You have a beautiful country with delicious food and very friendly locals! We really enjoyed our time in Bulgaria and wished we had more time to stay longer 😄🇧🇬
@@SarahandMarek We went for a 2 week holiday, loved it so much bought a run down house. Repaired it over a year. We both lost our jobs in the UK and decided to move to Bulgaria were life is a better quality, less stress better air.
Hi Heraldo :) Bulgaria was amazing! The food was delicious, locals were very friendly to us and we enjoyed exploring the country. We would be very happy to visit again 😄🇧🇬
Oh gosh, with 50 leva in Sofia 😂.. what a challenge but I am glad you made it, guys! Our food is indeed very delicious! This was the most I was missing while living in Switzerland!
The beautiful building across from the mineral springs is...The Central Mineral Bath...which is not used as a bath anymore. Sofia exists because of the warm mineral springs, more than 40 in total all around Sofia and the suburbs
Always wholesome and heart-warming to see South Africans exploring my birth country :) I was born here, and live here currently, but I grew up in South Africa :) A good 20 years spent there. Hope you folks enjoyed! By the looks of it you did :) Cheers, julle!
No ways! That's so cool 😃 where in South Africa did you stay?? We absolutely loved our time in Bulgaria and rank it as one of our favorite countries that we visited 😁
@@SarahandMarek Grew up in Joburg, so around 16-17 years there, and then spent a few years in Cape Town for bachelors and then work :) Afterwards my folks decided to move back to Bulgaria and I decided to follow along. Really enjoying it here, but also really miss SA :) Can’t have the cake and eat it too as they say haha. Quick question. Having spent quite some time traveling Europe, what would you two say you missed the most from SA while traveling in Europe specifically?
@@BrutishLearner4 wow, thats really cool! 😃 Without a doubt, we missed the South African people SO much! We really learned to appreciate the South African people and what being South African meant whilst being in Europe 😊
And how bizarre this is. Came across your video without knowing you are from SA 😊 In August it will be 28 years since I moved to South Africa from Bulgaria. Two halfs of my life I lived in two beautiful countries, which dearly love!🇧🇬🇿🇦
Hi Courts! 😊 The food was absolutely delicious! In all honesty, food videos are our favorite to film because we get to try so many yummy things 🤤🇧🇬 Which dish would you try? 😁
Totally agree Sarah & Marek! The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is definitely one of the must-see sights in Sofia. It is a beautiful cathedral full of history. A real must to watch!
@@mirellalep we had a lovely time there, in fact I would say it was our favorite country in Eastern Europe 😄 are you interested in exploring that part of Europe?
@@SarahandMarek, Sofia has 50+ mineral springs within city limits. Some are hot (like this one) and were used to fuel the public mineral baths, some are colder. The yellow-bricked building with the fountain infront of it that you remakred on is the Sofia Central Mineral Bath which uses the same mineral spring that attracted the Thracians here 3000 years ago when the city was founded.
Bulgária é muito linda e muito especial para toda a Europa e tem magníficos lugares ótimos para se conhecer. Adoro tudo que vem desta terra doce maravilhosa.
when he said he has never tasted anything so flavorful i remembered when I was living in the US how their food had literally 0 flavour nothing had taste and everything was so greasy, i felt so bad for these people
@@SarahandMarek Actually i got a few job offers down in Bulgaria so im considering moving there even :O I would definately try that big mushroom and pork stew. Did you notice inflation ramping up prices any in the Balkan region?
The Sofia Central market (Халите) are now sold to Kaufland and will be closed from 14th of July. A historical place in the centre of Sofia is sold to a German market company which is not well received by the people. What a shame!
"Yummyness, dancing all over my tongue" - omg please can i use this! I love it when you guys to food videos, just the look on your faces is enough to describe how delish the food is.Thank you I need to go raid my fridge now. lol loved the bloopers 'are you messing with me?' Sarah slap him!
Hi Cindy! I love that you want to use that line and of course you can 😉💛 Haha sorry to have made you hungry! We also get hungry when editing the food videos 😂 He definitely deserved a slap after that 🤣
Most flavourful thing in your life? Are you guys okay? Do you have a donation page? there is so much out there please leave wherever you were before I implore you my heart goes out to you I am praying for you
You missed the great thing about the water springs. You should smashed some water on your face ! Its magical thing... When I gone sad, I just go there and put some water on my head and feeling much much better....
What do you mean you had expectations and it was nothing crazy? What did you expect to grow wings or to develop some sort of super powers. It is just free mineral water coming from a hot spring and it is at everyone's disposal. Let it cools out and drink it, it is definitely better than most waters especially compared to tap water.
