Indian Food for Lunch - Following in the Footsteps of Joel Bruner
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- A few days (or perhaps a couple of weeks ago), a cycling UA-camr named Joel Bruner passed through Mae Sot. I didn't have a chance to meet Joel, but he has since posted a few videos featuring meals he had at various restaurants around Mae Sot.
One such restaurant was called Bismillah, and to my surprise, it was located just a short distance from my guest house. There were some things in Joel's video about the Bismillah Restaurant that appealed to me, and I decided to check it out for myself.
Unlike Joel, I didn't bring any kind of expertise in Indian food to my lunch experience, but I had a pretty good meal nonetheless.
Joel's Video:
• Indian Food Veg Feast ...
EQUIPMENT USED FOR THIS VIDEO:
GoPro Hero 7 Black
Rode Wireless Go microphone
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
PowerDirector for Android
GRIPS and OTHER GEAR:
Ulanzi V2 GoPro Cage
GoPro Jaws Flex Clamp
GoPro Mic Adapter
So cool!!!! I am several minutes into the video and I love it, I am honored. I would love to visit MAESOT again and I’m pretty sure you and I could find a LOT of fun and interesting things to enjoy together around town - Hope today is going well for you, OK I’m gonna finish this video :-)
Hahahah “invasion of the GoPro people,” I think that’s one of the best lines ever, I would give this video a double thumbs up just for that!!
By the way though I do respect that you shoot everything with a GoPro, that was the reason I subscribe to your channel actually, before I even started really watching the videos. Now I enjoy much more than that but, yes indeed kudos for the GoPro
Dig it Doug man!! Getting your foodie side on!! Well, it’s a cool video anyways, but just in case you do want to include more food, of which Thailand is an exceptional place to do so if I may say so, then I can just share with you that for at least three years of making food videos with my friend, all I did was enjoy the food and say “mmm, wow, mmm... that’s great!”
After about three years I realized there are other ways to describe the food, and now it’s working out pretty well ha ha :-) OK OK but again, I did this video, very relaxed filming style, and I have already learned from your tips about additional GoPro accessories, really cool man, thanks for all the hard work
It took me a while to reply to your wonderful comments, Joel. Sorry about that. I've just had an unusually busy week or two here in sleepy Mae Sot.
Yes, if you do return to Mae Sot, look me up. It would be quite something to go out exploring the food options here with an expert like yourself.
By the way, have you shot a video where you talk about the technical side of your UA-cam channel - how you use the GoPro and stuff like that? I went poking around all your videos, but I don't think I saw anything like that. I'm just always curious about the gear that people use for taking pictures and video, whether it's for UA-cam or not.
I originally bought the GoPro for two reasons. I knew I was going to Myanmar when the water festival was taking place, so I wanted a waterproof camera. And the long-term plan was to eventually mount the GoPro onto my touring bicycle. An action camera seemed like the best option for recording video on a bike. Unfortunately, I haven't done any bike touring since I started shooting video. But I've found I enjoy using the GoPro for normal walk-and-talk vlogging. I have another camera, but I rarely use it because it feels so heavy after using the GoPro. My arm starts to burn with fatigue holding my other camera, and I start yearning for the lightweight GoPro.
By the way, I have to say that I'm super impressed with your cycling achievements. You cover massive distances and do it in such a casual manner. If I ever rode that far in a single day (and I never did and never will), I would never stop talking about it. It would be the physical achievement of a lifetime. 😁 But you knock off those vast distances like it was nothing at all and then go have some tasty chicken. That is impressive.
Here are some tips on eating Indian food -
1. Start off with starters like a kebab or tandoori platter usually served with tamarind sauce, mint or yoghurt sauce.
2. Next we then have the flat bread (roti, chapati, naan, puri, paratha, kulcha, bhatura) with some of the side dishes, either vegetarian or non vegetarian curry aka gravy aka sauce. You tear the bread and scoop out the meat along with sauce/gravy/curry. The warmer the bread the more the flavors and less chewy.
