How Underrated Is Bangladeshi Food? A Day of Eating in Dhaka 🇧🇩

How Underrated Is Bangladeshi Food? I spend a day in Dhaka eating local food, from breakfast to dinner.
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I'm Jason, a full-time British Travel Vlogger and KZbinr who's been to 61 countries. I've been travelling around the world full-time since 2017.
I have travel series' from many of the world's best (and least) known destinations. I filmed the first vlogs on my channel in the summer of 2016 after spending a year living in China. A proper solo trip around Eastern Europe followed after graduating from University in the summer of 2017, taking me to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo. This marked the start of my efforts to turn vlogging into a full-time job.
After that European trip I explored much of Asia: visiting India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
I have also travelled to North Africa and the Middle East fairly extensively over the last five years, filming videos in Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.
I've travelled to North America just once as a KZbinr, visiting Mexico in 2021. Though I have been to both the USA and Canada, this was as a child on family holidays.
In 2022, I took my first trip to Sub Saharan Africa, visiting Kenya and Tanzania, before heading to the Middle East, stopping in Dubai and Lebanon. Europe followed, covering both the Greek and Turkish sides of Cyprus, and afterwards going back to Italy for the second time to cover Milan and Sicily. I then visited the Caribbean for the first time, covering the Dominican Republic, before heading to both Brussels and Amsterdam, then covering Taiwan and the Philippines in Asia. I finished off the year with a trip around Morocco.
I started my travels in 2023 by finally visiting Paris, taking the Eurostar from London. I then headed over to Qatar for a few days, before heading to Asia, with videos following from India, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand and Sumatra (Indonesia).
#bangladesh #dhaka #bangladeshifood

[@fm2078]

My American husband went to Dhaka for the first time and he was blown away by the flavor of the food! Even Burger King was amazing…he went there twice! I tell people that Bangladesh has the best food, from cheap street food to gourmet expensive restaurants. We have high quality taste buds. There is no bad food there. There is not even average food. Every food is amazing!

[@srafid2000]

Americans can tolerate spices much more than Europeans, thanks to Mexican food. So Bangladeshi food is pretty much tolerable for them. But Europeans struggle a bit with Bangladeshi foods, they like some foods and don't like other foods.

[@kamrulhassan6560]

Are you american miss please answer

[@raisa_cherry33]

@@srafid2000Agree

[@sadrulalam7561]

Well said

[@takuan650]

No kidding ?

[@HomeTravelGardenInspo]

Bangladeshi cuisine is far far better than Indian cuisine. It’s NOT Indian cuisine that is famous in the West, it’s Bangladeshi cuisines,, cooked by Bangladeshi chefs. When many people came over to the UK 🇬🇧 in the 60’s and early 70’s, Bangladesh did not exist in the 60’s and in the 70’s, people in the West, referred to Bangladeshi’s as Indians or did not even know of a country called Bangladesh 🇧🇩. Thats why, it was easier for the Bangladeshi communities in the UK, who opened up shop, found it easier to say Indian restaurant or Indian food, as the English only knew of India back then. Bangladeshi cuisine is not only has a variety of vegetarian dishes, but also chicken, meat (cow, mutton, sheep etc) and also a variety of fish dishes. Indian food mainly consist of vegetarian dishes and they don’t have that many options in meat, as they themselves don’t eat meat. Bangladesh 🇧🇩 is famous for its kachi biriyani. Out of all of the Indian Subcontinent, Bangladeshi 🇧🇩 cuisine is the BEST! So much flavour and so many spices, cooked in so many different ways. You can’t beat Bangladeshi cuisine.

[@antisocialbarbie1587]

Yes thank you

[@theamirbarismillworks2253]

Didn't be silly! And this is coming from a Bangladeshi!

[@absarius1216]

Made by Bangladeshi chef =/= Bangladeshi cuisine.

[@Andrelour]

That breakfast in the beginning of this video took my apetite away immediately! Nasty stuff that early in the morning?? mutton brain, mutton liver, mutton ass, mutton everything..gross 😢🤢🤮

[@absarius1216]

@@Andrelour That's not traditional breakfast.

