24 Hours Surviving on Bangladesh Street Food 🇧🇩

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AI GeneratedA food enthusiast explores the vibrant culinary landscape of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. The journey showcases a diverse array of local delicacies, from rich breakfast stews and refreshing desserts to the city's legendary biryani and street snacks, all experienced amidst the chaotic energy and iconic rickshaw traffic of the city.
Good morning from the city of Dhaka here in Bangladesh. In this video we are going on the
most epic food hunt through the old city. I'm gonna spend the entire day eating at some of
the most legendary spots and it's all coming up right now. Okay I'm kicking this off with
one of my favorite dishes which is nihari, beef nihari. I last had this in Pakistan in Karachi
and apparently it sells out by 8am. So I'm up early. That could be it there actually.
It's half seven right now. I'm gonna head in there. I don't want it to be sold out. The
restaurant I'm looking for is called Amania. Amania? Amania. Amania perfect okay. Oh this
looks good. You still have nihari? Okay perfect okay. So these guys are doing the bread,
the naans, ripping that. Oh it's actually paratha. They're putting that on the griddle there look.
Good. So many. There's like five down here and then you've got
five or six guys up there working as well and they've got all the sweets in here.
Hello how are you? Oh my god. Oh it's so busy in here. I'll go one beef nihari
and one naan. Thank you. Perfect. Thank you.
Oh my days this looks so good. Wow it's actually on the bone.
Check that out. Huge chunk.
Right let's start with the naan and dip it in the gravy. It doesn't look as thick as the one
I had in Karachi and it's a different colour as well. Oh man that's so like rich and so much flavour.
Loads of spice in that actually. A little bit hot. It's oily. It's like gloopy. A little bit slimy
texture. Oh yeah it's definitely not as thick as the one I had in Pakistan. Right let's try and get
a bit of the meat off the bone here. This is like incredibly gelatinous. It just like slides off the
bone. Okay here we go. Meat is coming off now. Big chunk of slow cooked beef. That is just pure fat
I'm eating there. Melts in your mouth. Quite similar to the texture of the pahi I had in Lahore.
The goat trotter. It's like very very gelatinous. Comparing it to the one I had in Pakistan. I know
you shouldn't compare however. That's the only other time I've had nihari. The sauce here is thinner.
This one is spicier and the actual meat in the dish. I prefer the one in Pakistan. That was like
slow cooked beef. No bone and it literally fell apart in the bowl. This is a massive chunk of bone
with a lot of fat on it. It's definitely quite a rich meal to have at 7 30 in the morning but
this is what they do here in Bangladesh. Personally I would prefer this if there was more like chunks
of meat in the gravy over the gelatinous fat. The locals might like the fat but I prefer
the meat chunks for sure. I'm gonna score this one here in Dhaka
a 8.5 out of 10. Pretty good. A good start. Do the video. Okay how much? Very good. Delicious.
Thank you. Very busy. Thank you. Sorry I want a big one. What time no more nihari?
Depending on the time. Okay perfect. Thank you. Okay moving on. Now time for some more breakfast
here in old Dhaka. Okay I've successfully navigated the streets and what I'm searching
for now is a biscuit. A very popular breakfast biscuit called bakarkhani. Hopefully I said that
correctly. And this apparently is the best spot in town. So let's check it out.
You're making bakarkhani? Okay perfect. I want to try one. I want to see how you make first.
It's okay. So there's like five of them here. So you roll it out with the dough
with the flour. So he puts this little mark on them.
Then they go up to the back there look. They're the finished biscuits and they're baked at 262
degrees I see on the on the oven. Wow big operation. They only specialize in this biscuit.
How much is one?
These are the single ones. They've got the plastic over. Stop the flies. Ah perfect. Thank you.
There you go. I'm paying for it for sure. Okay. Thank you boss. Where do I get chai?
Over there. Okay perfect. Up there. You can take me. Okay let's do it boss. You take me
for some chai. Okay bye-bye. Thank you. This guy's a smart man waiting outside the biscuit shop.
Right biscuit is in hand and we're getting taken to the tea shop. Ah there's one there as well look.
Ah they're doing it in the clay oven. Maybe that was the shop I was looking for. Oh well same thing.
