KUWAITI THALI Breakfast + Visiting LITTLE INDIA - Jleeb Al Shuyoukh | Kuwait City, Kuwait

It has a glazey feel to it, almost like honey too. Have to go for some more of the seed, it's really big. I'm actually a really big fan of liver. It's stellar. Good morning everyone, this is David Hoffman from David's Bin here in beautiful Kuwait City, Kuwait. I'm with my boy Yosef from Local Tours Kuwait. Today what we're doing is we're coming here to Cafe Baza. And here we're going to have some traditional Kuwaiti breakfast. What are we going to try, just a mix of things? Yeah, just a mix of things. Awesome. And then after this we're going to a museum? Yeah, Southern Museum. Southern Museum? Yeah. And what is that? You'll see how the old Kuwaiti girls, you know? So weave clothing? Yeah. Perfect. And then we're going to an area which is not little India, but basically a huge population of Indians, Egyptians, basically people who aren't Kuwaitis who live here. Like 70% of the population in Kuwait aren't actually Kuwaitis. It's foreigners. So let's go inside. I'm hungry. Are you ready? Yalla. Yalla, yalla, let's go. You're still too early my friend. It's crazy outside. It's like 100 degrees. You walk inside, it's like freezing. This is awesome. So downstairs is like a market and upstairs is the cafe? No, it's like shopping mall and also cafe. Oh, shopping mall and also cafe. Cool. Wow. Nice. Look at this. Huge, no? Huge. So it's like multi-level shopping mall. Yeah. In the middle, you have like this open area. Bazaar is like old Kuwaiti girl name, you know? Bazaar. Like this. Cafe Bazaar is basically like a modern Kuwaiti diner. As you can see right here, we have an iPad with a menu. So breakfast, perfect. Oh wow, that's my combo. Parija combo. Family breakfast. Oh, this looks amazing. So what are we going to get? Oh, they also have Indian breakfast? Aldera breakfast. That looks phenomenal. That's big, right? It's huge. That's my combo. Basket of Baskema, Tarembal, Kuwaiti cake, jam, cream, honey, chicken liver, hummus, pao, eggs, feta cheese, served with tanoor bread. That's it. Let's choose it. And our breakfast today comes with tea. This is regular Kuwaiti. It's basically black tea, no sugar. I love it, man. It's really, really good. I can go with this like nonstop all day long. My friend here, he drank like 18 cups yesterday. I drank like a lot. Last night I drank like 6 cups. Super hot. Nice. Fresh. And this black tea, where did it come from? It doesn't come from here. It comes from like India? Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka? Cool. Ceylon. Oh, it's hot. Super hot. It's good, man. It's good. It's really good. As you see, this is our breakfast. It's basically the Kuwaiti breakfast platter. It resembles a thali in a sense of the plate, right? Indian thali. So you have cheese, you have hummus. I don't know what these two things are, but one looks like lentils. Here we have like a curd. This is a curd. Over here we have an omelet inside the bread. Amazing. And then over here we have more bread. And then we also have some jams, right? Pasta jams. And then what he's saying is, you know, grab one of these. And just go in. Dip it. Usually you do it with milk, but right now we've got tea. Fantastic. The tea's absorbed into this nice cake. It's a good cake, man. Kuwaiti cake. They're actually also made in Kuwait. It's a super crunchy cake. Very dense. But then when you put it in tea, soft. You better take a milk. Because this one is special with milk. Okay? Like this? Perfect. Next up I'm trying the chopa churrani bread with the egg inside. So this is an omelet. It has cheese inside. Oh, nice. Perfect. Nice fluffy bread. Good. That's delicious, dude. There's some herbs inside. I really enjoy that about Kuwait. That they have always herbs on the table. Always have fresh herbs. And everybody eats them. Like everybody's really eating and they don't just leave it there. It's like a ration, you know? I love the cheese they put inside, man. This is basically spinach. Right? Good. You eat it like that? Like a sandwich? Yeah, yeah. This is the way the Kuwaitis do it. Always eating with their hands. Basically the Kuwaiti egg sandwich. Next up I'm trying all four of the main things here. So we got chicken liver. Looks delicious. We have fau, which looks like lentils with like some either chicken or meat. They also have some tomato in there. A big mix of sauces. Looks like they have gravy. And we have lebna, which is like a type of yogurt they eat here in Kuwait. And we have traditional hummus. Hummus is my favorite. And over here we have some of the cheese. So the thing you gotta do with the bread, you know, usually just grab a piece. Using two hands is fine. Grab a piece, right? Go in here. Just grab. Fau. It's actually a mix of beans. Like fava beans. You have tomato. There's no meat in here. Nothing. But it has a taste like strands. Like it's almost like pulled chicken. But I guess it's just like the paste, you