TRADITIONAL Uzbekistan Noodles, FIVE STAR Breakfast Buffet & Exploring Ancient City of Khiva

Good morning. While I'm here, I'm staying at, they say, the best hotel in Central Asia. This is the High Regency and it's got a pretty interesting breakfast buffet. Oh, here it is. Whoa, cherry juice. We don't see that often. Apple pear lemonade. Oh man, that's good. Stir-fried fish with soy. This is the plov. That's the thing I've been eating the most in I've seen this a lot. Ramen noodles. This seems like packaged ramen covered in plastic wrap. Oh, congee. This is buckwheat porridge, oatmeal porridge. Soy meat. Halva. I had this for the first time when I was in Israel. This thing is sweet and awesome. Dang kidding. That's a smoky beef. That's really, really good. Meat in this country. Oh man, I don't know how that's juicy. It almost tastes like a cold smoked steak. That's amazing. I'm so Asian. Fly halfway across the world and eating ramen. I mean it is Asia still, right? I don't regret getting that. This is spicy chili, by the way. I am so into this smoked beef. Smoked beef and ramen noodles. I'm pretty happy that those are the two things I'm eating for breakfast. By the way, cherry juice, delicious. Oh, this is the greatest thing ever. What is this? Oh, it's the pear lemonade. Oh, how much I love you. It tastes exactly like you would think it tastes. Yeah, load up on this baby. I see something that I like. I go after it. All right, this buffet doesn't have the largest selection. That's good porridge. You know that buckwheat? It's great. It's got this toasted flavor. It's like toasted wheat milk soup. That is wonderful. Couldn't really find a lot of main dishes I love. I mean, I do enjoy the smoked beef and the instant noodles. It's not gonna have like crazy a variety as you will find in buffets, breakfast buffets in Asia, but it's quality stuff. Today we're attending like a meeting basically with a bunch of government officials just because it's the first time they're doing something like this in Uzbekistan. Just kind of having them in attendance and I guess I'm talking about something. I'm not really sure what yet. That's why you need a good breakfast. You need to have some energy. Otherwise, your voice is not going to project. That's the secret of YouTubing. One thing this country has abundance of is just dried fruits and nuts. It's gonna have a lot of exotic jams. Look at this. Plums and syrup. It's all stuff you can smother on your toast. I don't know why I got a cracker for an apricot. This is kind of dumb. All right, that doesn't really match a cracker very well. See, even that baby's upset at me. That is good. I think maybe that was like we're supposed to eat it with a spoon. I think I pretty much got everything I want off that buffet. Let's go do one more round and see. It's like a yogurt thing. It's like milk with oatmeal and fruit. Not bad. Actually, it's quite nice. I think I'm good. Let me know another one of these pear lemonade things. This is the man. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you. I feel like I was anointed something. I'm not really sure. This is so fancy. Oh, I think I see Asians. You guys have over 150 million followers, along with your content being viewed over 10 million times. Which, by the way, if someone knows the mass, more than population of the earth. And we're done. So this is the last last big massive photo. So sad. Wait, we're not done for like six more days. It's not even close. Oh, my God. Oh, that was skewers. This looks kind of dry. Oh, dessert looks amazing. This is the greatest panna cotta. If you guys from Indonesia, you know these guys. They're awesome. Something is happening at our table. I follow you, baby. I follow you. I don't know what's happening. I follow you, baby. This is what happens when a bunch of social media people get together. And this is supposed to be an official lunch. Yeah, we're dressed very officially. I got a collar. Business wise, we're kind of done. So this is a night we're supposed to just party till 4 a.m. Well, our flight leaves at like 7 a.m. So I'm going to I want to eat and go to bed. Oh, I love this. This is like reminds me of this Chinese suite. I feel like this party is going to get a little crazy like the club is literally the same place. This is insane. Look at this. Good morning. Leaving Tashkent today for a different city. We're going to the city of Kiva today. And I think originally we're supposed to take the Oriental Express or something. That would've been cool because, I don't know, I just saw that movie. I think that's our breakfast. Morning. Can I take one? Yeah. Great. Thank you. This was a nice place. Life juice. Whoa, I've been looking for life juice all my life. Yeah, I'm not big into this. I didn't really get time in the city. This is like such an incredible experience. The food, the people, the local culture. And it's been a great first few days. I think only four days left before we leave here. Kind of sad. I wish I'm staying longer. Oh, nice. Nice. Oh, yeah. Nice, dude. What's cuckoo? Cuckoo is like a way of saying in France, if you're texting someone, you already know. Yeah. Otherwise, you just say salut. How do you spell cuckoo? C-O-U-C-O-U. It's like, hi, I'm a little birdie. We have cuckoo too in America. It's a cereal. We go cuckoo for cuckoo puffs. Brand new adventure. All the airports kind of look the same, huh? They literally could have just drugged us, changed the sign. We're in a new city. Grabbing my luggage. There's only one convertible. Look at this. This is the craziest. It's like we're all on the Serengeti and like this is like the only watering hole. This is absolutely breathtaking. This whole ancient city is a UNESCO site. And our hotel is actually situated inside the wall. Oh, this is my hotel. I can't believe it. Oh, food. I haven't seen food in so long. This hotel is insane. It's not the most wheel-friendly place. It's just absolutely stunning of a hotel. Oh, my room is up these narrow stairway. This is like borderline impossible. If you're not like super strong or like this guy who's used to it, that's pretty hard. There it is. 240. Oh, that's dark. I feel like I'm sleeping in a castle. You come in, there's dried fruits. Oh, this is crazy. Look how pretty this is. This is like a suite. There's two little beds in here as well. What? There's the window. Cute little bathroom. Look at these stairs. I'm short, okay? And I'm already like too tall for this. Wow. I really never had to duck down or need anything before. You know