Zanzibar Pizza - Who invented this ridiculous combo?
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- One thing you should try in Stone Town, is a Zanzibar pizza, available at the Forodhani Gardens. Get my free street food guide here: wp.me/Psd9b-4pl
Every night starting in the late afternoon, the Forodhani Gardens in the center of Stone Town, Zanzibar, turns into a street food hawker center. There are quite a few things available to eat, some of them look alright, while others could be better. But one of the most famous things to eat at this market, is the invention of a Zanzibar pizza... yah, it's not exactly a traditional food.. and I'm wondering who invented this pretty ridiculous street food concoction!
So there are actually quite a few vendors that make Zanzibar pizza at Forodhani Gardens, and it's all pretty much the same and costs the same amount, so basically just choose a vendor, and then choose what type of filling you want. I decided to go for a chicken Zanzibar pizza. First they take a ball of dough and flatten it out kind of like a thin roti. Then they add another layer of dough, this one a bit thicker and sort of already half cooked and greasy. Then go in all the random ingredients like onions, peppers, and then that scoop of happy cow cheese, a dollop of mayonnaise, and finally a egg plopped right in the middle to finish things off. The ingredients are all mixed together, folded up into a pocket and fried in vegetable ghee until it's cooked all the way through and golden on the outside.
The Zanzibar pizza is then sliced into bite sized pieces and served with tomato sauce on the side. I have to be honest and say that a Zanzibar pizza is not my favorite thing in the world. Sure it's pretty tasty, but that processed cheese paired with a spoon of mayonnaise just doesn't appeal too much for me. But that being said, it is something everyone should try once for yourself, more about the experience than about the taste or quality of the food!
So when you're in Stone Town, be sure to sample a Zanzibar pizza at the Forodhani Gardens.
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I didn't really understand the unhealthy part? A lot of the food that you eat is usually loaded with all kinds of processed sauces and msg which is just as bad if not worse than mayo and processed cheese. The zanzibar pizza actually looked to me much healthier than usual american pizza.
Really... I had to pause and there was your comment :D Thanks for that. Comming from a guy who was raised in the USA, Unhealthy! I'l just leave it at that otherwise I'll become the oposite of what your channel has become. This "pizza" looks amazing and very healthy. Not one of Marks most glorious moments.
msg is not unhealthy
Agreed
@@chad4921 it is unhealthy
@@timbeinborn3328 It’s just salt on caffeine and crack lol whatchu talkin’ about
What exactly makes this unhealthy? The amount of mayo seems minimal, and the rest appeared to be fresh cut onions/etc. and some chicken. I'm at a loss as to why you caution people to only eat this once a year.
+Kenneth Parker Maybe it's the processed cheese and all the oil.
+Aldrin Limos no.
Well, different people have different views on "healthy foods" and he might label processed foods as "unhealthy"
If it's not sour, spicy and fishy to the heavens, Mark won't like it!
Kenneth Parker I love zanzibar pizza I would eat it like 24/7
i'm more amazed with the cutting skill!
Yah, I was too!
Windsrave3
MARATHON chopper! :-)
It looks incredibly delicious. That ingridient combination can't go wrong!
Haha, a lot of processed ingredients... but can taste good if you're not thinking about it too much!
Oh come on mark.. Its not that bad, and certainly nothing to be scared off, in my offseasons i could sometimes eat 3000 calories in one sitting, and often around 7-8000 a day
That's very strange. I don't understand what Mark finds so unhealthy. Among all the things he has eaten this pizza does not seem so unhealthy. This is the wierdest comment I have heard from him.
"it's kinda good"
you're not fooling anyone with those faces you're making
It is good y’all just white
I don't find it weird though. I would love to try one :)
seems like a Zanzibar take on a famous Yemeni dish called "Muthabak- Arabic for clubbed or pressed" which is also quite famous in Indonesia and Malaysia( goes by different pronunciations their) , since Yemeni-hadrami Arabs( famous sea travelers) have strong influence in Indonesia, Malaysia as well as Zanzibar.... xd
Zanzibar murtabak....
That dude had some awesome knife skills! I would have lost a finger or two, lol! Great review, and I want one ;)
Yes he did, thanks for watching!
lol this is the first time that we see a 'normal' reaction from your face! :D
Nope, not my favorite!
And what is soooooooooo extremely unhealthy about that?! Like I've seen way way worse stuff you ate that was unhealthier than this !
