Local ARMENIAN FOOD - Lavash & BBQ Chicken + Old Khndzoresk Cave Village Tour | Goris, Armenia

As the seventh day of my Armenia trip started winding down, I toured the Old Khndzoresk Cave Village and tried lots of local Armenian food, including lavash and BBQ chicken! Come along with me as my adventures in Armenia continue!
Lusine: / guin_dalera
Armenia Travel: / armeniatravelofficial
My evening began in Goris in gorgeous southeastern Armenia. There, you’ll find the Bronze-Age-era Khndzoresk Cave Village, which was home to maybe 15,000-20,000 people, and it was still populated as late as 1950!
The people who lived in the cave village were extremely developed. They had an economy, agriculture, and production, as well as shops, schools, churches, mills, and more!
There are countless caves scattered around the area. It almost looks like Cappadocia, and is basically Armenia’s version of the famous site in Turkey.
We rode down to the village in a Soviet car to save time. I could see endless caves in the rock formations all around the gorge. Some of the caves are natural, while others are manmade.
After crossing the suspension bridge on foot, we saw a very cool looking cave that looked more like a natural rock formation that was later carved deeper into the rock.
There’s a 17th-century church in the village, 27 shops, three schools, and much more.
After about an hour exploring the village, we had lost the light of the sun, so we headed back to the car. After our drive through the town of Goris, we arrived at Harsanadzor Eco Resort at around 8:30. It’s located in the middle of a forest, next to a gorge. They have three rooms, an open-air dining area with multiple tables, and a main indoor dining hall. We’d be eating in the indoor dining hall!
Our seven-item local Armenian food feast included lavash, BBQ chicken, potatoes with fat inside, herbs, vegetables, bread, barbecued veg salad, red beans, and fresh yogurt!
I started with the red beans first, and a huge piece of lavash. I love lavash so much. It’s my favorite! You can wrap anything with it-herbs, cheese, vegetables, and more! The red beans were delicious and had herbs and a sauce on them. I grabbed some of everything and dug in!
I tried the yogurt on top of the kale, which was amazing. I also loved the barbecued veg salad, which contained eggplant and tomatoes. We toasted to Armenia with some wine and then I tried some of the raw herbs by themselves. They were super fresh, like always! Then, I crunched right into a hot pepper!
The BBQ chicken was super fresh and preserved with red pepper and salt. It was nice and crispy. Then, I went for a BBQ potato with pork fat on the outside. It’s cooked on a skewer with pieces of pork fat and it was insanely good! The fat had infused right into the potato, which made it super buttery and crispy!
Then I rolled some beans, salad, chicken, greens, a piece of fat, and a piece of pepper in the lavash. I got the flavors of everything, especially the eggplant, and it had a bit of spice from the pepper. And I loved that it was so healthy!
I finished my meal with my makeshift veg burrito, which contained herbs, cheese, and spring onion. It was so delicious!
Wow! What an amazing Armenian food feast with lavash, chicken, and more in Armenia!
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 Goris, please contact Lusine.
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Amazing tour of Armenia! Well done David on the whole Armenia series. One of the best I have seen.

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[@IINOYII]

Thx David, you have to convince me to move to Armenia and live there

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me too!

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@Dew Drops I am moving from US to Armenia. You are incorrect, Armenia is a greatest place to live.

[@Lalune350z]

@Dew Drops Same way I earn money here in LA. I'm a designer and a business man. I can make money on the moon if it had wifi. Armenias economy is wide ranged and depends on what you want to do or how much money you can invest.

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Finally you are in my wife's town Goris.

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Hey David and Lusine! Thank you so much for all your exploring and capturing for us. I truly enjoyed Armenia series and discovered so many new things about my own country. The connection you had within you was pure joy and made it fun to watch you. The flirtations were super innocent (my style). Lusine jan, I can't wait to visit with my family and book you to be our guide and wisdom! LOVE from Los Angeles.

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[@shelemm2605]

I just came back from Armenia. I went to Old Khndzoresk and I had the same taxi driver. He shuttles people back and forth from the upper road down to the swinging bridge. He was also kind enough to guide us down a walking path to church ruins and an old cemetery. A guide who lived in the village at the age of 5, until 1972 (or so), was there to show us his cave/home which he turned into a museum, plus he guided us through the cave village.

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David the “horse tail”was Wild Sorrels Aveluk. Armenians collect it in early spring in mountains, made from it long braids, dry then / ferment for month and use only from late fall till spring

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So why did the people leave the cave communities?

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13:30 after that I kept my tongue under the faucet for an hour

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The tour guide is so hot! Fun fact: Kim Kardashian is of Armenian heritage

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Une société Turcophob avec La cuisine turc, la musique turc, moitié du vocabulaire est turc

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Hotel in the middle of a forest and a White group thinks its a good idea to spend a night there. That's every slasher film ever made.

[@rubo1964]

Not in Armenia.Very low crime there.

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

In Armenia, psychopathic slashers would not live for long! ;)

[@carlossoza2441]

I am kind of embarrassed to share this message. While I enjoy watching most of these videos, I found one of the videos from Armenia, where you ate an eyeball out of a fish head, very revolting. I understand cultural norms vary across countries yet, respectfully, this one video did it for me. Perhaps others may disagree with me, and that would be fine. However, in my opinion, if your goal is to cater to a multicultural audience, you should perhaps take into account what others may find offensive or disgusting, including table manners or lack thereof.

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

Nowadays, in a world dominated by the mental-illness of cultural marxism there are people who find eating meet offensive. The best approach is to look away when you see someone who is about to eat something you find revolting!

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@@DJAraRealSalsa meat?

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You are offended by someone eating a fish eye? Yikes.

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Lavash is turkish food...

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Baklava is armenian food

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Review Therapy Are you sure?And what is your proof?

[@Robert_N]

@Aynur Binnur The Turks stole the food from the Greeks, Armenians and Arabs. The original Turk (The Gokturks) came from Mongolia and Central Asia. I don't think the Mongolians know what Baklava, Kabab or Lavash is.

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True, lavash is Turkish food; kebab is Turkish food; water is Turkish drink; music comes from Turkey; the first man on the moon was Turkish.......................and more...............LOL!

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​@Robert_N The Turks intermarried the native western Anatolian peoples, so there is no stealing. Turkish people are not 100% Central Asian. They are a mix, and it's proven in genetic studies.

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У русских нет своей земли

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