Albanian POMEGRANATE FARM Experience!! Making a Traditional Cake | Muriqan, Albania
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2020
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My fourth day in Albania continued in the village of Muriqan, where I’d get to spend the evening on an amazing agrotourism farm! Come join me as I visit an Albanian pomegranate farm and learn to make a traditional cake in Muriqan, Albania!
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The village of Muriqan is located in northern Albania, literally just five minutes from the border with Montenegro. I was there to tour Agroturizem Shega, an amazing agrotourism farm in the area. They are famous for their pomegranate juice!
On the property is a house and garden and some fruit trees. I met Ahmet Sylejmani, the owner of Agroturizem Shega, who dried me off, and then I tried the juice. It was amazing! It was super fresh and fruity, almost like berries. Then, I watched him juice a pomegranate by cutting it and placing it in a machine that presses it.
Then Ahmet got some figs from a tree for me. They were really fresh and tasty. Then, we saw some pears, white grapes, and red grapes. The red grapes were so juicy and a little sour. The whites were sour!
Inside the house they have two rooms. with two twin beds, a table, a bathroom, and air conditioning. In the kitchen, the mother would cook dinner for me. But first, I had some of their local rakija, which was nice and smooth!
It was finally cooling down as I toured the property. I saw more pomegranates and then saw the tomatoes in their tented greenhouse. They weren’t ready yet, as they were still small and green. They have 20 rows and a few hundred plants!
Outside, they had some fresh-smelling limes and lemons. They have hens that lay 2-3 eggs per day. They put grape vines along the trees here. They don’t make wine here, but they sell the grapes.
We saw some overripe tomatoes as well as some good ones. The moldy and overripe ones feed the animals. Then, I saw some eggplants and peppers. Then, I found another Hermann’s tortoise outside! Ahmet showed me some beans he had planted and picked some tomatoes for dinner. We’d be having chicken!
The mother was cooking chicken in a nice broth. She also made a traditional cake using eggs, milk, sugar, oil, and flour. She cooks the oil and milk and adds the flour, mixes the dough, and puts it on a pan and mixed in the egg for 5 minutes. Then, she flattens the bright yellow dough in the pan and bakes it! She cut it before it was baked!
Then, Ahmet brought me some Torre shesh i zi wine, which is made from indigenous grapes. It was nice and fruity. All of the Albanian wines I’d been trying were really tasty and unique!
For dinner, I ha, pickles, tomato-and-onion salad with oil, olives, goat cheese, bread, and chicken with potatoes. The olives were nice and oily, and the pickle was a little sour but super juicy! The bread was super fluffy and perfect with the goat cheese, which wasn’t salty at all. We had picked the tomatoes ourselves!
Next, they added sugar syrup on top of the cake. While I waited for it to get ready, I dug into the chicken and potatoes. The chicken was so fresh and delicious and came from the garden. I loved it with the cheese! The French fries were really nice.
Finally, I had the cake, tepsije, which is the famous cake of the village. It’s thick and soaked with the sugar syrup. It’s super dense but doesn’t contain a lot of sugar. Then, they gave me two peaches to take home with me!
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Albania is a very beautiful country and nice food thank you Devid 🙂🙏🦅
I suggest you if you visit south of albania make sure to go a place called Bujtina Mbi Kanion (Guesthouse on top of the Canyon ) i am pretty sure you will like it and the view is stunning 😃
Very nice videos. Do not forget to eat onions. Albanians love onions which are very detoxing.
Hahaha the moment when you drunk raki very fast the way he see you was so funny
After all the rakia you had on Albania you ned rehab man ahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣
I've learned my lesson, eat before watch lol,
Beautiful country, lovely and hospitable ppl,sunny blue sky, great food,God... Albania is blessed,
Great vlog.
🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱proud to my Albanian friends greetings from 🇪🇺
Simple, fresh, close to nature food, this must be heaven.
I live in Albania and I sometimes forget how lucky we are to have such things . Such a small country with so much to taste and see
it is i live in kosovo so its the same as albania
Lot ky xhaxhi. Kush e shikon ket djalin respekte
Greetings for all well done man! Pershendetje te gjitheve Edhe une Shqiptare 🤗
My boyfriends Albanian and I’ve been to Albania. I’m from London. And it’s just an amazing country with beautiful and welcoming people not to mention the food is gorgeous! I love the bread😍 Thanks for sharing🙏🏽
That awesome! I really love Albania 🇦🇱 going back very soon and then Kosovo 🇽🇰
Nice one...Look forward to more videos!!!
