i appreciate this, she could have taken her to some tourist attractions, but she dragged her in the deep a little, what a great ambasador for our country
I love Albania, this sunday I am going to Tirana for the third time. Before I came to Albania I ordered books from a bookstore in Tirana to learn Albanian. Rrofte Shqiperia.
I'm glad that the reporter was honest. Most food reviewers say they love the dish even when their facial expressions betrayed their true feelings; all because they don't want to offend the host.
Remember she is German, hurting someone’s feelings is less important than being honest for most people. Here in Germany the polite thing to do is being upfront and honest about most things, as opposed to being agreeable and smiley. As a South American, even after 5 years and a German wife I still grapple a bit with this kind of politeness vs the one I grew up with.
As an American who spent a week there last year, i can remember having lamb for the first time in my life and really enjoying it. I even had lamb and yogurt inside of Berat Castle, common based Albania moment X)
sometimes i forget that americans don't really eat lamb lol my family is from pakistan and eating lamb is one of the things we have in common with albanians :)
@@Supernova10000 I had never even seen a lamb or goat before I went to Albania, what we usually eat here is cow or pig meat. Which of course, is something we don't have in common with either India or Pakistan.
@@kidfox3971i actually live in new york, so i know americans usually eat beef/pork, but ive seen many other cultures who eat different kinds of meat since there’s a lot of ppl from different countries here. It’s just that with so much influence from other places its difficult to really know what’s the norm in the rest of the country lol
@@Supernova10000 Well I'm a Southerner so we're actually close to the farms that raise a lot of the livestock, so if you want the best meat in the country then definitely come down here. Plus, we're a lot cleaner than New York X)
I have a few friends who are from Albania or have family there, so I got more interested in the culture. It's a really beautiful country!! I'd love to visit someday!!
Boza, it’s very refreshing, healthy probiotic drink. Of course it takes a bit of time to get used to the taste but once you do it becomes an addiction 😁
Hello, albanian here! Well we really have a very mixed culture since being near almost every country that used to be a world power for it's time. Albanian language would take 8 years to learn it perfectly and it's more than 6000 years old. The cuisine is mostly turkish and italian style, but obviously there's also our touch where you can see that in the video. Glad to hear that from you, you're welcomed here anytime
I have eaten at these places (Oda's being my favorite!). As an American, very little I didn't like! One must have an open palette to enjoy other culture's foods.
We Albanians love the combination of ice cream and boze and it's understandable this German girl is not used to it. Actually, boze alone is a great drink but I've noted nowadays they make it with grains whereas best boze is made with corn, yellow corn and of course a bio version if you can get it in Albania as food is being destroyed there too with the influx of GMO seeds, pesticides etc. It's really sad what's happening there just to make money! Bio seeds before 1990 have been vanished with the exception of various villagers who still have been able to save them and to find them is like finding a needle in a haystack.
That lakror looked nice. Shame that the tourist are not taken to Elbasan for a short trip where Albanian food is a bit better. Take me Kos and bugaçe instead os fli.
Perhaps is the opposite Greece have Albanian Tradition food 😉 like for example one simple Example im giving to you , our Fustanella wich you guys "Borrowed" from us , so imagine when you "Borrow" from us your officail State Clothes imagine what can happens with food tradition and other things ,but Anyway you Greeks are respectful peoples ,i mean one part of you guys 😉
Sorry, but she doesn't have to like all flavors for it to be international. Now, if you must hear only positive opinions, you can try almost every other channel which will say every food is good even if they don't like it. I also find some Albanian dishes hard to like. "Unusual" is not the same as bad; a bad combination can be original or unusual, and it doesn't make it tasty, with all due respect.
I would say, a very incomplete taste journey! The guide wasn't probably the right one? I do not know, I feel my expectations weren't met. I do not feel represented.
Albanians have a light breakfast? That must be a modern thing, because our breakfast are as fatty as they come. Lots of pastry with cheese and the good old dhalle! And then what did they do to the fli? Sweet fli? Who’s ever heard of anything like that? Interpretation indeed, but definitely not the real deal. The real fli is salt and savoury. Wtf 😂 talk about ruining the traditional Albanian cuisine by bringing in some fusion of some sorts.
