How Muslim-friendly is Serbia? 🇷🇸 Halal food search!

[@chaw294]

A useful video for Muslim viewers who wish to look for halal food when visiting Serbia. Great job, Steve lvana...thanks !!!

[@hypatiatv421]

WELCOME to SERBIA. Serbia has a lot of historical friends from north Africa and western Asia. First by first: Iraq, Lybia, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria. Also Kuwait and Morocco. UAE in latest times, but it is not real friendship, it is money friendship, it can became real in future. Arab food is very popular in Belgrade. Lebanese restaurants in Belgrade are everywhere, i do not know exact number but 5 is minimum. We laso have one palestinean and two jewish restaurnts. Basicaly, it is the same cousine, with small diferences. Greek restaurants are everywhere also, GIROS-GREEK KEBAB is ultra popular food in urban Serbia. Turkish cakes are ULTRA popular in Serbia adn the Balcans. Also we have bunch of turkish restaurants and sweet stores where u can order original turkish Baklava and Tulumbe. TULUMBE is my favoritied cake of all, also i like URMASHICE(bosnian cake) i do not know turkish original name. Mexican food is also very popular, bunch of restaurants, on every corner u can order mexican food. I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK about CHINESE restaurants, i realy do not know exact number, chinese food is also popular in urban Serbia. I do not like chinese food but lot of people likes it. We have one Uzbek restaurant and two indian restaurants. Bunch of irish pubs, where u can order irish food. Old name of Belgrade is Singidunum, given by the Celts. 3-5% of our blood is celtic. But, serbian food is faraway the most popular food amongst serbian and people who lives in Serbia.

[@JetLagWarriors]

Great comment, thanks for this

[@hypatiatv421]

@@JetLagWarriors Thanks.

[@afzalshaikh2128]

Thank you from 🇨🇦. Adding Serbia to my list

[@yougoigo802]

MasaAllah, selam from bosna

[@gerardfernon3339]

Stretched noodle places are becoming quite plentiful in many countries now, Steve. Although they're not strictly Muslim Chinese food, they are often associated with the more Muslim areas of north-western China, such as Gansu and Shaanxi provinces and the Ningxia autonomous region. They have a famous8 beef soup with stretched noodles. The noodles are called "lamian" in Mandarin, where "la" means pull or stretch and "mian" refers to the wheatflour noodles. There's a bit of a Malaysian chain serving them here in Malaysia, Steve, and they're quite nice. The chain is "Warisan Mee Tarik", where "tarik" means pull. The boss I think is a Muslim from China and the restaurant cooks were also Muslims from China. It's fun to watch them stretching the noodles between their hands and splitting them into strands in the same action. Quite a performance.

[@gerardfernon3339]

The name of the Muslim Chinese restaurant was "Yinxiang Lanzhou", which more or less means "Lanzhou impression". Lanzhou ("Lahn-joe") is the capital of Gansu province mentioned above, one of the provinces where Muslims are more numerous than elsewhere in China.

[@gerardfernon3339]

The correct name of the Chinese Muslim restaurant chain in Malaysia is Mee Tarik Warisan Asli. They have half a dozen restaurants in the Klang Valley alone. Another restaurant with the stretched noodles is Kungfu Ramen in Taman Sunway Mentari, near the Sunway Pyramid but on the other side of the express-way. Besides the stretched noodles they serve many other kinds of Chinese Muslim (Hui) dishes. The staff are Muslims from China. Many of our Malay friends enjoy the food there.

[@shaifulnizan7718]

@@gerardfernon3339 good info, thanks

[@fahmidalutfullah361]

Damascus is the capital of Syria! So what you're eating is Syrian halal food in Serbia. Yes, there is something called halal beer. I've had it in Toronto as well.

[@zailinahmad9695]

@Jetlagwarriors Stwve/Ivana a big thank you🌹 You never fail to highlight Halal eateries whenever you come across them in your travels and for that we truly are appreciative. Bless you guye😘😘😘

[@Yasin_Affandi]

What a lovely video of Halal food in Serbia. U guys r truly wonderful.

[@roohizamir5746]

Yummy food, Steve absolutely right even I think you can find A Shawarma shop in Polar region coz for some years its in every country n city, BTW I HV been to Halaal Chinese near Mississauga before carona. Enjoy

[@maznahharon3665]

Thank you for the effort of locating halal food for your Muslims subscribers

[@goranstojanov1160]

You also have filipino,indian communities in Serbia as well or mixed filipino-serbian/indian-serbian. There arent in huge numbers but they are still present.I dont know exactly how much in numbers but i would personaly say that maybe there are like more than 100 and less than 500 families of filipino/indian families mostly mixed or became later on mixed. Sadly peole prefere more rich countries to settle in even when some counrteis that arent as rich can sometimes give more than enough or just enough but ist something in people that ist sorat programmed that seek ritcher and even richer places to live in even thou their own country or lesser rich country can accomodate almost all needs for ones living.

