www.airbnb.com/rooms/30766194?source_impression_id=p3_1606614570_vPB6pSuqPznA6dKl Here you go. If you didnt choose a place to stay. Its a small penhouse whit a great view of the entire city from the 10th floor. Its right in the center of the city as well.
@@markokorunovic7207 Burazere, pusti nek coveku preporuci neko ko je ostareo po kafanama. Jedino ako nikad nisi pojeo pljeskavicu u "Mrak" mozes da mu preporucis neku drugu pljeskavicu. A Lafa mogu samo da mu preporuce klinci iz skole prekoputa.
@@ivangoran4461 Dobro ok reko da mu kažem jer je to po meni najbolja pljeskavica na brzinu da kupiš ako ne neka ode u Nišlisku mehanu ili u Mrak što ti kažeš
Cause Italians and French elevated their national kitchen to fine dining level, we Serbs just keep it as it is, almost every restaurant just makes "ordirany people's" food
Okay, brother, that's what you decided, I'm glad you want to visit more and more countries, I wish you a happy journey and I love you, brother, and I'm glad that you fell in love with Serbia❤️
Had a smile for 12 minutes, I'm sure you have a lot of Serbian families to eat with by now, everyone loves you here! I'm glad you liked sarma too, enjoyed watching like always 💜
when living in Mexico, every time my friends where making a BBQ they asked me to prepare Cevapi 'cause they loved them, and instead of Sarma we were making punjene paprike which actually are stuffed peppers, very similar to sarma. Best thing about them was, we made them with chiles, which gave them the special extra spicy touch. I really appreciate how you like our traditional cuisine. Cheers for that lad. And btw. Chris loves tacos :-)
@@qymi210 Krsna Slava is memorial day when our families celebrate our Patron Saint who protect us and our representative on heaven...There is many saint like St Nicolas (sveti Nikola)St Sava(Sveti Sava) Aranđelov dan(Archangel Michael) and many more.Thats our Serbian cultural heritage...
You are very nice guy. The people like you will make Serbia great for everyone. Thanks for your effort, i hope you enjoy your stay. You have to try sarma with greap leaves(Sarma sa vinovom lozom), and soured milk. It's delicious.
Sarma is even better when its reheated mate thats for sure ....typically when you cook sarma you cook a big pot of it, like 10 or 20 if you have big family, so then you can eat them 2-3 times. Just put them in the freezer so they dont spoil. Also there are variants, in vine leaves or in zelje leaves, sometimes without meat, vege version. No meat for me is not so traditional and i think its a novelty.
Regarding kajmak, have in mind that there are people who like fresh as you said, or "mladi kajmak" which means young kajmak and there's "stari kajmak" which means older kajmak - hence the taste difference you experienced
I loved stari kajmak-old kajmak and is a yellowish colour, we had it at the farm and there is no taste like it here in the west - the only thing I can think of is blue cheese without the "blue" lol. It is exactly what Travelwithchris said that it is a type of clotted cream but made with cream instead of milk. Mascarpone is a type of clotted cream which I bought once and my mom said it was not the same as our kajmak. Devonshire cream is a clotted cream, but never tried it to see if it is similar.
Great video, i mean videos. I started to watch you regulary. Thank you from my hart to show people around world how is Serbia actualy. And you have serbian family to eat with, you are welcom to my home.
That means so much to me! Thank you brother! I'm glad the videos have been making a strong impact. Lots of people have messaged me saying that they had no idea Serbia was like this.... that makes me so happy! Appreciate the love! Yes lets do dinner! ahaha
ive been to Belgrade 5 times now and hope to go bk again soon, i know the food is soooo good mate enjoy it, also try searching for a cafe in belgrade opposite a church called ( cafe ? ) its one of the oldest places there and does amazing food. great country and people
Hello Chris! First of all, I must tell you how much fun it is watching your videos, such a positive attitude towards new experiences. My wife and I are watching your videos from Germany, we are from Serbia but living abroad for some time, and it is soo great seeing our homecity again, you do amazing job describing people and sights of Belgrade and Serbia, thank you for that :) Not to mention that we are always hungry seeing that sarma and all those crazy mixups you order. I've noticed that you appreciate a glass of good beer and also a good bargain, so if you have time, I would highly recommend a walk to a bar named Srpska kuca piva in Milesevska Street (Serbian House of Beer) - a hidden gem, a little bit outside city centre but not so much, and in a nice part of town. Crowd is very pleasant, locals (mostly students but you can also see actors from the nearby Theater), a the beer is cheap! Of course, afternoon/evening is the time to go! You can try some of the localy brewed artisan beers, or just go classic with Zajecarsko or Valjevsko beer, no mistakes there. Not to mention how awesome would be seeing my favorite place in your video 😁 Anyways, keep up the great work, and enjoy your stay in Serbia :)
Hey thank you guys so much! Comments like that keep me creating these videos! I love Zajecarsko! ahah so good! I hope everything is well in Germany and I hope you get to get back down here soon! Have a great weekend!
@@Travelwithchris you might have to go down south to find it. I have not seen it outside the region, but maybe I didn't look hard enough. When I asked for Valjevsko in BG or NS the waiters looked at me as strange.
Every household makes sarma exactly like this, sarma needs a lot of smoked spareribs and bacon , and you can not fail. the best winter dish which gives you a lot of C vitamin.
8:35 Hahaha! There is one rule with sarma - The more time you reheat it = better sarma. Best restaurants serves them min. 24h after it was cooked, and cooking takes 6-12h ;)
@@Travelwithchris Also, you can find sarma cheap, just google - " gotova jela ", you can take like 6 of them (sarma) for 10$. Just add some water (not to much) and reheat in pot on lowest for 10-20min. Day after day ;) Sarma is traditionally eaten with proja or projara (corn bread-like),black pepper and some dry meat that has been cooked with sarma . No mash potato or anything else.