The reporter seems to prefer bland food to any unusual flavour. Instead of trying to understand the flavor, she jumps to say her narrow opinion on food.
A bit insensitive to label a dish as tasting like it’s gone bad just because you’re not used to it or have a limited palate in this case. It’s like blue cheese, someone who tries it for the first time may say that it tastes like something’s gone bad. But then one might build a gradual liking to it over time.
Eh...the guide took her to basically the Starbucks of Albania. Would have been better to take her to the typical cafe where dudes hang out chainsmoking all day. More authentic experience.
We wanted to do an honest food tour with authentic reactions and everyone has a different taste, right? 😉Which doesn't mean at all that the food was regarded as bad.
@@DWFood then don’t call it “What to eat if you have ONE day in Albania”. Would you do a “What to drive on the Autobahn” video where 3/5 cars are broken down and can’t go faster than 80km?
@@akas1255I find your critique senseless. She is not talking about her personal taste here,but what albanian guides and chefs sugest for a tourist , and are typically Albanian ( flia fergesa,ice cream with boza , harapash etc…) .She is not obligated to act like she enjoys everything ,that would be fake. It’s an informing video about Albanian cuisine ,not a sponsored promotion .
Sorry to say this, but congratulations Linda. You did a bad job actually. Most typical and cheap Albanian food in the morning is byrek. Also, the most unique typical Albanian dish, "tave kosi", Linda didn't even mentioned
@BelaDJ1to be completely fair, the average American has probably never heard of Albania or seen it on a map because they don’t have a large presence globally. I’m pretty sure the average European can’t label or recall most caribbean islands because they don’t have contact with that region often.
wow, could you choose any worse person to go there to eat? She literally knows nothing about food, doesn't even have the adjectives to describe what she's tasting.
I love the honesty of the reporter, she makes me feel that I can trust her.
Love the energy and polite honesty of the reporter! Really enjoyed watching this. Greetings from Canada
Thank you 🙃
i appreciate this, she could have taken her to some tourist attractions, but she dragged her in the deep a little, what a great ambasador for our country
I love Albania, this sunday I am going to Tirana for the third time. Before I came to Albania I ordered books from a bookstore in Tirana to learn Albanian. Rrofte Shqiperia.
I'm glad that the reporter was honest. Most food reviewers say they love the dish even when their facial expressions betrayed their true feelings; all because they don't want to offend the host.
Remember she is German, hurting someone’s feelings is less important than being honest for most people. Here in Germany the polite thing to do is being upfront and honest about most things, as opposed to being agreeable and smiley. As a South American, even after 5 years and a German wife I still grapple a bit with this kind of politeness vs the one I grew up with.
As an American who spent a week there last year, i can remember having lamb for the first time in my life and really enjoying it. I even had lamb and yogurt inside of Berat Castle, common based Albania moment X)
Thank you for visiting my country, we appreciate it
sometimes i forget that americans don't really eat lamb lol
my family is from pakistan and eating lamb is one of the things we have in common with albanians :)
@@Supernova10000 I had never even seen a lamb or goat before I went to Albania, what we usually eat here is cow or pig meat. Which of course, is something we don't have in common with either India or Pakistan.
@@kidfox3971i actually live in new york, so i know americans usually eat beef/pork, but ive seen many other cultures who eat different kinds of meat since there’s a lot of ppl from different countries here.
It’s just that with so much influence from other places its difficult to really know what’s the norm in the rest of the country lol
@@Supernova10000 Well I'm a Southerner so we're actually close to the farms that raise a lot of the livestock, so if you want the best meat in the country then definitely come down here. Plus, we're a lot cleaner than New York X)
Great to see chef Bledar Kola who does so much to promote Albania’s fine cuisine! Mullixiu is a must-visit.
I used to eat in Albanian restaurant in Malaysia, excellent food 🙌
Is there Albanian restaurant in Maylasia?Sounds fkn sick lmao..
I have a few friends who are from Albania or have family there, so I got more interested in the culture.
It's a really beautiful country!! I'd love to visit someday!!
Boza, it’s very refreshing, healthy probiotic drink. Of course it takes a bit of time to get used to the taste but once you do it becomes an addiction 😁
Im stuck in North Korea. One day I will escape to see all these wonderful places.😢
how are you even on youtube rn?
