Authentic ZANZIBAR FOOD in OMAN!! East African Food Tour in Muscat, Oman!!

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No deep dive into the world of Omani cuisine is complete without having a taste of Zanzibar cuisine! Come with me as I enjoy authentic Zanzibar food in Muscat, Oman!
The island of Zanzibar lies over 2,000 miles from Oman, off the coast of Tanzania in eastern Africa. But even though it’s so far away, it was became part of the Oman Empire in the late 17th century, and so its cuisine has made its way to Oman!
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My friend and guide Ahmed from Oman Travel took me to Outer Space Restaurant. The cook there was from Zanzibar, and showed me kachori, chicken mishkak, coconut fish, biryani, chapati, Zanzibar-style tandoori chicken, pulao, tamarind juice, and more!
In the back, they were making fresh kachori and Zanzibar-style samosas. They basically had a mini buffet. They also had knafeh (a sweet, cheesy dish), falafels, and more. It was a bit mix of African, Middle Eastern, Indian, and Omani influences! And a lot was fried!
The chicken cutlet with coconut chutney was soft with light spices. But it was also very flavorful! The kachori was basically a fried mashed potato ball. I loved that the coconut chutney took it to the next level!
The katlesi za samaki was basically a crispy, fried fish croquette. It was salty and fishy but very nice. Next was the katlesi za nyama, or beef cutlet. It looked identical to the fish one but wasn’t fishy or salty.
The spring roll contained cabbage and carrots. Next was honeycomb bread, which is like a dinner roll stuffed with cheese and drizzled with honey. It’s creamy and crispy!
Next, the ndizi tamu (plantains in coconut milk sauce) was sweet and full of cinnamon. I followed that with the biryani and pulao. The cumin and onions in the pulao were excellent, and I liked the light biryani with the chicken.
I also loved the crispy and meaty samaki wa kukaanga, or fried fish. It went great with the pulao and coconut chutney! I finished with some refreshing and tangy tamarind juice!
Then, my guide Hussain showed me their chili achar and mango achar. I had to buy some to take home! After that, we drove to Kilimanjaro Cafe & Restaurant.
It was a nice cafe with lots of Tanzania-inspired decor on the walls, including images of elephants and giraffes, Maasai warriors, and Mount Kilimanjaro.
In the kitchen, they were grilling octopus; a dish of stir-fried greens, carrots, onions, and coconut milk called michicha; a spinach, nuts and carrot dish with coconut called kisamvu; a massive grilled lamb chop called nyama choma.
The nyama choma is then chopped up and comes out tender and smoky. I loved the spices in it! They also made shark curry with coconut, ugali (cornmeal paste ball), and more.
At our table, we had ugali, michicha, kisamvu, mchuzi wa samaki (shark coconut curry), grilled octopus, and nyama choma. We started with the grilled octopus, which had a smoky charcoal flavor and was super tender.
It’s a best seller there! I loved it with the mango chili chutney. The nyama choma also had a beautiful charcoal flavor. It went well with both chutneys, especially the tamarind!
Next was the ugali with mchuzi wa samaki. The coconut flavor was unreal. Eating the ugali with the kisamvu and michicha blew me away. The michicha was the best spinach dish I’ve ever had!
The carrots and coconut in the michicha were great, but I liked the michicha by itself better. The shark in the kisamvu was outstanding, but the octopus was my favorite!
For dessert, I had a passionfruit juice and lemon. It was cold, refreshing, and a bit sour and tangy.
From the restaurant, I could see the sand dunes, which are in the middle of the city. What an amazing sight!
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[@simonb1052]

Oman is paradise..Omani ppl are very good ..i love Oman God bless Oman..paradise on earth..

[@WalkWithRooha]

really true my dear simon

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Which country are you from

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@@Deira854 iran my new friend

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@@Deira854 i am born in Geneva ..i am Armenian swiss..

[@Davidsbeenhere]

yes they are amazing!!

[@johnnymoh3568]

I love this, from Kenya. Once I saw that Ugali I believed the word Authentic. Great video.

[@WalkWithRooha]

it was really tasty😋😋😋😋

[@FoodieMeatsFood]

Same 😍

[@backstreetboy5453]

I’m from Bangladesh and I love oman my second home✌️✌️✌️

[@ShabanandHailey]

The people in Oman looks so kind and welcoming and the food looks tasty. Thanks for showing and safe journey .

