I am almost in tears watching this! I went to Georgia 🇬🇪 in 2022 and I love everything there. მე მიყვარს საქართველო, ქართული საჭმელი და ქართული ღვინო! Sorry I had to put that there for anyone from Georgia 🇬🇪. Please try their wines!
@levanoniani2671 The best? No. far from it. But it's still good cuisine. But don't compare it to the worlds top cuisines. For example World Taste Atlas rankings of 2022-2023 put Georgia in the list of worlds 50 best cuisines, but far behind the nr 1-2 Italy/Greece. And not just in ranking. also in score in the same ranking. While Greece and Italy score extremely high as score and ranking, it leaves nr3 and so on onwards in the dust with score. And Georgia is ranked 26. Which is good. definitely. Because there are 196 nations on earth. But let's stay grounded and fair.
@@LeilaMamadashvili-t6u I do agree with Roselior. Georgia is just a good cuisine. But it wont match the diversity if incredible dishes of some other cuisines. Famous, or not famous. It doesnt make Georgian cuisine bad. Its good and doesnt need to be among the best in the world. Still people will enjoy the cuisine with pleasure
My family had a foreign exchange student from Georgia last year and it was so cool learning about his food and showing him ours. He loved Mexican food! 😂
I love georgian food and I'm glad it's getting more popular in Poland. There are already two restaurants and three bakeries in my city. I tried lobio for the first time last month and as a bean lover it's now one of my favourite dishes.
Went to Georgia with my bestfriend 7 years ago. Still the best experience so far! The food did surprised me. Khinkali will always be my fave and the kachapuri. And the wineees. Love to go back there. ❤️
Georgian food is one of my favourite cuisines. For any Brits watching this (in particular Londoners), there’s a great Georgian restaurant in London called Little Georgia, it’s absolutely amazing! 😍
Yes! I also love Geamos. Entree is a nice Georgian cafe chain also - there’s thankfully quite a bit of Georgian stuff in London for when I miss home food (although it’s not fully authentic ofc, but it’s still very good!) 🥰
Omg Georgian food is my absolute favourite! I recently discovered it on a trip there and OMG. I don't think I've ever had so much fun eating stuff I didn't know as a vegetarian.
Asha was so adorable in this episode!! I loved it when she realized you loved the sweet at the end. She just disappeared like "well I am not getting any of that!"
Personally I think that when she licked the table & proceeded to chew, it was just the reflection on the table. (She was making like a little girl having a tea party with pretend food until mama brings something non messy to make her experience more realistic "come on mama put some down here within my reach!"😂❤
@gabrielles1851 for many years my black lab and I ate grapes together at night. I was shocked when I read they were "toxic" to dogs. They weren't toxic to my dog...she lived to 15. Once I read grapes were toxic, I only shared two or three with her each night, but she ate hundreds of grapes in her life. I don't think they are as toxic as people say. I wouldn't risk giving them to a dog, but I just didn't know they were supposedly bad for dogs for the first 10 years of my black lab's life and by then I knew they weren't toxic for her. I think people overdo the toxicity thing woth dogs, but I guess it's better to be safe. The truly toxic thing for dogs is commercial dog food though. It will shorten their lived by 1-3 years and gives them cancer and diabetes. Always cook for your dog and give them lots of vegetables. Just make sure the foods you give them aren't "toxic." The stuff they put in commercial dog food is truly disgusting. Don't look up "rendering plants" if you don't want to know what's in that kibble.
I had georgian food for the first time in krakow last year and instantly fell in love with it. Loved chinkali (dumplings are my favourite in general) and especially the eggplant dish with walnut paste, I think it's called badrijani?
As a dumpling lover, I love Khinkali (Georgian dumplings). I love how every culture has some kind of dumpling. That would be a great episode. Dumplings of the world. :)
I had khinkali for the first time recently, I totally ate it wrong (I am Chinese so I ate it upside down I guess LOL!) 😅 Next time I get the chance, I will eat them correctly…! They were very homey and comforting, especially with the broth inside.
I am happy where I live (Riga, Latvia) there is Georgian food available. My fave is lobio!! Glad Im gonna visit Tbilisi this spring, can't wait to enjoy it in its natural habitat. SAKARTVELOOOOO
Last year in the summer I visited Riga for the first time (lovely city by the way!) and one of the restaurants that we went to was Alaverdi. It was so good! 🥰
We are Orthodox Christians, so we fast every Wednesday and Friday which means we can't eat animal produce. We also fast for entire weeks/months before some religious holidays like Christmas and Easter.
Videos like this make me wish I lived in a big city where a greater variety of restaurants can be found. That’s saying something because I am very much not a city person. I’m going to go google map Georgian restaurants now 🤣
Videos like this make me wish I lived in a country that actually had restaurants that served more food from around the world! I live in Norway, in the capital Oslo. I don't think I could get half of what Beryl orders for these episodes. Maybe even less, haha! Oh well, I still get to see what's out there, and who knows, one day I may end up in a Georgian restaurant, and then I will know some things to try!
I used to think the same thing, but since visiting San Francisco and NYC, I would take the opportunity to live in a major city in a heartbeat! You just can't beat the amazing food, museums, parks, etc.
Totally unrelated, but I came across wooden spoons in the cutlery aisle of my local supermarket. I was reminded of your various wooden utensils. P.s. I bought a wooden spoon. You are a terrible influence. I love it.
@@Dosadniste2000 Sadly I agree with you. Wooden spoons, because they have to be so thick, are honestly just cumbersome. Also, they absorb water after the coating inevitably rubs off after just a few months of hand-washing and have to be thrown away. Wooden utensils are inferior to metal in every way.