I agree. Probably, the thought of eating a dollop mayonnaise put him off.
mayonnaise isn't even that bad, and it was only a drop
It’s the processed cheese and mayo that he doesn’t like to eat often.
Eggs, onions, chicken, dough, chili how is that unhealthy
victoria Ганч same question have been raised in my mind!
Sounds and looks like some of the crazy concoctions that I throw together at work. I run a late night college hangout. Most of my customers are drunk or high. Stoner pizzas!
Haha, yes, that about describes this!
it is not that unhealthy, compared to McDonalds, KFC, etc. It could actually be quite healthy if they simply made they own mayo with their eggs. use real cheese rather than process cheese and use coconut oil rather than vegetable oil. This would be healthy if they used local ingredients, with free ranged eggs. I would help fund a kid if he want to go healthy.
duke of york absolutely, can't find anything un healthy then eatin raw meet, uncooked with the pink line with the blood. Frozen food and KFC
And from there after acquiring the taste, his journey of "not so healthy but delicious" street food started....
Mark
Buddy, I appreciate your work and the fact that you are making a living out of your passions! However, What makes you say that "this is the most unhealthiest things you have ever tasted" Since you been to places like India and had street food also some hardcore authentic dishes such as, Nali NIhari, Paya, Vada Pao, and etc! The reason I am asking because you know what are you are doing and there must be a very strong reason behind your statement about this pizza being Unhealthy! Please answer me buddy?
He said a few times he's not big on mayo. Probs also the butter/ oil and processed cheese
First time i saw Mark kinda disapointed
You need to see him eating rotten food, he had to spit it out haha
Draftgon is it the chicken intestines? I don't think he spit it out
Kris sar Yeah the intestines. He said he had to spit them out, he didn't show it in the video, though.
That's one of those fun guilty foods. LOL. Love how the mayo jar says "born in the USA" at 2:13
Hah, yes!
Mark,
Thanks for the great videos and insight. You are always right there on the street showing exactly how they put this stuff together. Much appreciated!
Like Andrew Zimmern always says: If it looks good, eat it. :).
I think it's healthier than the chemical food from McD. :P
That's true!
Agreed
@@MarkWiens All are unanimous, this comment alone is, I think, your weakest ever. Not bad. This makes your average... about.... 999.99999 so pretty perfect. This one is just a let's pause and be... appreciative of Enstein relativity. I then did go make myself a contraption pretty identical. I still think you should leave this video exactly where it is :D Cheers my good sir
US food is a nightmare in my book.
It reminds me of the Japanese dish okonomiyaki. Which is a kind of thin pancake batter with cabbage and other veg and meats with an egg added. It is fried on a griddle. and after it is turned over, they add an okonomiyaki sauce and mayo with bonito fish flakes and green onions.
Didn't get this -- What on Earth is UNhealthy about egg, onion, that green veg, tomato, cheese and mayo (mayo is made of egg, oil, vinegar) they used real mayo?!?!🤔🙂 (and it's American, has to be good!😁!)
Not a negative comment -- enjoyed video as always! 😊 -- but still think very healthy food!
And
Hey Mark ALL you needed was a BUNCH of HOT peppers added and chili pepper sauce and you would have LOVED it and thought it was amazingly healthy!!!!!!!
I think you should ALWAYS just carry a little baggie of chopped up jalapeno, ghost, habanero, serrano, scotch bonnet etc peppers with you at ALL times)
Because, come on Mark, IF you could have poured them on that pizza, you would have LOVED it and said it was one of the best pizza you ever tasted and UN-healthy would have NEVER even entered your thoughts!!!!! 🤔😁😄😯🤣
It used to be 1000tzs and it used to b my treat on holidays. I was just a kid then bt i stil love it.
It probably tastes better than it looks, but I really have to say Mark didn't look too happy here... =)
Nope... not the best thing I've sampled!
Ok mark you gave us 1/4 of your famous smile. So I knew right away was not the "best" lol It looked kinda of good minus the processed chese,& !mayonnaise! The poor guy @ intro scared me with that knife... Someone get him a food processor. It did look like the crust would have been crisp & flaky 👍
Zanzibar pizza verry delicious 🤤 I was 2021 in stone town food market, nice food and friendly and happy people
I'll be honest, I'm Italian but that looks appetizing
The face though after the first bite 😂
Now that is a crazy dish - but did you eat all of it?