3. Then we take the rice into the plate and have it with the lentils or veg/meat sauce/gravy/curry and clean it all up. The hotter the rice, the more chance your mouth will get burnt.
And If you having the biryani rice, you take it with a salan gravy and a raita based yoghurt dip. And it's a complete meal on its own.
4. Finally finish off with a sweet desert either gulab jamun, rasogulla, kheer, payasam, barfi, sandesh etc
We don't scoop out the bread and rice and the sauces/gravy/ curries together at the same time.
However some people have only the bread with the veg/non-veg sauce/gravy/curry or just the rice with the sauce/gravy/curry in their meals. Since eating both rice and bread can be too heavy for some.
You will also find plenty of Cuisines to try from various regions in India. Next time you order Indian food ask them restaurant folks which cuisine does the dish you ordered belong to or which state.
The more popular cuisines outside India are -
Mughlai cuisine - (North Indian) dishes eg Mughlai chicken, Changezi, Nihari, Mughlai Paratha, Haleem, Keema, Pulao, Kadai, Pasanda, Rogan Gosh, Mughlai biryani,etc
Punjabi cuisine - (North Indian) eg Tandoori Chicken, Butter Chicken, Tikka Masala, Sarson ka Saag, Rajma chawal, Palak Paneer, Amritsi Kulcha, Chole Bhature, Chana Masala, Dal Makhani, Naan, Bhatura etc
Tamil cuisine - (South Indian) eg Dosa, Idli, Uttapam, Vada, Chettinad Chicken, Chicken 65, Sambar, Pongal, Payasam, Upma, Ambur Biryani etc
Malyalee/Kerela cuisine - (South Indian) eg Prawns in coconut gravy, karimeen fish, Beef Masala fry, Puttu, Appam, Idiyappam, Fish Molee, Thalassery Biryani, Banana chips etc
Awadhi cuisine - (North Indian) eg Musallam, do Pyaaza, Korma, Galouti Kebabs, Malai kofta, Rumali roti, Chaat, Aloo gobhi, Gulab Jamun, Badami Chicken, Lucknowi biryani etc
Bengali cuisine- (East Indian) eg Fish in Mustard gravy, Mutton Kosha and Chaap, Mishti Doi, Prawn Malaikari, Bhapa Ilish, Muri Ghonto,Aloo Poshto, Luchi, sandesh, rasogulla, Jhal Muri, Kolkata Biryani etc
Goanese cuisine- (West Indian) eg Vindaloo, Xacuti, Cafreal, Sorpotel, Bebinca, Dangar, etc
Gujrati cuisine - (West Indian) eg Dhokla, Khandhvi, Khakra, Shrikhand, Kadhi, Thepla, etc
Marathi cuisine - (West Indian) eg Pav Bhaji, Misal Pav, Vada Pav, Chicken Kolhapuri, Batata Vada, Modak, Bhakarvadi, etc
Indo-chinese - Chowmein, momos, manchurian chicken/pork, sweet & sour pork, chilly chicken/pork, springrolls, Szechwan, etc
If you find any other cuisine other than these, then it's an added bonus.
Not all Indian food is spicy. You will find some which are not, like Malai kofta.
By the way Biryani rice has about 20+ varieties depending on which state is cooking it. There are other Biryanis outside of India also (Burmese, Indonesian, Arabic, Afghani, Iranian etc). Anyway here is a list of Indian Biryanis that I know of. Each is from a particular region of the country so the ingrediants, method of cooking as well as taste differs from one another. The popular meats used are Chicken, Mutton, Beef and Sea-food.
