Traditional ALBANIAN TRAHANA!! Exploring Korçë Attractions | Albania

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Day 9 of my adventures around Albania began in the beautiful city of Korçë. Join me as I enjoy some traditional Albanian trahana and explore Korçë and its attractions!
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My day began at the beautiful IN Gallery Hotel & Spa, one of the top boutique hotels in Korçë. I couldn’t wait to explore it. But first, I had to have some breakfast!
First, I headed into the kitchen to watch the cooks, prepare the trahana. It’s a type of porridge made from fermented grains. They add bits of freshly bread, sun-dried tomatoes, fish oil, browned butter with paprika, seeds, and edible flowers. Goat cheese is served on the side.
Back at my table, I had my trahana and goat cheese with fresh orange juice. The trahana was very good and similar to watery grits. I loved the clumpy bread, which absorbs the trahana. The smokiness from the tomato was also excellent. Adding the goat cheese made it even better!
After breakfast, my boy Erjan from Travel Media EU and I walked one minute to The Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral. It reminded me of a Byzantine church, but it was actually built in 1995. It replaced St. John Church, which had been destroyed during the Communist era.
Inside, the walls are covered in paintings of kings and religious figures. There were no benches, but there were individual chairs. If you want to make a prayer, you can get a candle for 5-20 lekes. I bought 5 larger candles to say a prayer for my grandmother.
Back outside, we headed down the local pedestrian street, Bulevard Shen Gjergji, which is lined with restaurants and bars. It’s a popular spot to congregate. At the end of the street is an observation tower.
We passed a telephone booth on the way. On the ground are outlines of a church that was destroyed during the Communist era. Albania became an atheist country during that time. Priests and imams were jailed and people were forbidden to practice. On the site is a library.
Further on is a miniature square and a curious-looking tower called the Red Tower. Nearby is a display of the nearby villages you can visit. It costs 50 lekes to go up to the top. It offers an amazing view of the entire city and the mountains!
Next, we walked two minutes to the Old Bazaar, which is over 400 years old. Along the way, we passed lots of vendors. The bazaar’s streets are cobblestone, very Ottoman-style. There are lots of shops, restaurants, and bars. Our first stop was Haniipazarit, an old-school guesthouse for the Ottoman army.
It’s now a boutique hotel. It’s two stories with a courtyard and an old well in the middle. It’s beautiful! It was built with original stones from the Ottoman period. The room inside is sick-stone walls, a comfy bed, and clean accommodations.
Outside in the bazaar, there were mostly bars and a few restaurants and souvenir shops. We stopped at a café for some strong coffee and headed down a small side street where there were shops selling grains, cloth, and more.
At a shop near the entrance of the square, I found a pink hand-knitted bag for girls for my oldest daughter. The shop owner knit me a blue one for my youngest daughter. It would only take her two hours!
We continued back down the boulevard, where we passed a Romanian building from 1936 and the Museum of Education, Mësonjëtorja. During the Ottoman period, they spoke Turkish here, and this is the first school to teach in Albanian after the Ottoman period ended. It dates back to 1887!
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[@mendjelire8392]

Where did you find this guy David? Erjan not only knows nothing about Albanian history but he also lies about the geography. That is not Tomorr mountain and he knows it very well. Tomorr is in Berat. The ones in Korce are Morava and Gramoz mountains.

[@speeddemon8977]

Albanian language was spoken since illyrian times but during the ottoman period they did not allowed albanians to have their own schools or teach their language who ever was caught was hanged and so many albanians teachers were killed by ottomans during the 500 years of occupation

[@user-gg4dh7yj9l]

🇦🇱🤩🇦🇱🤩🇦🇱🤩🇦🇱

[@DoReMIY23]

Interesting fact about Albanian language, thank you.

[@floriankociu7251]

Korça has the most beautiful (serenata)lsongs in the world.vlora city next,great job 👨..faleminderit 🙏🙏🦅🇦🇱🦅

[@TonoyLetsgo]

Love from Bangladesh ❤❤

[@visitalbania6770]

😊😁❤

[@shqiptarrrrrr]

Albania, ancient Illyria🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@kenikriezispirasspatas8982]

There was NO Ottoman schools in Our territorys, unless they were RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. Christianity taught ALBANIAN, Islam tought TURKISH, ORTHODOXY Taught Albanian, until The arrival of ANATOLIAN GREEKS. and then it become only ANATOLIAN. until we opened our owne schools, but we weren't all lucky enough to have them for long. The once in Graecia Greece were closed immediately after Europeans came in, they chose ANATOLIAN GREEK As a language to be spoken in Greece, now we have no Arvanite SCHOOLS here in Graecia Greece.