[@Davidsbeenhere]

yes so tasty!

[@husnamajid1491]

@@Davidsbeenhere which place is this in muscat?

[@davidjma7226]

@@husnamajid1491 Outer Space restaurant. 2985 way Ruwi

[@abdillahqomaru2813]

Kind? Look how they're ordering food 🥲 just waiting in the car and they don't think about waiter struggling about the weather so hot cuz they just honking of in front of restaurant like a king. Is that kind ?

[@Robertius926]

Loved seeing the Zanzibar cuisine. Muskat looks beautiful.

[@thesaviors5021]

Oman and zanzibar was one country before

[@salishagranofsky5142]

Hi David I've been to Tanzania on a Safari trip it was amazing and the food was delicious. I went to Zanzibar as well and loved everything about it. You should definitely go

[@alireza_adventure]

[@nnideas2219]

I don't usually watch your videos and randomly found this video and guess what.. I live in Oman and he was literally standing near my HOME !!!!! I was hella surprised 😮🤯 that's how from today I started watching your videos 😁😁 and thanks for visiting Oman David.... I'm from Sri lanka 🇱🇰 but I live in Oman 😁😁 and Oman is really a beautiful country so I recommend everyone to add it in your travel list 😄

[@WalkWithRooha]

❤️BEST SALAM to OMAN ❤️respect from 🇮🇷❤️🇮🇷 great love to all new friends here ❤️❤️❤️ what a great food you had 😋😋😋😋😋

[@simonb1052]

now i am subscribed ..can u make a nice video of kish..??

[@simonb1052]

ppl need to know the other side of Iran..

[@WalkWithRooha]

@@simonb1052 wow yeah sure please wait i will go and definitely do that💪

[@WalkWithRooha]

@@simonb1052 yeah you will see that i ve done some places and try to trip more

[@mal_752]

I grew up in Zanzibar. This is a nice reminder 😊

[@parisz]

Assalamu Alaikum kaka yangu

[@simonb1052]

if u are in arabian peninsula..dont go to Dubai ..please go to Oman..

[@zeej7989]

You brought me home. So many favorites. My mouth is watering remembering my Mom's pilau. She spoiled us with her delicious savory and sweet dishes. East african cuisine is not talked about. Tasty fusion between Africa and India. Thx David.

[@JudyT868]

Oman, oh man, what a beautiful country. The food itself looks delicious. Some things surprised me: the kachourie that we make in Trinidad, plantain, spinach, and the plate of fried treats. Spinach and greens have oxalic acid so the coconut milk or even regular milk neutralizes the acid, if not, the greens would be gritty and sandy when eating them. Love how generous the people are. Also love these middle east series.🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@AO-ve9cm]

Great food and video! Thanks for taking us on your food journey! I have learned so much!

[@kskishore7373]

Omani people’s So kind

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

Everything looks really yummy 😋thumbs up guys 👏😁✌

[@CelestialAscent919]

Awesome food once again!😇

[@rauollsb9245]

So kind people over there 👍

[@arch.l.a.deleon445]

I'm near that place, Al khuwair 33 shout out!!!!👍😊, the locals are the coolest people I met in the planet!🙏😊

[@masumakhan6749]

I love it 😍

[@Ashleyloboashcapture]

I live in oman , happy to know your visiting all the best restaurants and cafes in town

[@farazdarmax8125]

Beautiful food 😋

[@JustCookAndDrinks133]

1st.. 1st.. watching.. full support here 🇵🇭🇰🇼

[@serafinlopez2290]

Great video

[@regularvoyagers]

Delicious😋😁

[@Mukku_Mahi]

Best video

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I love culture Oman 🇴🇲 from 🤔....earth

[@tomyhh]

East African food is wow!

[@gawaasiata3185]

Watching from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@WalkWithRooha]

watching from iran😋

[@yakoobusman2723]

@@WalkWithRooha welcome to oman mam

[@WalkWithRooha]

@@yakoobusman2723 its all my pleasure to have chance to see that , please stay friend❤️🙏

[@queenofpossibility325]

Very interesting Absolutely

[@aazer1aw582]

Love Zanzibari food

[@saimchaudhry1856]

my boy david hoggin the main plate with rice

[@7milebettamile1]

Left both homies hanging lol does it all the time

[@UndesiredPencil]

BTW the greens you really liked are not actually spinach, they are the leaves of the cassava plant, its a particular strain of cassava where the leaves are eaten , just thought i would let you know.