So this is actually in the proper oven. Maybe the clay oven is more authentic. Ah it's fine.
Okay next stop tea because apparently you don't eat these dry. You must dunk them in
Ah very fast. Very fast. Okay perfect. How much for that one? Here's 20. Okay.
It was like one minute. It's okay. Okay thank you. Right ah these guys are doing them as well. Look
very popular all along this street. They're serving these biscuits. Okay let's get a little
cup of tea here.
Thank you. There he goes with the water. Hot water. Looking good man. Your hair's good.
There's a massive pot of milk. Look at that.
And the malai on top. Okay thank you. Okay here we go with the tea and the biscuit.
With the boys. It's good. Okay and I dip this in. Okay this is like insanely flaky. Maybe try it
dry first of all. Oh yeah. Very dry. Very dry. Look different layers in here. It's all like
falling apart in my hand. How do I dip this in? I'm gonna break it and then dip it. Right.
Get this nice and moist.
Oh yeah. Oh that's a good combination. It's like a really well cooked biscuit
cake but it's really light if that makes sense. It's a hard one to describe on camera.
It's really sweet as well. Right let's go for the cha.
That is perfection. A bit of a sweetness overload. Sweet and sweet. This is a popular
little tea stall and everybody is having these biscuits so I'm doing the right thing here in
Dhaka. I've never seen this biscuit being sold until I came to this street. This must be a famous
street for the... I'm not gonna say it. I've already forgot the name. Bakarkandi or something.
I'm scoring this combination a 9 out of 10. If the biscuit was less sweet I'd go higher. For me
together it's a little bit too sugary. So this is the other way of making these biscuits. This is the
tandoor on charcoal. Look he's put the biscuits in there and these boys at the back are rolling them
out. This is the finished product right here. So many ways you can make these biscuits here in
Dhaka. That's a good vibe. Local vibe here at 8 in the morning. Where is the best biryani in Dhaka?
What name? Where is the best biryani?
That's good. Okay. Thank you. Helpful tips from the locals.
Where is the best biryani?
Haji the best or no? Is it the best?
Is it in old Dhaka?
Which is your favorite?
I'm paying. I'm paying. I'm gonna put it here. I'm paying.
Don't take freebies. I'll put it here. I'll put it here. Thank you. Too kind.
Okay I got myself a little rickshaw and we're heading to the biryani spot here in old Dhaka.
The big debate is whether to go Hanif biryani which is the one that the guy said he recommended
or do I go Haji biryani. I'm gonna go Haji. It is the OG. They're both legendary spots however
I'm only here once and I got a taste. The oldest one in town and we're stuck in traffic. I think
it is quicker to walk so that's what I'm gonna do. It's okay. I get off. Okay just up there. Okay.
Right this is the spot. Haji biryani since 1939.
What time are you open? Okay I'll speak to him. 12. One o'clock. Okay I'm too early. Change of plan.
Okay let's go to my next spot. Okay the original plan was to get some desserts and sweets after
the biryani but plans have changed so we're gonna crack on to this spot here. An iconic place for
some desserts. Sweets before savoury.
Hello. Hello. I want to try your lassi. Lassi? Yeah. Okay. And what else? Do you have the lemon sherbet?
Lemon. Okay one of each. One of each.
Okay perfect.
Loads of ice in the back there.
UK. UK. UK yeah. Scotland.
What's your name? Shu. Shu. Shu yeah. What's your name?
Thank you boss. Thank you. I'll go through the back. After. I want to watch how this is made.
So we've got some water over here in that red jug. This is the lemon sherbet. Oh very fast. Okay
perfect. Thank you. There was a lot of flies over that lassi mixture where I walked in.
Not ideal. But we will start with the lassi. Loads of ice in here. Interesting colour. The
original lassi I've had are more like white. Look like thick yogurt. This is like a custard colour.
The taste of that is like the exact way I like lassi. It's really sweet. Not sour at all and
it's thick as well. He's put the ice through it like crushed up ice which I've never seen with
I love it. I'm scoring that one 10 out of 10. That is a good find.
Right now for the lemon sherbet. Big slice of lemon. Loads of ice.
Is it water he's added or I presume there's some sort of like syrup in here as well.
This is their like second most popular drink on the menu. Must be good.
