Traditional UZBEK FOOD + Tour of the HOLIEST CITY in Uzbekistan | Bukhara, Uzbekistan

After arriving in the ancient UNESCO city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan along the Silk Road, I hit the ground running by having some traditional Uzbek food before heading out to explore. Come along with me as I go on a tour of the holiest city in Uzbekistan!
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Bukhara is one of the most important cities in Uzbekistan and dates back to 500 BC. It was the second-most important city in the Islamic world back in the 9th century after Baghdad. I couldn’t wait to explore but first, it was time to eat at Labi Hauz Restaurant!
We passed through an amazing bazaar with vendors selling lots of bags, jewelry, hats, and handicrafts to get to the restaurant. It was next to a beautiful pond. We ordered a big spread including eggplant salad, salad with cheese and olives, salad with fried potatoes on top, tomatoes, and yogurt sauce!
The eggplant was outstanding and the yogurt sauce was sweet and delicious! Next was an amazing mixture of beets, meat, and fried potatoes. The somsa was buttery, juicy, and fatty with had nice layers and juicy tomatoes inside!
Then, we were served some strong Uzbek vodka; delicious lamb soup containing yellow carrots, potato, and lamb fat; white wine; and the national dish, plov!
The plov contained rice, yellow carrots, and raisins, and lamb meat. The lamb was gelatinous and tasted like brains! Then, we had salty, fatty lamb kebabs with onion. It was as good as Greek lamb and had a char on the outside.
We finished with some vanilla ice cream with a bread stick. It was great, but it gave me brain freeze!
After lunch, I visited the Bukhara Jewish Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Bukhara. It’s 420 years old, where I saw the Torah, which is essentially the Jewish bible. Then, we visited a puppet workshop.
Inside, they made puppets. We got to see how they make the puppets using a mixture of water and flour. We also got a demonstration of how they make the puppets dance! I wanted to buy two of them! You can get a pair for 500,000 som, or about $50 USD.
Outside, I tried on a fur hat before we continued on to under a dome where there were a few vendors. It used to be a domed bank! Then, back outside, I saw a vendor selling lots of beautiful, affordable, handmade decorative plates.
Then, we visited the Magoki Attor Mosque, which dates back to the 12th century. It looked really ancient, like it was made of sandstone. I could see parts that had been restored. I had never seen a mosque like it! We also visited an archaeological site unearthed 6 years ago that contains ruins of a hammam from the 16th century.
I went back to the hat vendors in the second bazaar. The hats were status symbols and denoted your nationality! The big, woolly hat I tried on was so hot!
Next up, I found a vendor selling scissors, padlocks, and knives that he carves into different shapes, including animals! Then, I visited a madrasa built during the Islamic Period. It’s a craftsman workshop but used to be a school. Across from it is another madrasa, where I bought two shirts for 100,000 som, or about $10 USD.
Next, I visited a famous tea shop called the Oriental Tea House. The tea was minty and had lots of spices in it, but no sugar. We enjoyed it with a traditional halwa before heading to Kalyan Minaret, which is part of a complex containing two madrasas and a mosque. We got government approval to go to the top!
It was dark inside and the stairs were steep. The trek was intense, but the view of the mosque, madrasa, and old city with the setting sun was unreal!
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[@DhammeMaxmoud]

I love this amazing city, BUKHARA Its so dear to my heart because this is the city that gives us IMAM BUKHAARI, thnks from Somali a

[@МиланаВинер]

Lovely food and very friendly atmosphere. Love you Uzbekistan ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@funnypubgmobilegamer3167]

Bro, good video, hope u liked these foods, all the best to u bro Salam aleykum

[@НазирНасиров-ф7и]

Сказочный город Бухара!👍

[@sunilpatel217]

Incredibly mind blowing, food, architecture, beauty, everything.

[@БорисДобрый-у1ь]

Давиджан бараккала по чаще прежайте узбекистан

[@АлмасАйтжанов-ц8э]

Inkreadable Uzbekistan. Nice video

[@jazzzzyst]

Another place added to my bucket list! Wow love how ancient it is. Thank you for sharing David, it really is awesome. Your voice is really getting the brunt of it, poor you! Get it checked out at an ENT, recurrent voice going can mean you have something called a polyp on the vocal cords (like I do) and every now and then it gets swollen and the voice starts going. It is benign and nothing serious though, when I used to travel a lot, talk a lot (which I still do haha), or am out clubbing (too much shouting and loud talking) then I wake up with my voice starting to go haha honey and sucking on ginger helps a lot. xox

[@akmalkhamraev462]

Hi, Jasmin! In case you need a tour guide for Bukhara so I'll be glad to make my best for you.

[@kamashikindalkar9921]

Puppets are incredible👌 food,cloth architecture everything is so interesting ❤❤❤👍

[@CoconutandFamily]

I only watch the eating parts, the food in Uzbekistan is truly amazing

[@ganeshprabhu3131]

THANKS DAVID FOR ARCHITECTURAL & ARTISTIC UZBEKISTAN. PUPPET DANCE & PUPPET MASTER REMINDED ME OF INDIAN 'SPEAKING DOLL' ARTISTS.