[@nasiriqbal5618]

Very nice

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Hi David greatings from Suriname👌✨✔🎬📽🎞😎💖💖🎶

[@majoodfox4196]

Welcome to our country. Where are you now can I see you

[@WalkWithRooha]

what a great country you have ❤️❤️❤️

[@Deira854]

The people of oman are so decent

[@WalkWithRooha]

@@Deira854 exactly 👏👏👏👏

[@moredavidsbeenhere]

Yes!

[@2075vj]

Oh my goodness that’s my favorite to the end of the octopus. Love grilled octopus have to find a place here in Fort Myers that does it well.

[@rauollsb9245]

Eijoy bro👍👍👍🇩🇪

[@augak3139]

يا سلااام اوجالي😋😋

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Ahmm aummm that means so gooood😁😁😁👍

[@anonymoususer4829]

Upload the next one. Im waiting

[@taifsaif4493]

You are lucky to eat omani food..

[@gbd9116]

Thank you for your wonderful visit. We hope that you will visit us again, but this time we invite you to the Governorate of Dhofar, Salalah, in the Khareef season, specifically between June and September. You will enjoy the beautiful green landscapes and waterfalls.

[@wilonawilson]

I really want to plan my trip there. What is the nearest hotel in Omani to this location and the place you went at night?

[@fallrise2393]

Zanzibar is Africian island in Tanzania, it got the liberation of Arab Oman colony

[@jamessitati7396]

Hongera watu wetu kutoka Zanzibar, salamu kutoka Kenya.

[@sskwozkz2459]

Do you have plan to vlog in Argetina ?few food vloggers has visited there.

[@ahmadibrahim7282]

Greetings from a Lebanese in Belarus, like for the madrid t-shirt))👍

[@abhijit6332]

Zanzibar used to have huge influx of gujrati businessmen in the colonial period. Still some of the families remain there.

[@Deira854]

But one bad thing about some Indians (strict hindus) is that they never integrate with local culture, they stay seperate and dont respect the local culture, Im specially talking about brahmins, not all hindus. Dont you think that should change? Especially if they are living and earning of someone elses land? Brahmins have this bad attitude even in India I think, it brings bad image to Hindus and India

[@abhijit6332]

@@Deira854 yeah true.. I myself am a brahmin but I see this overwhelming sense of superiority in brahmins all over India.. it should definitely change. But yes, people should mold with local cultures. In Suriname and also other Caribbean countries you see how nicely hindus have mingled with the locals.

[@fallrise2393]

It's Africian land, not arabian, of they tried to take it again, what happened in 1964 will happens again

[@queenofpossibility325]

❤❤❤

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🤤🥺تعذيب الأكل الزنجباري مررره ف اللذاذه 👌🏻

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هههه وتشوف الحلقه وانت صايم 😂

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Coconut 🥥 GOD give as it travels ocean ang grows at tropical climate 🤪

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[@fallrise2393]

أنها جزيره افريقية تنزانية و تحررت من الاستعمار العربى العمانى و اذا حاولت اخذها مره اخرى، سوف يحدث مع حدث فى ١٩٦٤

[@runelnoronha5629]

in wht area is outer space resturant i would love to visit it .

[@remialharthi9870]

Muscat Region. A twon named: Ruwi

[@corynnelizabeth5651]

David you need to get "coconut chutney 4 life!!" Tattooed on you because you love it so much!! ❤️😀❤️

[@queenofpossibility325]

Pilao na samaki tamu sana

[@billiejean83]

I thought David was donning bike helmet in the thumbnail

[@princejacky4303]

Brother Ahmed why u didn't make it fast

[@Neplander]

hello my jack sparrow i like all ur videos

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Come to DJIBOUTI DJIBOUTI

[@Davidsbeenhere]

I am dying too!