@@Davidsbeenhere Are you still in Albania.
The old guy so funny shkodra people they are born comedians and he always telling you tell the people we dont have corona virus here he is so pleased to treat you he feels great that he has a special guest on his property
Devid your great showing all the good ways of Albania
Love the dad, he is so sweet
What a lovely experience!! I’m SO enjoying the Albania series!
😍 👍🏼 from Serbi🇷🇸🦅
Plasi kari
@@justmakemoney1116 hahhahah
Allias City Haha
This albanian series seriously makes me want to live there. 😍❤
Me too!
@@Davidsbeenhere OMG!
@@Davidsbeenhere to much rakia in albania matte 😂😂😂
Thank you for this very beautiful presentation. I am Albanian and this will be on my places to visit. Very welcoming and friendly family. The young lady was doing the best to explain you everything.
Sending like and love from Bangalore, India
India needs more love right now cause of the pandemic cases being so high
Amazing content as always
I've been binge watching
your videos and i love the editing , the detailed explanation and the delicious food. Great Job :) new sub.
Thank you so much! I pay a lot of attention to detail in editing! 🙏
Great to have meal with vegetable fresh from the farm. The pomegranate juice looks delicious.
Amazing people and food
Great job David
Loved this place!
Omg...beautiful videoooo! Loving ❤ all your work in ALBANIA COUNTRY😍 🇦🇱 keep your unique work AND KEEP EXPLORING AND BRINGING MORE NICE VIDEOS 👌 👏 greetings 🇺🇲
Thank you! I am from Miami!! I have another 20+ videos coming plus I am going to Kosovo next!!
Nice village and nature🌿🍃
I think you gonna end up living in Albania 🤣😍🥰🇦🇱
1:50 mashallah cfare koket ke 🤣 killed me
Same bruhhhv😂
😂😂😂😂😂
@Anika pova ua zmr te vjen inat se sdi anglisht vet?🥺 hajd ngushellime😘
Hey David awesome trip but that heat seems to be getting at you ...stay hydrated and cool ok ...have fun
I love that cake, sooooo good!
You going more places then iv been and i am from albania, im jealous now 😂
Great videos mate well done
Im gonna visit most of them restaurants now
Great episode. It was funny when you drank the raquia 🤣🤣🤣
No Korona virus ktu, thuj ska 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂
I del xhaja me sepate 😂😂😂
Please translate
@Fibra 667HD se mos i vjedh fiqte
Respect for you 🥰
Just got hooked on your journey vlog, and I admit I subscribed bc I *will* be quoting how you say, “MmHmm!” when trying the tastiest cuisine! I may never get to visit these places, but I am so grateful for how you share so well. The video sincerity and quality quite nearly transport your viewers here to wherever you go. We cannot take notes fast enough, and only save everything and follow everyone. I even felt the gratitude of those you visited as you highlight and market their offerings better than any commercial they’d want. Haha, I even wanted to pay thrice whatever people charged to thank them for their hospitality. (Would that offend?!)
Thank you so much. I know your family is beyond proud.
PS Okay, now I want to learn Albanian!
They live in heaven
True. Nothing comes closer to Albanian food. Other countries can use more complicated recipes, but they lack the most important thing - the fresh and delicious super organic ingredients.
In Albania only one salad tomatoes it brings you to heaven with its taste.
I buy organic tomatoes in London on purpose, but they don't taste the same, they look too perfect to be organic ones.
Albanian tomatoes have funny shapes. Not a single one looks like the other.
DIFFERENT AND FUNNY SHAPES is the definition of PURE ORGANIC. They grow wild on their own.
Liljana Sufaj That is so true what you said, when I first moved to Sydney and I experienced the different cuisines and would see those complicated recipes and tons of spices and herbs used in recipes I always thought what’s the point of it, like that you only taste the spices and herbs and lose the taste of vegetables. Nothing in here where I live at least taste same as it did in Albania. All I see overpriced produce with no taste. Miss Albanian produce so much!
@@ajsm6137 yess
6:04 they were so surprised🤯
Sa e bukur esht nana shqipr
Beautiful place!
Btw, if someone from Miami says the weather is hot (like David in Albania), it's because it must be scorching!
Albania is scorching in summer. It has been 34 degree even these days of September, and especially this area where David has been, it is one of the worst in Albania when it comes to heat. Usually the temp.here hits at least 2-3 degrees higher than somewhere closer to the seaside or mountains.