know. And the mix of beans. Oh, it's really good, man. I love beans. I'm all about it. So obviously you eat with your hands. Get a little dirty. Some more bread. Chicken liver time. Wow, dude. This is good. It has like a glazy sauce. Got a lot of chicken liver. I love that sauce. It's almost like balsamic. That sauce. I don't think it is. But it has a glazy feel to it. Almost like honey too. Have to go for some more. But see, it's really big. Wow. Delicious glazy sauce. I'm actually a really big fan of liver. It's stellar. Let's try some hummus. You get smaller portions here. So good. I actually like to get some more of the oil on top. Like that. Wow. This hummus is great, dude. Fantastic hummus. I'm gonna try some of this cheese now. Is it feta? It's feta cheese. Almost like a super creamy feta cheese. Wow. I think I'm gonna mix some stuff here. I'm gonna have to mix things on some bread. And here we have the yogurt. It's good. It's light. So a little bit of honey. With milk would be perfect, yeah. But with honey it's gonna be great. Like a cinnamon layer cake. You got lots of layers. You can see. So many layers. So you gotta just drizzle honey on top. Oh wow. Look at that. Look at this chicken liver. How it's just like drizzling in the sauce. It's basically bathed in it. Eating it straight. My face is like hummus. Labneh. And a little bit full. I'm full, I'm full. I mean we're both really full because we ate the egg sandwich. That filled me up. That filled me up fast. My friend. Yes. So you know me? Yeah, I know you. Yeah? Where are you from? Where in India? I'm from India, Bangalore. Bangalore? Yeah. I've been to Bangalore. Dosas. Dosas? Dosas. Masala dosas. Dosas all day. And idli. Yes. Thanks guys. Thank you all. Thank you. Thanks. Literally ran into all his fans. Everybody's a fan. It's amazing. They like knew me. It's amazing. And yeah, I mean the breakfast was six, right? So six is roughly like 25 bucks. Something like that. Yeah. $30. It was so good. It was worth it. I mean the quality was delicious. The presentation incredible. I mean a great spot. And that's Cafe Bazaar. And it's only here or there's multiple covers? Oh, there's multiple. Five or six. Okay. So there's a lot. It's not just one. Perfect. Wow. That was so good. Man, I'm so full. I don't know how I'm going to eat lunch in like three hours. Maybe some shisha. Let's go. The first one. Kuwait. Oh, the first one Kuwait? Yeah. Oh wow. That's awesome. Man, I love this mall. Look at this. So there's the flag of Kuwait right here, right? Yeah. Awesome. So the museum's close or is it far? No, it's close. 10 minutes. 10 minutes? Yeah, 10 minutes. Whoa. It's hot. Yalla, yalla. All right, guys. We made it here to the museum. They actually have a Kuwaiti ship over here. And this is the original ships they used to build. Wow. It's a beautiful ship, dude. Yeah. So for hundreds of years, the Kuwaitis would sail across down to India. Yeah. And a lot of people obviously lost their lives along the way. But the main reason they did it is because they became really rich off the pearls, right? Yeah. Wow. This is what they used? So the big ship and the small ship. No, the big ship. No, I know. There's a small ship as well, right? That is like to go in and out. Fishing or something. Fishing boat. Yeah. And this one's the one to sail across the Arabian Sea. Yeah, Arabian Sea. And that's one who goes to the Indian Ocean. Yeah. Yeah, it's hot. Is it? No, it's not too much. But for you, yeah, I think, yeah. Yeah. You're dying. I mean, it's not, it's not like brutally hot. It's like, I'd say it's like something like 90 degrees, 95 degrees. The problem is that we're outside all day. When you're outside all day, you feel it. Yeah. When you're inside in air conditioning, it doesn't matter. Because Miami's hot. Not like this hot. This is like really hot. But I'm always indoors, so I never feel it. Plus the humidity. So much humidity here. I know today is sunny, you know? Sunny today. Yeah, it's sunny, humidity, hot. We just entered Sadu House, which is a cultural center that promotes Kuwaiti's textile arts and related skills. And right here we have the al-Sadu, right? So what is al-Sadu? Al-Sadu is a handcraft. It's a like traditional Kuwaiti handcraft, which basically are used for tent dividers. So these pieces can be combined together for a tent divider or decoration for the museum. Museum tent. Okay. So basically it resembles a rug, but it's very, very long. It's almost like, I mean, it's weaved the same way as rugs, right? The same weaving. Wow. Beautiful. This is the tent divider. This is how it's used. The Sadu pieces, they combine them here to make a tent divider, which can be shown as this drawing. In this way. I mean, the Sadu made from natural materials. So it's like goat hair, sheep hair. The wool, they spin it and they make the yarn. The yarn is made with this loom as a Sadu piece. So they make it with different colors. They use different dyes. Previously, they