[@alternativefacts9090]

Fun fact… all Indian restaurants in the UK actually sell Bangladeshi food. It’s not Indian food.

[@absarius1216]

Made by Bangladeshi chef =/= Bangladeshi cuisine.

[@zarsblackhorse123]

Owners are Bangladeshi as well

[@CripplingDuality]

This is definitely an 'alternative fact' lmao foh

[@Gengar8886]

Kacchi Biryani is the greatest thing I have ever tried during my travels in Bangladesh.

[@srafid2000]

​​@@funsky40 What the hell! Get out of here, troll!

[@samzofficial7298]

@@funsky40oh here you go again! Nobody goes to eat food holding hands in Bangladesh. Not a straight couple. Have some respect for the culture and religion. If you can’t, go somewhere you can go to eat food holding your boyfriend’s hand. If you are in Rome, be like the Romans.

[@Erfan_Shawon]

​@@funsky40 May the "Nature" guide you through the right path. 🤪

[@tonuahmed4227]

@@funsky40 hold your mates hand,know one will Bother,tho don't kiss in public...its inappropriate even if the straight couple did in public...

[@funsky40]

@@tonuahmed4227 I wanna see a Bangladesh 🇧🇩 where straight / gay / trans and everyone else can kiss their loved ones in public without repercussions ! 🥹👨‍❤️‍👨🏳️‍🌈🇧🇩❤️

[@NasirShahidAbeer]

Brother Jason, one thing I would say the majority of the Indian restaurant that caters British people in the UK are owned by the British Bangladeshis. UK’s current national dish Chicken Tikka Masala was invented by Bangladeshis. The labelled as Indian restaurant in UK for catering the pan Indian subcontinent dishes (not for India as the country). One thing Bangladeshi do the best out of the whole South Asia is cook all kind of foods, from meat, seafood vegetarian and fish dishes (Bangladesh having these huge networks of river deltas).

[@ghg12374]

Thumbnail reminds me of " a day of eating " something similar 6 years back. Mitul was there too. How time flies ❤️

[@funsky40]

Please support 🏳️‍🌈👨‍❤️‍👨 in Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@mjunayedulkarim2590]

Bangladeshi food is very unique and delicious to eat. You should try the traditional food of Bangladesh.you should try Chittagonian mezban . Almost each and every foreign KZbinrs tried it. Respect from Chittagong.

[@IASrabon]

@@funsky40No.

[@Salso99]

You need to come to bangladesh during winter and try biye bari (wedding special) kacchi, roast, mutton. That’s TOP tier

[@MehadiHasan-mw4ty]

Oh yes. This is true.

[@bradleykoenigii5526]

So nice to see your travels in Bangladesh. I’ve also been about 7 times to Dhaka and looking to go again this December. It’s been nice to see the places you’ve visited that I can add to my list of sites to visit. Very cool to see your experience as well and visiting places I’ve been as well, including some of the restaurants like Star Hotel & Kabab. 😊

[@innereclipse484]

Jason, thank you for sharing your knowledge of Bangladeshi cuisine, which looks delicious😋

[@danielvalenzuela9764]

Nice video showing us all the different foods. Very clean too. Nice hotel. Hey thanks for s great video

[@mainulislam8756]

Thanks for nicely presented everything. Beautiful video.

[@Jpkjr52]

It always amazes me that you eat everything. I am not that adventurous. Thanks again John in Chicago

[@sabbirislam-01]

You are my first forren travel blogger I ever watched 🥰❤️

[@eqramone5218]

Bangladeshi cuisine is better than indian cuisine many indian might get offended by seeing this comment And might say that we also have bengali food in west bengal but i have to say the food of west bengal and Bangladesh is much different we are so diverse even if we are thousands time smaller than india Like chicken tikka was invented by a Bangladeshi so its a Bangladeshi dish but people know this as indian because Bangladesh is underrated

[@MehadiHasan-mw4ty]

Yes. this is true.

[@richardroy19]

Your presentation is great!

