Albania's MOST POPULAR Food!! Trying Flija + Kukës Attractions | Albania
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The fifth day of my epic trip through Albania and Kosovo began in the city of Kukës, Albania. Come join me as I explore Kukës attractions and try Albania’s most popular food, flija!
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My day began in the beautiful, underrated city of Kukës, about 30 minutes from the Albania/Kosovo border. It’s located about 2.5 hours from Valbona and 3 hours from the capital city, Tirana.
My boy Erjan from Travel Media EU and I were going to kick off our day by visiting the tunnels that were built to keep Albanians safe during the Communism era. They weren’t discovered until 1992, after the Communist regime fell.
The tunnels are pitch dark and can be dangerous, so we wore hard hats for safety. There are no lights in the tunnels, so you need to bring flashlights with you. About 6,000 people can fit inside them at a time. There are rooms inside with unfinished electrical sockets and even toilets. They were constructed but never used.
From there, we took stairs 30 meters further down. The former Albanian leader built similar tunnels in every city! Some of the stairs are slippery, so you have to be careful. Water has entered parts of the lower tunnels.
At the bottom, there’s lots of piling and construction materials, as well as loose wires. There are also unfinished areas and lots of dirt and rocks. No one has explored this area! It’s a little scary but very cool. The hard hat was a savior, as I kept hitting my head on the low ceilings!
Every building from the Communist time has entrances leading down to the tunnels. We came across one of them as we explored. As we got deeper into the tunnels, it got colder and colder.
We put plastic bags over our shoes because the rest of the tunnels are flooded. It’s super wet and muddy.
Once we reached the end of the tunnel, we turned around. The exit was very muddy and impossible to get through, so we looked for another exit. Then, we had to climb up for five minutes to get back outside!
We emerged on a boulevard in the center of Kukës near Memorial Tower. Kukës helped the people of Kosovo by accommodating over 450,000 Kosovar people seeking refuge from the war in 1999.
Then, we headed to Hotel Bar Restaurant America, a beautiful restaurant with rooftop terrace, where you get stunning views of the city, the lake, and the mountains. The views are epic!
We had some raki with the owner. It was smooth and a lot easier to drink than the ones I had the previous night! They say it’s the best raki in the north!
Then, we drove to an unassuming building 5 minutes outside the city to try flija, the most traditional dish in Kukës. It’s a type of layered, savory pie. They have cows, chickens, and roosters there and it smells like a farm.
In the back was a woman preparing the flija by mixing 15 eggs, butter, milk, and water. While she cooked, we tried some lala, which is like a sour, chunky yogurt.
The flija was crunchy and crispy. It was like a combination of an omelet and a pancake. Our friend Edison has a business where he delivers the flija anywhere in Albania!
Next, we headed to Kantina Dogjani, a cantina winery two minutes away. They make wine, raki, and Albania’s first dry gin. They make many different types of wines and rakis!
I watched the distilling process and then we tried some blackberry raki. It’s 40% alcohol by volume but is super smooth. The gin was smooth and generally isn’t my favorite. Then, we had some light, fruity wine made from indigenous grapes.
And that’s it for Kukës!
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Greetings from India!! Albanian people are really warm, I believe, from seeing this.
Thank You 🖤🖤🖤
Indian People are warm too.. greetings from Albania to India !!!
Can we appreciate the amount of hardwork , patience and efforts they put , in making their great videos 👏🏻👏🏻😘❤️🥰😍
Absolutely 😄
@Bio_Taxi_3 on instagram
SCAMMER you're here too
Love from India. 🇮🇳 ❤️
Yes it's beautiful, my husband is Albanian and I am in love whet Him and whet the Country.
Good luck and love in your life.
The only town in the World nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
It’s true
@@galicaif2946 yes
For hosting over 450k Albanians of Kosovo during their expulsion from they houses and country by Serbian Chauvinists
watching your videos has made me realize i need to go back home as soon as possible! love it
Berat maybe 😊😂not kukes
@bio_taxi_3 on instagram
I have made a long list on what to do when i go back.😂
Awesome video David! Your content is very inspiring! 😁👍🏾😁👍🏾
another great video of albania lovely food enjoy !!!
@bio_taxi_3 on instagram
Flija is .Complicated process with simple ingredients .But the entrepreneur skill of the boy is worth appreciation.Also he is trying to deliver across a large area .Good start .
Thank u
BioTaxi 3 delivery to Ksamil?)
@@blutgericht606 I think he does in Saranda
Thanks for 🇦🇱 Albanian Food.. Once Again.. 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹
So Satisfying To Watch 😍Amazing Video 👍🔥 *Fantastic Day Everyone* ♥️♥️
The view from above the building is awesome ,the people look so friendly. Albania looks like a nice place to visit.
Nice to see traditional way of cooking👍
Very beautiful video. Nice creation.
Great work friend. Thank you.
Nice one rrespekte nga Anglia 👌
amazing episode!