[@gb7513]

And the greeks do have a school in albania it is a shame

[@justinianthegreat154]

That‘s why we have sympathy for greeks, lmao

[@peggiewindham4819]

Good morning David love watching your videos. It's 3:30am here in south Carolina, I'm heading to bed. Got church in the morning . Hope you have a great day . I'll rewatch it when I get up .

[@zeninuhiji9771]

David you never had it so good as far i can see you really enjoy Albanian food enjoy Albania i love my old country, greetings from Australia

[@annebell7274]

Such a beautiful city. How clean it is. No litter at all. The lady going to crochet another one in blue. Now that is service. I love how you always buy gifts for your children, they must have some collection now. Great video. Very relaxing. 🌿🌿🍃💚🥀💚🍃🌿🌿

[@hawkgui]

The breakfast was good.

[@user-gg4dh7yj9l]

🇦🇱🤩🇦🇱🤩🇦🇱

[@Ronaldogiri]

Albania 🔥

[@MrTani42]

17.20 Albanian langiuage was spoken all the time, but was prohibited for centuries to learn and to write in Albanian. That was done by every means, by the otomans and certain clergy of the Costandinopole Church, most of the time in coordination. Albanian language, to my relatively modest knowledge, is the only language to have martirs!!!

[@sokolisufaj2284]

Your knowledge is correct. The use of the Albanian language was forbiden by the ottomans with a ferman of the Sultan and was accursed by the Patriarchate of Instanbul.

[@joannekarafili4441]

Enjoying your videos 😊, watching from Glasgow Scotland xx

[@DepDawg]

Trahana was my favorite breakfast as a child! My brother and I would help my mother and grandmother to make it in the summer. Once it was fully dried, we would eat it the rest of the year. We had it as breakfast porridge or as a dinner soup made with tomatoes, chicken, olive oil and crumbled feta. How I miss those times 😢

[@gawrease77]

Holly cow that is a ton of trahana

[@ignaciourrutia4813]

Dear David, I would like to thank you for your incredible high quality content, especially the one concerning your trip to Albania. It is amazing how you have chosen to show specific real local and authentic places, so thank you very much. I am a big fan of food youtubers and to be honest, your season about Albania it is really dificult to overcome. I was already interested in the Balkans and specifically in Albania, and you have managed to show all the things and aspects that make this unknown and forgotten country great. In addition, I just can express how amazing these farms to table, mountain food looks, it looks awesome! Thank you for your dedication and hard work. I do believe your Albania season has something special, maybe was your content, also how the country is and what you show, in my opinion both! Thanks a lot for your hard work and this long season of videos which each of them has something to offer!

[@4rd17]

I see you are a bit hungover from all that rakia. I'm surprised you didn't end up in a hospital trying Albanian hospital soup lol

[@sheep.herder]

thanks bro...my family in australia still makes trahan..seems like peasant food...simple, but this food helped albanians survive countless invasions! 🇦🇱👐❤

[@chockalingamalagappan1693]

Beautiful Cathedral

[@dondoni6651]

David thank u for coming. Tell your friends Albania is Awesome!!

[@lidiaspaho4084]

As a person born and raised in Korce- you did a great job showcasing the highlights of the city!

[@prespa78]

Hopefully summer 2021 will be better then 2020 and we will visit some of those beautiful places you showed us from Albania. Thanks David Hoffmanni The "I" in the last name so it sounds Albanian for the trip. Ooo by the way, are you back home?

[@gentianmustafa6997]

faleminderit David visiting my town KORCA

[@sunilpatel217]

Beautiful city, food and drinks 🍷, delicious 😋

[@MrTani42]

Kush ta ka dhene ate licence o guide, o injorant, se na cave kundrinorin, otomanet, otomanet, otomanet!

[@evidencematters7588]

Ia ka dhene Erdogani

[@speeddemon8977]

Tomorr mountain is in Berat. That one, in Korce, is Gramoz mountain. this guide either he drunk rakia a lot or he knows nothing about Albania.