Oh very sweet. More like a limeade. A flat limeade. It's not carbonated. For me it's too
sweet but as I wait a bit longer the ice melts and they start like watering it down a bit
so it's becoming less sweet. I'm going to score this one 7 out of 10. On a hot day
pretty refreshing. I just had a little search online and this is actually a badam
lassi which is almond. I had badam milk many times in Delhi. One of the best drinks ever. So
this is why it is yellow in color. Can I also order the falooda? Yeah perfect. So I've realized
half people in this back section are eating the falooda so it must be good. I'm gonna try it.
Here we go. Okay these are the noodles. Falooda. Falooda. Okay and then in the back we've got
ice cream. These are the vermicelli noodles.
Big scoop of ice cream and this is malai. Nice and sweet and then nuts, the raisins,
some apple. Oh nice. Perfect. Thank you. There we go. Oh man this looks amazing. Fresh ice cream
which is melting extremely fast. Let's try and get a bit of everything on the spoon here.
That ice cream makes it so creamy and you've got this like really sweet almost like custardy malai
and then a ton of different textures. The apple, the pomegranate, nice and fresh
and the raisins as well. I forgot about that. Then you've got these little like tapioca balls
and also the vermicelli noodles which are chewy.
Oh yeah it's actually cold enough with the ice cream in there. This would be a very good one
to share with a few people. It's a little bit too big for one person. I'm gonna score this falooda
an 8.5 out of 10. Right let's pay up.
200. Okay perfect. There you go boss. Thank you. That was very good. Thank you. It's now
one o'clock. Your man is wasted. Now we're sitting in there. So it's now time to head
back to Haji Biryani. Just weaving my way through this traffic. Jesus. Open. Okay here we go. No?
I can't go in. Oh they're waiting in there. Oh my god. Right two o'clock it's open. Obviously
the biryani is being delayed. It's not being delivered to the restaurant. So what I'm going
to do is go to the competitor to begin with and then we can compare. So this is the one right
across the road. As you can see it is extremely busy. People are literally queuing up trying to
get the biryani. Is it a good biryani? Yes. Good one. I joined the line. This must be for takeaway
I think and then you can obviously sit in but there is no tables left. How are you? Are you okay?
Our country? My country is UK. UK? Yeah. I want to know which is the best biryani. This one or Haji?
This. This is better? Okay. Ordinary no lime. No lime? Oh IQ. IQ. Thank you. Thank you. IQ.
I wait my turn. Oh you've already placed your order?
And they provide us the serial number. You've already ordered? Yeah. And now you wait? Yes.
Oh you have to order. Oh you have to pay first. Okay. I have no idea how this works. Where do I pay?
Where do I pay? Ah thank you boss. Thank you. How much is it? How much is one? One is full.
I want to go Haji after. I try both.
Okay perfect. I go. I go pay. Oh my god. Look it's absolute chaos in here. Look.
One half please. Okay. Okay.
I wait here. Okay. This is madness. I think it's just open. So everybody's coming here.
There's no way I'm sitting in here. He's bagging this up for me.
Perfect. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah let's get a picture. Okay perfect. I go and enjoy.
Oh my god. Let's get out of here. OMG indeed. Right we're on the streets. Let's go find somewhere
quiet to enjoy this. Pretty hard in Old Dhaka. Having some biryani? Yeah. You want to be on the
camera? Say hello. Hello. Hello. Assalamualaikum. The biryani boys. High fives. High fives.
Yes. Right this is goat in here. Goat. Goat. They call it mutton here. We've got big chunks
of goat which is off the bone. That looks absolutely insane.
This is a ridiculous place to be eating biryani on the street.
Oh yeah. Very good. Very nice. No problem. No problem. Very succulent and soft.
Very good. Right let's get stuck into the rice now.
The rice is really well seasoned. Nice flavour to it. A lot of spices in here.
And it's actually stuck together quite a lot in this little box. But I do not know how the locals
eat this straight out of the pot. It is roasting hot and actually burning my hands. This is my
having goat in the biryani and I like it a lot. This guy is just recording me. You want to say
hello? There is no privacy in this city. Wherever you go they're over you. The goat meat is seriously
good. I'm pretty generous as well. There's a lot of meat in here.