[@srafid2000]

I really advice foreign travellers to not to travel solo in Dhaka and Bangladesh, because they miss so many interesting things which only locals know. Thank you so much Mitul vai for hosting Jason in this food tour.

[@alternativefacts9090]

What utter nonsense are you talking about?. Why shouldn’t people travel solo in Bangladesh. A moronic comment from an ignorant person.

[@johnnici1573]

Hey Jason, in video after video we see you eating great food, yet you seem to always be in great shape. What's your workout routine? How do you stay fit while traveling so much?

[@mithunghosh7136]

Suddenly i just chacking subscriptions channel and i remember ur channel and search and your last videos in Bangladesh. I am surprised. ❤❤🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@mithunghosh7136]

I am from dhaka gazipur city. I saw ur previous Bangladesh tour.

[@funsky40]

@@mithunghosh7136 Me & my boyfriend thinking about visiting Gazipur in our next trip to Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🏳️‍🌈

[@mufassilislam]

Correction : 90% of so called Indian restaurants in the western world are Bangladeshi restaurants! Most of the Indians don’t even eat meat or fish , they are vegetarians. No rethink !! I don’t know which planet you are from mate !!

[@shorifjnu7361]

Thanks bro.. ❤❤🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@fancylife999]

I was lucky enough to meet you in Sylhet.

[@sharabuntohura]

I think you must try biriyani,,fuchka,, morog polaw or traditional Bangladeshi food,,and street food also this are more delicious

[@tbcstratus343]

You should go to Saint Martin,Rangamati and Bandarban these are some of the most underrated yet best place to visit in Bangladesh.

[@eessstrnnn9576]

Wowza!!

[@Ms.Farhat]

You must try ‘Woking Street’ in Dhanmondi

[@adamuce]

There is some clarification required about Khichuri. It is not always a one pot dish. IMO the Bhuna version is the best accompanied separately by beef curry and fried aubergine

[@rquader]

Looks delicious

[@greenmanhulk]

Bro, please try the kacchi biriyani. Try it out from different restaurants. These are the world best kacchi biriyani.

[@rahi1410]

Another dish you will only and only find it in banderban district, actually the way they make this is unique .The locals heat fish and meat inside a bamboo with different ingredients and saucedge.They serves you the dish by separating the bamboo while the dish comes out of it and the smells man 😊.You should definitely try it. Oh man couldn't speak less. So delicious to try 🤤.

[@edleosinga2176]

Thanks for sharing, I personally would have a difficult time eating with my hands. 😊 guess you can get use to it, but I would be caring lots of wipes. Lol

[@ghg12374]

Actually if you eat with your hands you will find food more delicious. Fingertips when it comes in contact with a food stimulate appetite centre in our brain. We use the right hand for eating food. Left hand for other purposes🤣 Spoon eating is pretty modern tradition in human history.

[@srafid2000]

Wiping doesn't remove the smell of food and spices from your hand, you gotta wash your hand with soap. Speaking of smell and wiping, I remember something gross that you wipe but don't wash with water, and that smells too 😂

[@markinboy]

​@@ghg12374 They use a fork and knife. Not a spoon unless its soup.

[@MasudRana-wc9pm]

❤❤❤ from Dubai

[@RoniRoni-jy3xe]

LOVE FROM BANGLADESH 🇧🇩

[@shopnabegum3828]

Nice ❤❤

[@dennisdaniels2992]

You explore Dhaka, Jason

[@russellrico]

Hotel holyday inn very close to my home

[@sharonjanethague7181]

GREAT hotel!

[@twistofjoy]

This restaurant's khichuri is the best in Dhaka❤ ঘরোয়ার খিচুড়ি 🥰

[@loverashik8415]

ᴠᴇʀy ɴɪᴄᴇ 💞

[@markinboy]

Boy, that was a proper Bangladeshi buffet. Not enough of them around except in someone's home. You tried Hilsha and the Duck! You have the same taste as me.