@@Travelwithchris Marko and Aleksandrar are 100% right :) Sarma is so specific because she can “earn” expirience :) After 2-3 re-heating, it becomes 2-3 times better :) You can check tutorials on the YT, and you can easily make it. But if you decide to make it, dont rush, you need at least 4-5 hours to make it. :)
If Sarma is a Serbian meal, why its name is Turkish then? Dear tourists! Sarma is not belong to Serbia. It is a typical Turkish meal. Even its name is Turkish. Please check the word "sarma" in Turkish dictionary. You will see then.
Well, you tried your first SARMA. And as for the combinations, I can tell you the following. Every housewife in Serbia will say that her sarma is the best, but believe me, IT IS ALWAYS THE BEST. Try SARMICE SA ZELJEM (small sarma wrapped in green spinach leaves instead of sauerkraut), it's a light version. And on these cold days, I recommend you go to a fish restaurant and order a spicy, hot FISH SOUP. It will definitely trigger blood in your veins! In some restaurants (e.g. restaurant "ŠARAN" in Zemun), the soup is served in a fish pot under which the flame burns, so your soup is always hot.
I made sarma with grape leaves (from a jar) last weekend. I don't do yoghurt on them like mom does, prefer squeezing lemon for a nice sour taste. So good!
I am always thrilled to see that foreingers like our food because it is very important part od our culture. I really enjoy watching you. Thank you for representing our country in such a beautiful manner.
Most restaurants in Skadarlija have top quality food, but for the average salary in Serbia it is expensive. Mostly tourists come here. I advise you that if you want to try some more traditional Serbian dishes, you go to a restaurant "?" (question mark) for example gibanica, proja, zeljanica, sarmica od zelja sa kiselim mlekom, podvarak etc
You are very kind and respectful in your approach , wherever is your next station, I hope you come out more empowered and fullfiled after spending time here, much luck to you and have a nice time
Hi Chris you should come to Belgrade during summertime when it’s warm even spring and autumn are nice. Winter 🥶 is quite cold and depressing but rakija and a nice woman helps getting warm during winter😂 the weather starts getting better in March. Buy the way I live in Sweden 🇸🇪 where winter is even colder🥶 and longer then in Serbia 🇷🇸.
8:34 , actually its the other way around, we are reheating sarma again and again because its made in large quantities, so we say that each time sarma is reheated its better! Same ass beans stew! 😁
Man you're getting better and better! Your videos are so good, with a lot of positive vibe. You are relaxed and funny. And you're keeping on with the great content. 👍 You stayed in one of the most famous restaurants in Belgrade.👍 Regarding sarma, I used to eat it with the sour cream and mashed potato. 😋
Hi l am Serbian, living in the UK last 32 years. I never made sarma, but my husband who is English love it. My mum always make sarma when we visit, she use only pork meet, and we eat this with pavlaka which is like cream fresh, only better. My mum also make this with a smocked dried peaceses of pork meet on the top so the whole dish have a smocky flavour, delicious.
@@Travelwithchris understand or stand it lol? No not holiday song, it's our country music love song from 1987 from Gordana StoYichevich. This song you listen to when you break up 😢. But person above says sarma will help with this. 😀Hug me and forgive me, tighten your heart, don't cry. We were each other's everything, the first love, happiness and spring, now it's gone, all gone www.dailymotion.com/video/x631p9x
With sarma you can drink beer or špricer (white wine mixed with soda water), i prefer beer... Oh, i forgot, i like your videos, they are just refreshing
My mom used to make musaka - a ground beef and potato layered dish in the oven and she put milk - no egglplant as Serbs don''t use a lot of egglplant. Anyway today I make it vegan style :)
Lol, its always fun and adorable watching you trying Serbian food, ur reactions are priceless 😂 Anyway, for me Sarma is winter food(in my oppinion) no matter we Serbs eating it during whole year. Also, u have summer version(again in my oppinion) and that is "Punjena paprika" (stuffed pepper). Like, sour cabage(Sarma cabage) is mostly thing Serbjans prepare during autumn and winter, paprika is a summer vegitable, so it need to be fresh for Punjena paprika. But, lucky, u can find both meals during any season here in Serbia 😁
In my region we have sarma with "kisela pavlaka" without bread and with bacon (very small pieces) are together with rice and meat inside every piece of sarma (not outside like in this restaurant). Every region or home has little bit different sarma receipe and little bit indenpendent taste. Anyway the best sarma is next day (1-2 days old) and cold sarma especially at night after alko party is very good for recovery :-)))) Prijatno.
I'm making Sarma today for the first time for my Bosnian husband. I hope it's as good as the one you had in Serbia. My husband and I absolutely Love your videos! Keep on keeping on! 😁✌
Try posna sarma! Also, cevapi tend to get gummy after cooling down and they're not suitable for reheating, but sarma on the other hand is perfect to reheat :D Try also kiseli kornisoni with sarma, also pita and sarma - perfect
Great video!! The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is to see if you uploaded a video!! By the time I watch it I’m all wired up!!! BTW, I left a comment in one of your Mexico videos!!
Heya Chris ! When u visited Backa Topola last time you took highway from Subotica to Topola , so u missed a lot unfortunatly , but next time take local road from Subotica to Topola , than u will see Zobnatica , horses lakeside park and academy :D Best part of Topola imho , last summer there were days when couple thousand ppl swimed and visited lake daylie , its clean nice water. And yea google sucks , doesnt recomend this all unfortunatly :() Im familiar with Topola , yea everything is closed cos of Corona :( u missed nice place called Izlog Ideja it was near trafic light where u guys played catch lol , thats coffee house and art galery , lovely place and good music and my favourite place , and town is mostly alive in summer , u havent go to lakeside park its very popular place and many festivals happen there during summer time , u didnt saw big Windmill on the lake its museum of sort and near is also big international football academy , also next to lake iz Zobnatica its for tourist who visit lake and nearby famouse Horse Stables , with horse race track i dont know is it open for visits nowdays du the health restrictions , also there is a hotel u could eat there and rest! Was nice to see you . wish i was there to see ya guys ^_^ Im happy that u like Serbia so much , food especialy lol :D Enjoy
Man that sucks! I missed out! Thanks for all of that information! If I ever get to driving through there again I will definitely explore more! Loving it here! Thanks for the support!