[@shadyaally-xw9cd]

@@Davidsbeenherei work before at Kilimanjaro cafe n waiting you in TANZANIA Bro

[@princejacky4303]

It's Ramdhan month holy month

[@qassim_zr]

That's not spinach its cassava leaves(kisamvu)

[@queenofpossibility325]

Please invite me napenda sana kula ugali samaki

[@Cyrptic_3VIL_69]

he left you hanging dang

[@BiPolarBear128]

LOL every episode every response to everything he puts in his mouth he says Mmm hmmm as if someone asked him a qustion lol but no one did .... also at least 100 times per video is him saying right ..right ..right ...right

[@crabmusic1]

I love everything David shows I love everything that he presents to us takes us all over the place etc etc but the little word means a lot he has a bad habit of hugging the dish where the food is not letting the other person eat the food on equal basis as he is he is hugging it all up and then when he feels he's finished he pushes the plate away and the other person a lot of times will be looking at the plate being pushed away saying anything or her head wow I could have eaten some more of that or maybe I would have liked to taste it some more he's got to learn to share he has a bad habit of not doing that this is equal and it should be shared like that don't you agree

[@zainabsachak8563]

Amazing video, very authentic. Now you should come to Tanzania and visit the real Zanzibar. I love your videos Sending you love from Tanzania

[@ifeifesi]

It's not surprising Zanzibar food features in Oman because the Omani Arabs had a thriving slave trade buying Africans as slaves and selling them in Arab lands. The trade was more than spices it also included black Africans.

[@tahminaakterrupa3721]

The omani are not fasting 😑?? Because ramadan

[@h.alshidhani8971]

Hakuna kitu cha kusema ila zanzibari

[@narotouzomaki5420]

هذا فاطر 🤔🙄

[@ghostnights8538]

This is Indian food. Looks delicious

[@ifeifesi]

It's Zanzibari food. They say that in the video

[@mal_752]

Zanzibar food consists of dishes from many nationalities, Indian, Arab and African.

[@rumpelstiltskin6965]

​​​@@ifeifesi It's Indian food!! Don't force me to make you sound retarded. Edit : We speak and understand English too. Surprise!!! So here's a challenge. Name 3 pure Zanzibar origin food recognised worldwide. No can do?? Ok. Afrika-wide!?!?! Or what food do you influence in India?? Let me know. I'm all ears.

[@davidjma7226]

Zanzibar food - with huge Indian influence!

[@boris_1]

It’s the opposite way. India copies almost everything.

[@davidjma7226]

@@boris_1 That's a distinction without a difference.

[@boris_1]

@@davidjma7226 Insecure people with insecure statements.

[@vic6688]

I would love to see David not always dip the food in some sauce try eating it for what it is obviously the sauces will taste better but try without always dipping it into something.

[@manglaniklja7204]

Bandra East Mumbai mangala nikalje india

[@user-lf4hx8or2p]

كيف تتناولا الطعام في نهار رمضان اذا زرت بلد مسلم عليك احترام اهله يا ديفيد الحق مش عليك على الدليل الي معك

[@cloroxbleach7496]

اخوي يمكن مصور الفيديو من فترة لا تظلم الرجال

[@alireza_adventure]

amazing bro Good luck dear David

[@ojosef4608]

David, can you stop smelling the food and talking over it when it's not your plate?

[@Davidsbeenhere]

wow sorry about that :(

[@royaltom7224]

SORRY DAVID ITS NOT ZANZINAAR, ITS INDIAN CUISINE

[@supermedia7978]

Not all, you don t have banana, mchicha...

[@vintageradioman]

Who else is sick of these annoying Amazon fresh commercials lol????

[@anonymousw07]

I ask myself why dont you invite him and everyone eat his own food, you are so egoíst eating that really he eat less than you cause you eat all , be génerous and let that he choose the plates and better that everyone eat his own food, ok? the logical is that you invite him and let that he choose

[@7milebettamile1]

He is always greedy with the food in every video, always serves himself more and puts his hands on everything

[@proy7956]

All recipies are 3rd copy of Indian cuisine

[@Deira854]

Even Indian cuisine was infleunced by Middle east central asia

[@sultanalharthi4658]

Actualy your brain is a 3rd copy

[@supermedia7978]

Like the bananas? Zanzibari cuisine has indian influence but it s better

[@user-zu5wz4vm8v]

للأسف صاحب القناة يلبس اسواره في يده لدعم المثليين ونحن كبلد عربي مسلم لانقبل بهذا الشيء ارجو من صاحب القناة ان ينزعها اذا كان يحترم قوانين البلاد