[@zamircane2907]

Gramozi duket nga pjesa jug lndore, ne pjesen perendimore mund te jene malesite e Skraparit,Tomorri esht shum larg pamjes

[@anl1456]

You might be able to see Mt Tomorr from the tower they were on in Korçë. The back side of Tomorr is 30 miles from Panarit Korça. No one goes that way; no roads

[@beenaatlee8020]

Turks

[@anl1456]

@@zamircane2907 48 kilometer nuk është shumë larg për të parë. Ju mund të keni të dreitë, unë nuk jetoj atje

[@zamircane2907]

@@anl1456 ne fakt po te ngjitesh kodren mbi qytet duket edhe Gramozi edhe malesia e Skraparit

[@senator1295]

walkin in a park I met George; a Professor of Glass Works from Korçë ...we became friends, he was old

[@zdeveshopzgaming5556]

I dont know why he doesn't gets what he deserves from youtube

[@zdeveshopzgaming5556]

@Nikolai Ninja yes but getting only 1k views average

[@ronishk3753]

Maybe he doesn't interact much with his followers in the comments, even Mark Wiens reply back to ppl.

[@zdeveshopzgaming5556]

@@ronishk3753 Hmmm that can be a reason

[@jairishi3134]

Turned serious ahhh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brunaprocopi]

Awesome as usual.. Keep it up...

[@user-gg4dh7yj9l]

🤩🇦🇱I LOVE TRAHANA🤩🇦🇱

[@lefterlaci4978]

Welcome to Albania 🇦🇱

[@gloriaskenderasi]

I'm from Albania(Korçë)🇦🇱❤💎I miss Korçë

[@MrLuigji]

Hangover Korçe lol. You guys did great anyway!

[@bimspecialist1800]

You should go dardha, boboshtica that are near korca

[@menaschnl9703]

Love shkodra end korca...

[@shaclo1512]

Nobody: Erjan: tHe oTtoMaNs bUiLt THiS cHuRCh!!!11

[@francomula]

Bravo David

[@gentianmustafa6997]

LOVE FROM CHICAGO

[@ervisbalaj1930]

Amazing 😍😍

[@ajinkyaaa]

I love this content ❤️ ❤️ But show more food 😜 Love from India

[@MrHaros88]

That is definitely not the Tomor Mountain 😂. It’s Gramoz Mountain near Korca. Also there was no Saint John Church near the Cathedral. Try to find a local guy to get your facts and explain the historical city of Korca. I definitely respect your work man, but Check your sources...

[@whysoserious3348]

Tomorr*

[@Panchami2830]

David, seriously I love your all vedios. You're seriously stunning man! :)

[@Panchami2830]

And, I'm from Bangalore. 😊

[@toliariani7211]

where is the rakiaaaaaaaa hahahhaha enjoy

[@eliohasa9866]

Hi, I am from Korca and I advise you to leave the center and get to the other places around. I have never been in hani i pazarit or in gallery because they are tourist traps. You can go to to the Morava mountain, which was called Tomorr by your guide. Dardha and Voskopoja are awesome too. I hope I meet you next time!

[@iamamilkycoffee]

More interesting in the first two minutes than the dog crap video I just wasted my time watching before this, where all I learned about this fascinating city was the gym he went to and what he ate for breakfast. Thanks for producing an informative video that facilitates the learning about the history, culture and foods of a place and not this 'aesthetic' nouveau-KZbinr skidmarkery. Kudos to you, man. I'm going to watch more of your videos 👍🏽

[@KATIRA1305]

Great video🙌🏼🙌🏼 you look so much like Dereck Jeter

[@juliak2591]

Beautiful place 😍

[@danielweicht7866]

Në krahinën ku jetoja unë, e quajm trana ose çorb 😊. In my region, we call it trana or çorb (the soup you had for breakfast).

[@pranjeetnath5532]

Love from assam ❤️

[@maureebutler5838]

My grandparents are from there

[@dewi9235]

Tasty bowl in the morning 😛

[@Tony-dx8sq]

Great job man. I want to know the name of the young Chef. He did an incredible job putting everything together, balancing the flavors, presentation along with preserving the tradition. I'd like to see this guy famous why not with a Michelin Star on his chest.

[@daron8982]

Trahana is usually for the morning

[@MKokalari]

I heard you are "still here" in Albania.

[@stilianbello6648]

Uuuaaaaauuuu korca

[@Redhorsealb]

You don’t add goat’s cheese or dried tomatos in trahana, traditionally you add pasterma,goat’s cured meet in salt...

[@xhonkeri4066]

I always add cheese to trahana

[@MrTani42]

I remeber I added cheese and a bit of olive oil!

[@francomula]

Amazing video

[@michellek5550]

Bulgarian trahana is so different.