Here is the list-
1. Awadhi/Lucknowi
2. Kolkata
3. Hyderabadi
4. Ambur
5. Thalassery/Malabari
6. Kashmiri
7. Mughlai
8. Beary
9. Kampuri
10. Memoni
11. Bombay
12. Konkani
13. Kozhikodan
14. Dingdigul
15. Donne
16. Bohri
17. Yakhni
18. Muradabadi
19. Murshidabadi
20. Sindhi
21. Bhatkali
22. Kalyani
23. Rawther
24. Kolhapuri
All these biryanis will fall in either 2 categories, based on the method of cooking. Category 1 is called pucki biryani where the rice and meat are cooked in separate pots and just before being fully cooked are added together in layers. Category 2 is called Kacchi biryani where the marinated meat and the rice are cooked together like a one pot dish with the meat and rice being layered and cooked till done. Dum method of cooking is also popular where the biryani pot is sealed with flour so as to completely retain all the flavors inside the pot till the cooking is done.
The north Indian biryanis have subtle spices and use a lot of flavoring agents and essence like Screwpine water and Rose water etc. Raw spices are sometimes removed before serving the biryani.
In South indian biryanis, it's all about the spices. Each spice used gives the biryani a different character all together.
I hope you will get a chance to compare between the different types of biryani and let us know which one you like more.
Also another cousin of the Biryani is the Pulao, I hope you will get the chance to also try a good pulao, like the Mysuru Chicken Pulao. It's pretty neat.
Now Paratha bread is called Paratha in North India and Parotta in South India.
Also, main cereal of North and west Indian is wheat ie flat bread and for South, east and north east indian it's rice.
So in north India and west india they will have 3-4 breads and a small portion of rice later to finish off the curry/sauce/gravy. In South and east india they normally have 1-2 breads and then 3-4 plates of rice.
In north east india its rice eaten with beef and pork with bare minimum spices. Flat Breads are eaten sometimes as a snack. Indo-chinese and tibetan snacks are popular in the north east.
An Indian meal is eaten in a thali which literally means plate. It's a plate of various dishes which makes a thali a complete meal as it usually comprises of all the 6 flavors of food. If you want, you can check the link below to see how a thali is made.
ua-cam.com/video/Tb-jF0NvgSA/v-deo.html
If I may suggest , perhaps next time you can choose one cuisine from India for your Indian food video, say Punjabi, grab 3-4 items from that cuisines and have it. Then try another cuisine for the next round.
Happy eating ☺️
Thank you so much for that awesome breakdown of Indian cuisine. I don't think I could ever do Indian food justice with my simple eating habits, but I will keep your comment available and refer to it next time I am faced with a menu at an Indian restaurant. 🙂
@@PlanetDoug
The most important thing is that you should enjoy the food you eat. This is basically what Indian people do so I hope it will also help you to enjoy the food more. But then again that may also not be the same case for everyone. Anyway I just hope this will help you explore more dishes from various cuisines from India and also enhance and elevate your Indian food experience.
I also hope you will also try out my Khasi communitiy dishes from India. The recipes are very simple with very basic ingredients. Here are recipes of some popular dishes-
Jastem - Turmeric rice
ua-cam.com/video/X8sS8zt4VNQ/v-deo.html
Jadoh - Rice cooked with meat (and blood, which you can also opt out)
ua-cam.com/video/XqdABGjQHJE/v-deo.html
Dohjem - Pork Offals in a light sauce
ua-cam.com/video/OCin9rVnPiI/v-deo.html
Doh khleh - Pork salad
ua-cam.com/video/BGhr9zkv0fs/v-deo.html
Doh sniang nei iong - Pork curry with sesame
ua-cam.com/video/-C3MDxitlv8/v-deo.html
Jadoh dohkha - Fish rice
ua-cam.com/video/Qg5KaRIa5h4/v-deo.html
Snier masi - Beef Tripe recipe -
ua-cam.com/video/1PxcyTCBPio/v-deo.html
Syrwa Tdong Masi - Ox tail stew
ua-cam.com/video/J9f4r2sQrCU/v-deo.html
Muli khleh - Radish and sesame seed salad
ua-cam.com/video/MzlLP4HFjXk/v-deo.html
I'm from Kalamazoo, MI. My wife is a Burmese refugee. We stayed in Mae Sot last October and last Feburary. We will go again when travel there is possible for us. You've been walking everywhere I walk when I'm there.