.@@randomoneforstuff3696 Unfortunately , I have to disagree. I had cereal for breakfast and pasta for dinner. I found no difference between using a wooden spoon and a metal spoon. I have very sensitive lips and metal spoon often cause small cuts where my upper and lower lip join. The smooth edges of the wooden spoon were a blessing for me.
Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of time when it comes to my lunch break. The wooden spoon (small or big, the ones that allow me to eat as fast as possible without fearing for my lips) works for me.
I loved being in the episode thank you so much Beryl!! I’m glad seeing people happy about the vast selection of plant-based dishes in Georgian cuisine. The soil and climate is amazing over here for agriculture because of geographical factors,we take advantage of that 💚💚
👋😊 Gamarjobat Beryl! OMG! Georgian Food… Yay!!! I am so pleased to see this episode and love the classic selection of dishes that Anna, Niko and Marianna suggested for you as an introduction. Even more pleased to see that you loved it. You’ll have to one day experience eating the cuisine in Sakartvelo at a traditional Supra. If you loved the takeout food I guarantee that you’ll love a Supra with Georgian people even more. It’s a truly wonderful experience of good friends, good food, endless toasting with good wine, leading to song and celebrating at the table for hours. ❤ Madlobt Beyl for this lovely episode. I hope you travel to Georgia/Sakartvelo 🇬🇪 one day. (P.S. Tkemali goes with Anything… beef, poultry, fish, potatoes… it’s like the Georgian equivalent of catsup. 😉👍)
I learned so much and got inspired to learn more! My friend traveled around Georgia and brought back a jar of the plum sauce. She said you could buy it everywhere and once I tasted it, I understood why. It was incredibly delicious! She also brought back churchkhela, which was really interesting and tasty too.
I traveled to Georgia last summer and was just blown away by the food! (And beauty of the country :) )So glad you did an episode, it deserves all the hype!
I have never tried Georgian food, and I'm totally going to have to try it. I know we have an Uzbek restaurant here that has a few Georgian specialties, but I really would love to try many more of these dishes. I love walnut, pickles and every vegetable, so this is right up my alley. Also, Anna's cat sleeping on the radiator is adorable.
Yeah, there are no Georgian restaurants near me, but there are Uzbek, Russian and Ukrainian restaurants that almost make some Georgian dishes, mostly khatchapuri, but I have seen the pomegranate pork dish on a menu before.
I just went on google to find where there are restaurants near me, sadly I could only find 1 but the reviews are great. This will be our next restaurant to try.
Loved this so much Beryl. I'm a vegetarian from India and just like you, didn't expect to see much apart from meat and cheese but this had me so pleasantly surprised. Those dips look really good! The bread looked like a cheese naan and lobio made me laugh because there's a bean in India that we call 'Lobia'. I wonder if there's a culinary connection somewhere...
There might be. Georgian has a lot of loanwords from different languages and I have noticed some similarities. For example the Georgian word for bread is "puri". So maybe "pani puri" is related to it since it is also a kind of bread?
@@george-and-gracie7996 That is so interesting! I googled this and couldn't find much. Apparently they're a completely different linguistic family, unrelated to other Indo-European languages. But Puri!!!
@@miayana2539 Exactly, it is a kartvelian language. But it e.g. has a lot of russian and persian words. I spotted even a German one: Butterbrodi (at last that word is used in my family)! :D The world is so interconncted!
There is an obvious historical cuisine connection between India and Georgia through Persian Empire. Same style of dips, a lot of fenugreek and saffron, flatbreads, young cheese and, I presume, authentic Georgian cuisine is also rather spicy. Even differences are telling, for example, georgians substituted tamarind with sour plums and used crushed unripe walnuts as a neutral carb base instead of rice.
This episode is the best! I’ve been a fan for a long time, and I’ve lived in Georgia for 15 years, so I’m thrilled to see you cover this amazing cuisine. And I’m glad you liked everything. They did a great job helping you order. Things to put on your list for the future: lobiani (bread like the cheese bread, but stuffed with those wonderful beans), chikhirtma (think egg drop soup with a Georgian flavor profile), stewed oyster mushrooms with herbs, and pan roasted quail with blackberry sauce. ❤❤❤
🐺🇬🇪🐺🇬🇪🐺🇬🇪შემოდგომაა განსაკუთრებული საქართველოში რადგან, ბევრ რამეს დააგემოვნებთ ამ დროს ყველაფერი უკვე და ინავებულია ბეღელსა და საწყობებში .@@baansiin
Best co-host ever ❤️ 🐾 this was a fantastically mouthwatering episode. At one of my international dinners we chose Georgian. None of us had ever had it but all the dishes were delicious, fun hearing you describe the flavors so well. Truly special combinations in this cuisine and everything pairs so well together. We even made pelamushi from our home grown grapes. Thanks for such an inspiring video!
I love watching your videos. I have been interested in Georgia since finding the photography of Natela Grigalashvili. This episode makes me want to visit Georgia. And I envy you having such an adorable dining companion
this is the first time you've tried a cuisine I haven't eaten before, and it all looks SO delicious! Now I'm looking for the nearest Georgian restaurant haha
We ate in a Georgian restaurant last year in Krakow, and the veggie options were great, we had the Pkhali and Adjapsandali, an amazing salad and spinach dumplings and orange wine. It was a wonderful experience :) I'm still thinking about that walnut dip!