Kims butler is that you ?
There is a great Albanian restaurant in Pyongyang.
@@Dingdong3696oyveydoes Kim like Albanian food?
@@r-labs9357 Dear leader Kim loves burek for morning and Fli for lunch 🤣
I want to go to Albania now!!! Everything looked so good. Where can I find more information on the food tour?
Me too. Shall we collaborate together?
Me too love Albania 🇦🇱 from Somalia 🇸🇴
Boza is made of corn, me misër o shoqe jo "grains"(drithëra)
8:15 Three dislikes in a 9-minute video. "Albanian food really has me blown away".
Albanian food is amazing ❤🇦🇱
Albania 🇦🇱 it's amazing
Fun Fact: South East Albanina (Korca and maybe other parts too) do not do "cheers" with coffee.
Flia is my favorite food. It's a shame it's not internationally known it's absolutely delicious and worthy of being known by people around the world.
6:25 WHAT'S AN "INTERESTING" FLAVOUR???
wonderful cultural food and recipe ❤
Lovely show ❤
I'm in Tirana for 1 day this month - can anyone suggest places that would still be open and what foods should I try? Thank you in advance ❤
They need to do a revisit to capture all the foods
Im a fan of dua lipa and knowing her albanian roots im really interessted in learning ab. This cuisine
Hello, albanian here! Well we really have a very mixed culture since being near almost every country that used to be a world power for it's time. Albanian language would take 8 years to learn it perfectly and it's more than 6000 years old. The cuisine is mostly turkish and italian style, but obviously there's also our touch where you can see that in the video. Glad to hear that from you, you're welcomed here anytime
Albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱 is really a fascinating country coming from the Philippines.
I have eaten at these places (Oda's being my favorite!). As an American, very little I didn't like! One must have an open palette to enjoy other culture's foods.
Great reporter!
Thank you!
Te lumte linda per ndihmen
Would like to try fergesea
LOVEEEEE ❤
Looks very intetesting. I love lamb.
We Albanians love the combination of ice cream and boze and it's understandable this German girl is not used to it. Actually, boze alone is a great drink but I've noted nowadays they make it with grains whereas best boze is made with corn, yellow corn and of course a bio version if you can get it in Albania as food is being destroyed there too with the influx of GMO seeds, pesticides etc. It's really sad what's happening there just to make money! Bio seeds before 1990 have been vanished with the exception of various villagers who still have been able to save them and to find them is like finding a needle in a haystack.
That lakror looked nice.
Shame that the tourist are not taken to Elbasan for a short trip where Albanian food is a bit better. Take me Kos and bugaçe instead os fli.
Elbasoni shumë pak video
Bugace = buke me pete dhe esht gatim turk i mbetur
Albaniaaaa!!! 😁
Beautiful country ....i was in Albania mix food from Greece 🇬🇷 and Ottoman times also mix with balkan also .... strange but nice ❤❤
Do you know that Greece is an Albanian tribe...
@@klodianamile9237No
Eating food from greece or turkey makes you think that all their foods are their invention 😅😅😅.
Perhaps is the opposite Greece have Albanian Tradition food 😉 like for example one simple Example im giving to you , our Fustanella wich you guys "Borrowed" from us , so imagine when you "Borrow" from us your officail State Clothes imagine what can happens with food tradition and other things ,but Anyway you Greeks are respectful peoples ,i mean one part of you guys 😉
@@thealbozz1716 you guys borrowed? I am Italian ...
Wow vert tasty👋👍👍❤
Let's visit again freand
Imagine hosting an international food show but not liking unusual or strong tastes 😂 good thing they had cheese + bread for you
Hahaha!
Sorry, but she doesn't have to like all flavors for it to be international. Now, if you must hear only positive opinions, you can try almost every other channel which will say every food is good even if they don't like it. I also find some Albanian dishes hard to like. "Unusual" is not the same as bad; a bad combination can be original or unusual, and it doesn't make it tasty, with all due respect.
Awesome
I would say, a very incomplete taste journey! The guide wasn't probably the right one?
I do not know, I feel my expectations weren't met. I do not feel represented.