When will you come to Novi Sad again? I was watching your videos from Petrovaradin fortress and your trip to Sremski Karlovci and you were so impressed with our culture and people here. I am so happy to hear it from some ,,tourist" because it is so sweet!❤
Sarma is one of the greatest dishes and as you say so rich in flavour. Thanks for visiting Serbian and also vlogging about it. It is not as western media says Serbia is like. 😁 we’re peaceful and likes to talk with other people
It is the other way around. Sarma is actually better when heated up later. The more times it is re-heated the better it gets. Ćevapi are better if they are eaten immediately. Enjoy. :) Varieties of sarma: - With green leaves instead of cabbage. Available only in late spring and early summer. - With wine leaves. Hard to find, as it requires wine leaves to be very young. Similar dishes: - "Punjene paprike" - stuffed peppers (similar stuffing of minced meat and rice as in sarma). There are two kinds: stuffed fresh peppers and stuffed dried peppers (sometimes stuffed with minced meat and walnuts). - "Punjene tikvice" - stuffed zucchini (again, similar stuffing as in sarma).
Hi Chris :) I would suggest to you that when you ask people, especially in Serbia, or if you visit some of the other Balkan countries, what food to eat, ask them what drink goes with it because it is very common that some kind of foods goes with certain drinks. That is the case with the sarma, it is the best to eat it drinking some very good red wine and in Serbia there are many wonderful wine brands. As a meal, the sarma is usually greasy and the wine helps to dissolve the greasiness. To eat this kind of sarma and drink only a glass of water is like doing desecration of the meal. Also, there is other kind of sarma, which is made in the same way and shape, but only with rice and leek which some people eat during the Christmas Lent, a period of 5-6 weeks before Christmas.
Its soft because its not made from regular fresh cabbage, but from kiseli kupus (can be translated as sour cabbage maybe and its actually a cabbage that has been treated weeks prior making sarma) You should also try posna sarma which is a vegan kind eaten here during fasting 👌 And for regular sarma, i like it the best with some sour cream on top, its a perfect combination 😍
Sarma is acctualy a dish that is becomes tastier by every reeheat 😉 I reccomend you to try wedding cabbage (svadbarski kupus), it's hardcore dish wirh even richer taste than sarma. I'm not sure that you will find it in Belgrade restaurants, but try.
Sarma goes well with sour cream or sour milk.Some people like to cut the sarma into tiny bits and mix it but I personally think that interferes with the flavour of the sarma itself.I put the sour cream next to the sarma in the plate and put some pepper over everything.Hope my advice helped!
Soooo as a romanian i am extremely triggered because we have "sarmale" in Romania which is the same thing but made with: pickled cabbage , minced meat , rice , minced onion etc.. and you eat it with sour cream and corn bread "mamaliga" :)) hope you will go to Romania and give it a try ! 👌
Hey bro hope you are well. Sorry we haven't been able to visit you for a while we were in Bulgaria then Malta were we got stuck due to Covid and flights we're cancelled. But great to catch up with you again. Always great to get recommendations on the street. Never heard of this food before bro. Wow that is a old restaurant, three hats great name lol. Glad you had a great experience. Stay safe and take care my friend catch up soon God bless you bro.
Sucks that you're visiting in the winter and that COVID is still alive and kickin'... if you're ever back during the spring to fall seasons, you should check out Serbia further outwards and visit all the different meat festivals, the trumpet festival, try the different cheeses, smell the peppers roasting for ajvar, see the village of Donja Lokosnica turn crimson from all the peppers hanging and drying on the walls of the houses. I noticed you didn't try any wine, Serbia's known for over 400 wineries - check one out! Also, If you have the time check out the Golubac fortress and take the old train in Mokra Gora and visit Emir Kusturica's Drvengrad you probably won't be disappointed - Johnny Depp visited amongst many others!
Once in the 80-is rock band Motorhead was in Beograd and that eat so much sarma and get diaries. They eat without bread because that was so tasty. Always eat sarma with bread 😉🍞
@@Travelwithchris I might tickle your imagination a bit now, but the Sarma dish you previously ate - can be improved tenfold! Basically, this sort of a dish becomes better with additional slow cooking...Virtually, the longer it gets heated up, better it becomes. In fact, the actual Sarma dish usually is left overnight in the oven on a low heat a day before Slava or Wedding starts, thus making it extremely tender and juicy for the lunch whilst keeping it warm. To shed some more light on this, if you're willing to take a read: Repeating this over the course of three days (the usual/typical Slava festivity time in Serbia, per family) results in something that'd make your taste buds explode with flavor. Sarma definitely is the ultimate comfort food in Serbia, and it is prepared way differently to that of Turkish Sarma that comes rolled in wine leaf and, obviously, without pork. People might be oblivious to that particular fact, but the food you eat in the Balkans did emerge in the Balkans, and it is authentic for the region. You'd have a very hard time finding Sarma you eat here anywhere near Turkey. Cevapi & Pljeskavica fit that role, too. Burek, however, is one of the things that definitely was influenced by the Ottoman empire in both preparation and taste. Other dishes only share names and preparation to some extent. Ingredients are rather different. If you get an invitation for St. Nikola, be sure to take it It is the Slava that falls on fasting days, so there should be fish instead of pork : ) Custom is to bring a wine, maybe a chocolate or two.
How we eat Sarma? With bread, even tho it contains rice it's too fatty/rich you need the bread to douse it down. Also, sarma is one of the very few meals out there that tastes even better when heated up. So don't worry, leftovers in the fridge and reheat (we tend to say re - warmed love is like re - warmed sarma, pertaining to making up with an ex partner tastes as good). There is also wine leaf sarma, and green leaf sarma, those go really good with sour cream, although you can eat cabbage sarma with sour cream as well it's ridiculously good.
there is two types of sarma, small and normal. It is just about size, taste is same. There are similar meals like sarma. I recomend "punjena paprika" which is "Stuffed Peppers". It is basicly sarma with pepper instead of cabbage. Since i am not bih fan of cabage i allways prefer stuffed peppers.