[@tanvirhossain8130]

Moon and mitul ❤❤ Keep it up bros

[@KironKiron-yj2de]

You should visit Karnaphuli tunnel that's first in South Asia. Visit st. Martin, bandarban also

[@valiantheart8891]

In the UK 90% percent Indian restaurants owned by Bangladeshi.

[@dhaka.bangladesh.r]

Like your video from Bangladesh 🇧🇩💕

[@MrDark-qu3gr]

If you are planing to visit rajshahi in couple of days my advise is to not go there now. Because the admission test of rajshahi university and RUET will held in the first weak of march. In that time more than 300k people will go to rajshaihi. They will make realy mess and the campus area will be more more chaos. Also all hotels of rajshahi will booked in this time. There will be a huge mess in trains,buses. so try to visit rajshahi in the second weak of march . I hope everything will normal in that time. Otherwise if yoou go in this time you may not find the actual beauty of rajshahi. And face many problems.... Probably the exam will start at 4 or 5 of the march. And ther will be 3 exams on 5,6,7 of the month. So try to visit before 3 march or after 10 march..

[@snubbii9276]

Wanted see how he managed to eat the Hilsa fish, very tasty and extremely boney, always a oain for me to eat

[@tahreenahmed4894]

Khichuri is made with beef, I never heard that it is made with chicken or mutton, though they can be eaten separately.

[@travel_and_explore_with_bip]

When you eat “Indian Foods” in Europe and in the UK, it’s actually Bangladeshi foods in most cases! Although they usually don’t have the same menu in Bangladesh. I am surprised about the breakfast, I have to say 🤣🤣

[@absarius1216]

Made by Bangladeshi chef =/= Bangladeshi cuisine.

[@travel_and_explore_with_bip]

@@absarius1216 Exactly! Sometimes these restaurants even call it “English dishes”, in the Uk, because it is not how they would cook it In Bangladesh. Modified to suit British taste. But it’s not Indian cooking! It is Bangladeshi!

[@absarius1216]

@@travel_and_explore_with_bip You misunderstood my point. If a Bangladeshi chef today adapts Chinese cuisine for Saudi palate, it wouldn't become Bangladeshi cuisine. There were no equivalent of dishes like tikka Masala and Butter chicken that were being cooked in average households in Bangladesh before these dishes were adapted by these Bengali chefs for Britain. So these dishes cannot pass as Bangladeshi cuisine.

[@travel_and_explore_with_bip]

@@absarius1216Didn’t we have the same point? I meant that the dishes are now English dishes, cooked by Bangladeshi chefs, not Indian dishes cooked by Indian chefs. Maybe I didn’t expressed this properly. Thank you for clarifying the issue though! It is very misleading calling this Indian foods!

[@sanjidmahmudshohan5175]

Try to visit Chittagong hill tracks kaptai lake, Bandar ban & sajek valley. You need to get special permission from Bangladesh government for visiting there.i think you came prepared to visit unexplored areas of Bangladesh so it is must place to go in this trip of yours

[@srafid2000]

Stop suggesting typical places.

[@fernandodeboer224]

🤩

[@sheikhramimislamdip]

❤

[@sumoncommando9381]

Bangladesh Food world best food ❤

[@samiasultana44]

Truly Ghoroa khichuri is the best khichuri in BD.

[@vickimcmillan3705]

Yummmm🙏🙏❤️

[@user-og2nw2qb9r]

♥♥♥♥🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩♥♥♥👍👍👍Thank You So Much Brother and Sister Welcome to Bangladesh All Friends Come Her My From Bangladesh and Sylhet♥ ♥♥👈👈👈

[@towfikalmumin3031]

Kacchi biryani of Dhaka is no doubt world's best

[@59263]

So nice so good,👍👍👍🇲🇾🙏.

[@nimishachowdhury4577]

When people say Indian food is great in western countries...they don't even know they just ate Bangladeshi cuisine. India is more well known, so, even when Bangladeshi chefs open restaurants, they name it something indian.

[@banglayn3231]

❤❤❤❤

[@mamo4324]

It looks delicious but I couldn't eat it with my hands.