[@WalterPashi]

My boy I am the first to comment and great video

[@hungrytourist169]

I love Daves channel and also been to your channel and you are doing great job

[@sandeshkhilare893]

I LOVE BUKHARA CITY I WANT TO VISIT THIS PLACE ( i am from Mumbai INDIA) bukhara’s people’s are good

[@НанешНанешжон]

Давид мы очень рады гостям жаль что я не знаю английский.Побольше показывайте наш город можьно гордиться Бухарой.

[@МоскваМосква-с7ъ]

Довудбой икки ой Узбекистонда юрсангиз Денисдик буласиз .Каердан булсангиз хам у ерда корнингиз туймаган экан.Анча аррикрак экансиз, факат сомса ейиш керак

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

great

[@tonmoydeka7319]

Wow man

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Wow nice 😘👍👍👍👍👍

[@umabhattacharya8753]

Beautiful .......One of the best video so far.

[@ХанГиреев]

I really uzbek food.

[@ruslan985]

витька переведи

[@ХанГиреев]

@@ruslan985 Я обожаю узбекскую еду.

[@milamila6725]

Виктор Гусак I really like or love Uzbek foods ;)

[@milamila6725]

Виктор Гусак I love Uzbek dishes

[@akmalkhamraev462]

Вы реально узбекская еда или вы так шутите???😂😂😂

[@Ham1001dy]

I really am underwhelmed by the Uzbek series it’s not as exciting as I thought it would....

[@thomaslaishram9598]

3:46 that wasn't a small shot 😂😂😂 Or thats no a shot ??😊

[@dilorommaxammatova7474]

Great country

[@sunflowerbaby1853]

Why are they serving so much lamb fat in their dishes?

[@faridarohoman5275]

This place is incredible, on my bucket list for sure. Tkx

[@godspeed6315]

Mashallah beautiful country I will definitely visit soon in sha allah

[@doopersswag423]

I really love the cap your wearing plz I want that plz can give me as a gift plz sir

[@liaqataliliaqatali773]

ڈیوڈ بھت خوب آج کا کھانا لاجواب ھے لیاقت زیب ساسولی دالبندین

[@naruttamkalai5854]

I THINK MOST FOODS N LOOKING DEKICIOUS WAS TOMATOES HAHAHA....RED N LUKING REALLY GOOD WHAT SAY LOL.....

[@anandaragi4298]

When you are coming back to India David

[@neno56527]

13:37 did you just say Rasta? the serbian singer ?

[@josefmagaranti6036]

Go to Nepal u can find out so many things

[@ХуршидДжураев-ф1э]

Uzbekistan repablic..Sentral Ashen! !

[@doopersswag423]

Plz sir I'm your very big fan

[@naruttamkalai5854]

GUYS CAN ANYONE TELL M WHAT IS SILK ROAD N WHY IT IS KNOWN AS OR CALLED AS SILK ROAD PLEASE IF ANYBODY CAN HELP M BY TELLING WHAT DOES IT MEANS @DAVID BRODHA IF U KNOW PLEASE CAN U TELL M ABOUT SILK ROAD...

[@surinderbrar2014]

In old times Silk Road was the world trade route from west to east. Traders took gold , silk & spices from India , China to Central Asia & Europe.

[@Bababui69]

If you can't go to Uzbekistan there are good Uzbek restaurants in Brooklyn, NY or Forest hills Queens.

[@geno5360]

I think I saw one of them hats Khabib Numagomedov always comes out to the Octagon in the blonde looking one.

[@Aniketshyam]

3:44 its a girl from india.. shenaz i guess.. she did a bollywood movie with shahid kapoor

[@yaetaya7944]

+*****

[@mariahoffmann5328]

killer!

[@meghachopra86]

having meal with a bollywood actress shenaz.

[@krrish399562]

David did you meet Shenaz?

[@aragornii507]

Looks bomb

[@abdullahalhamdulillah8307]

Super

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Good 👌👍

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Свет газ учгандаям Бир келсангиз буларкан.энангизни уч коргондан куриб кетасиз

[@Sbdullox]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 aynen

[@samkami9472]

I can hear how people still speak Farsi in Bukhara. Folks, Bukhara and Samarkand are Persian speaking cities. No offense to Uzbeks but all you see in the video it has more to do with Tajik/Persian culture. It would be good if David mentioned that, just so that locals don’t feel disrespected or dishonored. Please visit Bukhara and Samarkand and you will be surprised when you find out where Persian literature & culture started which eventually shaped the Persian language.

[@VNL-670]

There nothing to do with Tajiks, they came with arabs once, they just leave there but Persian empire (not tajiks) existed long time ago, all what you saw here built during Turkic muslims era...! Even now days tajikistan wasnt exist the land was part of Bukhara emirates under Khans...! So if you from Tajikistan go show the world your local cultura and dont stick your racist nose to Uzbekistan...!

[@samkami9472]

VNL 670 # Tajiks/Persians forever ! Listen professor, Greeks, Arabs, Mongols, Turks , Russians all came and ruled Central Asia but Tajiks survived and will be always living in Samarkand and Bukhara. Don’t be offended and nothing against Uzbeks. Just some facts 😂😂😂