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Try some pasulj bro you will love it, awesome channel by the way 💫🤙🏻🔥
Go to Niš and try pljeskavica. Go to buy pljeskavica in Kod Lafa called they make best pljeskavica
@@markokorunovic7207 Burazere, pusti nek coveku preporuci neko ko je ostareo po kafanama. Jedino ako nikad nisi pojeo pljeskavicu u "Mrak" mozes da mu preporucis neku drugu pljeskavicu. A Lafa mogu samo da mu preporuce klinci iz skole prekoputa.
@@ivangoran4461 Dobro ok reko da mu kažem jer je to po meni najbolja pljeskavica na brzinu da kupiš ako ne neka ode u Nišlisku mehanu ili u Mrak što ti kažeš
I don't get how nobody's hears about Serbian food, you only hear about french, Italian, but honestly Serbia has the best food.
Verujem da si probala hranu svih zemalja sveta pa možeš to da kažeš?
@@MRrMrTARANTULA1986 da 90% srba se nebi ta hrana svidela jer su navikli da jedu ono sto jedu
i japanska hrana je jako lepa i moze se poredit sa nasom
verovatno ima jos milion koje ni neznam
Cause Italians and French elevated their national kitchen to fine dining level, we Serbs just keep it as it is, almost every restaurant just makes "ordirany people's" food
So you've chosen to put on extra fat for cold Serbian winter. You've chosen wisely my friend.
That's the plan ahahah
Okay, brother, that's what you decided, I'm glad you want to visit more and more countries, I wish you a happy journey and I love you, brother, and I'm glad that you fell in love with Serbia❤️
Thank you so much! I hope you continue to support the journey! I will forever keep coming back when ever I'm in the area! It has my heart forsure! ❤️
"I don't have serbian family to eat with" Can i adopt you?
Ahahah funny! Always down to come over! Aha
Had a smile for 12 minutes, I'm sure you have a lot of Serbian families to eat with by now, everyone loves you here! I'm glad you liked sarma too, enjoyed watching like always 💜
Makes me so happy Kiki! Thank you! I've been getting a lot of invitations, but of course corona aahhaha
when living in Mexico, every time my friends where making a BBQ they asked me to prepare Cevapi 'cause they loved them, and instead of Sarma we were making punjene paprike which actually are stuffed peppers, very similar to sarma. Best thing about them was, we made them with chiles, which gave them the special extra spicy touch. I really appreciate how you like our traditional cuisine. Cheers for that lad. And btw. Chris loves tacos :-)
Ahaha so good! Love that! Thank you so much for the support! ❤️
I see how mexican and serbian cuisine can harmonize well.
I ate that too!It's so good!
Now imagine how we feel after eating 6-7 sarmas on our Slavas. XD
Ahahah that sounds like a perfect day! ❤️🙌🏻
LMAO
I don't eat like 3 days after a sLaVa
@@qymi210 Krsna Slava is memorial day when our families celebrate our Patron Saint who protect us and our representative on heaven...There is many saint like St Nicolas (sveti Nikola)St Sava(Sveti Sava) Aranđelov dan(Archangel Michael) and many more.Thats our Serbian cultural heritage...
@@bobbydicappa5814 I know ^-^
eating sarma while watching AMERICAN eating sarma :D
ahahah yes!!!! So funny!
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My heart is full when I see that foreigners are delighted with our cuisine and country!!! Luv your vids man. Than you so much!!!
Best sarma is homemade sarma..
yep
So cool, I'm glad you like our food and our country!😊😊🇷🇸🇷🇸
I loved it so much!
You became my regular tv serie, episode by episode...
I can agree, one of 10 favorite youtubers.
YEEEESSSSS
Thank you so much! That makes me so happy!
@@aleksatodorovic9506 Thank you! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@milicaaaa4576 Thank you so much!
You are very nice guy. The people like you will make Serbia great for everyone. Thanks for your effort, i hope you enjoy your stay. You have to try sarma with greap leaves(Sarma sa vinovom lozom), and soured milk. It's delicious.
guy' hahahaha
I ment guy, wrong spealing.,sorry
ahaha thank you so much! Means a lot to me bro! Glad I can show your country off well!
Sarma is even better when its reheated mate thats for sure ....typically when you cook sarma you cook a big pot of it, like 10 or 20 if you have big family, so then you can eat them 2-3 times. Just put them in the freezer so they dont spoil. Also there are variants, in vine leaves or in zelje leaves, sometimes without meat, vege version. No meat for me is not so traditional and i think its a novelty.
Say what!!! Definitely doing that! Time to start ordering more to take home! Ahahah thanks for watching!
Brate, kakvih 10- 20, nista bez 40 komada! Bro, drink a bier next time, it fits perfectly with sarma.
Regarding kajmak, have in mind that there are people who like fresh as you said, or "mladi kajmak" which means young kajmak and there's "stari kajmak" which means older kajmak - hence the taste difference you experienced
I didn't know that! Thank you so much!
I loved stari kajmak-old kajmak and is a yellowish colour, we had it at the farm and there is no taste like it here in the west - the only thing I can think of is blue cheese without the "blue" lol. It is exactly what Travelwithchris said that it is a type of clotted cream but made with cream instead of milk. Mascarpone is a type of clotted cream which I bought once and my mom said it was not the same as our kajmak. Devonshire cream is a clotted cream, but never tried it to see if it is similar.
Great video, i mean videos. I started to watch you regulary. Thank you from my hart to show people around world how is Serbia actualy. And you have serbian family to eat with, you are welcom to my home.
That means so much to me! Thank you brother! I'm glad the videos have been making a strong impact. Lots of people have messaged me saying that they had no idea Serbia was like this.... that makes me so happy! Appreciate the love! Yes lets do dinner! ahaha
ive been to Belgrade 5 times now and hope to go bk again soon, i know the food is soooo good mate enjoy it, also try searching for a cafe in belgrade opposite a church called ( cafe ? ) its one of the oldest places there and does amazing food. great country and people
Znak pitanja. Kralja Petra 6.