[@mdasad2109]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@mustafizur736]

I want you to watch Bangladesh Premier League BPL make a video about it I will be very happy😊

[@srafid2000]

Don't you have anything better to suggest?

[@mustafizur736]

@@srafid2000 So what do you have to see if you can give advice or I will go to your house and do a food review😄

[@simonyang-pe3ux]

All kinds of sauces and soups ,anything else there?

[@ashfakuddinahmed1807]

I think you missed the biryanis, kebabs, khichuri, naan, paratha, kala bhuna, hilsha and all the desserts, which were actually more in number than "sauces and soups" :)

[@khanrafi561]

Bangladeshi cuisine are really good but underrated compared to other countries

[@hmsaikat]

I will say you should not go dhanmondi you should go old dhaka star kebab at rasa bazar.at that place there r so many 50yar plus restro and very cheep bt test smell world wives best challenge

[@QuaziDLuffy]

Wait i know that guy,Weren't you in his house last time you came??

[@siyamad928]

How I can invite you for meal together?

[@rohanrashid2007]

💚❤️💚

[@kaza8742]

Bangladeshi food is underrated trust its one of the best in the world

[@mdamirhossainshoccho]

I like your vedios....You also should visit our Panchagarh city in Bangladesh and explor our village area. I thing it will give you much pleasure. So, come to our area and you also can contact with me I will try to show you around ❤

[@sergeypetrov1281]

Omg, how can you eat with your hands?

[@michihofer587]

Sorry,I didn't find any Bangladeshi restaurants in Austria and Germany.

[@MehadiHasan-mw4ty]

90% so called indian restaurant are actually serve Bangladeshi food and owner is also Bangladeshi. go there

[@THEKHULNAIYA]

*Please visit Khulna city🇧🇩🤍🤍🤍🤍*

[@srafid2000]

I won't advice him to visit Khulna, nothing have changed in last 6 years.

[@THEKHULNAIYA]

@@srafid2000 Well i live in Khulna city and at least i am not a depressed dumb like u. Try to learn appreciating things 🫵👍👍

[@user-cp3fd9pl5c]

😊🎛🎬🎧🖤🌐🇧🇩🎭

[@rayhantanim5393]

❤❤❤🇧🇩🇧🇩😀

[@MahamudulHasan-kv3ub]

can i meet u??

[@khaliqreza8871]

Mutton liver? Mutton brain?

[@mariaperea9949]

💖👍👍🙏

[@viniciusvoon8564]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MdSumon-nc5kp]

🇧🇩🇧🇩💠💠💠💠💠

[@shafiurshihab3009]

Hello... I am from rajshahi... I can guide you and it will be an opportunity to meet with you as well.

[@Universal69man]

Kacchi biriyani is better than Sindhi and Hyderabadi biriyani

[@takuan650]

Don't blame You for going 5 Star bedding. So much time spent in this hell hole deserves some reward and You are a brave eater too.

[@sttu2029]

Bsngladeshifood very test to eat

[@user-qx4kt9fi2p]

Bagladeshi people like that🇧🇩

[@MehediHasanArvi]

#india_out #BoycottIndiaDefenceProducts #BoycottIndianProducts #BoycottIndiaEntertainment #FreeBangladesh #SaveBangladesh #FreeDemocracy

[@jzilla1234]

They clearly have spoons, they are just making you use with your fingers 😂😂😂 I had to stop because the food colouring is too strong

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

Not my kind of karaoke..........

[@s.m.sadekurrahman4538]

Greedy rich lives here

[@amarkathan2323]

#Boycott Indian products also India & Brac-related everything...

[@FarihaSumona]

মিউজিক করে আল্লাহ, রাসূল বলা হচ্ছে আস্তাগফিরুললা। দেখতে ও শুনতে খুব খারাপ লেগেছে। 😢😢😢😢😢

[@Eagle-mu2jv]

Nice 🇧🇩❤️🇯🇵

[@mohammadrabby4546]

🇧🇩🇧🇩❤️❤️

[@banglayn3231]

❤❤❤❤

[@mdhasnat9386]

❤

[@ollyahmed]

❤️❤️