[@billmayor8567]

It’s nice to know that halal food can be found in most places. Enjoying your content!

[@fahmidalutfullah361]

BTW, kaymak in Turkey is clotted cream too and there, it is eaten with honey and bread for breakfast!

[@ventilatorbgd]

noooooo kajmak and honey cannot imagine that, fui. Or you think on maslac-butter which is other type of milky cream that we also use with honey and jam.

[@abc-eq9so]

@@ventilatorbgd Probaj pa reci fui :)

[@zastava404]

No disrespect but honey and kaymak 🤢🤮

[@Fatih-g9f]

​@@ventilatorbgd😂no in turkey we eat kaymak with honey

[@mnemonija]

I imagine Turkish kajmak is not salted like Serbian, so it's closer to butter and would go great with honey.

[@salzburgsf49ersfan56]

You guys are a bundle of joy. You also have atheist fan like me. Love the amount of respect you guys show towards your fans.

[@vodoinstalatersolidnihprim2021]

5:32 Damask or Damaskus is eldest town in the world, and it is clearly Syria

[@malaysiadentist4637]

thanks. you guys never disappoint🐱👍👍

[@fanfare78]

Found you while searching for Serbia Thank you for uploading.

[@olaabdrabou7579]

Thanks Ivana and Steve

[@elvism5337]

I live like 5 houre away from Belgrade. Never know there are halal options there. Really surprised! As a muslim im going to explore some of that halal food options and enjoy my stau in Belgrade.

[@adjurdjevic]

Serbia is Muslim frendly,buddist..... all good people are welcome

[@elvism5337]

@@adjurdjevic unfortunally not all serbs think like you. Ratko mladic mural in belgrade proves that.

[@mmr1137]

@@elvism5337 Lol one mural vs literally 2 million people. First of all that mural of Ratko Mladic was painted by Serbian students from Bosnia, not Serbians from Serbia. Most of people around world even when it is Bosnian war about that Serbia was not part of that war. Reason is people think in Germany live Germans and so on. But Balkan is diverse you have Serbs who live in all 6 ex Yugoslavian countries, you have Bosnians who live in all 6 ex Yugoslavian countries, Croats also. Literally any nation. So even when people talk about war in Balkans they do not understand that it was not war country against country it was war people of one country but different nationality. It was small military conflict in Macedonia in 2001 between Macedonians and Albanians. How what usually people think again that two countries Macedonia and Albania was in war... Wrong again! War was in Macedonia between Macedonians and Albanians from Macedonia. It was again not war of two countries it was military conflict in one country between two ethnic groups. And all wars in Balkans during 90s and in 2001 were like that. It was never country against country it was just different ethnic group in one country are fighting against each other.

[@goranstojanov1160]

You will probably find more those foods in Raska/Sandzak region/part of Serbia bcs there lives alot of Serb muslims.

[@serbsrb]

They are Serb muslims, but the politicians are washing their brains to make them believing they have something in common with Bosnian muslims which is not true. Genetic studies show this fact clearly.

[@abc-eq9so]

@jsjwjwjw jsjsje They cannot be "Bosnians" by the simple fact that they are not from country of Bosnia. Bosnian is not a n ethnic group. My friend open a book, it's free ;)

[@marcocmarcoc6804]

@jsjwjwjw jsjsje Bosnians like nation doesnt exist.Everyone born in Bosnia can be called bosnians but such a nation doesnt exist.People of Bosnia are serbs orthodox,serbs catholic-croats and serbs converted muslims-muslims or new name in recent 10 years bosnjaks.Those muslim people in Serbia are also orthodox serbians who are converted to islam during the 18. and 19. centuries.

[@endiagolli3039]

@jsjwjwjw jsjsje nop they are albanians

[@vashstampede8523]

@jsjwjwjw jsjsje Not every muslim in Europe is from Bosnia lol

[@iftikharhusain6286]

Respect from Pakistan

[@nentj]

Both Pljeskavica and Cevapi are of Serbian origin and they are essentially same type of meat with the garlic difference which is the biggest giveaway, but there are variations depending upon the city of preparation. You don't say "Bosnian cevapi" but instead "Sarajevski cevapi", or "Leskovacki cevapi", or "Banjalucki cevapi" etc. The ottomans simply applied their generic name and Serbs were forbidden to learn the Serbian language for centuries. Sarma for instance has the name of turkish origin, but tell any turkish person that it comes wrapped in cabbage, and they will tell you that's not a real sarma.