Hello Chris! First of all, I must tell you how much fun it is watching your videos, such a positive attitude towards new experiences. My wife and I are watching your videos from Germany, we are from Serbia but living abroad for some time, and it is soo great seeing our homecity again, you do amazing job describing people and sights of Belgrade and Serbia, thank you for that :) Not to mention that we are always hungry seeing that sarma and all those crazy mixups you order. I've noticed that you appreciate a glass of good beer and also a good bargain, so if you have time, I would highly recommend a walk to a bar named Srpska kuca piva in Milesevska Street (Serbian House of Beer) - a hidden gem, a little bit outside city centre but not so much, and in a nice part of town. Crowd is very pleasant, locals (mostly students but you can also see actors from the nearby Theater), a the beer is cheap! Of course, afternoon/evening is the time to go! You can try some of the localy brewed artisan beers, or just go classic with Zajecarsko or Valjevsko beer, no mistakes there. Not to mention how awesome would be seeing my favorite place in your video 😁
Anyways, keep up the great work, and enjoy your stay in Serbia :)
Definitely Valjevsko. Niško pivo is also great, but they don't drink it outside of that region.
Hey thank you guys so much! Comments like that keep me creating these videos! I love Zajecarsko! ahah so good! I hope everything is well in Germany and I hope you get to get back down here soon! Have a great weekend!
I will try that Nisko Pivo!
@@Travelwithchris you might have to go down south to find it. I have not seen it outside the region, but maybe I didn't look hard enough. When I asked for Valjevsko in BG or NS the waiters looked at me as strange.
Every household makes sarma exactly like this, sarma needs a lot of smoked spareribs and bacon , and you can not fail. the best winter dish which gives you a lot of C vitamin.
Amazing, so tempting, so well-presented. Thanks for bringing us these restaurant-quality delicacies for our viewing (and salivating) pleasure.
Thank you so much!
8:35 Hahaha! There is one rule with sarma - The more time you reheat it = better sarma. Best restaurants serves them min. 24h after it was cooked, and cooking takes 6-12h ;)
Ahahha no way! So good! I will definitely keep that in mind! Ahah
@@Travelwithchris Also, you can find sarma cheap, just google - " gotova jela ", you can take like 6 of them (sarma) for 10$. Just add some water (not to much) and reheat in pot on lowest for 10-20min. Day after day ;)
Sarma is traditionally eaten with proja or projara (corn bread-like),black pepper and some dry meat that has been cooked with sarma . No mash potato or anything else.
Sarma is best after few heat. It is a meal for at least 2 days in a row. 😂
Now I know! ahah thanks bro!
Sarma is best 3-4 day after made....
@@Travelwithchris Marko and Aleksandrar are 100% right :) Sarma is so specific because she can “earn” expirience :) After 2-3 re-heating, it becomes 2-3 times better :) You can check tutorials on the YT, and you can easily make it. But if you decide to make it, dont rush, you need at least 4-5 hours to make it. :)
Moja baba kada napravi sarmu ima je narednih nedelju dana
If Sarma is a Serbian meal, why its name is Turkish then? Dear tourists! Sarma is not belong to Serbia. It is a typical Turkish meal. Even its name is Turkish. Please check the word "sarma" in Turkish dictionary. You will see then.
Well, you tried your first SARMA. And as for the combinations, I can tell you the following.
Every housewife in Serbia will say that her sarma is the best, but believe me, IT IS ALWAYS THE BEST. Try SARMICE SA ZELJEM (small sarma wrapped in green spinach leaves instead of sauerkraut), it's a light version. And on these cold days, I recommend you go to a fish restaurant and order a spicy, hot FISH SOUP. It will definitely trigger blood in your veins! In some restaurants (e.g. restaurant "ŠARAN" in Zemun), the soup is served in a fish pot under which the flame burns, so your soup is always hot.
Oh man I will have to get my hands on that soup soon! Thanks so much for the support Zarko!
In the summer, you should taste also the "summer" version of sarma made with grapevine leaves and covered with milk cream (pavlaka)
Wow, that also sounds amazing!
I am Serbian and I never had that version.
@@frostflower5555 no need to complain to us about it... Try it next summer and then tell us whether you like it 😊
@@frostflower5555 mozda misli na punjene paprike 🤷🏻♂️
I made sarma with grape leaves (from a jar) last weekend. I don't do yoghurt on them like mom does, prefer squeezing lemon for a nice sour taste. So good!
Сармааааааааааа!
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Thank you!
@Veljko Markovic i ja sam
OZBILJNOOOOO
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@@Milan-vw9xu Srbijaaa
I am always thrilled to see that foreingers like our food because it is very important part od our culture. I really enjoy watching you. Thank you for representing our country in such a beautiful manner.
That makes me happy Jelena! Thank you so much!
Most restaurants in Skadarlija have top quality food, but for the average salary in Serbia it is expensive. Mostly tourists come here. I advise you that if you want to try some more traditional Serbian dishes, you go to a restaurant "?" (question mark) for example gibanica, proja, zeljanica, sarmica od zelja sa kiselim mlekom, podvarak etc
I will definitely check that out! Thank you so much!
? (question mark) is actually the oldest working kafana in Belgrade
Mashed potatoes=pire krompir
Bacon=slanina
Bread=lepinja
Sarma=this is so good
Dam it I am jealous now haha... so hungry!!! so great food in serbia! Enjoy it u will miss it one day☝️
Yes sooo good! Thank you so much for the support!
Wooow Chris .I love your vlogs soooo much !!! You are so kind ,sooo intelligent,smiley ,and the energy omg!!!!! You are simply unbelievable to me !!!!
Thank you so much!! That means the world to me! Thanks for supporting my dream!
Also try punjene paprike, stuffed pepers usually made with rice and ground meat.
I will definitely try that! Sounds great!
@@Travelwithchris thats like stuffed paprika with meat.
You are very kind and respectful in your approach , wherever is your next station, I hope you come out more empowered and fullfiled after spending time here, much luck to you and have a nice time
Thank you so much Milena! I hope to continue to make videos that you enjoy!
