Legendary Iraqi STREET FOOD TOUR and SEAFOOD SHRIMP FEAST in Basra, Iraq!

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To create this Iraq series, I teamed up with my guides at Bil Weekend ( / bilweekend | bilweekend.com/) and my good friend and fellow travel filmmaker Tasos Karantakos ( / agreeksolo .
With another evening in Southern Iraq ahead of me, I began my latest Iraqi adventure at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers before heading to the city of Basrah for dinner. We had an incredible Iraqi Street Food Tour, followed by a MASSIVE SEAFOOD, SHRIMP and Middle Eastern Food FEAST!
GARDEN OF EDEN: Along the banks at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is an ancient tree. It is believed that this is the famous tree from the Bible, where Adam and Eve committed the world’s first sin. Of course, that would also mean that this entire area was once the famous Garden of Eden!
EXPLORING BASRAH: After driving into Basrah, we visited a shop selling incredible leek sambousak sandwiches with various sauces. I also tried some chicken livers from a nearby vendor.
SPICE MARKET: We walked to the local spice market, where we tried a pressed apricot candy called amardeen. I also tried halkun, a sweet almost identical to Turkish delights. Another vendor also let us try some cashews coated in tomato.
SUNSET BOAT RIDE: From there, we headed to the shore and took a quick boat ride at sunset. On the quick ride, we saw Saddam Hussein’s boat capsized in the gulf.
BERHYAH: Before dinner, we stopped by this popular local shop, which specializes in sweets and confections made with dates. I tried several varieties of madgooga, which are date balls covered coconut and various seeds and nuts!
AL HASSUN RESTAURANT: At Al Hassun Restaurant, we had their mind-blowing shrimp with sauce, as well as their shrimp with basmati rice, and dolmas. All of them were exceptional, but the shrimp with sauce is now one of my favorite dishes of all-time!
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My name is David Hoffmann. Since starting David’s Been Here in 2008, I have traveled to over 1,300 destinations in 94 countries to experience and document unique cultures on my KZbin channel, travel blog, and social media.
I highlight culture and historical sites, but my passion is food! I love to experience and showcase the different flavors each destination has to offer, from casual street food to gourmet restaurant dining.
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[@RealChristianTV]

This is one of David's best series👍

[@lraq892]

اهلا وسهلا بيك في العراق ♥️😘😍❤️

[@Davidsbeenhere]

THANK YOU! 1000 Blessings to you!

[@fuzzfadel6141]

I love this Iraqi series and I love the music at the end

[@jakekrueger7854]

It's a shame Iraq gets such a bad rap. The people are so humble and genuine and the food looks INCREDIBLE

[@tomashoffmann8963]

its really sad!

[@educationforblind6362]

Yeah fi k criminal america

[@warrendegonzague]

The very 1st sandwich looks epic

[@SakuraHailey]

Site of the first sins ....just so unreal ...didn't know that's where it is..... samosas ...falafel...so much good foods.....And the boat being used as a Research centre...very innovative idea.....the statue of the famous poet...much respect to him. As usual lots of sweets ....but the shrimp dishes were really looking delicious...all the curries ...spices. Another amazing video. David and Tasos thankyou so much and stay safe on all your travels.

[@annettebeauregard9167]

That looks delicious!

[@pirmalharrisaran5611]

Some of the best foods I have seen..best 🦐 ..looks tasty 😋😋.

[@search2learn776]

please let us put this way; the Turks learned from the Iraqi cuisine, not the vice versa. because the age of the Iraqi civilization extends to nearly ten thousand years, while the Ottoman Empire dates back to nearly 800 years only - almost -.

[@educationforblind6362]

Modern/medieval Iraqi cuisine Influenced mostly by arabic levantine artistic and court cuisine (as well as folk food insipred by that in turn) with its Innovations in later invented recipes, techniques and scienfitic/medical approach for health, and some have more ancient roots in local ancient civilization, and a few Influences from persian/indian and turkish, but still most of the food based on the unique regional iraqi cuisine. Also those iraqi foods and desserts are original regional iraqi (mainly central and southern) and not strongly Influenced by persian and turkish or other cuisine.

[@educationforblind6362]

Also Ottoman turkish cuisine and persian Influenced mostly by arabic levantine cuisine and baghdadi cuisine in turn.

[@search2learn776]

@@educationforblind6362 If you talk about the Middle Ages, you cut half of Iraq's history. There are manuscripts for roasting meat from the Sumerian period that are in the British Museum. Another issue, the Arabs do not have a distinctive cuisine because they are basically nomads, so how do you suppose that the Iraqis were influenced by the Arab cuisine?!

[@educationforblind6362]

@@search2learn776 from where you get your false informations? The social media? Majority of arabs are not nomads and they have ancient great civilizations in levant as well as iraq, arabian peninsula etc. Arabs have very great unique cuisine.

[@educationforblind6362]

@@search2learn776 nomads are minorities in central arabian peninsula only and others they are very small minority.

