BALKAN SHOWDOWN in London 🇬🇧

BALKAN SHOWDOWN in London 🇬🇧
Join me as we go on an Eastern European experience in London England.
We travel to Wood Green in London in search of Eastern Europe and find ourselves in a part of town that is truly Balkan.
We put it to the test and see how the Albanian Burek stacks up against the Bulgarian Banitsa.
We then grab a lunch with Bulgarian Rakia, that had it not been for the prices, would have been as good as in Sunny Beach Bulgaria.
If you enjoy adventure videos from the former Soviet Union and Central & Eastern Europe, then grab your vodka, some zakusky and join me as we visit the Balkans in London England.
SINI Bulgarian Bakery:
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Sunny Beach Restaurant:
goo.gl/maps/cD6Zi2PLcJLpL1X56
Alanian Bakery:
goo.gl/maps/Zr2vaMLCWQQqYcjM8
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[@Nik-cg6qr]

Thanks for showing so much love to Bulgaria . Love your videos

[@J.E.E]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. 👍👌

[@ivayola]

Justin you really have a talent to connect with people all around the world! Thank you for presenting the food and culture of my country Bulgaria in such a positive lovely way ❤ Respect and tons of health and good luck to you!

[@J.E.E]

Thank you so much my friend, i appreciate the kind comment!! 👍😃

[@unsalmutercimler8352]

Thanks Dear Justin

[@bookertee3057]

Best videos about Eastern European Culture on You Tube.

[@J.E.E]

Thank you so much, i am so glad you are enjoying the content!! 😃👍

[@bookertee3057]

@@J.E.E Great Baltic videos also. 👍

[@chubbawubba4287]

Great video, shows no matter we go there will be a few scousers to great us. Thanks for sharing.

[@marutakelers1856]

Cheers, Justin! Love that you can find the international places everywhere you go. It looked delicious!

[@AbdullahAlazemi]

Nice and helpful,, thank you Justin.

[@J.E.E]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting 👍👌

[@dee74raz]

That Latina lady at the fruit & veg is called Fani 😮

[@kw2142]

Yeah that cracked me up. Don't know how Justin held it together

[@dee74raz]

@@kw2142 Justin should have said I’m Dick 😅

[@J.E.E]

😃😃😃

[@danw7198]

Great video to see different parts of London / foods 👍😊

[@J.E.E]

Thank you!👍👌

[@thebadradio5340]

Greetings from Plovdiv, Justin!

[@TheWrightLifeTravelChannel]

What a unique lens to explore London!

[@J.E.E]

Hi my friend, i am really happy you enjoyed the video, thank you so much for watching and commenting!!👍😃

[@nutrilook]

lovely Justin keep them coming...

[@J.E.E]

Happy you are enjoying the content!! Thank you so much for watching 👍👌

[@rimonb555]

great video next week i come to sofia bulgaria again :) love the pepole and the food great place

[@taverastrades]

justin with the best vlogs, love you man keep it up

[@J.E.E]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting, so happy you are enjoying the content 👍👌

[@risingfirebird]

Boza is a fermented drink, usually made of wheat or rye (millet is more common in Turkish boza), water, and sugar. The one you tried is with artificial sweeteners and is more on the sweet side. The authentic boza has a slightly sour taste, I can't really compare it with anything else. Also, what you tried is a "street banichka", the homemade pie-style banitsa is much different and a thousand times better (at least in my opinion).

[@drerri]

So boza is comparable to kvass? Been to Bulgaria 4 times but never heard of it.

[@J.E.E]

Thank you very much for your input!

[@risingfirebird]

​@@drerri Hey, I've just checked how kvass is prepared, and apparently yes, there is a similarity in the technology. However, the grains in the boza are blended, making it much thicker in consistency. Tastewise, I don't really know because I'm not sure if I have ever tried kvass. Maybe the next time you go to Bulgaria, you could try boza (with sugar, not sweeteners (: ) and give us feedback :) Just don't ask them for kvas ("квас") because in Bulgarian that means "leaven" used for making sourdough bread.

[@kashonder]

Correct. Unfortunately the boza with sweeteners is not very good. After you drink it all day you feel the taste of the cheap sweeteners. It's not the same at all like the old good days.

[@Crackers2549]

Great video Justin...! Greg

[@J.E.E]

Thank you!👍👌

[@plamenkolev3085]

Hello, glad that you not been beaten by the Albanians. Wood Green is well known and popular for Bulgarian as they crowded the area. I use to go in Sunny beach many times, food was always amazing. Keep up the good videos, Justin!

[@J.E.E]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting, it really helps support the channel. 👍👌

[@radostinangelov9193]

My brother's wife, her sister works in that restaurant 😆

[@trevorvardy9224]

Thankyou loved this video. Typical how only non locals spoke. Same here in Australia

[@J.E.E]

i am so happy you are enjoying the video ... Thank you so much for watching . 👍👌

[@trevorvardy9224]

@@J.E.E we followed your videos whilst in Bulgaria. Thankyou 😁

[@radostinangelov9193]

Those people are not really ''Bulgarians'' in a sense their heritage is not Bulgarian, they are by passport Bulgarians but with Turkish heritage.