Hi Chris you should come to Belgrade during summertime when it’s warm even spring and autumn are nice. Winter 🥶 is quite cold and depressing but rakija and a nice woman helps getting warm during winter😂 the weather starts getting better in March. Buy the way I live in Sweden 🇸🇪 where winter is even colder🥶 and longer then in Serbia 🇷🇸.
I loved my time in Serbia during the summer! SO different! Oh no, Sweden is too cold for me lol I went in September and was freezing!
Tri Šešira is my personal favorite Restaurant in Belgrade. I recommend u to try Srpska daska (Serbian plate/board). 🤟
I will definitely be going back! Ill try that! Glad I chose a great spot!
This is extremely wholesome, thank you for bringing joy to my day. I hope you enjoyed eating and staying in my home country!
When you cook sarma at home, it's always best on the third day, after you heat it up and cook some potatoes.
Oh yeah. Especially if your Baka cooks it the day or two before , then, it's ODLIČNO
It is amazing watching your episodes!
Thank you so much!
8:34 , actually its the other way around, we are reheating sarma again and again because its made in large quantities, so we say that each time sarma is reheated its better! Same ass beans stew! 😁
Man everyone is saying that! Now I know! ahaha Thanks for watching!
GREAT CONTENT CHRIS
I really like your videos, you're great :)
Thank you so much 😀
Man you're getting better and better! Your videos are so good, with a lot of positive vibe. You are relaxed and funny. And you're keeping on with the great content. 👍
You stayed in one of the most famous restaurants in Belgrade.👍
Regarding sarma, I used to eat it with the sour cream and mashed potato. 😋
Hey thank you so much! I appreciate the support big time! Lots of people saying sour cream! I will definitely try that!
Sarma is made in great quantity. The more times it's warmed up the better it gets! 👌
Oh wow! I had no idea!
Hi l am Serbian, living in the UK last 32 years. I never made sarma, but my husband who is English love it. My mum always make sarma when we visit, she use only pork meet, and we eat this with pavlaka which is like cream fresh, only better. My mum also make this with a smocked dried peaceses of pork meet on the top so the whole dish have a smocky flavour, delicious.
You definitely have to make it one day! It is sooo good! Onne of my favorites in the country! Thanks so much for the support!
It's the ,,zagrli me ti,, song in the backround for me 😂 Sarma je neprevaziđena! XO ❤
Ahahaha I couldn't understand stand it! Is that typical holiday music?
@@Travelwithchris understand or stand it lol? No not holiday song, it's our country music love song from 1987 from Gordana StoYichevich. This song you listen to when you break up 😢. But person above says sarma will help with this. 😀Hug me and forgive me, tighten your heart, don't cry. We were each other's everything, the first love, happiness and spring, now it's gone, all gone www.dailymotion.com/video/x631p9x
Holiday time is coming 😄 Prepare to eat sarma from St Nicholas (Sveti Nikola) until St John (Sveti Jovan) 20 jan 😄😄😄
I'm ready!!!
With sarma you can drink beer or špricer (white wine mixed with soda water), i prefer beer... Oh, i forgot, i like your videos, they are just refreshing
Thank you so much Milan! That means a lot to me! Hope you're having a great weekend!
Those are the kind of food that winter craves. 😂😂😂
Lots of love from JAMAICA.
Yes dude! Much love to you bro!
So after sarma you should try MUSAKA with KAJMAK. Belive me bro you will be more than satisfy. Nice trip & enjoy in your life man!
That sounds amazing! I will definitely try that!
My mom used to make musaka - a ground beef and potato layered dish in the oven and she put milk - no egglplant as Serbs don''t use a lot of egglplant. Anyway today I make it vegan style :)
Lol, its always fun and adorable watching you trying Serbian food, ur reactions are priceless 😂 Anyway, for me Sarma is winter food(in my oppinion) no matter we Serbs eating it during whole year. Also, u have summer version(again in my oppinion) and that is "Punjena paprika" (stuffed pepper). Like, sour cabage(Sarma cabage) is mostly thing Serbjans prepare during autumn and winter, paprika is a summer vegitable, so it need to be fresh for Punjena paprika. But, lucky, u can find both meals during any season here in Serbia 😁
Sarma is so good I'm from serbia I have 12 jears and I love that food
In my region we have sarma with "kisela pavlaka" without bread and with bacon (very small pieces) are together with rice and meat inside every piece of sarma (not outside like in this restaurant). Every region or home has little bit different sarma receipe and little bit indenpendent taste. Anyway the best sarma is next day (1-2 days old) and cold sarma especially at night after alko party is very good for recovery :-))))
Prijatno.
Wow that sounds amazing! Thank you so much!
because of corona i litterally forgot how my country looks it's so beautiful nowadays
Yes! 🙌🏻 lets hope things get better soon!
@@Travelwithchris indeed
I'm making Sarma today for the first time for my Bosnian husband. I hope it's as good as the one you had in Serbia. My husband and I absolutely Love your videos! Keep on keeping on! 😁✌
How was it???? I miss Sarma so much! I need some Balkan food again soon!
Try posna sarma!
Also, cevapi tend to get gummy after cooling down and they're not suitable for reheating, but sarma on the other hand is perfect to reheat :D
Try also kiseli kornisoni with sarma, also pita and sarma - perfect
Man I had it all wrong! ahaha
@@Travelwithchris No bro! That's a trap!!!! Don't eat posna sarma... Real sarma is with meat!
@@АлексейКалашников-н4н ahahah
You should try punjene paprike ( stuffed peppers ) . This is the similar like sarma :) They are stuffed with minced meat and rice.
Stuffed bell peppers.
To se jede i na zapadu, nije baš da je samo naš specijalitet
@@MRrMrTARANTULA1986 Punjena paprika ? Nisam znao za to .
@@sasaergelasev3 da, zove se stuffed bell peppers. Malo više pirinča, malo manje mesa, ali forma je ista.
Ohhhh that's next!!! ahaha sounds incredible!
Best SERBIA Βελιγράδι !
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kalimera to our greek sisters and brothers🤗
Nice. One of my family members is from Poland. She used to make rolled cabbage with beef inside like that it was called a galumpki. 😋
Very positive and good man you are my friend. Wish you all the best.🙌👏👍
Hey thank you so much Stevan! Hope you're having a great weekend!