17:45 her back have to really hurting at the end of the day.😳
i cant imagine yrs of makn that. 🌹david y'all should buy her a gift as a special thank you to her for makn this for y'all.
That food is really awsome 😁
@Bio_Taxi_3 on instagram
My aunt used to work like that and she developed asthma and other back issues😓
I love the tour of the tunnels
wow this needs to be on travel channel!
It is bunker tunnel and was supposed to be a city underground with everything that a normal city has. It is Kukës underground.
Im from kukes proud you did a video about my origin country
Bravo , my frend.
So Kukes was a stopover? Great! Not the most "touristy" place but hospitable nonetheless.
David and company you all are really brave. I cannot stand enclosed spaces but I am sure it was quite an experience.
Awesome video
Great vidoes
My city 💯👌
I hope you had a great time and enjoyed the food in my home town.
Thank you
David you are a legend! You go so much in detail of history, architecture and food especially Raki. Albania should pay you as an ambassador of Albania around the world. I love your tortoise 🐢 farm.
Thank you for this beautiful message! I am about to release a great video on little albania in the Bronx on Monday. Get ready!
Wow... I’m Albanian and my mom is from this city (kukes). I’ve been there many times and I had no idea those tunnels existed. Incredible. When I talk to her tomorrow I will ask her about it haha.
Great video...but on the ladder in the winery BEFORE all the raki...little dangerous🤪🤪🤪
David you drunk in Raki brooooo
Niceeee
Excellent beautiful thank you very much✅😘💖💕💗🇺🇸
মজা awesome 👌🙏
Great vid 👍
I love this city ❤️🔥
Next week I will leave the London for this beoutiful city Kukes 💪💪
Rri n'londër se mir je, s'ke ça do ktu...
@@azizruda 😂😂😂
I think Shillong gonna miss you bro... ☺️
Me pelqen shqiprija
Nice
They make gin through out Albania, but not that much. Most people just do not prefer it. It's call raki dëllinjë, juniper raki
❤❤❤❤flija
my bro your eyes did not roll back jk 😂😂😂cheer🍻🍻🍻
“OH FLIJA” is my signature catchphrase. You will hear me say this in almost all of my videos 🇦🇱
Interesting that one can produce Raki in Albania without a licence. I don’t about the states but here in Australia one has to have a license to produce alcoholic products. As well alcohol is only sold in authorized establishments. I noticed when on the states it’s sold in supermarkets.
Its Albania not sure anyone cares lol its nothing major.
It's called Western oppression, where everything has a price and is taxed. I live in Australia but was born in former Yugoslavia and am always happier when I'm back in the motherland, the freedom and quality of life I have in Australia is nothing but an illusion.
Welcome in Albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱
I make very delicious "flija" 😋
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Thana - goji berry
Love from India. 🇮🇳
Dont forget to rub the flee for the fleejuice
Kukes where i was born is. 🇦🇱👐🇦🇱
Are there no drink drive laws in Albania?
People in other countries with “no drink drive” law they never drive after drinking a glass of alcohol? 🤔
On paper...reality? Totally different story😅😅😅
Good information. I don't understand why Govt. waste so much of people's money in building things which is never going to be used.
It's complicated history
Mostly paranoia
Hoxa was a DICTATOR...
Please remove the pink line that appears at the bottom of the thumbnails of your videos. I just thought I already saw your recent video because on TH-cam a red line appears under those videos which have been already watched by you before. If I hadn't checked the time of uploading, I would have not known that it's a recent video
David, where r u now?
Flija
You should go to kosovo
You should get commission or your travel expenses paid by the Albanian government David for promoting travel to Albania! You know I never heard of Albania before you travelled there. It looks like it can do with some extra tourism. I wonder if I’m not alone in not knowing about Albania
Than you probably live in another planet my friend...
Welcome to Kosovo 🇽🇰
KOSOVA 🇦🇱 asht super vend rrespekte prej Dibre
I winder what people do for work around there?
Nothing
I’m from kukes and they rely on money from relatives working abroad
mining
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
Per mendimin tem ajo so fli sdi ku e paski gjet at recept spasna pa kurr fli te sarit ose te verdh sit doni
Albanian Dark Souls dungeon
I’m Albanian and I never had flija
Kuksi esht kampjon 🇦🇱🇦🇱💪💪💓💝💝💝
Shkoni ma thell n kukes shikoni si behet flija ... Ajo esht omlet Jo fli 🤣
Shikoje videon pastaj komento, eshte permendur QE per te pergatitur nje fli duhen 3 ore, por thjesht improvizoi dhe beri nje te shpejt.
Sa idjote
Greetings from ghana these Albanians are very p9
is this pizza or what ?
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This is not Flije its a pancake, eat flije in Kosova it is the best, it has really thin layers, smoky and if you put egg in flije in Kosovo they would just laugh and say that is an amateurs improvisation.