I have a very dear friend born and raised in Georgia and I've tasted so many delicious dishes thanks to him! My favourite are boiled khinkali (meat soup dumplings) and badrijani nigvzit (fried eggplant rolls with garlicky walnut and pomegranate dip as a filling). 🥰
Beryl you are pure sunshine. I haven't watched a video of yours in such a long time. These must take you *so* long to create! Thank you for introducing me to Georgian food; something I never even paid mind to.
10:54 Georgian plum sauce! I can't help but reminisce about my visit to Georgia. The flavor of the sauce is simply irresistible. It pairs perfectly too with their delicious sausages. Yum yum!
LOVE Georgian food! In the 90s there was a restaurant in Seattle called Pirosmani's, and I've missed it (and Georgian food) ever since. Among the most sophisticated cuisines in the world! ❤
Pirosmani is probably the most common name for Georgian restaurants outside of Georgia. The modernist, naivist painter Pirosmani (Niko Pirosmanašvili) is probably the best known Georgian abroad - if not counting Ioseb Džugašvili, better known as Josif Stalin.
I literally just moved back to Sweden two days ago after spending 6 months in Georgia! This episode made me very happy :) although I need a little hiatus from Georgian food, I know I will start missing it very soon, especially shoti, the best bread eveeeer. Thank you for this episode!
I know it's more a dish focused channel, but I'd like to share a spice mixes that is the flavour: khmeli-suneli. Try to find it in some stores and cook anything (savoury) with it - death from enjoyment.
Loving this episode!! There's a Georgian restaurant around the corner from my office, but I've only been once, and the staff recommended I have the lula kebab. Thankfully, I've confirmed they have lobio on the menu, so I'll have to go again soon!
Yay Beryl ❤ so happy you liked my homeland’s gastronomy ❤ love your videos and I got so happy with this one!! Glad to see lobio and phxali, they don’t get the recognition they deserve!! Lavashi bread it’s the best!! Lots of love from a Georgian kiwi family living in Berlin ❤
I have had dinner at Chama Mama many times,so we have tried most of the menu,and throughly enjoyed the Georgian food,favorites include the pickled salad,the soft creamy grits,the veg/walnut appetizer,all the bread cheese dishes,the assorted desert plate which has palimushi,and honey cake.There is a Kosher Georgian restaurant in Rego Park,Queens,called Marani.
I’m not sure I’ve ever thought about Georgian food before, but you now have me obsessively looking for recipes and restaurants. I appreciate all you do to introduce people to food and art we may not have otherwise experienced. Speaking of art, what is that beautiful painting behind you in this episode?
I really enjoyed this episodio and I am taking note because in my radio program and going to talk about Georgian food. As I live in Argentina I have no more remedy than to cook myself georgian food.
I'm obsessed with Georgian food, so thanks to the Georgian experts for their explanations. And les Parisiens...any recommendations for Georgian food in Paris? Also that little dog!
It’s so interesting what that girl said that in Georgia orthodox Christians observe the lent with vegetarian food, we do with vegan (also an Eastern orthodox country), no animal products at all.
It is vegan in Georgia too, she did say vegetarian, but that's incorrect, in Georgia you usually have vegetables, Lobio, or Lobiani which is kind of a pastry where you put Lobio inside, but in that case it is more like a paste rather than a stew. And on some days I think you're allowed to have fish also, not sure if that's considered vegetarian or not.
Veganism is a western ideology that requires that no products of animal origin are used fot any purpose - including things like wearing leather shoes or taking pictures on film (film contains gelatin). This has nothing to do with Orthodox lent, where in some areas, even olive oil is prohibited for some days during the lent. It is not completely true to say people 'go vegan" during the lent, as the rules are much more complex, and there are big differences between different Orthodox churches in different countries in traditions.
I'm so happy you gave her a taste of cheesy bread! I was literally thinking "I hope she gives the baby a bite" and you did! Haha She's so stinking cute and this is one of my fav episodes of yours cause she's there XD I love your channel and can't wait to see what comes next!
I love Beryl's expressions. She really makes the food look interesting and tasty when she enjoys it. The dishes really makes me wish there was a Georgian resturant serving such food in Hawaii.
There is an amazing Georgian restaurant in Munich, I had some lamb stew with white wine and mirabelle plums in it and it was a true revelation. SO good!
I thought mungbang was a weird concept but you absolutely make it work. I started following you WAY before I ever heard about mungbang. I only just now realize that this is actually what your channel is.
Googling Georgian pickled cabbage recipes now !!! I love watching your channel and learning about different cuisines all over the world. Especially since I won't ever be able to try most of them myself. THANK YOU for sharing with us 💞
You can marinate many veggies! Pickles - is just the beginning. Cabage.. cauliflower.. green (raw) tomato, red tomato (not cherry type, but small, not very juicy ones), green peppers (the spicy ones).. My absolute favorite is pickled garlic 🥹❤️
Hiya Beryl! Thank you for being the Catalyst for many Epicurean Adventures! We were hooked by how unusual the dishes were usuing ztuff that was in our kitchen.
This is easily becoming my favorite food channel . You do such an excellent job of showing off all sorts of worldwide cuisine. It just makes me want to travel more!
Georgian cuisine is very popular in Ukraine, couse of that rich flavors of everything. My favorite dish is garlick chicken in creamy souse. Its the best chicken I've ever tasted, because of how well everything is balanced together
I appreciate this video so much! We have a Georgian restaurant about 10 mins from us we haven't tried yet...definitely going to order some of the dishes you've featured and finally give them a try!