I know I wasn't tripping..did the mayo say born in the USA on the label.. LMAO
I actually quite fancy that. How can you go wrong with onions and eggs. Hmm would like to try it. 👌👌👌
Um I’m from zanzibar and I guarantee you that it’s not kinda good, only it’s amazing plus we don’t care about healthy or what... I’ve been eating zanzibar pizza every Saturday night since like forever, and unfortunately I’m still walking straight everyday and my skin is still tan and I still have the energy to run a marathon.... so don’t judge a book by its cover
That’s an advice 😕
Man com’on you have eaten worst how could this be unhealthy. Maybe you are being unfair to this type of street food
We used to call it "Khima chapati" in Kenya.
I like that your willing to give any food a try cos then u make it all look so delicious....even the not so yummy foods.
I genuinely don't understand how it's so unhealthy and one of the unhealthiest things ever made - its just flour (grains), onions, chili, carrot, tomato, pepper, lean meat, sauce, and egg, honestly A LOT healthier than conventional pizza (i.e a buckload of cheese, oil, and white glutenous flour; no veggies)
Mmmmh u HAVE eaten loads of unheathy stuff b4 so stop complaining
Hey Hangaya, no complaining, the combo of mayo and happy cow cheese just wasn't my favorite!
XD exactly. I just do not get it. But you know, like I read somewhere, nobody bats for 1000.
@NMB ya exactly. This zanzibar pizza thing sounds disgusting just by looking at the ingredients. I was eating real pizza and I lost my appetite after watching this
Mark Wiens I agree mark I’ve went to Zanzibar in late 2017 Zanzibar pizza was not that good very greasy weird combo
You should come to jeddah in saudi and eat this dish we call it mutabak (مطبق) we even have sweet versions of this dish.
Did you try murtabak in Malaysia, it looks similar.
no it's not the same i tried
@1:45 how tall is that guy lol
Mark is sitting thats why
Lovely!!! Mark i think this kind of pizzas can be made in home easily...:D u knw in India egg roles and chicken roles are made in the same process...:D
Mark thank you for taking one for the team.
When you start off with just "OK" after that first bite, it probably won't be on your epic meals of 2014 list! At least you somewhat enjoyed it; I think I lost my desire to try it after the processed cheese and mayonnaise were added! Excellent video, Mark.
Thanks Mike, right about that, it won't be making my top list, but it did taste pretty good!
LOL.. Omg I have to go with you on that Mark. Mayonnaise, which is egga and oil. An egg mixed in, and the processed cheese, (Oil) Yikes. But it looked interesting with the onions and other vegetables. maybe if they had saute'd the vegetables with Olive oil, while cooking the dough, Then adding the egg to the cooked vegetables, making sort of an omelet.
Place the cooked crust ontop, Flip over and then add Cheddar, or even some fresh cheese. (Feta)
Anyway, LOL thats the cook in me looking at something and want to improve it. LOL
At first I thought it's gonna be like a mini murtabak or something, but when he starts adding the cheese and mayonnaise, it totally surprised me!
Hey Mohd, yah it is similar, but I like the mix of a mutabak better!
WOW i just discovered you Mark, and I can say that I am already addicted to your videos! You need to be more recognized here on UA-cam, your videos deserve much more views. Your style is unique and your own! Love the "ooh" after you try eat your meals hahaha. I would watch you if you were on TV, you deserve your own sponsored show! Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmermans cocky asses have nothing on you!!!!
Hehehe - Mark, you always go the extra mile to show us what's on offer......even when it's...erm...somewhat less than palatable. Good man!
Thanks for always watching!
Zanazibar pizzas are my favorite kind of Tanzanian food! That is weird that you found some with "cheese", since most Tanzanians look at cheese the way we look at spoiled milk. I remember that the area in front of the House of Wonders had a lot of weird pizzas, though, so this might have just been one of those.
That is healthy nothing is processed food...! It should only not be eaten often as you pointed but that is very nutrient food...!
So is fried coke and fried pepsi healthy?
you could switch that out.. with goats cheese, yogurt probably would work.. and olive oil.. that could make it healthier.. then also make sure the ghee is made from pasture.. then your fine.. .it's not as unhealthy as it looks. it was just made cheaply.
To me that pizza looks healthier than regular pizza. I would love to try it. And just to be clear pretty much everything is unhealthy now days...
Zanzibar pizza. Perhaps professionally the recipe can be mastered.
Sounds good to me!!!
Mark I think this is the first time I've ever seen you not go Wow🤣
Thanks for the great info!
Mark! Thanks a lot. Keep on traveling and make us jeaolus. Cheers
well indonesia also has something like that. we call it martabak. but our's better since it got a few layer of dough(like making mille feuille) with filling each layer
Mark what makes you to think that the pizza is unhealthy?
