When filming in Balkans feel free to speak up especially in Bosnia. We are very loud people. When I came to US in the 90's as a refugee I was still in High school and there were many other Bosnians there so during English class the teacher would always tell everyone to keep quiet but not us Bosnians and when the others complained why she doesn't tell us to keep quiet she just told them "they can't help it, they are Bosnian!"
@@IfWeGoTo Yes I still live in the US I was only 16 when I came here. I just turned 42 so this has been my home for quite a while. I am a US citizen now.
What i noticed here in Europe, is that Americans are actually pretty loud… But it depends in what part of Europe, in Western Europe Americans are a bit loud, but not the loudest… in Balkans you don’t notice that Americans are loud at all…
Great videos! One thing I might add regarding the traditional drinking of Bosnian coffee. How we usually drink it is, if it's for more people, you stir the top (foam - we also call it kajmak :D) and spread the foam evenly to the cups - you do it first for the guests. You don't stir the bottom because you don't want to mix the coffee grounds (toz - should stay at the bottom of džezva), which causes bitterness. The thing about the sugar cube - usually we don't drop the whole cube in the coffee (if you want to put sugar in the coffee you can put the crystal one). We take the cube and dip an edge of it in the coffee (which makes the cube softer - so you don't break your teeth) and then bite a bit of it and then take a sip of coffee and so on. Drinking coffee is a social thing, so be sure not to drink it too fast. All the best in future adventures!
Thank you so much! Very happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for the extra tips on the coffee, when we go back we will have to find a traditional version!! That foamy part is the best! And we had no idea with the sugar cube, we'll try that next time too!! Thanks again!! :D
Come to my house for real traditional bosnian /Sarajevo food. In my house is always freshly made from scratch. My fellow American friends are telling me when they come over for dinner that they eat so many different food dishes only on Thanksgiving and in my house is every day Thanksgiving, that's what they say. Lol Pita from scratch, home made bread, beans soup or we call it Grah, dolme all kinds and of course baklava, tufahija, hormasice etc. Welcome
Glad that you've came to Bosnia , feel free to come again! ☺ Tip: eat with hands , no forks , spoons and knives unless its a soup or something! It tastes better!
Your videos are always so well done. But your food videos are the best! We sat here getting so hungry watching this. Everything looked so delicious. Thanks for sharing this with us!
The bean "soup" is pasulj. You also have to try kljukuša or glavuša, but im not sure if you can get that in a restaurant. The "cream cheese" is kajmak. I miss bosnian food. Its so good. Dont forget potato burek and roast lamb.
the videos you share are very good, make the hearts of viewers not bored. to visit your channel and useful tutorials. thank you for sharing the tips..👍👍👍💙💚👍👍💜
Burek or pita isn't exactly an Ottoman dish tho. Even Turks call it a "Bosnian burek" because it isnt the same dish as in Turkey. It has some Ottoman influence but it's mostly pre-ottoman in origin. Pitas or dough based dishes were present from middle ages in the Balkans. Ps: i must also mention that Balkan immigrants in 19th and 20th century carried over some of the Balkan dishes to Turkey. For example "Inegöl köfte" are actually a Bosnian ćevapi carried over to Turkey. So the exchange goes both ways
Oh awesome!! We read online that it was, but an exchange makes total sense too, things tend to move both ways. Thanks for the extra info on it!! Always wanting to learn more!! :D
I love your videos on Sarajevo. As a Guyanese I have a strong sense of 'connection' to the city, I don't know how to explain that feeling. And I have never been there before! Anyway keep it up, looking forward to seeing more of the Balkans. Have you done videos in Croatia?
Thank you so much, so happy to hear you enjoyed them! We have a couple from Dubrovnik, but got sick when we visited so they were pretty limited! Hoping to make it back to the balkans this summer, we’ve been trying to travel around that region for years, but something always comes up and pulls us out!
I loved your video. You are very thorough and meticulous. Your reviews are valid because you give your honest options. Overall, I appreciate you visiting my country. I think that viewers will want to visit Sarajevo after watching your channel. Fun fact, Klepe is pronounced with stress on first syllable and Tufahije on second. Cheers!!!
Thank you so much, we’re really happy you enjoyed the video!! And we appreciate your warm welcome to your country, the people are really what makes Bosnia so great! Hope we make it back someday soon! :) And thank you for the pointers on the pronunciation!! I knew there was no way we had it all correct! 😂
9:00 Yes some call it sarma but actually when it's rolled in green blades, it's called Japrak. When rolled in blades of sauerkraut, then it's sarma :). Anyway, happy to see you enjoyed the city.
@@IfWeGoTo you two give class to the vlog ,as I mentioned the way you speak and the sound of your voices is very sodoing .Some bloggers have irritating voices!
@@sheherezad9 Aww you're so nice!! I understand what you mean though, some can be very enthusiastic, which is good, but can come off strongly on camera! We definitely try to keep it a more relaxing experience so I'm happy to hear it is achieving that!!
Sour cream with almost everything is very slavic culture. Also, burek is everywhere, but real authentic bosnian “pita” is much nicer imo as the pastry is softer and not chewy or crunchy like burek!