The goat meat is 100% the star of the show. I can't believe how soft that is.
I've had goat before in different countries and usually it's quite a tough meat.
But this has been cooked for hours. It's really tender.
So good. Absolutely delicious. I'm going to score this biryani
9 out of 10. Huge fan. Thank you boss. Thank you. Very kind. And my man has given me a Sprite.
Let's review the Sprite. Very good. Very tasty. Right now let's head to Khaji Biryani
and compare as these little boys are now fighting in the street.
Okay third time lucky. Here we go. It is finally open.
People are eating biryani so let's cross this road and get in amongst it.
There we go.
Does this work? We've got plates of biryani on the wall here and this guy is obviously plating it up.
Looks pretty busy in there so I might not get a seat.
I might have to go back to my original spot and eat on the street again.
Maybe you pay first. Same as the last time. Go away half. Two eats.
Is there space? Okay. Inside. Oh I said first. Okay. Right let's have a look in here.
Lost their seat in the house.
All right it's packed. I think I'll just go take away. There's no way I'm going to get a seat in
there. I want the authentic experience but we're going to go on the street again. I'll go take
away. I'll go one half please. Thank you. 280. Thank you. Thank you. Okay perfect. Yeah yeah.
Thank you. I definitely came to the two best biryani shops in town.
It's just madness. Everyone's like surrounding the pot. Okay. Thank you so much.
Okay. All right we've nabbed a seat next to this little vendor who is selling
eggs. There's a ton of flies all over the eggs but we'll crack on with the haji biryani regardless.
So in this little netting bag we've got some lime. This is the biggest difference between
this biryani and the previous one. I've never had biryani with lime before so
I'm looking forward to this. String on the top as well. This one so far wins on the packaging.
I'm from the UK bro. Scotland yeah. Where are you from?
Dhaka. Very good. I'm trying haji biryani. It's good? Yeah it's good okay. Let's get the lime on
this one. Okay lime has been put on. This is also goat so I'm expecting something pretty similar in
terms of the meat but apparently they use mustard oil in the biryani which is actually banned in
the US but they can still use it here in Bangladesh and that makes it extra delicious. So let's taste
the goat to kick this off.
Not as tender as the other one. A little bit chewy actually but it's still delicious.
That bit's softer. Oh yeah really nice. Right now for the rice. Big spoonful.
Oh man. You can taste the mustard towards the end like an aftertaste.
Quite a lot of bone in here. I'm not a massive fan of. I had kachi biryani on the first day here
in Dhaka and that is completely different. This is more like the biryani I'm used to in Pakistan
and India however the flavor of this is different because I think they cook the meat and the rice
together and also the lime like the citrus coming through is really really good. So overall which
biryani do I prefer? I'm going to go with haji biryani. It just edges it for me because of the
lime. I love citrus on my food so I'm giving the biryani trophy here in Dhaka to haji but both of
them honestly are delicious. Okay I've left that busy area and while the call to prayer is going
on in the background I want to show you the street food scene here in Dhaka because it's not just all
shops and restaurants. There's loads of vendors everywhere in this city. So let's just take a walk
along here. What's being sold? You've got chicken and eggs over here. These guys are doing like wraps.
Doesn't look that hygienic. Not gonna lie. So I'm moving on. Over here you've got similar stuff again
like pakora. This man is frying or making samosa. You've got the chicken just sitting out here look.
What are you selling here?
With milk. A lot of times here in Bangladesh I've ordered a tea
and they don't put milk in it. It's really surprising. Very different from Bangladesh
and India where you always get a milk tea if you order a cha or a chai or in Nepal a chia.
Ducha is milk I think. So he's got his little sieve.
Okay plastic's not ideal but wow a lot of condensed milk.
Basically healthy.
Thank you boss. Okay there we go. Excellent. It's okay you can keep. Thank you.
I'll wear a drink out of this no?
It's too hot bro. It's too hot. It's too hot.
Can you pour? Pour. Thank you. There's no way I can pick that up.
Okay thank you. They're all laughing at me. All right milk tea. Second one of the day.
It's a little bit later on in the day if you've not guessed. It's about five o'clock now.
Ah it's okay. Okay thank you.
Ah it's so good. The flavour is indescribable is how good it is.