[@hassanashwas6719]

Stop the nationalism already

[@nentj]

@@hassanashwas6719 Nationalism? Where??? Etymology and gastronomy isn't nationalism. None of the food products are branded as such, though you could say that they do represent a "national dish". In the same why you say "Carbonara" you know it's Italian. When you say "Borek", you know it's Turkish. Food represents one country's culture, and it's important to understand how it expands geographically. But when you talk about the generic food, like Pizza for instance, you have to apply certain distinctions to understand it better. Which pizza? Pizza Napoletana? NY Pizza? Chicago style pizza? Pizza Roma? Pizza arrabbiata? It's a type of dish, has nothing to do with nationalism, but more with some etymology and perhaps even patriotism. Nothing wrong in a bit of "My pizza is better than yours" :)) Same thing is applied for Cevapi. Which Cevapi? Hajducki Cevapi? Bacon wrapped cevapi? Sarajevski cevapi? Banjalucki cevapi? Travnicki cevapi? Novopazarski cevapi? Beef, pork or a mix? We simply give them city-wide/region-wide properties. Just in Sarajevo there are over 20 different Cevabdznica places, each having different variety of Cevapi. In Belgrade you can find Cevapi from an entire ex yugoslavia region. There's easily hundreds upon hundreds of places that sell cevapi, but not every single one is of good quality. But you don't say in Belgrade "Let's go get Belgrade cevapi", you say let's go get cevapi, and then you pick up the style. Finding good cevapi is a journey on itself. The nationalism aspect comes when you say "There's only one burek" or "There's only one cevapi".

[@its-movietime]

But that's the thing, it's not of Serbian origin, only the variation or interpretation is of Serbian origin. In the past, during the ottomans, there was like no borders. Even part of Romania was influenced heavily by the ottomans for hundreds of years, although it was a vassal state and not directly under ottomans. But the influence in food is massive, just people don't recognize it. Same as other part of Romania was heavily influenced by the saxons and habsburgs. Constantinople (today Istanbul) was the market center for many countries around, since the Byzantine empire and the silk road, and we all shopped there and got our food influences, since it was part of the silk road. When you say sarma, we also have the same name in romanian, and it comes in 2 variations, one with cabbage, best if pickled, and one with vine/grape leaves. Same recipes as in Greece or Bulgaria or Serbia and so on. In Turkey there is sarma and dolma, they have both wrappings as well. Cevapi isn't different from what you can find in Turkey or Romania. In Romania we say the same, mici is of romanian origin, which is not true, only the interpretation is. Pljeskavica, we have the same recipe but for chiftea, which is a lot smaller, and is inspired by Turkey's kofte but with a bit different ingredients, so more like pljeskavica. Same as Rakija is the same as Palinca/Palinka, so nothing original, same as ajvar and pindur variations can be found in all the Balkan countries, under other names, same as many other recipes of ottoman origins. Same as making slana/salo and many other things, you can find in all the Balkans that wanted to keep the turks from having it (they don't eat pork). But the recipes are not necessarily ottoman, they also learned from Arabs, Persians and even Chinese. With all the massive migrations and invasions from Asia to Europe in the last 10 thousand years, most of the food in Europe is influenced by Asia, even lots of plants originated in Asia. I mean, our basic onion and other common vegetables come from Asia just a few thousands of years ago.

[@nentj]

@@its-movietime Thank you for a well made comment. However, I must notice that you're mistaking the Influence of one's cuisine with the Origin of the particular dish. In terms of grilled meat that potentially goes well into prehistoric period, I'm unsure you can pick just one location. The preparation of Pljeskavica predates the Ottoman empire. Both Ćevapi and Pljeskavica emerged in Serbia. The preparation for both is vastly different to the stuff you can find elsewhere. Etymologically, cevapi were used by the Outlaws (Hajduk) who fought against the Ottomans. Cevapi do not exist in the Ottoman empire and no books reference them. The closest thing you have is kofte kebab, which arose somewhere around 20th century in Turkey, but is specifically Persian of origin (as most Turkish food is anyways). Kofte is another term for ćufte or rather meatball. We have ćufte, and they are not ćevapi. Kofte is of Arab origin, and they are often mixed with the eggs to keep the consistency. Ćevap isn't that. Interestingly, Although Cevap as a phrase derives from noneuropean languages, the actual history of it is mentioned in Homer's Illiad. Cevapcici derived from Leskovac city, and spread throughout the Balkans around 1960s. σουτζουκακι is Greece. Another reason why you won't find similarities is because both pljeskavica and cevapi are made out of three different meats. I invite you to come to Serbia, potentially Leskovac grill festival. Just come to try anything grilled in Serbia, you won't be disappointed, that's a promise.