@@Travelwithchris Yes i have good weekend bro.😉
Dva jelena, tri sesira, cetiri prijatelja, pet zena i sest sarmi
brat moj srb🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Great video!! The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is to see if you uploaded a video!! By the time I watch it I’m all wired up!!! BTW, I left a comment in one of your Mexico videos!!
Yo thanks a lot Jimmy! So glad bro! That gives me the drive to keep creating! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving bro!
@@Travelwithchris hope you had a great thanksgiving as well!!
Happy to see someone try serbian food :) ! Glad you like our food.
Oh I miss it 😢
Heya Chris ! When u visited Backa Topola last time you took highway from Subotica to Topola , so u missed a lot unfortunatly , but next time take local road from Subotica to Topola , than u will see Zobnatica , horses lakeside park and academy :D Best part of Topola imho , last summer there were days when couple thousand ppl swimed and visited lake daylie , its clean nice water. And yea google sucks , doesnt recomend this all unfortunatly :() Im familiar with Topola , yea everything is closed cos of Corona :( u missed nice place called Izlog Ideja it was near trafic light where u guys played catch lol , thats coffee house and art galery , lovely place and good music and my favourite place , and town is mostly alive in summer , u havent go to lakeside park its very popular place and many festivals happen there during summer time , u didnt saw big Windmill on the lake its museum of sort and near is also big international football academy , also next to lake iz Zobnatica its for tourist who visit lake and nearby famouse Horse Stables , with horse race track i dont know is it open for visits nowdays du the health restrictions , also there is a hotel u could eat there and rest! Was nice to see you . wish i was there to see ya guys ^_^ Im happy that u like Serbia so much , food especialy lol :D Enjoy
Man that sucks! I missed out! Thanks for all of that information! If I ever get to driving through there again I will definitely explore more! Loving it here! Thanks for the support!
@@Travelwithchris you are welcome , come back at summer time u will enjoy a lot more , if we survive ofc hahah :-) hope u like sarma man !
When will you come to Novi Sad again? I was watching your videos from Petrovaradin fortress and your trip to Sremski Karlovci and you were so impressed with our culture and people here. I am so happy to hear it from some ,,tourist" because it is so sweet!❤
Thank you so much! I hope to be back again in a few weeks!
😍🤤 sarma....
,,njam,,!!! 👏👏👏❤ but home-made one is better!!!
@Dunja Cvetković 👏❤
@Dunja Cvetković uf-i meni...🤤❤❤❤
Sarma is one of the greatest dishes and as you say so rich in flavour. Thanks for visiting Serbian and also vlogging about it. It is not as western media says Serbia is like. 😁 we’re peaceful and likes to talk with other people
You're very welcome! Glad you enjoy the vids! 🙌🏻❤️
Our kitchen is the best, especially during the holiday season :) And we sure do eat a lot!
*Cuisine, kitchen is the room where we prepare food ;)
Soooo good! I'm ready to try so much more!
Saska volim te
It is the other way around. Sarma is actually better when heated up later. The more times it is re-heated the better it gets. Ćevapi are better if they are eaten immediately. Enjoy. :)
Varieties of sarma:
- With green leaves instead of cabbage. Available only in late spring and early summer.
- With wine leaves. Hard to find, as it requires wine leaves to be very young.
Similar dishes:
- "Punjene paprike" - stuffed peppers (similar stuffing of minced meat and rice as in sarma). There are two kinds: stuffed fresh peppers and stuffed dried peppers (sometimes stuffed with minced meat and walnuts).
- "Punjene tikvice" - stuffed zucchini (again, similar stuffing as in sarma).
I can almost smells that sarma.... And im hungry right now
Ahahah so sorry bro!
I lived in Italy for 25 years but Sarma is still my favorite food :)
My mother and my granny make it also with salmon instead of ham. Delicious ;)
Wow that sounds sooo good! Thanks for watching!
@@Travelwithchris Thank you for representing Serbia in such a good way. Good luck and have a lot of fun on your next trip :D
I just love sarma watching from switzerland zürich and im also from ser in svilajnac roanda
Yes so good! Hope all is well up there!
E moj Mikice, Svica je hladna, bio jednom turistički sa porodicom u Zuriku i nikad više! Total waste of time!
yes you did great, we always eat sarma first on slavas and the cevapi, rostilj, pecenje, etc. afterwards
Perfect! ❤️🙌🏻
The best food is homemade 😁 🇷🇸
I enjoyed the video.
After that drink one Rakija, you feel like you can move a mountain. 😁
Ahaha definitely going to put that to the test!
MMM - love sarma. I Americanize mine - I like it with sour cream. Native Serbs would probably look at me like I'm nuts - but I like it.
That sounds amazing! Anything with sour cream is great!
@@Travelwithchris Yes - we Americans love sour cream, cheese and Bacon - am I right?
Yes
Sour cream (pavlaka i kiselo mleko) is literally integral in a serbian cuisine. You won't find serbian fridge without sour cream in it.
@@vanjaarsic1616 do you put it on Sarma?
Hi Chris :) I would suggest to you that when you ask people, especially in Serbia, or if you visit some of the other Balkan countries, what food to eat, ask them what drink goes with it because it is very common that some kind of foods goes with certain drinks. That is the case with the sarma, it is the best to eat it drinking some very good red wine and in Serbia there are many wonderful wine brands. As a meal, the sarma is usually greasy and the wine helps to dissolve the greasiness. To eat this kind of sarma and drink only a glass of water is like doing desecration of the meal. Also, there is other kind of sarma, which is made in the same way and shape, but only with rice and leek which some people eat during the Christmas Lent, a period of 5-6 weeks before Christmas.
Thank you so much for that information!
You cook sarma today, but you eat it tomorrow, and next days. Heat it and eat well.
Amazing! 🙌🏻
Its soft because its not made from regular fresh cabbage, but from kiseli kupus (can be translated as sour cabbage maybe and its actually a cabbage that has been treated weeks prior making sarma)
You should also try posna sarma which is a vegan kind eaten here during fasting 👌
And for regular sarma, i like it the best with some sour cream on top, its a perfect combination 😍
Sarma is eat with home made proja not lepinja but lepinja could also do the job
Need to try that! Thank you!