Thank you for putting spotlight on Georgian food!!! Imeruli Chaczapuri is my favourite - I miss it soooo much, can’t buy it where I live now, but still remember warm breads I used to buy back when I lived in Warsaw, on my way back from work. Man, I’m hungry now…
oh myyyy soo happy to see Georgia in your videos, been following you for a few years now! I think you will enjoy it as it has similarity for me with Indian food in terms of comfort and variety of spices used and etc. Pkhali is so unique whenever Im asked about Georgian food I talk a lot about Pkhali))) In terms of meet. Georgia historically did not have as much meet as we have now so there are a lot of veggie options in our cuisine compared to other neighboring countries which also has influenced our cuisine. Great job with recommendations guys, I’m a proud Georgian)))) 🇬🇪 Kharcho (traditionally beef one) is great with Elarji (cheesy grits/polenta) and it’s usually spicy as it’s from Samegrelo, region in Georgia that is famous for their spicy food.
Your little partner was the highlight for me in the video! What soulful eyes! What breed is she? Wow never knew Georgia had so many veggie options. Will definitely explore the Georgian cuisine. Thanks for the VLOG they are always informative & entertaining for a foodie like me.
Such a unique cuisine!! It's such a surprising mix of ingredients and techniques. Really shows it's geography, but such blends of cultures and climates and trade routes.
There is a good Georgian restaurant, and a chain which is not so good here in Kaunas. Lithuania. The main difference is that the chain sells dishes known to everybody since the Soviet times, while the better restaurant does not claim to be just Georgian, but they are specialized in Kartvelian food. And it is authentic. The regional differences are so big in Georgia.
because of the war in Ukraine there is now a Georgian restaurant in my city (Bucharest, capital of Romania). this video is an amazing list of tips on what to try next -- other than kachapuri and hinkali
Khachapurri is what we called heart attack on a plate. Lol. I love Georgian food. Lived there for 6 years and I miss it. My faves are the garlic chicken shkmeruli and mtsvadi. I also love their tremali and the grilled eggplant with walnut paste.
I am almost in tears watching this! I went to Georgia 🇬🇪 in 2022 and I love everything there.
მე მიყვარს საქართველო, ქართული საჭმელი და ქართული ღვინო!
Sorry I had to put that there for anyone from Georgia 🇬🇪. Please try their wines!
Gaixare genacvale!🤗
thank you for your kind words, as a Georgian i really appreciate it
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Greetings from Georgia!❤
We are all Asha. Staring at Beryls food, salivating...
The only thing is that she can smell it!
My sister is a flight attendant and has tried so many foods from different countries, and she said Georgian food is one of her favorite cuisines. 🇬🇪❤
She has a dream job.
@@ranjanbiswas3233 right?? I personally would hate her job but I wish I could travel as easily as she can with her job perks. 😂
It's totally criminal that Georgian food is not more widespread around the world.
@levanoniani2671 სრულიად კრიმინალია, რომ ქართული კერძები მთელ მსოფლიოში არ არის გავრცელებული. Es iyo komentarshi,ras erchi am kacs?
@levanoniani2671 The best? No. far from it. But it's still good cuisine. But don't compare it to the worlds top cuisines. For example World Taste Atlas rankings of 2022-2023 put Georgia in the list of worlds 50 best cuisines, but far behind the nr 1-2 Italy/Greece. And not just in ranking. also in score in the same ranking. While Greece and Italy score extremely high as score and ranking, it leaves nr3 and so on onwards in the dust with score. And Georgia is ranked 26. Which is good. definitely. Because there are 196 nations on earth. But let's stay grounded and fair.
@@roselior7021 keep your western centric atlas to yourself. just stfu
@@roselior7021 Its just because almost no one knows about it.
@@LeilaMamadashvili-t6u I do agree with Roselior. Georgia is just a good cuisine. But it wont match the diversity if incredible dishes of some other cuisines. Famous, or not famous. It doesnt make Georgian cuisine bad. Its good and doesnt need to be among the best in the world. Still people will enjoy the cuisine with pleasure
My family had a foreign exchange student from Georgia last year and it was so cool learning about his food and showing him ours. He loved Mexican food! 😂
Georgians tend to love Mexican food. Our cuisines have a lot of overlap with barbecue, sauces, heavy cilantro use, beans, cornbread, etc.
А кроме еды чем может удивить моя страна?..
I love georgian food and I'm glad it's getting more popular in Poland. There are already two restaurants and three bakeries in my city. I tried lobio for the first time last month and as a bean lover it's now one of my favourite dishes.
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I went to Georgia and the garlic chicken from Shavi Lomi changed my life.
I still dream of going back to this restaurant
if you try Shkmeruli (garlic chicken) in its native Racha region you will probably move there
Went to Georgia with my bestfriend 7 years ago. Still the best experience so far! The food did surprised me. Khinkali will always be my fave and the kachapuri. And the wineees. Love to go back there. ❤️
Georgians also love Khinkali very much. I hope you will come to Georgia again❤🩹
Georgian food is one of my favourite cuisines. For any Brits watching this (in particular Londoners), there’s a great Georgian restaurant in London called Little Georgia, it’s absolutely amazing! 😍
Thank you! Will def look it up.
Thanks for the rec, I just sent to my son in London and he’s planning to go next week. Love how Beryl brings the world together through food. 😊
Been there, oh the memories!