[@hassanashwas6719]

Where do you get your info that the ottamans forbid using the serbian language for centuries.

[@noramusa4050]

wahhh bagusnya.. tq Ivana dan Steve, miss u all

[@rahmatdawan3534]

Thank you Steve and Ivana for this informative coverage on halal food in Serbia.

[@stanian2]

Neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina is a 51%ish Muslim country. I think I would describe Kajmak cheese as young cheese. Clotted cream in England, mainly from Devon and Cornwall is like very thick cream, the consistancy of ice cream. It is delicious and nothing like cheese at all. Usually goes with sweet things.

[@gerardfernon3339]

I think that depends, Stanian. The Devonshire cream tea I had in Australia had quite stiff cream but not like ice-cream - it was still very soft, but could stand up. The one I had in England, in South Yorkshire, had quite runny cream.

[@stanian2]

@@gerardfernon3339 Clotted cream should always be firm, I was just trying to describe the consistency and useage when I mentioned ice cream. I have just returned from Devon England last week and I am a regular vistor to Cornwall England both the home of Cream Teas. I don't think Yorkshire is famous for Cream teas, tea yes, very much so. Cream teas no. Perfect Cream tea in Cornwall. Video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWGlpYuwocinkK8

[@FunTravelLondon]

I wish all students all success in their assignments and exams. All the best to everyone. Stephanie from London

[@obsieheissen]

but what is with the rest of humanity ?

[@lynia6587]

Wow guys 😱 this is amazing 👍🏻 never thought you found halal food in Serbia ? That’s awesome much appreciated guys for the information I just love Arab and Chinese Muslim food , the noodles looks delicious and shawarma too so mouth watering 👍🏻 I’m drooling 🤤 here 😂😂 thanks again Ivana and Steve 👍🏻🥰😘

[@md.alnahian4613]

As far as I know nutmeg is not halal, but if it is in a mixture of spices, only then it is permissible.

[@sufyaan7945]

Appreciate the halal content guys. Thanks ✌️👌👍

[@mrplayitcoolowski349]

There are actually way more halal restaurants... Lebanese food Hanan, Hanan Bejrut, Hanan Damask, Sidro (they have Novi Pazar mantije), Walter, Shawarma Bar, KFC is halal, Nemrut, Meze, turkish restaurant Kultura, Zuwar, Hafifa, Taza... There are more ofc. You can even find halal butcheries. I myself, as a muslim, used to live for two years in Belgrade. Loved it.

[@Xeras10]

Damascus or Damsyik in Syria

[@madieinduk196]

Hai jetlag...I'm madie from malaysia...nice vdeo

[@redomkhan5455]

Watching your videos and fighting with my Tongue 👅 it’s tough.

[@JetLagWarriors]

LOL Sorry about that

[@farhatauji3446]

We love Muslim and Serbia in 2023!❤️🇷🇸❤️

[@alexandru4193]

Yey Ivana is wearing the Romanian blouse you guys brought in Bucovina! :)

[@JetLagWarriors]

Of course! It's my favorite shirt she has :). I always recommend her to wear it

[@brandonwan9938]

Damask has to be Damascus, I think, which is the capital of Syria. Damask sounds more like the Arabic word for Damascus - “Dimashq” (دمشق)

[@NaeemAminVlogs]

Love you from Pakistan

[@SalAhmedOfficial]

Hey Steve, Next time, when you're in Toronto, I will take you to an authentic Halal Chinese restaurant here. keep up the good work bro!

[@frostflower5555]

Serbs don't use spices in their food-just salt, pepper and sweet/hot paprika. They eat lots of dairy products.

[@silvermoon1186]

You deserve five stars, You guys are amazing .