Albanians have a light breakfast? That must be a modern thing, because our breakfast are as fatty as they come. Lots of pastry with cheese and the good old dhalle! And then what did they do to the fli? Sweet fli? Who’s ever heard of anything like that? Interpretation indeed, but definitely not the real deal. The real fli is salt and savoury. Wtf 😂 talk about ruining the traditional Albanian cuisine by bringing in some fusion of some sorts.
The reporter seems to prefer bland food to any unusual flavour. Instead of trying to understand the flavor, she jumps to say her narrow opinion on food.
2:03 Lakror
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A bit insensitive to label a dish as tasting like it’s gone bad just because you’re not used to it or have a limited palate in this case. It’s like blue cheese, someone who tries it for the first time may say that it tastes like something’s gone bad. But then one might build a gradual liking to it over time.
'Oh wow. Oh this is big.' That'swhatshesaid.
Eh...the guide took her to basically the Starbucks of Albania. Would have been better to take her to the typical cafe where dudes hang out chainsmoking all day. More authentic experience.
I need some trileçe cake!
7:23 unfortunately we are still in a socialist/communist dictatorship.
In some parts of world people enjoy the life, but when it comes Asia which the opposite.
FILA REMINDS ME OF HALWA
Why are all the dishes vegetarian when Albanians consume a fair amount of meat?
Why even bother publishing a video on Albanian food if your own host doesn't even half the things she tried?
We wanted to do an honest food tour with authentic reactions and everyone has a different taste, right? 😉Which doesn't mean at all that the food was regarded as bad.
@@DWFood then don’t call it “What to eat if you have ONE day in Albania”. Would you do a “What to drive on the Autobahn” video where 3/5 cars are broken down and can’t go faster than 80km?
@@akas1255I find your critique senseless. She is not talking about her personal taste here,but what albanian guides and chefs sugest for a tourist , and are typically Albanian ( flia fergesa,ice cream with boza , harapash etc…) .She is not obligated to act like she enjoys everything ,that would be fake. It’s an informing video about Albanian cuisine ,not a sponsored promotion .
@@DWFoodcall the video “what to eat and what not to eat …” for some people 😅😅
@@akas1255She doesn't have to like it all. She's just showing foods to try.
😮❤😂
Sponsored? Two RUclips videos from same restaurant in Tirana from same week..
Dw doesn’t get sponsored
this was very NORTH albania tho
1:50ABSURD!
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But they don’t eat pork so it’s a no go zone for me
Not true…they eat, sell and cook it, not ad national food, but is present, go check it by yourself
almost everyone eats porc there
This Linda even for Albanian has a wired taste, no wander the reporter didn't like it most of that.
Sorry to say this, but congratulations Linda. You did a bad job actually. Most typical and cheap Albanian food in the morning is byrek. Also, the most unique typical Albanian dish, "tave kosi", Linda didn't even mentioned
shu e mir po te vesh doracka
Do you mean Albany in USA? Albania I don't know
Albania is a state in Europe
@BelaDJ1to be completely fair, the average American has probably never heard of Albania or seen it on a map because they don’t have a large presence globally. I’m pretty sure the average European can’t label or recall most caribbean islands because they don’t have contact with that region often.
wow, could you choose any worse person to go there to eat? She literally knows nothing about food, doesn't even have the adjectives to describe what she's tasting.
No meat in Tirana? DW vegetarian propaganda as always.
I only eat meat!
Albania 🇦🇱 is not vegetarian country!
The same traditions like Turkey 🇹🇷
Having spent three months in Turkey, I was expecting something very originally Albanian for cuisine. Bit disappointing.
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I'll advise you to go to the restaurant in Korçë that called Sahati. These restaurants that you went there to eat? They're all garbage
Fair-Play please..👨🍳
Your guide knows nothing or she just didnt want to spend more time . Albanian food is very various and you didnt tried it
This feels more Turkish than albanian
KOSOVO JE SRCE SRBIJE
The mouse is here for some leftovers
Terrible presenter.
And why? Is bcs they didn’t show “the bad side” of the country ?
👎waste of time,unnecessary,,
Reporter 😍
Smeće od hrane
Thanks, you can stick with your sausages
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Average Serbian mentality be like:
Some kind of junk?
Your mum