Vauuu totalno ste se raspametili u tako dobroj i ukusnoj hrani. Bugarska mi je totalno nepoznata zemlja po pitanju svega, a iako smo učili u školi nikada nisam tamo bio. Cijene hrane u onom restoranu su malo više, ali treba ipak sve probati da bi mogli nekome dati dobru preporuku. Čini mi se da ste baš uživali, a i ja gledajući vas😉
Hi Hrvoje! We really love making food tour videos because we get to taste such delicious food 🤤 and yes we do go a bit crazy when we taste yummy dishes 🤣 I'm so glad you enjoyed our video and could learn more about Bulgaria through our video 😄 more to come! 🇧🇬
What is called this restaurant and where exactly in Sofia is? Could you please put a Google address or something like this? Thank you very much in advance.
It's so great to see that part of my home getting some recognition :D In case you ever go to bulgaria again, i really recommend "sarmi" (i dont know if you spell it like that) which is part of my fav food in the world xD Great video, i really liked it!!
Thanks so much Serena! 😄 We tasted Sarmi in a couple of the other Balkan countries we visited and it was very good! We're so happy you enjoyed our video, have a great day 😊
Those three big buildings are actually the parliament, presidency, council of ministers and a few other ministries (such as the ministry of education). In short: core of the bulgarian government. :d
Hey Aleksandar 😄 we are both from South Africa but Mareks family is Polish so thats where the name came from 🥳 really interesting fact about your old city 😃
@@SarahandMarek I totally agree with that! I am originally from Afghanistan, but I lived in Bulgaria for several years back in the early 1990’s; I truly enjoyed the experience from culture to food to meeting new people and making friends … I hope to be able to visit Varna and other towns along the Black Sea in the near future and make more memories. Take care.
The food was overpriced for sure 4 bucks for tarator milk goes for 1.20 there not enough herbs or whatever to justify the rest And 3.50 for the bread as if they go for .99 at lidl And the last one 19.50 nah that's a 10-13 levs dish
Bulgaria 🇧🇬 is NOW my favorite country in the world 🌎
Bulgarian food is delicious! 🤤 Have you visited? 😄
@@SarahandMarek no! Romania , Hungary, Croatia, Serbia , Bosnia … but not Bulgaria 🇧🇬. The food really looked good!
@@jasonpetersharpe We have a lot in common with other Balkan nations. Food culture also. You wont starve here :).
Thnx bro im from Bulgaria🇧🇬
@@SarahandMarek Do you seed the beautiful nature?Im from Bulgaria.
It's cool to see foreigners enjoying my home country!
You have a beautiful country with delicious food and very friendly locals! We really enjoyed our time in Bulgaria and wished we had more time to stay longer 😄🇧🇬
@@SarahandMarek Thanks for the kind words!
Hi Radoslav! I would love to visit Bulgaria too! I have been to the UK and USA but Eastern Europe offers many delightful destinations!
I am English man living in Bulgaria. So glad you liked our great food.
Thanks for watching! Bulgarian food is some of the best food we have tasted on our travels 😋
Hi. Quite quickly, what made you shift to Bulgaria? I would be enthralled to know your story.☺️🙏
@@SarahandMarek We went for a 2 week holiday, loved it so much bought a run down house. Repaired it over a year. We both lost our jobs in the UK and decided to move to Bulgaria were life is a better quality, less stress better air.
I have since then been restoring old BG houses. In the Troyan region. If you come again, pop in to see us. The story is much bigger.
And thank you English man to identify with our culture! This is how it should be when foreigners live in our country!
Bulgarian is beautiful !! I'm have been there 2 times and can't wait to go back. Food is fantastic
Hi Heraldo :) Bulgaria was amazing! The food was delicious, locals were very friendly to us and we enjoyed exploring the country. We would be very happy to visit again 😄🇧🇬
Oh gosh, with 50 leva in Sofia 😂.. what a challenge but I am glad you made it, guys! Our food is indeed very delicious! This was the most I was missing while living in Switzerland!
We loved everything we tasted, WOW! 🤤🇧🇬 How long have you been living in Switzerland for? You must miss Bulgaria ❤️
The beautiful building across from the mineral springs is...The Central Mineral Bath...which is not used as a bath anymore. Sofia exists because of the warm mineral springs, more than 40 in total all around Sofia and the suburbs
That's so interesting! Thank you for sharing 😊
First thing you stumbled upon were the mineral springs! The whole city was built around them!
bulgaria has good food, maybe the best in europe
We definitely will not argue with you about that one 🤭
Come back to Sofia! You are welcome!