[@zikakostic7284]

Go to sandžak region in tutin nova varos novi pazar. It's a muslim part of serbia. So many serbian muslims live there. Their burek is unique

[@JetLagWarriors]

we have been to novi pazar

[@mohammedalzoebi4095]

Thank you for covering Muslim areas of Serbia 🇷🇸 .. I didn’t know there are Muslims in Serbia .❤

[@militca6989]

Nearly all Muslims in Serbia and Bosnia originate from Serbs

[@greenearth9945]

​​@@militca6989 as a moroccan muslim I have always been fascinated by Serbia. My grandfather was offered a job when he was young in former Yugoslavia (in Serbia) and have worked with serbian technicians. He always spoke good about them.

[@bajitpurupajelabnpkishorganj-5]

Im Bangladeshi

[@explorarmizan4454]

Uv got Bangladeshi Muslim subscriber too.

[@turkofalbanianorigine1629]

Are u a Muslim ???

[@explorarmizan4454]

@@turkofalbanianorigine1629 yes

[@turkofalbanianorigine1629]

@@explorarmizan4454 do you know that Serbs during Kosovo Serbia war killed over 13.000 Muslim men women and children's?

[@turkofalbanianorigine1629]

May Allah subhanehu we teala forgive u ,because you don't know who serbs are

[@explorarmizan4454]

@@turkofalbanianorigine1629 Serbs have murdered a lot of Muslims we know that. We will never forgive those bastards.

[@badrzero1766]

Great video

[@kamyou100]

Excellent discovery for Muslims. Thanks for your effort.

[@nezammansor9415]

Price wise of the Halal food?

[@nek_ad]

also in Serbia, you can eat Vegan food in every restaurant. Just ask waiter for "Posni meni, i bez ribe" - translated to English means "Fasting menu, and without fish", and you'll get a traditional menu without any animal products- no meat, eggs, milk, fish. Especially before Orthodox Fasting period there is huge offer of foods without animal products.

[@mr.popcorn2666]

Nice bro

[@laura69271]

the best Shawarma you find in Romania..sorry guys if i hurt your feelings but THE BEST shawarma you will find in Romania , it is a special place in Bucharest..friends knows ... ;-) )))

[@tanjai2854]

Damascus is the capital of Syria... Great video!

[@G1100L]

I must say....you guys are eating healthy!!

[@zebawan5376]

JetLag thanks for visiting halal food places. Are you planning to go to Bosnia one of my favorite country

[@2000galshiba]

Steve & Ivana, great video! Wishing thanks from a fellow Canadian and Toronto native! Surprised to find that there is a Chinese Muslim restaurant in Serbia of all places! I know you did say you never saw one in Toronto, there are in fact several in the city, including 2 near where I live! 1. Chinese Halal Restaurant, in North York 2. Xin Jiang Restaurant, just north of Scarborough into Markham

[@salmanmohammed]

My brain is rusting away

[@salemelmajdoub5703]

well done !thank you for the Infos.

[@Yasin_Affandi]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. D Muslims tourists from all around d world will definitely appreciate your inspiring exploration for Halal food in Serbia.

[@Yasin_Affandi]

Yahoo. First, always, for now.

[@chaw294]

@@Yasin_Affandi Hooray Yasin..👍👍 I'm second then 🤣🤣🤣

[@Yasin_Affandi]

@@chaw294 Yay. Second is wonderful. 😀

[@chaw294]

Yup, agree and well said, Yasin. This video will be very useful for Muslim brothers and sisters, looking for halal food when they visit Serbia.

[@Yasin_Affandi]

@@chaw294 That's very true. U r definitely right. 😀

[@joycetan4684]

Yummm yummm...😋🤤 I have a weak heart for authentic food! Thank God i had 2 chicken 🌯🌯 before watching this vid! 🤪🤭

[@cheeseolives7787]

Damask is like damascus? Damascus as in Syrian city?

[@JetLagWarriors]

Yes you're right!!

[@sladjanacelestino6478]

Kajmak..ohh...poor milk cream after cooking milk

[@nikogrujic6807]

HEY BODY it's time to hit the road jack . your in serbia you eat Serbian food you want Muslim food you go to a Muslim country. Greetings from LAS Vegas

[@amdz9986]

Zein restaurant is closed...😢😢😢

[@yazan12090]

Fun fact: beer with no alcohol is actually halal that's maybe why they wre serving it

[@ronniekoh2226]

Any Malaysian food in Serbia?

[@darkodjordjevic2789]

U can go to Malaysia if u want food from there xD

[@ronniekoh2226]

@@darkodjordjevic2789 I know that as I am from Malaysia. I am just wondering if there are any Malaysian restaurants in Serbia as there are so many Halal food.

[@darkodjordjevic2789]

@@ronniekoh2226 myb there is Malaysia food in "Asia" type of food restaurant But just Malaysia restaurants, I don't think so

[@ronniekoh2226]

@@darkodjordjevic2789 thanks for the info. Have you been to Malaysia before?