Do you have an suggestions for me for places to go? I figure you might know about some interesting little cafes or food stalls at the market or other things. 🙂
We are practically neighbors, since my hometown is not far away - Sarnia, just across the border in Canada. Well, I say "not far away", but that is in terms of distances in North America. 🙂
Kareem Kitchen Halal Food is a good one but a little pricey compared to your typical Mae Sot establishment. I'm told the owner is a chef and works at the restaurant during the evenings. I like how they serve the shrimp in these fuel lit containers to keep them warm. I usually just eat in hole in the wall type places and having my wife and kids who know Burmese language makes it easy for me. Half of the time I don't even order. They take care of everything and I just eat and pay. Some of the street food and the whole in the wall places are really cheap but it helps having a translator/ family that know your interests and won't be shy to show you how to use all of the condiments in a way to help you enjoy the food in a better way. When this whole pandemic calms down and on the rare chance you happen to be there or in the other side of the border we'll show you everything. Either way enjoy your stay.!
Don't worry about the awkwardness. A lot of the people are so surprised to see you and they're nervous and shy. Believe me. They're happy to have you there.
LOL - I love watching your videos as what happens to you is exactly what I could guarantee would happen to me ...I love your honesty and your dialogue. Fabulously entertaining video, as always. I felt very awkward for you, sitting there by yourself - I am afraid I wouldn’t have stayed.
Right on CeeMe, I agree totally!!
I almost didn't stay. When I walked inside and found that the lights were off, I did a double-take. I was very close to leaving and coming back later. But I had made the effort to go there, and I was so looking forward to it after watching Joel's video that I thought I should at least try to order lunch. I guess if they really were closed for the afternoon, they would have told me. Or maybe they would have. 🙂 But it all seemed to work out. I'm actually quite accustomed to sitting all alone in a restaurant now. It happens all the time here in Mae Sot. Maybe that is related to my superpower of always going places at the exact wrong time of day. 😁
Joel is an awesome person, love his videos....yours are pretty good too! :)
Doug, I subscribed @Joel Bruner and your channels and have watched nearly all your vlogs. I commented on one of Joel's Mae Sot food vlog that he should do a vlog together with you drinking coffee. Joel is into coffee as well and you know a few coffee places around. He said he likes Mae Sot and will be back visiting again, he also replied to my comment and said he actually viewed a few of your vlogs and commented on your Go Pro expertise. Hope he catches up with you on his next visit. Cheers..
Thanks! I would love to go out for a coffee with Joel. We could both bring our GoPros and have dueling GoPros. 🙂
@@PlanetDoug HAHAHA, congratulations on your 25.3K new subscribers, you are now on par with the vlog greats. Good job and well done.
I love North Indian food. I had my all time favourite Palak Paneer with basmathi rice yesterday. Yummy!
Also I just discovered recently that Mark Weins' friend, Joel Bruner has a UA-cam channel.
I've been watching Joel's videos myself. I'm particularly interested when he goes somewhere on his bike. He's quite combination of a foodie and a cyclist.
You should take pictures with your phone of the items on the menu you want that was displayed outside. Then just show them the photos.
Smart!! That is… A bit of simple genius Roger yes indeed ha ha that’s perfect
I thought about doing that (or, as I mentioned in the video, going outside with the woman at the restaurant to show her), but I was also wondering if those items were even available. I had this idea that they select those large laminated cards to show what dishes are available for lunch or dinner. And if the card isn't in the pile, then that dish might not be available that day. I noticed that Joel had a card for aloo, and that card wasn't there during my visit.
Anyway, I thought perhaps only certain dishes were available at certain times, and I didn't want to accidentally ask for a dish from that outside menu that they would have trouble preparing.
But I really should use the power of my smartphone more often. I think since I started using the GoPro frequently, I forget to bring out my phone and take pictures. 🙂
Most of the time awkwardness is one sided, born out of insecurity. It's OK to make mistakes when you are a stranger in a foreign land. Normal people are tolerant and accomodating. The most important thing is to boldy take the plunge and not ponder endlessly . After all it's food, certainly not nuclear science. That said the waiters in Paris are a different breed.