used to do the natural dyes. Here's the natural dyes. But nowadays they mostly use the chemical dyes, which gives a brighter color. I mean, here's the natural dyes and how they look. And this is the chemical dyes. They give a really vibrant color. And next is the Sadu pattern, which is a really interesting thing. Previously, the weavers did not know how to write or how to read. So the only way they would speak is with patterns on the Sadu pieces. So one of the main Sadu patterns is Al Shajara. Shajara, which means literally the tree, but it represents different things. And it's one of the most hardest patterns to make on Sadu pieces. So it tells stories. Sometimes they use animals, written words. Nowadays, they use written words like the way here. It's written. And there are different patterns such as Al Dala, Al Ragam, also Al Hurjan, which I really like. And this is the pattern Al Hurjan. It's really nice. In the last room, we have urban weaving, which is basically them creating clothing for women and for men. Wow, this is very nice. And people actually wear this today? Until today, yes. They wear it in mostly weddings. Mostly weddings. Okay, I was going to say it looks more like prestigious, like for an event. Wow, beautiful. And all out of wool, right? Everything's wool? Sometimes it's wool. Nowadays, they use silk. Okay. Yeah, it feels like I'm on a silk road. I'm back on the silk road. This is Hodij, which is a chair that's placed on top of the camel for ladies to sit on when they used to travel. It's a chair with a tent on top, so you can basically cover yourself from the sun. Wow, very nice. And all made of wool. Same thing, right? Yes. And you have a saddle on the bottom. This is super nice. Here we have a room called the Duanye. And basically, you know, without the weaving in the middle, it's a place where families get together, talk politics, relax, have fun, drink tea. Drink tea and coffee. And coffee. But this room right now, what they're using it for is whenever there's school, you know, like a field trip, they'll come here and they see the women weaving the sadu. Yes, sadu. Sadu. Yeah, so as you can see, it's right in the middle. They're doing it all here. And then over here to the right, they actually have the sadus. So here at the Sadu House, they also have a gift shop. And here you can buy a variety of different things made with wool. So they have here pillows. They have chairs. They have some table runners. They also have small shoes for kids. I mean, so many different things. It is a little pricey because the currency here in Kuwait is like one of the strongest in the world. But I highly recommend buying something like the pillows. The pillows are really cool. I was thinking of buying one of these. This is like 50 US. These are like a little more. I mean, just depends on the size. But they're all wool. Really nice. Look at this. Beautiful. The patterns, the colors. I don't know. My problem is how do I take this stuff? I would take everything out of it, right? These are nice. Yeah. These are all traditional, right? The colors are really traditional Kuwait. The way they make it, you know? The way they make it? Yeah. It's $100,000. That's why it's a little bit expensive. No, it's expensive because the currency is high. Here next to the Sadu House, we have Jumo Coffee. And if you guys don't know about coffee culture here in Kuwait, it's huge. People go to coffee shops at midnight. Now, here we have Aisha, general manager or operations manager? Operations manager. Perfect. So, tell me a little bit about the culture. Okay. So, because Kuwait is a dry country, we don't have bars, we don't have alcohol. So, people treat coffee like they treat alcohol here. So, if you go to a coffee shop at 11, 12 p.m., they're full of people. This is the most active hours of a coffee shop. People, the way they use it to socialize, they use it to stay awake. They use it to have fun. They use it for everything. Eight in Kuwait? Yes. And now you're opening up in Saudi and in Bahrain. We just opened in Bahrain. Yeah. Okay. And then next stop, Saudi before the end of the year. So, I'm going to try the cold brew. Oh, nice. What roast is that? What coffee is this? Special blend today. A special blend. Wow. It's good. It's different. So, they brew this for eight hours. Delicious. Really good. My friend, what did you get? It's a latte. Latte, yes. Good. Good? Yeah. No sugar. Never sugar. Diet. I'm doing diet. No sugar. Yeah. Actually, I never drink with sugar. Like zero sugar. Coffee shouldn't have sugar in it. If it's good, it should never have sugar. Exactly. My friend, you feel good? Yeah. I feel good. Ready to go? Yeah. Ready. I'm super pumped. Man, that coffee just lit me up. Super energized. Doesn't even feel that hot anymore. But we're in the shade. In the sun. Here we go. Wow. What a beautiful skyline. Look at that. Now, we're going to Jibshuk. Yeah. Jibshuk. And what is that? That's a place Indian, Pakistani, Egyptian, Syrian, they