Yes! I also love Geamos. Entree is a nice Georgian cafe chain also - there’s thankfully quite a bit of Georgian stuff in London for when I miss home food (although it’s not fully authentic ofc, but it’s still very good!) 🥰
Thank you for the tip. Will defo look it up! 😋😁
Omg Georgian food is my absolute favourite! I recently discovered it on a trip there and OMG. I don't think I've ever had so much fun eating stuff I didn't know as a vegetarian.
Asha was so adorable in this episode!! I loved it when she realized you loved the sweet at the end. She just disappeared like "well I am not getting any of that!"
Funny enough she might actually know that. Grapes are toxic to dogs. So maybe she smelled it and identified it as a no no and so left...
Personally I think that when she licked the table & proceeded to chew, it was just the reflection on the table. (She was making like a little girl having a tea party with pretend food until mama brings something non messy to make her experience more realistic "come on mama put some down here within my reach!"😂❤
@gabrielles1851 for many years my black lab and I ate grapes together at night. I was shocked when I read they were "toxic" to dogs. They weren't toxic to my dog...she lived to 15. Once I read grapes were toxic, I only shared two or three with her each night, but she ate hundreds of grapes in her life. I don't think they are as toxic as people say. I wouldn't risk giving them to a dog, but I just didn't know they were supposedly bad for dogs for the first 10 years of my black lab's life and by then I knew they weren't toxic for her. I think people overdo the toxicity thing woth dogs, but I guess it's better to be safe. The truly toxic thing for dogs is commercial dog food though. It will shorten their lived by 1-3 years and gives them cancer and diabetes. Always cook for your dog and give them lots of vegetables. Just make sure the foods you give them aren't "toxic." The stuff they put in commercial dog food is truly disgusting. Don't look up "rendering plants" if you don't want to know what's in that kibble.
I had georgian food for the first time in krakow last year and instantly fell in love with it. Loved chinkali (dumplings are my favourite in general) and especially the eggplant dish with walnut paste, I think it's called badrijani?
I love Georgian food. Used to go to this little Georgian restaurant in alphabet city all the time. Food is absolutely bomb. Best freaking wines too.
As a foreigner who has made a home in Georgia, thank you for highlighting some of the diversity of this country's wonderful cuisine!
As a dumpling lover, I love Khinkali (Georgian dumplings). I love how every culture has some kind of dumpling. That would be a great episode. Dumplings of the world. :)
Khinkali is basically the final boss of dumplings
I had khinkali for the first time recently, I totally ate it wrong (I am Chinese so I ate it upside down I guess LOL!) 😅 Next time I get the chance, I will eat them correctly…! They were very homey and comforting, especially with the broth inside.
She did a dumpling episode a couple of months ago. I would imagine she'll do another at some point
Yeees
Khinkali is the only Georgian food I like. Agree they are amazing and hard to find good ones outside of Georgia.
I am happy where I live (Riga, Latvia) there is Georgian food available. My fave is lobio!! Glad Im gonna visit Tbilisi this spring, can't wait to enjoy it in its natural habitat. SAKARTVELOOOOO
We don't eat beans without pickles😊We are waiting for you in Georgia🫀
Last year in the summer I visited Riga for the first time (lovely city by the way!) and one of the restaurants that we went to was Alaverdi. It was so good! 🥰
Love that Georgia has such a hearty vegetable focus cuisine! Never knew that!
it's very diverse, Georgian cuisine has legendary meat dishes
We are Orthodox Christians, so we fast every Wednesday and Friday which means we can't eat animal produce. We also fast for entire weeks/months before some religious holidays like Christmas and Easter.
Videos like this make me wish I lived in a big city where a greater variety of restaurants can be found. That’s saying something because I am very much not a city person. I’m going to go google map Georgian restaurants now 🤣
Try cooking them. Google the recipes
Not in today's world you wouldn't. Just look at nyc! No way in Hell
Videos like this make me wish I lived in a country that actually had restaurants that served more food from around the world! I live in Norway, in the capital Oslo. I don't think I could get half of what Beryl orders for these episodes. Maybe even less, haha! Oh well, I still get to see what's out there, and who knows, one day I may end up in a Georgian restaurant, and then I will know some things to try!
Same! I'd even settle for near-ish! Just give us that sweet, sweet Food Variety in restaurants, man! T^T
I used to think the same thing, but since visiting San Francisco and NYC, I would take the opportunity to live in a major city in a heartbeat! You just can't beat the amazing food, museums, parks, etc.
Totally unrelated, but I came across wooden spoons in the cutlery aisle of my local supermarket. I was reminded of your various wooden utensils.
P.s. I bought a wooden spoon. You are a terrible influence. I love it.
something that really gets in a way of food experience and taste. way to go
@@Dosadniste2000 Sadly I agree with you. Wooden spoons, because they have to be so thick, are honestly just cumbersome. Also, they absorb water after the coating inevitably rubs off after just a few months of hand-washing and have to be thrown away. Wooden utensils are inferior to metal in every way.
.@@randomoneforstuff3696 Unfortunately , I have to disagree. I had cereal for breakfast and pasta for dinner. I found no difference between using a wooden spoon and a metal spoon. I have very sensitive lips and metal spoon often cause small cuts where my upper and lower lip join. The smooth edges of the wooden spoon were a blessing for me.
@@putul8963 may I suggest eating with a smaller spoon? 😂
Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of time when it comes to my lunch break. The wooden spoon (small or big, the ones that allow me to eat as fast as possible without fearing for my lips) works for me.
I loved being in the episode thank you so much Beryl!! I’m glad seeing people happy about the vast selection of plant-based dishes in Georgian cuisine. The soil and climate is amazing over here for agriculture because of geographical factors,we take advantage of that 💚💚
Georgian cuisine is Love, Georgian cuisine is Life!!!