[@ya.dimovski]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@tapikoBlends]

You are right. Iknew one person from bulgaria. He says hes bulgarian, he was muslim and mother was turkish.

[@lucatoni4509]

pomak

[@peterruskov]

Nah, only the first guy in the coffee place was, others were typical Bulgarians. Their names were also Bulgarian not Turkish.

[@pavelivanov2064]

There were no bulgarans in this shop!

[@zachtech5442]

Its miserable and cloudy london but definately better than our weather...cloudy and hot humid...30c every day😂

[@norair2590]

I love balkan countries people and the food,from Slovenia to Montenegro, from Romania to Serbia I felt at home. Best bureck we had was in Bucharest and best baklava in Sarajevo. Looking forward for new videos. We appreciate your vlog.

[@lerapol]

Well, Slovenia isn't Balkan... like at all... though burek came a popular foreign staple food a number of people enjoy in a few small parts of Slovenia in the same way that the Döner Kebab came to be such a staple food in some parts if Germany (the somewhat sizable number of foreigners who settled from the Balkans and Turkey into those countries). So yeah, it's interesting.

[@dilakshanbalakumar6903]

Come to East Ham the area is soo multi diverse

[@andysm1964]

Greetings from North Poland,pal

[@gytisk6998]

страхотно видео, но най-добрата баница е на женския пазар в софия :)

[@_MANASYt]

You make me homesick 🫠 Haven't been home in 3 years, COVID... Finally this summer I'll have a proper banitza again! 👻

[@J.E.E]

And don't forget the shopska salad and rakia my friend👌👍

[@wiseman9960]

Boza is a fermented beverage made from wheat or millet, which means its slightly alcoholic :P BTW Justin when were you in Plovdiv? I must have missed that video

[@tapikoBlends]

I love Ayran. I can drink 1 litre at once )

[@lenakaneva7266]

Оh...my ❤Bulgaria

[@J.E.E]

😃😃😃

[@eltenda]

Mmh london..I'll pass lol😅 Well you kinda saved the day with that part of town bro lol

[@peterruskov]

Hahah so many shady characters.

[@kw2142]

Great video man. Reminds me why I hate but also like London. Multiculturalism is awesome but people are stressed

[@drerri]

Nah it's not the multiculturalism it's the big corporations that control everything. Who does the guy in a Bulgarian village work for? Himself and his family. Who does a Londoner work for? Probably a big chain store, tech corpo, you name it.

[@devastorzelen]

ajran in london xd :D

[@PembrokeshireBoyinThailand]

Thanks Justin, sorry to say the best thing about London is the M4 heading west to Gods' country - Wales

[@dee74raz]

Was David, your son, the camera man on the tube 🚇? 🤔

[@J.E.E]

Hi my friend, no not this time!! 😃👍 thanks for watching!

[@dee74raz]

@@J.E.E Oh secret mistress 😁

[@martindworak]

Damn, I gotta go to London, you can’t get jack for $5 here in US.

[@J.E.E]

😆😆😆

[@ChefEarthenware]

How many English people did you meet in London? Any?

[@tapikoBlends]

London is within east europe

[@lot6129]

What a grumpy lot, PASS

[@Sashacolin7530]

You have a good metabolism. You eat so much and you don't get fat.😂🤷

[@dee74raz]

The last time I heard anything about Bulgarians in London was when poor Georgi Markov got killed by an umbrella 🌂 poison in 1978 by the KGB at Waterloo Bridge 😮

[@ya.dimovski]

Много жалко за тебе!Трябва да четеш повече !

[@debnadaebna9981]

Those guys in Plovdiv caffe don't look like Bulgarians. :)

[@dee74raz]

They are ethnic Turks from Bulgaria 🇧🇬

[@user-qq5kl3rc6g]

מה הנייד שלך אח יקר או אינסטגרם

[@J.E.E]

Justin_easterneurope is my Instagram👍

[@pauldumitrescu1955]

Yiu look 100% romanian Justin! 👍 Smart bitchy and elegant 😆😆

[@J.E.E]

😜

[@Rc19977]

Why is no one ethnically English in this video? So sad to see what my country has become

[@stefanandersson211]

Kosovo Albania ? Two countries

[@lot6129]

Could the Albanian girl please not run her hand through her hair and then touch the food,,,,,

[@mrtomcruise5192]

Looks expensive and crap

[@J.E.E]

😆😃

[@walbrzych9975]

Illegal migration central

[@Me-the-One-G]

Justin, why haven't you tried some Romanian food there?!

[@Tatkovi-px7mx]

Bro dont do that man dont put the two VS BECAUSE its gonna get real very quick 😂

[@J.E.E]

😆😆😆