Always wholesome and heart-warming to see South Africans exploring my birth country :) I was born here, and live here currently, but I grew up in South Africa :) A good 20 years spent there.
Hope you folks enjoyed! By the looks of it you did :) Cheers, julle!
No ways! That's so cool 😃 where in South Africa did you stay?? We absolutely loved our time in Bulgaria and rank it as one of our favorite countries that we visited 😁
@@SarahandMarek Grew up in Joburg, so around 16-17 years there, and then spent a few years in Cape Town for bachelors and then work :) Afterwards my folks decided to move back to Bulgaria and I decided to follow along. Really enjoying it here, but also really miss SA :) Can’t have the cake and eat it too as they say haha.
Quick question. Having spent quite some time traveling Europe, what would you two say you missed the most from SA while traveling in Europe specifically?
@@BrutishLearner4 wow, thats really cool! 😃
Without a doubt, we missed the South African people SO much! We really learned to appreciate the South African people and what being South African meant whilst being in Europe 😊
And how bizarre this is. Came across your video without knowing you are from SA 😊
In August it will be 28 years since I moved to South Africa from Bulgaria. Two halfs of my life I lived in two beautiful countries, which dearly love!🇧🇬🇿🇦
The food looks so good 🤤🤤 food tour videos are always my favourite 🤤
Hi Courts! 😊 The food was absolutely delicious! In all honesty, food videos are our favorite to film because we get to try so many yummy things 🤤🇧🇬 Which dish would you try? 😁
The pork knuckle stew for sure 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
@@courtnaybowden9892 that stew was amazing! And that was Marek's favourite by far 🤤
MY BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL MOTHERLAND BULGARIA!
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Their foods looks really delicious even though I never been to Bulgaria. Hope you're having a good time there with your partner.
Totally agree Sarah & Marek! The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is definitely one of the must-see sights in Sofia. It is a beautiful cathedral full of history. A real must to watch!
You are spot on Ferry! We found the cathedral to be an incredible sight in Sofia 🤩 Have you visited Sofia as well? 😄
Yep. I was here for a holiday in summer 2013. I loved it! Beautiful city well worth a visit.
@@FerrySanders very nice! Did you also enjoy Bulgarian cuisine? 😄
@@SarahandMarek
Haha, that was a few years ago. What i remember well is the Tarator and the Shopska salad... 😁
Oh that delicious food was making me revel in joy! Great video guys 👏
Thank you so much Rella 😄 this Bulgarian food was incredibly delicious! 🤤🇧🇬 Have you ever visited Bulgaria?
@@SarahandMarek Hi Sah...no I've never been to Bulgaria....looked great 👍 xxx
@@mirellalep we had a lovely time there, in fact I would say it was our favorite country in Eastern Europe 😄 are you interested in exploring that part of Europe?
@@SarahandMarek one day perhaps........xx
It is hot mineral water straight from the tap... people do not drink it when it is warm, you should wait until it cools down, then it tastes normal.
Thanks so much for this info 😊 it's quite nice to have mineral water freely available to the locals nearby 😄
@@SarahandMarek, Sofia has 50+ mineral springs within city limits. Some are hot (like this one) and were used to fuel the public mineral baths, some are colder. The yellow-bricked building with the fountain infront of it that you remakred on is the Sofia Central Mineral Bath which uses the same mineral spring that attracted the Thracians here 3000 years ago when the city was founded.
Bulgária é muito linda e muito especial para toda a Europa e tem magníficos lugares ótimos para se conhecer. Adoro tudo que vem desta terra doce maravilhosa.
This food looked soooooo lekker 😵💫 amazing vid the editing is just perfect
It was delicious! Baie baie lekker 😁🇿🇦 thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it 😊
България е най-хубавата страна
Oh yeah! I'll definitely visit Bulgaria. They're nice. And the food, wow ooohhhlala! Heavenly🥂🍁
You definitely should! We really enjoyed our short time there and the food was delicious 😋
when he said he has never tasted anything so flavorful i remembered when I was living in the US how their food had literally 0 flavour
nothing had taste and everything was so greasy, i felt so bad for these people
Parlenka and tarator are a fantastic combo! You guys look like you are having so much fun!
Now thats a proper filmed food tour! and included prices for each meal.
Thanks so much! So happy you enjoyed it 😁 Which food would you try??
@@SarahandMarek Actually i got a few job offers down in Bulgaria so im considering moving there even :O I would definately try that big mushroom and pork stew.
Did you notice inflation ramping up prices any in the Balkan region?