[@darkodjordjevic2789]

@@ronniekoh2226 No sadly But I would love to visit

[@lukaellach9264]

Read about the 90's to find out how muslim-friendly Serbia Is hahaha

[@zoki.to974]

serbia was and is friendly to all religions inside of serbia until its attacked by them. considering that there is no single mosque in slovakia, you should not poke around on muslim-friendly subject :)

[@lukaellach9264]

@@zoki.to974 We haven't been a part of the Ottoman Empire unlike you which means the Turks never settled here so no point of having a mosque as we don't have and never had any muslim population.

[@zoki.to974]

@@lukaellach9264 you do have muslim population, aprox 3-6k. anyway, consider your self lucky that your country and people was spared from ottoman occupation. have good day

[@vladimirdamjanovic9626]

Hi Guys.... There are quite a few foreign nationals In Belgrade ... South America, Middle east, Asia... Central Europe ... As for halal you should try jagnjeće pečenje... rough translation roasted lamb. Beer is probably 0% alcohol...

[@cheeseolives7787]

now im hungry

[@JetLagWarriors]

lol this video has that effect :)

[@gerillazack77]

Damask is capital city of Syria.

[@brandonwan9938]

Thanks for the halal food guide in Belgrade. I think the minority native Muslim community in Belgrade probably dates back to the time of the Ottoman Empire. The only Belgrade Mosque was built during the time of the Ottomans. I am a Malaysian and I planned to visit Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia last year before COVID bulldozed all our travel plans. Sad to say this, but I left out Serbia in the itinerary simply because Serbia is the only country in the Balkans that required a visa for Malaysian passport holders. The other countries are visa-free for Malaysians. I don’t know why; maybe the Serbians still hold grudges against Malaysians because of our staunch pro-Bosnian stance during the 1990s war, and a lot of Bosnian refugees came to Malaysia.

[@goranstojanov1160]

Thing comes both ways.For example if Malaysia forbids or does something thats against Serbia then Serbai will do something against Malasya.Thast how it is in world politics all around the world.Also maybe tehre were alot of volontiers that came to muslim separatist bcs there were alot of terro*ist groups from middle east that came to fight alongside give huge amount of funding.If i remmeber correctly there was even eigher wikileask or USA declasified pappers fo Bin Laden helping some of the extremist groups in Bosnia and supplying them with weapons,money,volontiers that went via Turkey and NATO so to say turning a blind eye and let shipments go throu.I personaly dont think that its due to that specificaly i thikn ist more of maybe Malasya put Serbia to requi9er visa so Serbia in respond also made Visa required for Malaysian citizens.Its usualy how it goes/how Serbai does it firts it doesent do anything and then if certain counry does stuff agains Serbia for example not giving visa free then Serbia does the same thing on its end by also putting that country into no visa free travel to Serbia.

[@brandonwan9938]

@@goranstojanov1160 You can have your opinions, but let me just highlight some facts (and probably the little irony). Fact 1: Steve and Ivana of JetLag Warriors did this video mainly for the benefits of their many Muslim subscribers in Malaysia and Pakistan. Fact 2: Before the pandemic, Malaysian passport was one of the best passports in Asia, after Singapore, Japan and South Korea, which allows visa-free travel to most of Europe except Serbia, and probably Belarus and Russia. So I doubt that many Malaysians would be bothered with going through all the troubles of getting a visa to enter Serbia, when the rest of Europe is open to us visa-free. I think very few Malaysian travellers will visit Belgrade unless the visa situation changes.

[@brandonwan9938]

@@goranstojanov1160 I am not sure what you said about those “declassified papers”, but I have heard about the Mujahideen fighters during the Bosnian War. One person’s “rebel separatist” is another person’s “freedom fighters”. It’s all about perspectives. The Muslims around the world were very angry when the Srebenica massacre happened and the rest of the world did nothing, not even UN, not even NATO. How can we allow such atrocities to happen again after The Holocaust? So the Mujahideen from the Middle East smuggled into Bosnia to protect their Bosnian Muslim brothers and sisters, but only AFTER the genocide of Srebenica happened, as an act of self defence for Bosnian Muslims. Can we blame them? No. I don’t support terrorism and I don’t agree with any extremist ideology, but in the Bosnian War, the Mujahideen were not the bad guys; the Bosnian Serb war criminals were the bad guys.

