛💛💙💛💛
Dude I bought that same jacket in this store called wiki in Tirana
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21:40 actually she said you can stay there and eat healthy and live to become 200 years old :)
This is near Kosova to not just Montenegro and other side border you have Albanian to.
I want hills street food david bro
Is December still hot and sunny there! I went there and the villager told me hasn't been Snowing for 6 years and in the alps of valbona it snow op to 2 metres. This is sad cos global warming is happening.
he was there at october
Not sure why Erjan told you Bajram Curri is called also Tropoja. Tropoja is a huge municipality that includes Bajram Curri which is main town of Tropoja. Wonder if you have watched movie "Taken" with Liam Neeson? Marko from Tropoja! Yes, unfortunately, there are young Albanians around the world today who are engaged in wrongful activities. That's the "gift' of communism that created "the new human" as the communist propaganda brainwashed most Albanians during their reign of terror. But Neeson may be surprised to know that his ancestors in Ireland may as well be a mix with our ancestors.
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bio food is heaven its true
You have to mention the price of the food for general information of the viewers🤔
For a family of 5 around 20 to 40 Euro
Is very very chep. Dont worry
No grosh no party 🤷🏻
Bro wtffff, i was born in Albania and i havent tried most dishes you haveeeeee!!!
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