The Sofia Central market (Халите) are now sold to Kaufland and will be closed from 14th of July. A historical place in the centre of Sofia is sold to a German market company which is not well received by the people. What a shame!
Wow, that is so sad to hear 🙈
What are the chances for Bulgaria to get a government that supports its people instead of following the EU/Soros agenda? Bulgexit soon?
I like video editor and for both energy 😊
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed our very 😁🙌🏼
I recomend you the next time you go to Bulgaria to try the drobsarma dish ❤ Im sure you will enjoy it
the market was empty because... uh, post covid aches and trauma. i think so. good filming, though. encore!
"Yummyness, dancing all over my tongue" - omg please can i use this! I love it when you guys to food videos, just the look on your faces is enough to describe how delish the food is.Thank you I need to go raid my fridge now.
lol loved the bloopers 'are you messing with me?' Sarah slap him!
Hi Cindy! I love that you want to use that line and of course you can 😉💛 Haha sorry to have made you hungry! We also get hungry when editing the food videos 😂 He definitely deserved a slap after that 🤣
the water you drink is mineral thermal spring water, healing
That awesome! We thought it might have been 😄
That is natural mineral water comming directly from the ground... Its very very healthy. What did you expect to taste like? Pineaple and coconut?😂😂😂
Most flavourful thing in your life? Are you guys okay? Do you have a donation page? there is so much out there please leave wherever you were before I implore you my heart goes out to you I am praying for you
I am confused 😅
You should leave the water to cool down before drinking it.
u need to. wait for the water to get cold guys. it's healing water
You missed the great thing about the water springs. You should smashed some water on your face ! Its magical thing... When I gone sad, I just go there and put some water on my head and feeling much much better....
What was the resteraunt called?
Hadjidraganov's
Thank you!
History
Could you tell the name of the restaurant, 😢
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What do you mean you had expectations and it was nothing crazy? What did you expect to grow wings or to develop some sort of super powers. It is just free mineral water coming from a hot spring and it is at everyone's disposal. Let it cools out and drink it, it is definitely better than most waters especially compared to tap water.
Hi, I am happy you enjoyed my country's cuisine!
It was all so delicious 🤤🇧🇬
Vauuu totalno ste se raspametili u tako dobroj i ukusnoj hrani. Bugarska mi je totalno nepoznata zemlja po pitanju svega, a iako smo učili u školi nikada nisam tamo bio. Cijene hrane u onom restoranu su malo više, ali treba ipak sve probati da bi mogli nekome dati dobru preporuku. Čini mi se da ste baš uživali, a i ja gledajući vas😉
Hi Hrvoje! We really love making food tour videos because we get to taste such delicious food 🤤 and yes we do go a bit crazy when we taste yummy dishes 🤣
I'm so glad you enjoyed our video and could learn more about Bulgaria through our video 😄 more to come! 🇧🇬
It is probably a tourist trap, normally prices are way lower.
Mi se na Balkanu ne razlikujemo mnogo. Pozdrav!
What is called this restaurant and where exactly in Sofia is? Could you please put a Google address or something like this? Thank you very much in advance.
Here is the website for the restaurant www.kashtite.com/bg 🙌🏼🇧🇬 You should be able to find all the info you're looking for from there. Enjoy! 😁
@@SarahandMarek Thank you very much 🤗 Can't wait to try their food.
You are going to LOVE it!! 😁
@@SarahandMarek for sure! 🤗
come to Bangladesh ❤🙋♂️🇧🇩
It's so great to see that part of my home getting some recognition :D
In case you ever go to bulgaria again, i really recommend "sarmi" (i dont know if you spell it like that) which is part of my fav food in the world xD
Great video, i really liked it!!
Thanks so much Serena! 😄 We tasted Sarmi in a couple of the other Balkan countries we visited and it was very good! We're so happy you enjoyed our video, have a great day 😊
@@SarahandMarek thanks, have a great day too :D
why all you guys pronounce bAnica wrong? it is bAnica, not banIca
also capital city of bulgaria is sOfia, not sofIa
@11:50 - this is what we like here - rolling full bellies and "Ummm" sounds accross the table 😅
Those three big buildings are actually the parliament, presidency, council of ministers and a few other ministries (such as the ministry of education). In short: core of the bulgarian government. :d
Thank you so much, Bai! 😃
whats the freakin name
We wish that we could remember 😭
Looks like an amazing place with amazing food!