[@brandonwan9938]

@@jobrock1079 We can call each other’s narratives as “propaganda” anyway we like till the cows come home. If you are so sure of your narrative, then I suggest you tell that to the Bosnian war crime tribunal in The Hague. I’m sure they are more than happy to listen to your testimony.

[@serbsrb]

@@brandonwan9938 Lol. You're so funny. Tribunal in Hague where those that bombed Serbia and activly participated in the war on Bosnian side are judging Serbs. LOL. So what do you expect them to say? We were the worst evil in the world. We destroyed Serbia and we are sorry? Sure. If you want to know the truth you must be neutral. Hague tribunal is most certanly not neutral. P. S. Thank God people from Malaysia are not coming to Serbia. Same goes for any other muslims. We have been suffering from your hands for centuries. When all we wanted was to live peacefully in the place we have lived for thousands of years. Google "Skull tower". It's the biggest building ever built out of human bones. The Turks built it out of hundreds of Serbian people's skulls in the town of Niš in southern Serbia. We know your kind all too well.

[@sladjanacelestino6478]

Damask is Sirija hehehe

[@JetLagWarriors]

Yes! Duhh we both failed that geography challenge

[@andrewchong2616]

Large population of Muslims in China itself. I believe the China muslim restaurant owner is from xinjiang.

[@gerardfernon3339]

Not to be a contrarian, Andrew, but my guess is the boss is from the Huizu (the Hui people) of China. They are Chinese-speaking Muslim people and generally don't look different from the other people from China. Rather than Xinjiang, they are mostly found in north-western China in the provinces bordering Inner Mongolia, such as Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi and also in Qinghai and Yunnan provinces. The Muslims in Xinjiang are mainly Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking people, with whom the Hui people historically have not got along terribly well. Hui generals in the Chinese army helped to put down rebellions among the Xinjiang Uighurs in the past. That said, I have had dishes in Uighur restaurants that were quite similar to Hui dishes. The Hui can be found in most regions of China and run Chinese Muslim restaurants all over China and are well known for their stretched noodles (lamian) and their barbacued sheep meat on skewers (yangrou quan) amongst other things. In recent years they've been setting foot in other countries and opening Chinese Muslim restaurants, like this one in Belgrade I suspect, and quite a few in Malaysia even. The Malays seem to enjoy their food and the local Chinese do also.

[@gerardfernon3339]

Oops! The sheep meat skewers should be spelled "yangrou chuan", not "quan". I love the Chinese character for meat on a skewer 串 (chuan). It even looks like meat on a skewer!

[@andrewchong2616]

@@gerardfernon3339 yes… that’s right, most population Chinese Muslim are in northwest of china

[@pusakkunin7102]

Hi ,the noodles look tasty😁

[@tayyabiftikhar4757]

Prayers for Palestine

[@azut8534]

i went to the deli store but it was closed

[@GoalWicket555]

❤

[@cosminckraici2475]

damasc, syria

[@fedi1811]

Bless both of you forever on the look-out for Halal food. Its a ton of help for muslim travelling. Tks Steve n Ivana. 👍👍👍

[@thewatcher7616]

Nutmeg is a intoxicant so it's not Halal 😅

[@nemanjamijovic2006]

Novi Sad serbia!!!

[@gerardfernon3339]

I think you'll find kajmak in Pakistan also, Steve, but with a different spelling. If not, we should find out soon enough from your adoring Pakistani fans here. I think you'll see it used widely from Pakistan, through Afghanistan and Central Asia. Iran and Iraq, the Levantine countries, Turkey and the Balkans .....and.... England!!!!! Yes, clotted cream is what MUST be used in Devonshire cream tea...you know jam and a dollop of clotted cream on fresh warm scones, together with English tea in pretty, proper English cups, saucers and teapots.

[@mihaelac2472]

Funny how the same word described different things in different countries. In Romanian we call caimac de foam on top of coffee or the fatter layer on top of milk.

[@gerardfernon3339]

@@mihaelac2472 Do you have anything like the Serbian kajmak in Romania, Mihaela?

[@sabinasmailovic1982]

Wow thanks for this

[@BMW750Ldx]

Halal food...has nothing to do with, if a place can/should sell beers etc.....a muslim can just don't buy a beer, but if he/she order a meal, it should be by muslim rules.

[@bb4563]

That’s not true. Selling alcohol if Muslim is committing a sin.

[@evgeniystalker8528]

Damask it’s Syria

[@hazmanriess8949]

I dont think 100% halal food in Syrian. Because There are orthodoc, catholic, armenian, assyrian that serve non halal.