They put so much condensed milk in here but I don't care because it is bloody delicious.
Lovely. Let's go with that one. 10 out of 10.
There is one more street snack I want to find from a vendor here in Dhaka and it is
super famous so hopefully I won't have to search too far.
This is a madness just to get across the road.
I'm sure I can find it. I'll just keep walking up here.
I'm looking to eat Fugcha. Fugcha. Okay okay okay. Fugcha. YouTuber.
Yeah but where is the Fugcha? Fugcha goes two hours later.
This is fast food. All fast food. So later later? Yes later later. You later night.
This is good? Just little.
When is this? When is it open? Yes.
When open? Open up. Open up.
Okay I'll go there. Okay take care dad.
You too. Take care dad.
Scottish. Scottish.
Yes Scotland's good. Conversation finished. Okay we'll try in here.
So this is actually a famous kebab joint. Bismillah Kebab.
So let's check it out in here.
There's the menu. Oh in Bangla. Okay I need to translate this one.
I'll go for one chicken boti and one chup beef chup.
Okay these are the kebabs here. This is chicken.
They've already been like pre-cooked and then the charcoals are over here.
That is roasting and then over here. What is that one?
Beef boti. Beef boti. Look at this.
Look at the size of that. That's crazy.
All right the chicken boti has been delivered. This looks pretty burnt to be honest.
Someone's taking their eye off my chicken.
I've also got some bread on the side here. Look like rotis potentially and a cucumber salad
which looks pretty wet and a few chillies through here as well.
Is this chicken off the bone?
No. Let's debone it.
Right I'm gonna rip this in half and build a little shawarma with the chicken.
Took the chicken off the bone. Much easier to eat.
Get a bit of this cucumber salad in.
That smells good actually. Right that is what we've got.
Let's roll it up and give it a munch.
Oh that's so good. Really fresh and spicy.
So much flavor and that salad is immense. Let's get more of that on there.
The chicken has been obviously char-grilled.
Nice smoky flavor to it and some spices like tikka flavor.
Wow the cucumber salad is stealing the show here.
On to the beef chap. Check this out.
Oh looks so crispy. This has obviously been fried in a lot of oil and like battered.
I think. Let's do the same.
This is obviously boneless so let's get a big chunk of that
into the roti and then whack on this amazing cucumber salad.
This salad is like really wet so it provides like a sauce to the little shawarmas.
Looks like a little burger patty in here to be honest.
Yeah it's like a really thin strip of beef. Really nice textures in there.
You've got the soft roti, the crunchy cucumber and then the crispy beef.
Big big fan of this.
I was looking on google maps and this is actually the most mentioned
thing in the reviews. The beef chap. So I'm in a good choice.
It really doesn't get much better than that.
That is the best thing I've had so far in the video.
I'm scoring it a 10 out of 10.
The beef one. I'm scoring the chicken. It's a bit burnt.
I'm scoring it a 7.5. If it wasn't burnt I'd probably give it a 9.
Here comes the calculator.
360. Okay thank you.
360 well spent. That was well worth it.
And look how busy it is now. It's absolutely jammed.
Konnaki men. That was like the only one. Perfect.
Thank you. There we go.
Right. I'm rejoining my mission of finding the street snack.
Maybe I've got the name wrong. Maybe it's not fukcha.
I've seen it so many times. There's little like discs with potato and chickpea.
Look at these guys.
Local transport.
I want to get on that. Hang on.
Maybe I'm looking for the wrong thing.
Let's take a few seconds to admire the absolute chaos at this junction.
Insane.
I've just spotted my all-time favourite dessert and that is jalebi.
The best one I've ever had is in Delhi.
But these ones behind me look pretty good.
So let's try the Bangladeshi version.
This is jalebi.
Okay. Yeah. One to try. My favourite.
Okay. How much is a big one?
I've never seen small ones.
Look. Oh, nice.
You can do it. Amazing.
You can do it fresh.
That's so cool.
He like pipes in the batter.
Then they turn out like these.
Look. Tiny little small ones.
How much is a bag of small ones?
30? Okay.
Okay. Perfect.
So they come out of the pot and then they go into this syrup here.
Look.
Very sweet.
Okay. Thank you.
Wow. 30 for this?