Right!? We really enjoyed exploring Sofia but the food was hands down our favorite part 🤤🇧🇬 Which dish would you want to try? 😁
ice-cream? that's stupid should've tried biscuit cake
Water taste like water! Amazing! 😂
'beautiful buildings' xD
What is the name of restaurant? 😊
The name of the restaurant is "Hadjidraganovite kashti".
NOOOO!!!! NO WALNUTS IN THE TARATOR!!!! GEEZ!!!!
Hi , where are you from? Marek is the old name of my born city in Bulgaria . Now is Dupnitsa :)
Hey Aleksandar 😄 we are both from South Africa but Mareks family is Polish so thats where the name came from 🥳 really interesting fact about your old city 😃
Not banItza,but bAnitza 😉
Thanks so much for helping us with our pronunciation, we try our best but we know we don't get it right most of the time 😅
This is indeed amazing! Where are you people from originally? Also, I subscribed!
Thanks so much! So happy you enjoyed it 😁 We are from South Africa 😊🇿🇦
@@SarahandMarek Okay. That is great to know. Do you currently reside in Bulgaria?
I guess you hit the bullseye with the main dish :D The reaction was epic
It was so good! 🤤
Only one clarification, Iran has the largest buildings in the world. Mind you I’ve never been to Sofia!
nice one guys !
Went to this restaurant tonight after watching your video - so good, thank you!
Thats amazing!! 😁 hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did 🥳
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 I love Bulgaria.
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I love Tarator, which is almost like a substitute for soup as a starter…
It was really nice and refreshing 😋
@@SarahandMarek I totally agree with that! I am originally from Afghanistan, but I lived in Bulgaria for several years back in the early 1990’s; I truly enjoyed the experience from culture to food to meeting new people and making friends … I hope to be able to visit Varna and other towns along the Black Sea in the near future and make more memories. Take care.
What is the NAME of that Bulgarian Restaurant?
Hi Greg! Here is the link to the website for the restaurant www.kashtite.com/bg Hope you enjoy it as much as we did 😁🙌🏼
I am a bulgarian next time I recomend you guys going to Връх Шипка
Hi Maria! Thanks for your recommendation. We would love to visit Bulgaria again someday and when we do we'll be sure to look this place up 😀
Thanks its a place has a lot of history
5:18 it's called triangle of power, parlament , ministery council and president palace
Thanks so much for the info 😄 Marek was blown away by the architecture in Sofia!
@@SarahandMarek yes like a we are hobits in city of gigants
NICE... just watch out for vampires coming in from Romania.. 🤘💪😎👌
Hahaha 😂 we've got our videos from Romania coming up in the next few weeks 😉
Did you two visit Bucharest?... And.. If you going to Hungary.. Please lotsa pics of Budapest the old buildings and a nice vid of the Danube.. 🤘💪😎🙏😎
There are plenty of vampires in Bulgaria. In fact the word vampire is Bulgarian. The Romanian word is strigoi
Dracula is bulgarian. Don't worry.
We have our own vampires :D.
That watter is a spring mineral watter
I live in Bulgaria the places aren't the best it's not so comfortable in places. But hotels and resturants are perfect for tourists
We really enjoyed our time in Bulgaria 😄🇧🇬 It was one of our favourite countries that we visited
Yay
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In Kalomanci there's a restaurant that's also a zoo
This is also close by the new big Historical Park and Ovech Fortress, alongside the Madara Rider
bravo
Thank you 😄🇧🇬
how dare you leaving camera like that in Bulgaria 1:38
Everytime I came I fall in love with the food
It is really delicious 😋
Wow
The amazing thing is that its water from the nature 😀
Yes, apparently those are natural springs 😄🙌🏼
Can I correct you just a tad? I have been hearing alot of foreigners say this and its getting on me... it is NOT baNItsa, it is BAnitsa ;)
Thank you for telling us! Sorry for saying it wrong 😅
Do you have Instagram📷🤳?
What is the name of restaurant??
Here is the website for the restaurant www.kashtite.com/bg 🙌🏼🇧🇬
Banitsa is lekker, isn't it
HaHAA! Banitsa is very Lekker! 😆 where did you learn that word?? 😃
Dear bulgarian friends,hope you took my advice and un-hooked Romania from your electric power-grid.Also check for extension cords. Bless you Petra
Sorry to disappoint you, but Hadjidraganovite is a tourist trap :)
Show how do they make those food.
The food was overpriced for sure
4 bucks for tarator milk goes for 1.20 there not enough herbs or whatever to justify the rest
And 3.50 for the bread as if they go for .99 at lidl
And the last one 19.50 nah that's a 10-13 levs dish
Hi! Are you from Bulgaria? :)