Thank you very much, may you never lack joy and goodness
👋😊 Gamarjobat Beryl! OMG! Georgian Food… Yay!!! I am so pleased to see this episode and love the classic selection of dishes that Anna, Niko and Marianna suggested for you as an introduction. Even more pleased to see that you loved it. You’ll have to one day experience eating the cuisine in Sakartvelo at a traditional Supra. If you loved the takeout food I guarantee that you’ll love a Supra with Georgian people even more. It’s a truly wonderful experience of good friends, good food, endless toasting with good wine, leading to song and celebrating at the table for hours. ❤ Madlobt Beyl for this lovely episode. I hope you travel to Georgia/Sakartvelo 🇬🇪 one day. (P.S. Tkemali goes with Anything… beef, poultry, fish, potatoes… it’s like the Georgian equivalent of catsup. 😉👍)
Asha is the cutest copilot of this episode. ❤ Pickled cabbage adds so much to so many recipes!
Yesss I’m now in the camp
Of add pickled cabbage to everything
Everyone is excited about the puppy dog but I’m loving the stripey gray kitty too! Love all the fur babies 😻
I learned so much and got inspired to learn more! My friend traveled around Georgia and brought back a jar of the plum sauce. She said you could buy it everywhere and once I tasted it, I understood why. It was incredibly delicious! She also brought back churchkhela, which was really interesting and tasty too.
I traveled to Georgia last summer and was just blown away by the food! (And beauty of the country :) )So glad you did an episode, it deserves all the hype!
I'm most of the way through and Asha is being sooooo good! There's food right in front of her and she's not stealing any! What a sweet co-host! 😊❤
I love Georgian food! One of my favorite dishes is Badrijani which is eggplant rolls filled with walnut and garlic
I have never tried Georgian food, and I'm totally going to have to try it. I know we have an Uzbek restaurant here that has a few Georgian specialties, but I really would love to try many more of these dishes. I love walnut, pickles and every vegetable, so this is right up my alley. Also, Anna's cat sleeping on the radiator is adorable.
Yeah, there are no Georgian restaurants near me, but there are Uzbek, Russian and Ukrainian restaurants that almost make some Georgian dishes, mostly khatchapuri, but I have seen the pomegranate pork dish on a menu before.
I just went on google to find where there are restaurants near me, sadly I could only find 1 but the reviews are great. This will be our next restaurant to try.
Loved this so much Beryl. I'm a vegetarian from India and just like you, didn't expect to see much apart from meat and cheese but this had me so pleasantly surprised. Those dips look really good! The bread looked like a cheese naan and lobio made me laugh because there's a bean in India that we call 'Lobia'. I wonder if there's a culinary connection somewhere...
There might be. Georgian has a lot of loanwords from different languages and I have noticed some similarities. For example the Georgian word for bread is "puri". So maybe "pani puri" is related to it since it is also a kind of bread?
@@george-and-gracie7996 That is so interesting! I googled this and couldn't find much. Apparently they're a completely different linguistic family, unrelated to other Indo-European languages. But Puri!!!
@@miayana2539 Exactly, it is a kartvelian language. But it e.g. has a lot of russian and persian words. I spotted even a German one: Butterbrodi (at last that word is used in my family)! :D The world is so interconncted!
There is an obvious historical cuisine connection between India and Georgia through Persian Empire. Same style of dips, a lot of fenugreek and saffron, flatbreads, young cheese and, I presume, authentic Georgian cuisine is also rather spicy. Even differences are telling, for example, georgians substituted tamarind with sour plums and used crushed unripe walnuts as a neutral carb base instead of rice.
@@george-and-gracie7996we also have an Indian bread called puri which is deep fried - normally eat it on special occasions in the North
Made a reservation immediately and ate at Chama Mama last night. One of the most tasty and surprising meals I've had in a long time.
This episode is the best! I’ve been a fan for a long time, and I’ve lived in Georgia for 15 years, so I’m thrilled to see you cover this amazing cuisine. And I’m glad you liked everything. They did a great job helping you order. Things to put on your list for the future: lobiani (bread like the cheese bread, but stuffed with those wonderful beans), chikhirtma (think egg drop soup with a Georgian flavor profile), stewed oyster mushrooms with herbs, and pan roasted quail with blackberry sauce. ❤❤❤
What time of the year would you recommend visiting Georgia, please?
🐺🇬🇪🐺🇬🇪🐺🇬🇪შემოდგომაა განსაკუთრებული საქართველოში რადგან, ბევრ რამეს დააგემოვნებთ ამ დროს ყველაფერი უკვე და ინავებულია ბეღელსა და საწყობებში .@@baansiin
Best co-host ever ❤️ 🐾 this was a fantastically mouthwatering episode. At one of my international dinners we chose Georgian. None of us had ever had it but all the dishes were delicious, fun hearing you describe the flavors so well. Truly special combinations in this cuisine and everything pairs so well together. We even made pelamushi from our home grown grapes. Thanks for such an inspiring video!
I love watching your videos. I have been interested in Georgia since finding the photography of Natela Grigalashvili. This episode makes me want to visit Georgia. And I envy you having such an adorable dining companion
this is the first time you've tried a cuisine I haven't eaten before, and it all looks SO delicious! Now I'm looking for the nearest Georgian restaurant haha
Lobio has been in my soup rotation for years, I love all the fresh herbs and walnuts in Georgian food.