[@silkroad7728]

Love and Respect 💜💜💜🌍💌💫

[@najibhourany6025]

Wonderfull as usual

[@1m.11]

Great video as usual...and your smile so beautiful ❤❤❤🇮🇶

[@1Gaming_Man]

مبين عراقية😂

[@1m.11]

@@1Gaming_Man ییی

[@1Gaming_Man]

@@1m.11 شكد عمرج؟

[@Ewartonman1]

Wow I was there in Bashra twice 😮😊

[@Sara-nk3jc]

Halkum and Turkish delight is the same.. I believe he wanted to tell you the real name of it which is Halkum.. Or maybe he meant its not only Turkish who make it.. Though I believe it's the turks who made it first

[@ingridbee9192]

Again what amazing video.

[@TheCemeteryEnthusiast]

Great food many Iraqis I met are Chubby they cook the best

[@Farhia_ali]

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[@humasdailyuploads3023]

Interesting vlog

[@MorganDeshayes]

"Barca!" 😂

[@abbastavangar489]

❤

[@michaelandersson4926]

😋👍

[@Davidsbeenhere]

🙏❤️

[@farahd941]

Nice video. But, your tour guide is really really annoying, his comments, and him talking over you all the time.

[@الربيع-ذ3د]

الشجرة هي ما لها علاقه ب النبي ادم اقرا المكتوب شبيكم هي قديمه ويقال أنها زرعها النبي ابراهيم بس مالها علاقه بترويج هذا الشخص لخطيئه ومدري شنو معلومات خاطئه غير معلومات الغير دقيقه من الكادر العراقي ورمي القمامه بعد أن تصوير جزءالسياب لماذا هذا البلد الذي يستضيفك

[@muhammedAl_iraqi]

You can't eat a felafel from the middle 😠😠 go from the sides.

[@zouhairsuleiman1453]

The UMBA is watered down 👎

[@dazuotv]

Thanks for a very nice video about the legendary Iraqi street food tour👍

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

Hard to believe what that country went through, glad to see it seems to be relatively successful and prosperous now

[@Midors]

Love your videos in Iraq❤

[@Davidsbeenhere]

I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying them so far Mido! Have a beautiful day too!

[@GrimmyplaysFortnite]

I want to travel to an Arab country. Where should I visit first? My grandpa is Palestine decedent.

[@pansaint2662]

Go to Iraq

[@alireza_adventure]

BIG LOVE from IRAN

[@Davidsbeenhere]

thank you so much for your support alireza!!

[@will_0_wisp_]

Delicious food! I need to go to Iraq, pronto!

[@Davidsbeenhere]

❤️ the food was amazing for sure!

[@hoodadventuretv1890]

That food looks good, I want to eat soooo bad, I love shrimp, I'm going to see if there is an Iraqi restaurant in Chicago, I have to try, or make it on my own, tired of eating burgers and pizza all the time, it's time for me to switch it up

[@jannalam6861]

I would say take a road trip to Dearborn, Michigan. They have a very large Arab and Iraqi population. So they might have more options.

[@rusulal-marayaty3443]

The food looks epic!

[@ahmadnayfeh121]

I can not share the food but can feel the spirit. Fantastic.

[@HuHo80]

You have to visit North of Iraq and Mosul ..the food there is crazy

[@charlie77577]

Did you watch the recent one of Dave in Mosul?

[@Shinojkk-p5f]

Badr Shaker Sayyab The sun is more beautiful in my country than any other, and the darkness is more beautiful, the darkness there is more beautiful, as it embraces Iraq. Between the fearful villages of my fault and the western cities I wanted to upset you, sweetheart And carry it I am Christ being exiled crusader

[@علىالياسري-س5ز1ش]

You made us happy in this beautiful video we are waiting for you to come to Iraq again thank you dear for all this wonderful talk about food in Iraq 🌷🙏🌷❤️🌹💕

[@Dano.book-em24]

Since Masgouf is the national dish of Iraq, dates have to be their national fruit or dessert, no? Those assorted dessert dates David sampled must have been Iraqi-licious!

[@gandrade0501]

Just a little bit of criticism, they put a plate in front of you, so you can serve yourself, the double dipping grosses me out

[@Davidsbeenhere]

thank you for the constructive criticism and sorry about the double dipping🙏

[@JudyT868]

Gen Andrade: Jafar double-dipped too.

[@TheImpactGamingHD]

Great content as always!!

[@empireravenshadow5]

The video quality is soo good! Hope ure having fun!

[@Davidsbeenhere]

thank you so much empireravenshadow5! I appreciate the kind words. Have a beautiful week.

[@helenmackinnon817]

Fantastic video! Perfect length and your charisim shined xx

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it Helen and great to see you as well!

[@HuHo80]

That shrimp dish is epic 😂

[@tomashoffmann8963]

I loved this one David!

[@diameetinternetfriends1340]

trying for free saving couple of dollars I find him incredibly rude he's abusing people's hospitality

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Nothing here was free. I pay for everything and these things are preplanned. I always support local business. 90% of the footage does not make it to the final episode and so you don't see everything happening behind the scenes.

[@blueb4829]

This is the real Iraq. The friendly people, rich culture, and food are some of their best qualities.

[@jyorah4432]

the rice they cook is like cooking briyani, many people actually cook Briyani differently.