In this case, it was definitely one-sided. I brought the awkwardness into the restaurant with me. I think it was mainly because the lights were out, and I wondered if they were closed for the afternoon. But the doors were open and I had brought the GoPro, so I went in anyway. It turned out well, but I kept wondering if I had actually forced them to go back to work at a time when they weren't scheduled to. 😁
I like Bismillah, but my favorite restaurant in all of Mae Sot is Lucky Tea Garden, next to the Burmese market. I think you will like it! They are able to speak in English and the menu is in English, which really helps. They serve the best Burmese, Indian and Muslim food. I ate there just yesterday, as a last good meal before leaving town.
It is really good in the morning.
Haha yes! Austin! I went to Lucky Tea Garden directly after Bismillah!
As you know, Austin, I eventually did track down the Lucky Tea Garden. I've been there twice now. A great place. And I went to a new Burmese tea shop called Phoe Htoo. Are you familiar with that one? I'll be posting a video about my lunch there soon. 🙂
@@PlanetDoug I am not familiar with it. I'd like to see it.
I think my spidey senses, would have told me to call back another day
My spidey senses said the same thing, but I had made the effort to go there with my camera, and I was inspired by Joel's video, so I really wanted to follow through. And the door was open... Lights were off, but the door was open. So I thought I'd take a chance, go inside, and see what happens. 😁
Do you ever get sick, like stomach trouble? How do you prevent that?
Yes, I do get sick fairly frequently. I can't remember when it was exactly, but at some point in my life, my stomach suddenly became quite sensitive. I suspect it was during my trip to Ethiopia back in 1999/2000. I got quite sick then, and I don't know that I ever fully recovered. My system has been delicate ever since then, so I have to be a bit careful about what I eat. I often end up finding one or two local meals that are somewhat plain and make my stomach happy, and those will become my staples. And I will only branch out into more challenging dishes every three or four days. I can't eat spicy or unusual food every day. Then I would likely get sick fairly often. So, there is no way to prevent getting sick, but I try to control my diet to an extent, and that helps.
I did some research on this restaurant before. They tend to get more busy at the evening time. The naan section also starts to function late at the afternoon.
It makes sense that the naan would only be served at busy times, I guess. It takes time and resources to fire up the oven and prepare the dough and all that. It would be hard to do that all day long, and I imagine people would prefer fresh naan straight out of the oven. I think they told Joel in his video that they started serving naan at 5 pm. But I'm not sure about that.
Sir, chapatis are meant to torn and pick the dish by chapati and eat, that's the way. But you have a great curiosity for Indian food. 👍🏻
Food looks good. Usually I won’t worry about ordering types food. Just order what u like. My only usual problem is size of portion whether one person can finish the order or if one has special diet consideration
The food really was very good. It actually started to seem even better in retrospect. I don't think I fully appreciated how well those particular dishes were prepared at the time. But later on, as I ate at other places, I could compare them, and the dishes at Bismillah were better by comparison.
I probably shouldn't worry about which dishes to order. If they can't make a particular dish because they lack the ingredients that day, they'll just tell me. Other than that, I'm sure they'd be happy to prepare anything on the menu. But I still often feel a bit hesitant about just choosing whatever I like. I worry that it would be too much trouble for them to prepare this or that dish. That's silly, I know, but I often feel that way. 🙂
Wow it was expensive considering this place didn't look good inside. For 300B I would expect something more in TH tbh.
I had the same thought at the time. The final bill seemed high when you consider the decor on the inside. But later on, I changed my mind. I ate a few other restaurants, and the food at Bismillah seemed better and better by comparison. I don't think I truly appreciated how good the food was at the time. But it was very good and probably worth the slightly higher prices.
At the same time, it wouldn't hurt if the interior decor and furnishings were a bit nicer to match the quality of the food. 🙂
Great video as usual. I know Joel. He’s a friend of Mark Wiens.