[@jtothed8575]

If you want halal food, just head down to southern Serbia, to Sandzak and Kosovo

[@serbsrb]

You ate pljeskavica. That's pork meat.

[@interista39]

Pa nema samo pljeskavica od svinjskog mesa, ne lupaj.

[@Dj0rdje1]

@Isidora No it is not. Real pljeskavica is made of beef. There are some fast food stalls and places that mix pork and beef because it is cheaper to do it that way, but there is almost none pure pork pljeskavica. And restaurant that cares about its reputation will never do that.

[@serbsrb]

@@Dj0rdje1 ajde ne lupaj, dok Srbi lava ne probaju, za nas je svinja kralj zivotinja

[@serbsrb]

@@interista39 nema samo, ali su velike sanse da je ova koju su oni jeli barem 50% svinjska. Ja nisam ni rekla da ne moze da se pravi od drugog mesa.

[@Dj0rdje1]

@@serbsrb Baš lepo vaspitanje. Pa jel to sad treba znači i da pileću supu pravite od svinjetine? Koji je smisao Vašeg odgovora? Pljeskavica je u originalu jelo od junećeg mesa, od konkretnih delova juneta u konkretnom odnosu,to čini recept za pljeskavicu i to svaki roštilj majstor zna a trebalo bi i svako ko se zove Srbinom da zna jer je to valjda nacionalno jelo. Dodaje se svinjetina zbog uštede na nekim mestima, ne osporavam to ali to što ste vi pristali da jedete nešto lošije nego što treba da bude ne znači da je to normalno. Kod onih restorana koji drže do sebe to se ne dešava. Sramota je da ne znate osnove o svom nacionalnom jelu, ali još gore što se ponosite svojim neznanjem i još nalazite za shodno da drugima odgovarate na ovaj način.

[@mnemonija]

Halal vera :)

[@majdavojnikovic]

Sarma served in restaurants is made from beef and pork mixture, so you know.

[@majdavojnikovic]

@@dzevadbayraktar322 that's biblical sarma. :))))

[@edikaramuratful]

selling beer in a restaurant is an exact sign that the owner doesn't even care if their meet is halal or not 💯% Sarajevski means its from bosnia . But anyway i definitelly believe cevaps from sarajevo-bosnia are probablly the best thing you can eat in serbia. It definitelly is the same here in kosovo as it is an ex yugoslavian country just like bosnia.

[@logikus8638]

Kosovo was not a country during Yugoslav times and today it's a sort of half-country.

[@edikaramuratful]

@@logikus8638 youre right about yugosllav times, and today it is recognised by the majority of the world, only 6 countries i think are not recognising it. Like serbia ,greece, spain,china. Mostlly serbian allies i think.

[@logikus8638]

@@edikaramuratful Half of all the UN recognized countries in the world don't recognize Kosovo, not just 6 countries. 5 EU countries + Serbia from Europe if you meant to say Europe instead of the world.

[@edikaramuratful]

@@logikus8638 yea maybe eu but why do you say half.... You are serbian i gues... Lol

[@snjezanajotanovic8805]

Ahahahahhahhahha best food in Serbia Bosnian cevapi ahahahahaha yeah world revolves around you and your cevapi 😂😂😂😂

[@markosmiletos9036]

for fuck sake Damask is in Sirya

[@azut8534]

i have not eaten in 3 days

[@azut8534]

there is nothing here

[@ferdinandbardamu3945]

post-Canadian values, eh?

[@azut8534]

there is nothing to eat

[@SnakeP1tPoetry]

We are very muslim friendly, you can visit any muslim cemetary in Bosnia to see that.

[@sumitjoshi4968]

Unsubscribed - it is against my religion to eat Halal food

[@bb4563]

Bye!!!! And don’t come back lol

[@aleksandarchola]

Just tell in restoran I'm musliman..

[@vancouverbc9778]

Are you spies?

[@stephenkhuttan5184]

Country damask comes from lran

[@whodunnitthistime]

F halal.

[@adrianneagoe3652]

Fun fact. Bucharest has a higher GDP than the whole of Serbia.

[@jovmilos]

Not fun, also not a fact. You don't have to lie only to feel good about yourself my COVID infected neighbor.

[@peraperic9936]

Fun fact. Madrid has higher GDP than whole of Romania.

[@adrianneagoe3652]

@@peraperic9936 false. Madrid gdp is only 130 billion

[@milosculafic6875]

Fun fact. Belgrade alone has more kilometers of high-ways than whole of Romania.

[@eleonora78]

@@jovmilos thanks for the help Serbia,this guy is the type that like to brag