Asha is the absolute cutest! Please feature her more, what an angel! 🥰
We ate in a Georgian restaurant last year in Krakow, and the veggie options were great, we had the Pkhali and Adjapsandali, an amazing salad and spinach dumplings and orange wine. It was a wonderful experience :) I'm still thinking about that walnut dip!
I have a very dear friend born and raised in Georgia and I've tasted so many delicious dishes thanks to him!
My favourite are boiled khinkali (meat soup dumplings) and badrijani nigvzit (fried eggplant rolls with garlicky walnut and pomegranate dip as a filling). 🥰
I have traveled to more than 70 countries, and Georgian food is my top 5. It is also one of the most diverse in terms of flavors.
Beryl you are pure sunshine. I haven't watched a video of yours in such a long time. These must take you *so* long to create! Thank you for introducing me to Georgian food; something I never even paid mind to.
Yessss i hope you try it it’s soooo special!!
As somebody who had no idea about Georgian cuisine, I appreciate this episode so much! Thank you Beryl and to all the guests. 🌼
10:54 Georgian plum sauce! I can't help but reminisce about my visit to Georgia. The flavor of the sauce is simply irresistible. It pairs perfectly too with their delicious sausages. Yum yum!
I went to Georgia about 5 years ago. The food there was absolutely incredible.
Thank you for this amazing review. It feels great to hear people enjoying and appreciating the Georgian cousin!
The food looks delicious. Your sweet doggie...What a good girl!❤
LOVE Georgian food! In the 90s there was a restaurant in Seattle called Pirosmani's, and I've missed it (and Georgian food) ever since. Among the most sophisticated cuisines in the world! ❤
Pirosmani is probably the most common name for Georgian restaurants outside of Georgia. The modernist, naivist painter Pirosmani (Niko Pirosmanašvili) is probably the best known Georgian abroad - if not counting Ioseb Džugašvili, better known as Josif Stalin.
@@b6983832შენც ოსი ხაარ ? აშუ ხაჟარმა სპარსეთში !
I literally just moved back to Sweden two days ago after spending 6 months in Georgia! This episode made me very happy :) although I need a little hiatus from Georgian food, I know I will start missing it very soon, especially shoti, the best bread eveeeer. Thank you for this episode!
I know it's more a dish focused channel, but I'd like to share a spice mixes that is the flavour: khmeli-suneli. Try to find it in some stores and cook anything (savoury) with it - death from enjoyment.
Loving this episode!! There's a Georgian restaurant around the corner from my office, but I've only been once, and the staff recommended I have the lula kebab. Thankfully, I've confirmed they have lobio on the menu, so I'll have to go again soon!
Yes!!! This makes me so happy to read I Love that it’s inspired you!
Yay Beryl ❤ so happy you liked my homeland’s gastronomy ❤ love your videos and I got so happy with this one!! Glad to see lobio and phxali, they don’t get the recognition they deserve!! Lavashi bread it’s the best!! Lots of love from a Georgian kiwi family living in Berlin ❤
I have had dinner at Chama Mama many times,so we have tried most of the menu,and throughly enjoyed the Georgian food,favorites include the pickled salad,the soft creamy grits,the veg/walnut appetizer,all the bread cheese dishes,the assorted desert plate which has palimushi,and honey cake.There is a Kosher Georgian restaurant in Rego Park,Queens,called Marani.
I’m not sure I’ve ever thought about Georgian food before, but you now have me obsessively looking for recipes and restaurants. I appreciate all you do to introduce people to food and art we may not have otherwise experienced.
Speaking of art, what is that beautiful painting behind you in this episode?
Wow, what a great episode ! Asha’s so cute !! 🥰🥰
Yay!!! This video makes me so happy. Such an underrated country and cuisine
Pkhali is one of my favourite Georgian dishes to make at home, it is simple, nutritious and so so so good!
This channel is perfect for unwinding. Comfort food for the soul
What a great episode! Every dish was new to me, and now I want to try them ALL
I really enjoyed this episodio and I am taking note because in my radio program and going to talk about Georgian food.
As I live in Argentina I have no more remedy than to cook myself georgian food.
There is a Georgian restaurant here in Madrid Ive walked past a billion times. I'm going to have to try it!!
I'm obsessed with Georgian food, so thanks to the Georgian experts for their explanations. And les Parisiens...any recommendations for Georgian food in Paris? Also that little dog!
Wow this is the first episode where I was extremely excited to someday try everything. I am looking up Georgian restaurants today thank you
Oh, you need to share with your doggie. She is so polite and deserves to have a good taste of all the delicious foods! She's such a doll! ❤
It’s so interesting what that girl said that in Georgia orthodox Christians observe the lent with vegetarian food, we do with vegan (also an Eastern orthodox country), no animal products at all.
It is vegan in Georgia too, she did say vegetarian, but that's incorrect, in Georgia you usually have vegetables, Lobio, or Lobiani which is kind of a pastry where you put Lobio inside, but in that case it is more like a paste rather than a stew. And on some days I think you're allowed to have fish also, not sure if that's considered vegetarian or not.
@@godnimrod No, fish iis considered meat but it’s only allowed on certain days during the lent🙂 Thanks for the explanation
Veganism is a western ideology that requires that no products of animal origin are used fot any purpose - including things like wearing leather shoes or taking pictures on film (film contains gelatin). This has nothing to do with Orthodox lent, where in some areas, even olive oil is prohibited for some days during the lent. It is not completely true to say people 'go vegan" during the lent, as the rules are much more complex, and there are big differences between different Orthodox churches in different countries in traditions.