[@eman5456]

Great job!

[@chandymohapatra]

Fantastic!

[@JudyT868]

David: what an amazing video. To see you touch the tree was a bit emotional. Now, I am going to dispute something and I would like anyone to correct me if I am wrong. Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden of Eden because they disobeyed God. There were two trees in the garden: the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They chose to eat from the tree of knowledge which they were forbidden to touch. However, they discovered that they were naked covered by just a fig leaf. There was no apple in the bible. The snake was the temptation. The apple is a metaphor for Adam and Eve discovering themselves, if you know what I mean, and hence Cain and Abel were born. So we were all born of the original sin of Adam and Eve's disobedience to God by partaking in the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It's so nice to see how Iraq has changed. It's such a bright country. As to the food, the chefs make it look so easy to cook; I would gladly eat anything they prepared. And I love what they did with the dates. I figured you would like the one with the peanut butter. So, all in all, another good one. Tasos still look shy; got to get him to break out of his shell 🤗. What's next? Can't wait. Be well and stay healthy. Till next one. 🙏😇🕊️🇹🇹🇨🇦

[@Davidsbeenhere]

❤️x1000 to you Judy! Hope your week is going great and what a lovely explanation! Thank you for clarifying.

[@JudyT868]

@@Davidsbeenhere thanks David and you are very welcome. Glad to explain. I hope you and everyone else are having a great Christmas week. Can't believe it's that time already. In any case, have a wonderful day and week ahead. Many blessings to you and your family. Merry Christmas and wishing you all the best for the New Year.🙏😇🕊️🎄🇹🇹🇨🇦 BTW the Adam tree was planted by the prophet Ibrahim/Abraham.

[@littlethingsinlifeus]

Hello Judy, About the tree I believe there was miss a interpretation and as I recall it is back to Profit Ibraham's time and He was the one story says he planted it.

[@JudyT868]

@@littlethingsinlifeus do you mean that he planted the trees?

[@littlethingsinlifeus]

@@JudyT868 Prophet Ibraham did as I remember Yes

[@Kh-Adventure1991]

Absolutely great

[@Davidsbeenhere]

So glad to hear you enjoyed it. Have a great day too!

[@futuredream3633]

Love from Bangladesh🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@Shinojkk-p5f]

بدر شاكر السياب الشمس اجمل فِي بِلادِى مِنْ سِوَاهَا وَالظَّلام حق الظلامُ هُنَاكَ أَجْملُ فَهُوَ يَحْتَضِ العراق واحسرتاه متى أنام نا حسن ان على الوسادة من ليالك الصيفي كلا فيه عطرك با عراق بين القرى المتهيبات خطائي والمدن الغربية تمنيت تربك الحبيبة وحملها فانا المسيح يجري المنفى صليبية

[@الربيع-ذ3د]

وبعدين شرب الماي وذب القبق ب الكاع ونعم بس عل مشاهدات هذا دكهم ونوحهم

[@الربيع-ذ3د]

وبعدين شرب الماي وذب القبق ب الكاع هو هذا دكهم المشاهدات اهم شي

[@تصاميمحديد]

اهلا وسهلا بك أخي الكريم في العراق ونتمنى زيارة العراق دائما كضيف لنا

[@humasdailyuploads3023]

Love from Pakistan

[@2075vj]

I loss too much weight so you are helping me not loss any more. My appetite is coming back. 😋

[@Hu._.k]

Amazing video

[@2075vj]

Now I’m going out for some shrimp.lol😊

[@rafishaikh3598]

MAASAA-ALLAH RAFI MAINE USA

[@Xoneplaytime]

Try to come in the winter

[@terrifick4092]

Leek is a type of onion

[@abbastavangar489]

❤

[@jarosawbielski2301]

SURA 20 TA HA 1. Ta. Ha.

[@utpalgogoi1982]

Very nice

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Thank you so much Utpal!

[@utpalgogoi1982]

@@Davidsbeenhere welcome

[@utpalgogoi1982]

@@Davidsbeenhere please come to Assam to Tinsukia and Dibrugarh

[@ST-wn5uv]

You don't see females

[@lwaa217]

There is always a special place for families in Iraqi restaurants so that they can feel free without disturbance. Women are unique and highly respected in our culture.

[@ST-wn5uv]

@@lwaa217 well I am not talking about respect or disrespect. It was my observations that not many women are seen in public space. I could see few in restaurants.

[@PolluxIQ2006]

@@ST-wn5uv In Iraq, women do not go out alone except with their husbands or family, and in the morning or evening, because the summer of Iraq is a burning fire, but the winter is better. Thank you.

[@queenskennedy2720]

Yes bcuz it's iraq an islamic country, And in islam and islamic countries women don't have their fredom, and they are not allowed to change their relegion, things are forced on them unfortunately

[@نورالعتمه-ع1م]

@@queenskennedy2720 yes thats right!

[@taeaofoutuilaepa4852]

Adam n Eve didn't committed no sin..without them there is no US..

[@raypiper8599]

don't think I'll be going there anytime soon thanks

[@johnw.i.9876]

LMAO 🤣😂🤣😂 I DON'T THINK THEY WANT YOU

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