[@irdibasha391]

Korçe is next to greece? This guy just wants to hate

[@MrTani42]

yeap, it is next to the next district from Greece! hahaha. No hatred, just businessly misled and too much raki to talk about borders! He can talk about turtles though! hahaha

[@bilit6540]

🇦🇱🇦🇱🔥

[@aryandas38]

What is your favourite city of south India ( ANY TWO)?

[@Panchami2830]

First comment.... 😘

[@hopunmorisika8180]

Love fm assam , india

[@SurinaamseKeuken]

👌😋

[@canadian6167]

In Korce ,the spoken languages during the times:albanian, greek, aromanian, bulgarien.Turkish was spoken only by turks!

[@RealChristianTV]

David and rakia😂

[@agentjangkole2954]

You have to come to Indonesia and taste authentic Indonesian food brother

[@indranilghosh5798]

Iove from india

[@fisnikvehapi2351]

Visit Kosova

[@lokesh8a151]

It's very tasty

[@tonial5789]

Trahana is served with crispy bacon bits. I don't know what they served you but It is not real trahana without some bacon.

[@sandipbrahma2344]

Second comment

[@eroditapervizaj6352]

Can you go in Kosovo ❤️🥰💗

[@emmanuelmacron3560]

Edhe 10 dite po shkon ne Kosove.

[@eroditapervizaj6352]

Faleminderit

[@mastercreations372]

10th like

[@gangsta033]

If you come to Kosovo you are welcome in my house and we can get you to most beautiful places in Istog ,Peja and whole Kosovo .Lots of love❤️🇽🇰

[@anl1456]

100 Lek = 0.0953 US dollar , The leak keeps going up each year to the dollar

[@ursus6752]

0.953*

[@visitalbania6770]

🇲🇰🇽🇰= 🇦🇱👐

[@hannahsuba-an1837]

I CNT survive that food

[@maureebutler5838]

MAIL ME SOME DIRT FROM MY GRANDPARENTS HOME LAND

[@mattsullivan7363]

Albanian style stone street. Ottoman gave nothing to the Albanian culture. Ottomans had no style in architecture and stone masonry because they had no stone. Just sand.

[@gke7248]

Honestly I am asking is this guy really doing a travel video like he did in India or is it a propaganda sales kind video. I think the whole Albania is a paid up video with zero truth, he is a hungry person from USA who is using Europe to eat and earn and no truth in his video, drunkard, glutton and based on some previous video some lady in wait element also

[@gke7248]

@Rini Shkoder respect your feedback, I travel in and around Europe a lot, I am not at all against Albania as it's an amazing and beautiful place with heritage and culture. What my comment was on the Eating ways which I find very disrespectful for and towards food ? Secondly his glutonous approach of eating food and how he is stuffing ? Thirdly it seems to be sponsored trip rather than a personal trip and looks like a marketing stint ?

[@juliak2591]

Weird, you wrote this same comment on a couple other of David’s Albania videos.

[@gke7248]

@@juliak2591First of all it's not about Albania or the food, it is purely about David's way of action. In all those I felt he was not behaving appropriately Nd in a civilised way. Plus all seems to be sponsored or paid advertisement like vlog for those establishment which is fine but the way he behaved, stuffed and acted got to me. I was an avid fan but the Albania trip spinned me off and no more a regular of DBH.

[@mihail6446]

Trahana is a Greek dish and korce is a Greek city. Most south Albanians are ethnic greeks

[@gb7513]

It is not and never was ioanina was the capital of albania konitsa kastoria preveza arta gumenica filati parga are albanian cities

[@mihail6446]

@@gb7513 lies. You're spouting revisionist histrlory south Albania or Northern Epirus has a large Greek ethnic minority and has always been Greek since epirus is an ancient Greek land. It's ok. We know it hurts. All of Balkans steal Greek history & culture. We are the oldest culture in the region. You all take take take from us.

[@gb7513]

@@mihail6446 this is megali idea propaganda epirus is and was albania greece has to give albania epirus our border is from preveza to ioanina to kastoria

[@mihail6446]

@Ken F trahana recipe is literally written in ancient Greek texts, the word is Greek itself. Stop lying and being a culture vulture. All of Balkans food is Greek, Ottoman or Austria Hungarian. Y'all steal everything Greek. Go away

[@mihail6446]

@Ken F lol. So why does your government recognise the Greek minority? Greek language schools in Northern Epirus? Why are there 1000s of YT videos of Greeks from Albania talking about Albanian racism towards the Greek minority. Stop lying culture vulture.