how you feel now, tall people? Right outside of our hotel is the window. It's something that hasn't finished construction yet. Absolutely majestic looking. We're walking in this heat in this desert. You're about to see a camel. Wow. Congratulations. Creepiest things I've seen today. This place. Oh, nice. Oh, a bunch of Asians. So welcomed. We're at this tea shop right now and just a bunch of veggies, eggplant and massive, massive bread in front of us. Even though this is like a little hard food, this thing's got tons of flavor. This is like flavorful bread. I mean, it's gonna give your jaw a little workout. It's just gonna soak in the eggplant a little bit. Something that's gonna save the bread is coming. There we go. I think this could be some kind of broth. I predict this is gonna be awesome in here. Oh, that's good. Thick, subtly sweet pumpkin soup. I'm gonna get all up in this bread. Makes it a little soft. Soup soaks in a little bit. That's good stuff. Could use a little hot oil though. A little vinegary, some acid in here. Make it even better. Add some eggplant, veggies on top. I love how the food is so colorful. I mean, just vibrant like that, like the buildings in the city. That's a good combo. The city looks like something from an Arabic folklore. I mean, if you think about a city in the desert, it's just, I mean, it is dusty, but it's also so colorful and beautiful. The buildings, the food, and just walking around here and kind of experiencing the history, looking at the architecture. And this is, this city was established 1,500 years ago. Everything about it just gets off this enchanted vibe. Favorite part of the trip so far, coming here. I love that cultures around the world all have their own version of dumplings. And this is it right here. This, I think this is a cheese dumpling. This is a very cheesy dumpling. Mine was a little too cheesy for me. Didn't think that was possible. Something being too cheesy for me. A little wonton. I feel so bad for the wonton. So cute. Yeah, it tastes so good. That's a lamb wonton. The wrapper is a little, yeah, a little, a little excessive wrapper, but the heart of the wonton, that's where the good stuff is. I've never had dill noodles before. If you've never smelled dill, it smells like a fairy tale. Like it just takes your senses away to like a faraway land where unicorns roam the magical forest. The chewy noodles, not overly al dente. Chewy, buttery. I've never had anything like this before. It's like an aromatic waterfall just showering over you. The noodles are really good. Oh, yummy mushy potatoes. And they also give you, I don't know what this is. That's so interesting. It's yogurt. I've never put yogurt on my noodles before. All right. So what that does is the noodles are a tiny bit oily. So the yogurt is a little sour. So it kind of acts like a, like a vinegar that I typically put on my noodles. So it balances out the greasy, buttery flavor a bit. I like it, but I don't feel like it's all that necessary for me. This for me, the original dish, already flipping amazing. Even though the flavor is pretty strong, there's nothing like it. I mean, in Chinese we call it hui xiang, which basically means that when you take a bite, it's so aromatic. You're going to be thinking about it after you take a bite. This is one of the most uniquely delicious noodle dishes I've ever had. Never would I have ever thought dill with noodles can be such a great combination. Besides the plop and the skewers, this is one of the best things I had in this country. What I love about this place is after a great meal, right outside, you're already in the scenic streets and you can just wander around. There's vendors on either side. There's always something to look at or something to do. We're going to look around and whatever we think looks good, we'll try to eat it. This is the Juma Mosque, and this whole building is supported by over 200 pillars. They range from different heights, like four to five meters, and some of them are just intricately carved. It's so pretty. In the middle, there's an opening where the sun can come through. I'm really, really into history. I'm really into historical buildings and cities. This is just breathtaking. I mean, being here, look at that. Look how blue that tower is. This whole place is like an outdoors museum. Everything is just so breathtaking. This city is really known for their wood carving. And this family has been doing it for six generations. The father is teaching the sons how to do it, and everything is just made by hand, usually out of one piece of wood. This is where they make silk scarves and weave. This is almost like the Wanted meets Assassin's Creed. This is a tower you can actually go on top of and just see how beautiful the city is from the ground. You know it's going to be really pretty from up there. This place has super steep stairs. If this looks difficult, it ain't easy. If you're a girl, don't wear a dress climbing this. Yeah, this is pretty. Totally reminds me of Assassin's Creed right now. Look at this. You can see all the mosques, and you can see the houses, the private houses with the cloth laid over the top. There's a wedding going on over there. New friends. Going down. A little more scary. You gotta watch your head, just like my hotel. Oh ----. Dinner time. Big roasted pepper. The reason I kind of reacted before I took a bite was this thing is warm. It's just like, it's just off the fire. It's all sweet and stuff. It's sweet and smoky. I think I really love this. This country really forcing you to eat a lot of vegetables. Vegetables and fries. Fried rice is really good. Roasted pepper is really good. There's live music. There's live dancing. It's about as historically beautiful as you can get of a eating environment. For a country really not known for their seafood, this is some amazing fish. Crispy outer shell, super tender. Oh, that's good fish. Little potato pancake. This country, whenever it comes to bread and potatoes, these guys are pioneers. Mash potato inside a fried dumpling. I don't understand why we Chinese people don't stuff potatoes inside. No, we don't. I don't understand why. I really don't understand why. Seriously, we got to start doing this. Soup has never failed me in this country. Anything hearty and meaty and has potatoes in it is amazing here. A little beef, potatoes, beans. And just a hearty, tasty soup. I think the secret is they always put cumin in their soup. For me, cumin is usually just for stir-frying or barbecuing. Soup. So good.