That's a bargain.
Okay.
Good.
Jalebi good?
Okay. I'll go try.
All right. Here we go.
Inside the bike garage.
Oh, man. It's so sticky.
Let's get this bag cracked open.
The smallest jalebis I've ever seen.
So good.
When you get the big ones, usually they're like filled with the syrup.
When you bite in, all this like toffee oozes out.
But these ones are really crispy.
And the syrup is mostly on the outside.
But insanely sticky on my hands.
If you've not tried these, go to your local South Asian restaurant and get them.
Unbelievably good.
Absolutely insane.
I'm scoring these ones.
Of course.
10 out of 10 here in Dhaka.
Wow. I cannot believe I can't find the most popular snack.
I've seen it everywhere all over the city.
The one time I actually want to try it, I can't find it.
So what I'm going to do now is actually just show a picture to a rickshaw driver.
Hopefully he can take me there.
Surely he knows where the Phukcha is in this city.
Okay, I've just realized I've been calling it Phukcha and it's not Phukcha.
It's Belpuri.
So this guy, he knows where.
Thank you, bro.
Took him like one minute.
Where are you from, by the way?
UK, Scotland.
Oh, that's great.
You're from Dhaka?
Yeah, I'm from Dhaka.
Nice.
How is it here? Good?
Yeah, good.
Oh, okay.
Wow, very busy place to live.
Very bustling.
Yeah, many people.
Okay, how do we order one?
Big man's on his phone.
I only want two piece, two piece.
Not two piece.
It's one plate.
I only want two piece.
I'm very full.
Okay, perfect.
Perfect.
Amazing.
So he's putting his finger through the little crispy balls and then...
This is mashed potato, like aloo?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, I can come in?
Yeah, you like spicy?
Thank you, boss.
Spicy's good, yeah.
You like spicy?
Spicy's good.
Yeah, okay.
So this is Belpuri?
Yeah.
Okay.
No, it's called Phukcha.
Phukcha, okay.
Okay, I was correct all along.
Ah, egg.
Egg.
Egg goes...
Lemon.
Wow, okay.
Onion.
Tomato.
Yeah, green chilli.
Ah, he's slicing the egg on top.
Wow, I've never seen this before.
This is potato, aloo?
Aloo.
Very good.
Oh, this is a very hygienic stall with the cover keeping the flies off.
And...
Oh, the...
Chickpeas.
It's called chickpeas.
Oh, he's boiling the chickpeas here?
Yeah.
And how much is one plate?
It's 50.
50?
Oh, good price?
Yeah.
And this is the spicy sauce?
Yeah.
Coming from the blue bucket.
And then a bit of seasoning on top there.
Amazing.
Wow, white sauce.
White sauce is made by yogurt.
Yogurt?
Ah, okay.
Wow, so many ingredients.
Yeah.
Now we're going for...
This fruit or lime?
Yeah.
Very cool.
Amazing.
No, it's a treat from me.
No, bro, I'm paying.
I'm paying.
You can hold the plate, I'll pay.
No, no, no, no.
Please, please.
Bro, bro.
Please, brother.
Bro, please.
I'll pay, I'll pay.
No, no, no.
Okay, we eat first, we eat first.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay, okay.
I should make for you.
Okay, all in one go?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So this has egg, we've got tomato.
Ah, okay.
And a little bit of sauce.
So spicy and the yogurt.
Yeah.
Okay.
Dig in.
Cheers.
Yeah, that's really good.
Wow, amazing.
Like spicy mashed potato inside.
Quite warm as well.
Coriander, tomato, onion.
Loads of flavours.
Yeah.
And just shovel them into your mouth.
Mmm.
Delicious.
And the outside is like really crispy.
In Bangladesh, puska is the best street food.
Yeah.
And most of the women, they eat, they like puska.
Puska.
So it's the girls, the girls like it.
Yeah, yeah.
Girls' favourite street food.
Okay, perfect.
Normally 50 taka.
Yeah.
It's like...
50 cent.
50 cent, yeah.
Yeah.
Very good price.
And you get like 10 balls.
10 pieces?
Yeah, 10 pieces.
Wow, good value.
Okay, that was delicious.
And there's one more meal I want to have.
And these boys are going to get me the good local price on the rickshaw.