are living there. You know, the place you are like, you're not in Kuwait. Yeah? Yeah. It's a nice place. You know, interesting. From what I'm reading, it's basically a big neighborhood with people from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Syria. Just a few of them, you know. There's a huge population here of Indians. We've seen like over half a million Indians just in this area. It's really, really amazing to see how the Indian influence has come to Kuwait and the food especially. The food is so good. And yeah, guys, so we're driving there. It's going to take like 20 minutes from now. Let's go. Let's hit the road. Let's continue this journey. Dude, I can't wait. Hopefully, we can try some Indian street food. It'll be good. Why not? We're here? Yeah. We are in Jibshuk right now. Yes. Jibshuk. Yeah. Wow. Okay. So, let's head to the neighborhood. Yeah. I mean, it looks a little different. Buildings are a little different too. What do we see here? Yeah. A lot of Indian population here. Love India. Incredible India. I'm trying to find some lassi. It's so hot. I want a lassi right now. Lassi. Also me. Lassi is so great. It's so good. So, what you see here is a lot of like Indian restaurants, sweets, so bakeries, pastries. There's a Mughal cuisine. There's Kerala cuisine. Huge Kerala population here. The state of Kerala. A lot of people are here from there. The southern cuisine is phenomenal. I had some breakfast yesterday. Some Kerala food. Wow. It was so good. What's this takeaway? Holy Star. Wow. Kerala cuisine right there. Should we just try it? See if they have mango lassi? Let's see. We're going to walk over here to Balansia. Balansia bakery, sweet, and pastries. Hopefully they have something. Have you had Indian sweets before? They're so good, dude. Yeah. Really? Yeah, yeah. Maybe. So, my friend here is going to make me some lassi. Is it mango lassi or regular lassi? No, only lassi. This is curd. Which one? Curd. Curd lassi. Okay, I'll have it. It's half a kg, right? Yeah. Okay, so half a kg, whatever that is, like two bucks? Perfect. Thank you, my friend. Here we have the lassi. It's good. Very nice. It's not like Amritsar. Amritsar is like really thick. Saffron? A little bit of saffron? Oh, it's awesome. Dry? No. It's so good. Amritsar is the best. And India is the best. Thanks, guys. Hey, take care. Let's go, my friend. Yalla. Yalla, yalla. Really good lassi. Really good. Oh, I drink that every day in India. Every day. The best, kind of the best, but one of the best I ever tried was in Amritsar. So good. Like, very chunky. That one was more watered down, almost like a smoothie. Oh, this is like really India right here. India and Kuwait. This is really India, dude. India and Kuwait. It's amazing. We're currently passing by the side of the United Indian School. As you can see, school just got out of session. All the kids are walking now, going to the bus. Their parents are picking them up. It's beautiful. I mean, this is like, they're like living here. This is little India, man. It's amazing. And where we're going now, so you said some shops over here? Yeah. So as you can see, we're passing by tons of shops and restaurants all over this area. Everything is Indian. I mean, if you're really looking for delicious Indian cuisine, I'm sure you'll find it here. That place we just went to was more like street food. A lot of fried stuff, like fried aloo. They had vada. They had lassi. They had a bunch of different things. Huge Kerala population here, so they have a lot of southern Indian stuff. And yeah, guys, I mean, that's basically it. Today, we had an incredible day. Started off with delicious breakfast at Cafe Baza. It was so good. For me, the liver was the best. You, it was the what? The yogurt. The yogurt? Yeah. That was your favorite? I don't know, dude. The liver was good. The egg sandwich was delicious. And the omelet. Exactly, exactly. The omelet. Wow, wow. So good. And then after that, we saw the sadhu house, right? Yeah, sadhu house. Sadhu house. We saw basically what they, you know, traditional tents and what they would use to cover traditional tents. Basically, they're weaving wool and making it into that. It's not like carpets. I mean, obviously, it's very similar to carpets, but they don't use it as carpets. They use it for the tents. And after that, we had a coffee really fast at Jammu Coffee. Jammu. Jammu Coffee. And then we came over here, tried some lassi, explored a little bit. I mean, this is beautiful. This is really cool that they have Little India. You know, in my city, Miami, we don't have Little India. I wish we did. I hope you love this video. If you did, please give me a thumbs up. Leave me a comment below. Subscribe to my channel for more awesome travel content. I'll see you in the next travel food adventure in Kuwait. Are you ready, my man? Next adventure. Yalla, yalla. Yalla, yalla, yalla. I gotta go again. Okay. Good. I love it. Hi. You know, it's really good.