It looks like a khima chapati that you get in Kenya
The record has been broken. Finally, something that didn't make Mark do "the slight tilt of the head satisfied face"! 😝😝
What cheese and mayonnaise!!!!! I've eaten Zanzibar pizza without cheese and mayonnaise and it's so nice.
its people like you mark who sing praises for ratatoue a simple french peasant food dish and you dont apperciate good zanzibra pizza
Adolph Gomes it because ratatouille is fresh and Zanzibar pizza consist of processed foods. I’d still eat it a bunch of times though
What a weird combonation on ingredients!
Yes!
Zanzibar pizza? The best pizza I've ever eat
Dislikes are from angry Zanzibarians
I Personally really like the combination of egg and cheese. I don't find this dish so unhealthy and gross. I would definitely try it.
Interesting editing! I wonder how they filmed the close-up as he took a piece of his pizza from the plate, in real-time. Because once you got back to the main camera, there was no other camera there... Magic... Please tell me your trick!
Was the egg okay to eat? The egg yolk was ridiciulously light
which country is zanzibar
tanzania
This was my face video it was so ironic. But totally taste worth it. Once a year qued in the unhealthy category. Lol. Vegetable ghee, mayo and processed cheese. With an egg in the middle. Couldnt get better.
Great Big Story did a video on Zanzibar Pizza
Unhealthy? Have you seen what Americans eat everyday at McDonalds? This is absolutely delicious. Ask a local foodie; Mark, you don't seem to know alot.
Have you try Indonesia Martabak Telor? It look very similar with this, but more authenthic Indonesian street food (no mayo, only onion vegies, egg and curry minched meat)
Basically, it's Murtabak. but even more ingredients added.
Hi! in my country we called it chicken sisig, were you put all the ingredients on prying pan without a dough
That was weird looking tomato sauce too. I wonder if they would leave off the mayo and perhaps the cheese for someone, if they asked nicely. Lol!
Zanzibar food recipes are quiet identical to what we eat here in India ..
Yeh Zanzibar is full of Indians
Ya it's quite like a mughlai paratha...but without mayonnaise and processed cheese
Mark is so passive 😂
0:23 my man is mad at his onions
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You know it's not good when Mark doesn't make his signature face
Zanzibar Pizza actually it wasnt pizza, it kind of capathee (india food) or Egg Martabak at Indonesia. Sometimes it put choped onion, leek, some duck eggs and curry meat, wrap with flour dough. Then fried. Cut into square then eat with chili and cucumber pickels.
What do you mean unhealthy? I think it use to much processed food, isnt it?
this is same like murtabak in South east asia street food - minus the mayo
Yes, similar, but I'd definitely go for the murtabak!
Dude, if you think his cooking is unhealthy, try mine
Doesn't look so bad to me. Reminds me of pizza in Nepal.
Yes, it was similar to a chatamari!
Wow great great video great job MARK
I don't think so me people get it he says it's tasty just not so very healthy and the not so healthy makes it not on top of his favourite list of food
its that so unhealthy? Pizza looks more unhealthy
Its an omelette wrapped in a crepe cooked in a little ghee or butter with condiments..(mayo, ketchup & mango chutney-which u missed out on)
Common mark ive seen u eat worse.
EPIC the first video you seem to dont like what you eat wow! :D
Live that guy. He's open minded
UA-cam algorithms are just weird !!
when was pizza ever healthy 😞
Lol, cheese and mayonnaise, that should be good! Cannot be anything else! Who cares if it's healthy lolz
Aloha,
It looks weird & all but I actually have a friend that likes to do a "Slap Pack Cookout" (he's the one that came up with the name) some how he woke up craving a pizza so with what little dough he could find he started throwing this & that into it!!! Everything that's in the Zanzibar Pizza is actually what he threw in plus a few other things like horseradish mixed with the mayo for a spicy kick & a few other things that I can't remember. Have to admit when he made it again for us you should have seen our faces!!!! Lol....
Haha, thanks for sharing, and that's an awesome name. I think I would have made it minus the may, better quality cheese, and hot sauce, and it would have been pretty good. Horseradish sounds good too!
Mark its look like murtabak in malaysia! have u try eating murtabak before in your visit to Malaysia last time?
Thank you
Mark you’ve eaten a deep fried crab omelette cmon now lol
If this food is just "ok" for Mark then my dog wont even eat it.