It's 25 minutes on a rickshaw.
It's a little bit far, but I'll let the locals do the...
How are you? Are you okay?
You good?
Let the locals do the bargaining and also the communication.
Wow, so he's shouting the place I want to go to
and these guys are saying no.
They're not interested.
So some rickshaws must only do like local rides
because the traffic is so bad in this city.
A 25 minute ride probably is a lot more than that.
Wow, everyone's shaking their head.
That's crazy.
They would rather drive around with no customer than take me.
Oh, we've got someone.
I won't show my face because the price will go up.
It's full of traffic jam.
That's why we need some...
How much?
It's 150.
Okay, that's fine.
Okay, thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
All the best, all the best.
Two very nice lads.
Tremendous.
Right, next stop.
One of the most famous restaurants in Dhaka.
Right, I am strapped in and ready for a bumpy ride.
But the goal of this journey is to try and pick up some water
on the way to this restaurant without leaving my rickshaw.
So I'm searching for a little panisela as we leave old Dhaka.
Come on the boys.
Faster, faster.
Weaving through the traffic.
No better place to be to enjoy sunset.
Look at that.
We're in the sky.
That doesn't sound good, does it?
Christ, this guy's driving like a maniac.
Hey, pani, pani, pani.
There we go.
Let's go.
Thank you very much.
Cheers.
That'll do it.
Even though it's only 10, give him 20.
Mission accomplished.
No need to leave the rickshaw and you get ice cold water delivered to you.
All right, pani review while we're stuck in traffic in Dhaka.
Oh, we're away.
Oh my, that is delicious.
How has he kept that cold as well?
10 out of 10.
Just been stuck in traffic for like 45 minutes.
Absolute killer.
But the sun has now set.
That's how long this journey's been.
Insane.
One thing I love about Dhaka is just the peace and the quiet.
It's just so tranquil.
You're a crazy driver.
You're crazy.
Okay, we got there in one piece.
Okay, it was a long way.
You can have.
It's okay.
Okay.
It's okay.
You good?
Happy?
Okay.
Oh, a trip.
Okay.
Don't worry.
It's a long, long way.
Okay.
Bye-bye.
I was insane.
That guy was driving for like one hour.
So I gave him 500.
And the original fare was like 150.
Right.
Haleem.
Haleem, Haleem.
Over the road, I think.
Just follow the locals.
Oh, this could be it here.
Assalamualaikum.
This is Mama Haleem.
Okay.
I can eat.
Oh, perfect.
Okay.
Thank you.
This is the Haleem here?
Oh, lovely.
Okay.
You can do just a half portion.
Small.
One.
Okay.
I'll go inside.
Okay.
Good.
Okay, this is good.
Beef, half.
Small portion.
Thank you.
All right.
Here we go with the beef Haleem.
This looks unbelievably good.
I last had this, again, in Karachi.
I gave that a 10 out of 10.
It was the first day I arrived.
It was amazing.
That was actually chicken Haleem, I think, that I had in Karachi.
This is beef.
Main ingredients are lentils, grains, and obviously beef.
Really slow cooked stew.
On the side, we've got a little crispy bread.
A little bit oily in my hands.
Let's get this dumped in here and give this a taste.
A lot of texture on this.
We've got the crispy onions.
We've got coriander.
It's also quite oily on the top.
But the beef is actually big chunks.
When I had it in Pakistan, it was so thin.
It was shredded, and you couldn't even really make out the meat inside.
That's so good.
These are huge chunks of beef, and they're really tender.
It's a really hearty dish.
Extremely heavy and very filling.
Especially after an incredibly long day eating food here in Dhaka.
This is probably the worst thing to end on.
It's not a light dish, I tell you.
This is actually the most famous Haleem restaurant in town.
So that's why I traveled about an hour to get here.
The Haleem here in Dhaka.
Nine out of ten.
Absolutely delicious.
I would definitely recommend having this one if you come to Bangladesh.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, come on.
No, please.
Please, bro.
No, please, please.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you so much.
It was delicious.
Thank you.
Ah, man.
People are so friendly here and so hospitable.
Okay, that is the end of this video.
I'm about to burst.
I've never eaten so much food in one day in my life.
I hope you enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next one.