@@Travelwithchris Proja is essentially corn bread
Glad you liked sarma 😊 I will eat that during the winter. I love watching when its snowing and eat hot sarma 🤣
Oh that sounds absolutely perfect! Going to have to try that!
Sarma 💗💗💗💗
Soo good!
Glad you enjoyed it bro ☺️ You are always welcome
Pls go to Djavola varos. Its like a mountain but not realy. 😂🇷🇸
I will look that up!
Ok
@@Travelwithchris th-cam.com/video/Kl3EvdL422g/w-d-xo.html
Sarma is acctualy a dish that is becomes tastier by every reeheat 😉
I reccomend you to try wedding cabbage (svadbarski kupus), it's hardcore dish wirh even richer taste than sarma. I'm not sure that you will find it in Belgrade restaurants, but try.
ahaha now I'm aware of that! So much more sarma to come!
10:10 a typical reaction to Serbian food
Ahahahah so funny!
Hey Chris, sarma is typically eaten when its cold outside, not necessarily during the holiday season.
ahhhhh! Perfect meal for that! Thanks for watching!
9:33 muzika u pozadini 🤣🤣🤣🤣
jedno drugom smo bili sve😍🤣
@@oreljubojevic686 😍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sarma goes well with sour cream or sour milk.Some people like to cut the sarma into tiny bits and mix it but I personally think that interferes with the flavour of the sarma itself.I put the sour cream next to the sarma in the plate and put some pepper over everything.Hope my advice helped!
That sounds amazing! I will definitely try that!
Soooo as a romanian i am extremely triggered because we have "sarmale" in Romania which is the same thing but made with: pickled cabbage , minced meat , rice , minced onion etc.. and you eat it with sour cream and corn bread "mamaliga" :)) hope you will go to Romania and give it a try ! 👌
It's the same thing all over Balkan 😀
ahahah thanks Alex! I will definitely try it with sour cream! Sounds incredible!
Hey bro hope you are well. Sorry we haven't been able to visit you for a while we were in Bulgaria then Malta were we got stuck due to Covid and flights we're cancelled. But great to catch up with you again. Always great to get recommendations on the street. Never heard of this food before bro. Wow that is a old restaurant, three hats great name lol. Glad you had a great experience. Stay safe and take care my friend catch up soon God bless you bro.
Hey no worries! Glad you're doing well! I hope you had a great time out there! I really want to visit Malta one day! Safe travels!
Jeste li vi Beograđani normalni sa ovim pireom sa sarmom? Jeres! 😂
Sucks that you're visiting in the winter and that COVID is still alive and kickin'... if you're ever back during the spring to fall seasons, you should check out Serbia further outwards and visit all the different meat festivals, the trumpet festival, try the different cheeses, smell the peppers roasting for ajvar, see the village of Donja Lokosnica turn crimson from all the peppers hanging and drying on the walls of the houses. I noticed you didn't try any wine, Serbia's known for over 400 wineries - check one out! Also, If you have the time check out the Golubac fortress and take the old train in Mokra Gora and visit Emir Kusturica's Drvengrad you probably won't be disappointed - Johnny Depp visited amongst many others!
I've been here during the summer before and yes, you're right! Such a different vibe! Thanks for the recommendations!
usually i put all that "kupus" down and eat separately haha
That sounds nice also!
Once in the 80-is rock band Motorhead was in Beograd and that eat so much sarma and get diaries. They eat without bread because that was so tasty. Always eat sarma with bread 😉🍞
Ahaha so funny! Good to know! ❤️
Glad to see you enjoying your stay in Serbia.
I'm loving it!!
@@Travelwithchris I might tickle your imagination a bit now, but the Sarma dish you previously ate - can be improved tenfold! Basically, this sort of a dish becomes better with additional slow cooking...Virtually, the longer it gets heated up, better it becomes. In fact, the actual Sarma dish usually is left overnight in the oven on a low heat a day before Slava or Wedding starts, thus making it extremely tender and juicy for the lunch whilst keeping it warm.
To shed some more light on this, if you're willing to take a read:
Repeating this over the course of three days (the usual/typical Slava festivity time in Serbia, per family) results in something that'd make your taste buds explode with flavor. Sarma definitely is the ultimate comfort food in Serbia, and it is prepared way differently to that of Turkish Sarma that comes rolled in wine leaf and, obviously, without pork.
People might be oblivious to that particular fact, but the food you eat in the Balkans did emerge in the Balkans, and it is authentic for the region. You'd have a very hard time finding Sarma you eat here anywhere near Turkey. Cevapi & Pljeskavica fit that role, too. Burek, however, is one of the things that definitely was influenced by the Ottoman empire in both preparation and taste. Other dishes only share names and preparation to some extent. Ingredients are rather different.
If you get an invitation for St. Nikola, be sure to take it It is the Slava that falls on fasting days, so there should be fish instead of pork : ) Custom is to bring a wine, maybe a chocolate or two.
I love Sarma!!!!! I had it for the first time in Trebinje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
How we eat Sarma? With bread, even tho it contains rice it's too fatty/rich you need the bread to douse it down. Also, sarma is one of the very few meals out there that tastes even better when heated up. So don't worry, leftovers in the fridge and reheat (we tend to say re - warmed love is like re - warmed sarma, pertaining to making up with an ex partner tastes as good). There is also wine leaf sarma, and green leaf sarma, those go really good with sour cream, although you can eat cabbage sarma with sour cream as well it's ridiculously good.
there is two types of sarma, small and normal. It is just about size, taste is same. There are similar meals like sarma. I recomend "punjena paprika" which is "Stuffed Peppers". It is basicly sarma with pepper instead of cabbage. Since i am not bih fan of cabage i allways prefer stuffed peppers.
I guess sometimes you pay for that ambience. Love your videos, and yes, Serbians look at your weird when you record. Loved the background music.
I honestly loves “Sarmas” !I like putting sour cream on it and mixing it!