Po bre ok edhe n’kosove ka me ardh mos u shqetso. Ske Pse me fol keq per Kukesin e me lavdru veten. Pamvarsisht se tha kjo fli asht e improvizume, e dyta flija asht tradite e Lumes Kukesit, e treta prej fukarallekut bohet njashtu.
Cjane ato kushte ashtu, ku behet flija sikur jeni varfanjaket e botes more aman. Ajo ndertese e vjeter, ato kafshe ne ato ambjente gjith lageshtire, pse i paraqisni ne video keshtu o Erjan? Keni zona te bukura plot pe t'i vizituar ne Kukes ne natyre, atje coje mikun, por jo kjo.
Injorante je ti qe flet perçart, se nje mur I bukur nuk e ben flin me te shijshme. Femer psiqike
Është realiteti.
Mire eka ajo zonja . Flija nuk bahet me veze te hash veze te gjalle edhe flija shkon me pak turshi jo pa asgje
@@albanianboss4385 gjithkush mund te japi mendimin e vet por pse duhet te jem un injorant per menyren si dikush ne Kukes gatuan Fline.
@@erjantheguideNuk ke lene me budallalliqe pa i treguar ketij robit sa e ke bere Turqi ketu e jo Shqiperi e prekesh kur te thone injorant .Kjo fjale vetem ne shqip eshte sharje se ne bote perdoret edhe per nje person qe se ka idene cfare flet ne kete rast ty te shkon fiks.Edhe do te punosh guide edhe ja fut gjerave kot , lexo ndonje gje ose pi raki e mos fol.
Unë e kam kritikuar disa herë Erjanin në videot e mëpareshme. Kësaj radhe po e kritikoni kot.
Nuk eshte faji i Erijanit që jemi vendi më i varfer dhe i korruptuar në Europë. Mendoni që një turistë kur vjen në Shqiperi nuk e kupton që eshte nje vend i varfer???
Na kan mungu kritikat tua 😂
Sick enver hoxha left people with brain consequences 😂😂
Ku e shikon kete?
fli tradicionale is made in kosovo
there you can try real flia
Flija vlla asht tradite e Lumës.
Flija asht tradit e kuksit oo figur lej pallavrat ti
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in kosovo is the real recipe of flija
E njejta esht o Denis. Veriu shqipris dhe Kosova kan te njejtat ushqime, tradita, dialekt.
Eshte e vertet kjo qe po thoni. Por kjo nëna i hedhi shumë vezë, dhe me sa kam par ne kosove akoma eshte ajo receta tradicionale e vjeter, gjalp, kos dhe 2 ose e shumta 3 kokra vezë. Ndonjeher sa më shumë të mundohemi te zbukuroim receten aq me shumë largohemi nga tradicionalja
@@denisazemi4740 po e vertet edhe mu ashtu mu duk sikur i hodhi shum vez. E kisha fjalen qe receta e njejt esht po njerzit mund ta ndryshojn pak simas deshires. Flm per pergjigjen vlla. Kalofsh mir 👋
Ti mir e ke po me perpara i kan pas hedh pak vez se nuk kan pas,esht si puna asaj shprehjes mos ha peshk me kos ose djath se helmohesh😂
Nuk ka recete reale ose joreale. Te gjitha trevat e bejne me pak ndryshime nga njera tjetra. Kukesi nuk e ben aq te holle dhe me aq pak shtresa, po besoj per ceshtje kohe ose sepse u pelqen atyre ne ate menyre doli ashtu. Edhe brenda nje shtepie nuk behet njesoj flija.
David, I am planning a trip to Albania very soon. The guy with a great host and I would highly appreciate it if you could please send me his email address. Thanks.
i do not know who says most popular food is this i am myself alban have eaten 3 times most 5 times in my life and i am soon over 50 years old it is so much that is not true it is old way food like some poor did not many do today do not do it for several reasons because it was just to be full you did not have much food now has become that you do sometime, there is so much shit information
David, I am planning a trip to Albania very soon. The guy with you is a great host and I would highly appreciate it if you could please send me his email address. Thanks
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Kite me viej mej cua familen e enverit mu than qyre cka u ka lan baba jetoni ktu
Kukes village, there is a yellow house.Albanians from KOsovo kidnapped the abducted Serbs, childs, womans and mans, who were later deprived of vital organs for sale!!!!!! Can u imagine that true???? ITS TRUE!!!!!!
You're discovering mass graves of Albanians in Serbia every day. In mass grave Batajnica near Belgrade there is a mass grave of Albanian children. Sooner or later the justice will catch up with you.
so sad
THATS TRUE!!! U LIVE THAT!!???
@@user-be3tm7op4o A lie always wins in the beginning...but u can never stop the truth. The truth always wins!!!!! Dont forget that..
@Coco Jambo THAS LIES!!!!!!!! SORRY, BUT U KNOW THAT...U LIVE IN LIES!!!!!!!! TRUT COME ON SOON !!!!!!
Woow woow 😍💋 💝💖❤️
Nice to see traditional way of cooking👍
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Me pelqen shqiprija
Shkruhet Shqiperia