I'm so happy you gave her a taste of cheesy bread! I was literally thinking "I hope she gives the baby a bite" and you did! Haha
She's so stinking cute and this is one of my fav episodes of yours cause she's there XD
I love your channel and can't wait to see what comes next!
I love Beryl's expressions. She really makes the food look interesting and tasty when she enjoys it. The dishes really makes me wish there was a Georgian resturant serving such food in Hawaii.
I love georgian cuisine! Tbilisi is amazing 😻 it a must to visit and the food is gorgeous!!!!
definitly a Greek vibe, which is always a good thing. Thanks for letting pup share the screen today, so sweet and well behaved. Good dog!!
i went to georgia last october, it was beautiful, the people are nice, the food is good, what else do you want, greetings from austria
There is an amazing Georgian restaurant in Munich, I had some lamb stew with white wine and mirabelle plums in it and it was a true revelation. SO good!
I thought mungbang was a weird concept but you absolutely make it work. I started following you WAY before I ever heard about mungbang. I only just now realize that this is actually what your channel is.
My work colleague comes from Georgia and she discovered me georgians food and I am sooo happy, it is delicious!
Googling Georgian pickled cabbage recipes now !!!
I love watching your channel and learning about different cuisines all over the world. Especially since I won't ever be able to try most of them myself.
THANK YOU for sharing with us 💞
You can marinate many veggies! Pickles - is just the beginning. Cabage.. cauliflower.. green (raw) tomato, red tomato (not cherry type, but small, not very juicy ones), green peppers (the spicy ones)..
My absolute favorite is pickled garlic 🥹❤️
Yes!! I went to Chama Mama while I was visiting NYC last winter. It was my first time trying Georgian food, and it was incredible!
Hiya Beryl! Thank you for being the Catalyst for many Epicurean Adventures! We were hooked by how unusual the dishes were usuing ztuff that was in our kitchen.
This is easily becoming my favorite food channel . You do such an excellent job of showing off all sorts of worldwide cuisine. It just makes me want to travel more!
Hooray for Georgian food! The best unexpected business trip of my life was a trip to Tblisi.
Vegetarian food and very cute Niko make me want to visit Georgia even more! Great video, Asha is the best-
Georgian cuisine is very popular in Ukraine, couse of that rich flavors of everything. My favorite dish is garlick chicken in creamy souse. Its the best chicken I've ever tasted, because of how well everything is balanced together
I appreciate this video so much! We have a Georgian restaurant about 10 mins from us we haven't tried yet...definitely going to order some of the dishes you've featured and finally give them a try!
Have you tried them yet? 👀
The plum sauce can be made with both unripe and ripe plums!
How is your dog so WELL behaved 🥰
Seriously, that dog stole my heart. I’m obsessed with that fabulous beast.
Hahaha
Thank you for putting spotlight on Georgian food!!! Imeruli Chaczapuri is my favourite - I miss it soooo much, can’t buy it where I live now, but still remember warm breads I used to buy back when I lived in Warsaw, on my way back from work.
Man, I’m hungry now…
oh myyyy soo happy to see Georgia in your videos, been following you for a few years now! I think you will enjoy it as it has similarity for me with Indian food in terms of comfort and variety of spices used and etc. Pkhali is so unique whenever Im asked about Georgian food I talk a lot about Pkhali)))
In terms of meet. Georgia historically did not have as much meet as we have now so there are a lot of veggie options in our cuisine compared to other neighboring countries which also has influenced our cuisine.
Great job with recommendations guys, I’m a proud Georgian)))) 🇬🇪
Kharcho (traditionally beef one) is great with Elarji (cheesy grits/polenta) and it’s usually spicy as it’s from Samegrelo, region in Georgia that is famous for their spicy food.
Oh my God! This episode made me hungry! Also reminded me of some similar Bulgarian dishes!
Your little partner was the highlight for me in the video! What soulful eyes! What breed is she? Wow never knew Georgia had so many veggie options. Will definitely explore the Georgian cuisine. Thanks for the VLOG they are always informative & entertaining for a foodie like me.
The puppy and Anna's kitten are the best thing in this video 😍
Thank you for acknowledging our country's amazing cuisine
Such a unique cuisine!! It's such a surprising mix of ingredients and techniques. Really shows it's geography, but such blends of cultures and climates and trade routes.
There is a good Georgian restaurant, and a chain which is not so good here in Kaunas. Lithuania. The main difference is that the chain sells dishes known to everybody since the Soviet times, while the better restaurant does not claim to be just Georgian, but they are specialized in Kartvelian food. And it is authentic. The regional differences are so big in Georgia.
I have watched many different videos about Georgian food, but I think none of them get our kitchen as this one. Thank you all.
PLEASE have Asha in more videos 🙂 Looking at those adorable eyes looking at you while you ate the food was priceless.!
Love love love Georgian food. And they have excellent wine too.
I loved the added tention through Asha and how you did not aknowledge het begging gesture. My doggy is very similar in looks and demenour.
Thanks Beryl for trying our food! This made me happy and emotional ❤
I love your little filming partner! 😊
because of the war in Ukraine there is now a Georgian restaurant in my city (Bucharest, capital of Romania). this video is an amazing list of tips on what to try next -- other than kachapuri and hinkali
I need to find a Georgian restaurant, STAT!!! OMG, that all sounds absolutely _amazing!_
Khachapurri is what we called heart attack on a plate. Lol. I love Georgian food. Lived there for 6 years and I miss it. My faves are the garlic chicken shkmeruli and mtsvadi. I also love their tremali and the grilled eggplant with walnut paste.