I've watched some of Mark's videos, of course. But I guess I haven't watched enough of them to see Joel in them. I didn't realize that they were friends. I'll have to go back in time and track down a Mark/Joel video.
@@PlanetDoug they are friends since childhood schooldays
Now l am getting interested in visiting Mae Sot......
Hey Doug. Use your smartphone to look up name's of dishes so you can understand what the menu item is.
Lately, unfortunately, I don't have any data for my phones, so I can't actually access the Internet when I am out walking around. I use the WiFi at my guest house for all my Internet stuff. But when I buy data for my phone, it just expires so fast, and I never get to use hardly any of it. So I don't buy it anymore.
You ate that Chapati like a savage.
I noticed that, too, when I was reviewing the video clips later. I guess I was hungry. 😂
Holy shit, I follow Joel on Strava and had no idea that he had a UA-cam channel.
@seven52nine It's an app that you record and track bicycling rides. Joel's a pretty amazing cyclist, and I follow him there.
YOOOOOOO!!!
Oh my. Grinning hugely right now I am honored I am so happy to see this, you just made my day sir. Please send me a message, I would love to follow you back, distance on a bicycle is one thing but for me it’s all about the shared motivation and enjoyment of being outdoors! Rock on hope you have a great Saturday today, again, very happy to see this comment!!
@@JoelsTastyRide you already follow me Joel, no worries. The UA-cam algorithm is now bringing up lots of your videos on my feed, so I'll be checking those out. Take care!
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David!!! Awesome to see your name dude!
i relate to you about system and same as you when in to eat . communication is a challenge in asia
I often end up returning to the same restaurant or coffee shop over and over because of this. Once I figure out the system they use, then it's much easier to go back a second time. The first visit is always a bit more challenging as I navigate the menu (if there is one) and the seating and payment procedures. 🙂
Do you leave tips in Thai restaurants?
Not required, up to you. Just like in Japan.
I generally don't leave a tip. I don't see anyone else around me leaving tips, so I just follow the local customs. In some places, like many of the cafes and bubble milk tea shops, there is often a tip jar on the counter, and I will put my contribution there. But I'm not aware that leaving a tip on the table is a normal custom here in Thailand.
There have been times in various countries when I was just so pleased with the extra level of service and friendliness I got (because I'm a foreigner) that I would leave a good tip. And then if I happened to be looking back at the table as I leave, I see the waiter or the person clearing the table find the money and then look very puzzled. They'll hold up the money and show it to the other staff and they'd talk about and be clearly quite confused as to why there was money on the table. So I tended not to do it again after that. People have even come after me and tried to give the money back because they thought I had just forgotten it. 🙂
"No Have" I love the Thaiglish :D
People say "No have" all the time, as well. Yesterday, I visited a bunch of my usual electronics stores trying to track down a 256GB MicroSD card and/or a bluetooth mouse, and at most of the stores, they said "No have." 🙂
U should dip the roti into the dal
That's definitely the traditional way to enjoy these dishes. I'll sometimes eat that way, but I do prefer to use cutlery, especially when I'm operating a camera or reading a book or surfing the web on my phone. I don't want sticky fingers from the food. 😁
I love Indian food try to have Biryani next time so delicious
Biryani was a regular dish for me when I was in Bangladesh a year or two ago. Yes, it is tasty.
Sarson da sagg is mustard sagg not spinach. It is popular dish in Punjab province.
Joel travels with Mark Weins. He is also a Thai who travel globally and show us food vlogs
I thought Mark Weins was half-Chinese but his wife is definitely Thai.
@@therock8224 Half American-Chinese. Marks learns thai speaking but so far not quite fluently but of course his comprehension is good.
@@kittenastrophy5951 Yes that's right. He's American-Chinese.
Yo yo!!! Much love and thanks so much for the support :-) we are both American citizens by the way (also we both grew up in East Africa). Have a great day today, thanks for the shout out
@@JoelsTastyRide great link up to Doug channel
that's lot of food :)
i like Yogan Rosh most