August is the worst 😫
Hi this is Emili . I am in kolkata. I love your videos.❤
It's awesome. Best wishes to you.Thanks..............................................................
man, all of your videos are making me miss Albania, hopefully we can go next year :) When are you uploading the Vlora and Saranda videos?
Hey those are coming at the end! Next is Theth, Berat, Elbasan, Pogradec, Korce, Permet, Gjirokaster, Saranade and then Vlore!
David... you are cool 👍
🇺🇸🇦🇱
I remember drinking rakia in the Balkans. My first time having it, is like the smell of gasoline ! I dunno if i had the cheap stuff or what. That’s stuff is strong and had a great time😊👍🏻 drink up!
:D It was an orange David! Just that the oranges, lemons and mandarins are ripe in winter. Now it's too soon. So now you can only find them green. The bio ones of course :)
how can you comment 1 week ago when this video is uploaded today?
@@shaclo1512 i dont know. I watched this a week ago.. 😐
I sure Hope the Albanian tourist development council is sponsoring you because your doing one heck of a job for them, they couldn't do what your doing! Pitch it friend. My God you got me here! LOL!
Jajaja yea they aren’t responsive and to be honest when you do it yourself it’s a way better experience
David greetings to you! This vlog provoked me little bit, I want to say something about this guy your host Ahmet! He's very serious farmer guy and we say in Macedonia(we are neighbours) domakjin(house man), not house wife, but house man, person who takes good care about his family, property work and living in global, he looks like very honest and good man, yes he's little bit funny i understand you, but he's man on his place as we say here, his family, Lady wife and beautiful daughter looks very perfectly, this is real common quality family everything on it's place! Only good words and opinion about them (i need that kind of wife too!! Lol) and of course best words for you and your vlogs, i watch them frequently! Greetings to everybody!!
super......................
Delicious
Sa njerez punetore bravo
“ This is a bottle of water cold “ 😂😂😂😂
This food is a so testy write.
Nice
You should go to mrizi i zanave
Healthy food
👌
Chicken from the garden
Yo Visit Kosovo country albanian people too and great places to visit and its not far from albania have fun
I’m craving so much figs
Balkans! Secret new Garden of Eden
is not balkans but Illyricum, Dalmatia and Dardania.....at least for us Albanians
Hi David are you enjoying the Albania ?
beautiful bellissimo ...they speak Italian?
Most albanians know and speak italian.
The best Albania 🦅❤
9:18 😍
No Corona Virus here, hahah. This man was too funny 😂
The Chicken came from the Garden....
Tespishte
👍
6:03🙂🙂🙂
Hey David have you been to Librazhd is a fantastic little city with not too much history but a lot of rakia😂😂
Ca krn me ba në Librazhd o man 🤣🤣
the cake is almost like trileqe 👍🏼🇽🇰🇦🇱
What happened to your eyes 👀, when you Tasted food. 😂 😂
😂😂😂
David i think that rakia got you sweating little haha;)
I wonder where David comes from ? The name alone would suggest he is from the US. He has however some sort of accent. Before I think of the name, I thought he was Albanian speaking English. I am bewildered. Does anyone know ?
Ate xhajen me e pas zili,qenka njish per pune hallall i qofte familjarisht
The old man is saying to you no corona virus here ,tell them no corona virus here😆
After eating all this food your hair is going to grow back
"Where is the beef"? ;-)
Today we have witnessed that David is gone bald😓😱
in albania you have a lot to eat haha
1:48 he said mashallah what a head like he meant what a big head hahaha no hate tho👍🏼🙂
Hi.May i have a permission to upload your video and link in www.bilibili.com?Although i just have 1000+ fans in Bilibili,I want mroe Chinese have a chance to watch your nice video.
Mos ha shum fiq se do bohesh me lunga😂
Raki in ouzo glass 😂
They'd survive a zombie apocalypse
How come?
Pls support...
🙏
Damn looks like you are addicted to rakia..xd
Pomegranate juice is the most anti aging drink.You are having antioxidants in go go in Albanian. 😁.
First.....
101th 👍🏻
you like raki min6:00 ooooo hahahh
You have to smile more for these People ahhahahahah
Ky xhaxhi legjend ahhahahah no korona 😂😂
In south albania give banana
🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱😋😋🥰
😂😂😂😂😂😂 no korona
No korona virus ktu,ska korona ktu haahhahahahahah lot xhaxhi
☦️🇦🇱✝️
3:47 non c’è ne coviddi
Xhaxhi shume gallate🤣🙈
what the fuck is up with that bollywood music tho lmao
I think after the glass of rakis you are a little drunk!