Armenian FOOD EXTRAVAGANZA - Trout, Sturgeon & Caviar + Sightseeing | Gyumri, Armenia

On the morning of my tenth and final day in Armenia, I headed out bright and early to make the most of the end of my time in the country. Come along with me and my guides as we go sightseeing and enjoy an Armenian food extravaganza in Gyumri, Armenia!
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Armenia Travel: / armeniatravelofficial
Gyumri is the capital of humor, arts, and crafts in Armenia and is the country’s second-largest city. I began my day by getting a shave at the oldest barber shop in the country!
Afterward, I looked and felt like a different person! Best of all, it only cost me 1,000 dram, or about $2 USD. From there, we headed to a workshop where they make traditional Armenian spinning tops. They’re going to turn this workshop into a bottle cap museum. They recycle bottle caps from around the country and make murals out of them!
Then, we headed to a clay workshop. On the way, we passed the oldest pharmacy in Gyumri, which has been around since 1865. It stood along a beautiful street that is being revived along with Gyumri traditions and culture. We also passed by a pair of spring water fountains dedicated to a pair of brothers.
The clay workshop had beautiful vases, cups, plates, wine jugs, decorative figurines, and more with different patterns and Armenian symbols on them. Then, we headed to another workshop where the owner makes jewelry from bullets. His goal is to make art, not war. He uses handmade tools and a big mix of ammunition to make bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and rings.
We also watched him turn a 12-caliber bullet into a flower base, which he’d add glyphs and semiprecious stones to!
Then, we drove to a pottery workshop, where we saw lots of cups, plates, pots, and vases on shelves. I saw some dark ones that had just been done, which will then go in an oven to bake. The oven gets up to 1,000 degrees inside!
Then, we headed to Vardanants Square. It’s the heart of Gyumri and has statues of the Vardanants heroes who fought in a battle for the Christian religion. There’s also a city hall and two 19th-century churches on the north and south sides.
After a quick visit to the Anecdotes Wall, we visited a fish farm where they breed and raise fish. They have lots of ponds filled with blue and white trout and other fish. They also have a restaurant called Cherkezi Dzor. I caught a fish in a pond and watched them cut it into filets, season it, and cook it in a tonir. I couldn’t wait to eat it!
We started with dried lavash with caviar sauce. The sauce had caviar on top and was so creamy and the dried lavash was super crunchy! Then, I went with the trout, which was delicious, fresh, and all-natural. After that, I tried some caviar by itself, which was like little gushers. Then, I tried it with some bread and butter, which made for a nice contrast.
Then, we had a light but full-bodied wine that paired well with the fish. The smoked trout was incredible and fresh and a bit denser and gamier than smoked salmon. Then,
I tried a saltier caviar with bread and butter. Next was my sturgeon, which they grilled with coals, so it’s like barbecued fish. It reminded me of barracuda. This was some of the best fish I’d ever eaten!
Next, we had some trout liver, which was dense like all liver, but had a lighter flavor. It wasn’t a gamy liver at all. Then, I had to dive back into the caviar!
Special thanks to my friends at Armenia Travel for their kindness, hospitality, and for arranging my trip. I couldn’t have done it without them!
Also, if you would like to visit Gyumri, please contact Lusine.
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well the caviar was definitely not that of a sturgeon, the rest seemed epic and the trout was wild you could tell from the orange color , if it is farmed the flash comes white after cooking. Amazing.

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It was trout caviar, but they were raising sturgeons as well, so they should have normal sturgeon caviar but it's probably more expensive and they most likely export it

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Any idea of the fish farm feast price? The whole meal, I mean..thanks

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Its Armenia fault ! Too much good wine !!

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In india,we buy those spinning things called "lattu". You can buy those around 10-15 rupees so probably under a bucks

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From India 😂

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