We are in Phuket right now and saw пельмени for sale at a tourist restaurant. I really like them but was afraid what the Thai version of sour cream might taste like. Also thanks for the info on burek types. On our next trip to BiH we will be sure to look for both types.
Burek is pita and pita is burek hahah there is diferend kind of pita whith chese whith spenage and sheese whith potatos but the one whith meat is caled burek rest is pita with cheze or spenage
Grah is food we were warned we’d have to eat if we were naughty as little kids. Hated it. Probably because it looks yuk and beans are heavy and kids hate ugly looking and heavy food. But absolutely love it now especially in winter 😂
I am so glad you visited my birth town. I was only 21 when war started and had to leave my Sarajevo to save my little brother and pregnant sister. I live in Chicago for the last 23 years and I am so glad to see my city at least like this. Your videos reminded me of the childhood and my young adulthood. I have not been back there yet but planing to go maybe next year. My both kids never saw Sarajevo and now they are grown up and will go on their own. BTW the cheese spread on cevapi is called KAJMAK. It is made from the milk cluster and my favorite. I try to make it here in US but it's not the same. Thank you again for visiting my country for me the prettiest in the world and I have traveled all over but still thinking so many cultures in one place you don't see very often. Visit again and this time maybe to Adriatic coast ♥️😘
Ah I was wondering what that cheese spread was called. Also we agree Bosnia and Herzegovina is a beautiful country. The mountains around are really something special. Also we did go to the Adriatic, we have a much less popular video about Croatia haha
@IfWeGoTo of course, Bosnian people are very vocal and they appreciate every guest that comes to our beautiful country ❤️. I miss it so much but hoping will visit one day. You guys walked me trough my childhood a little bit when I was watching your videos. Also I am making kajmak today and if you need to know how to make let me know and I will be more then happy to share that with you and it is so easy to make. Best regards from Chicago ❤️😘
Next time when you visit Sarajevo, you should visit a Ilidza and Vrelo Bosne parks, and amazing part pf Ilidza (Ilidza eye- Ilidzansko oko) to see all that greens and walk near Željeznica river and enjoy too. I like so much your videos about my city, thank you for all this great videos.
Oh that sounds lovely, thank you so much for your recommendations! Next time we will definitely need to visit those parks!! We really want to visit again!
There is one thing;Cevapi,most people eat without fork.Yap ,with hand.Onother thing Bascarsija is full of ascinica.Every year I go to one acros across the street of motel:Noble:Veri good spinach pie and everything else.Ascinica Hadzibajric also.
Sviđa mi se što bih nudi tradicijonalna svoja jela. Grah nas je u glavnom odhranijo a meso je bilo rijetkost. Možda 5x godišnje. Zato je naš korijen siromašan ali čvrst. A i gosti su 10
When I see the prices it seems the same as in Germany etc, But I know a man from Bosnia who said that a 500gram steak in a restaurant is just 10 Euros.
I’m sure it just depends on where you go!! There are cheaper and pricier places everywhere! :) When we visited Germany, we definitely felt like it was fairly affordable (at least compared to the USA lol)!
@@IfWeGoToSure but this guy told me that in a nice restaurant. That's relative 😊Right about Germany,I found Germany cheaper too in comparison to Switzerland where I live
Postovani hrana u super marketima u Bosni i Hercegovini tj u Sarajevu su veče nego u Njemavkim supermaketima,a restorani i njihova cjena isto skuplje u Sarazevu😊
Bosnia jayanya pertama kali indonesia berdirikan sebuah masjid oleh presiden suharto RI di negara bosnia.. Melambangkan damainya umat muslim berdiri.. Salam saya dari rakyat indonesia... ❤❤❤❤❤
Looks good, made me hungry. Sarma is also of Ottoman origin. Sarma comes from the Turkish verb 'sarmak' which means to wrap. Dolma comes from the verb 'dolmak' which means to stuff. Kaymak is clotted cream which is of Turkic origin. Bosnians were never under Arab rule, so even if some dishes may have names with words that have Arabic roots, they actually came via Ottoman Turks who ruled for centuries over not just the Balkans (up to Austria in the West even) but also the Middle East and North Africa and incorporated many Arab words in the Turkified version which Bosnians use too.
It was all delicious!! Thank you very much for sharing more about the foods!! Part of the reason we love making these videos is because people like yourself take the time to help us learn more! :)
I loved how knowlegeable you are about our food. You didn't like the pitas, so I have to defend them! It depends a lot where you eat them. Home-made pita, which is the real thing, is a completely different story, it's not easy to make because the dough is supposed to be extremely thin so it easily breaks. What you had is the fast food version with ready-made dough which is thick and dry, so they bathe it in oil. About the coffee, again, it's different when you have it in coffe shops. I'd say they prepare it carelessly, and I saw in your video how grainy it is. That's not preferrable at all. About the cevapi, there are 3 main types of cevapi in Bosnia. In Sarajevo they cut the onion in small pieces and put it in water overnight. Eww. It should be a fresh onion, served on the side in slices so you can pick it up with your hand. Cevapi are a finger food, so I don't respect the Sarajevo kind of cevapi (even though I'm from Sarajevo). And the meat recipe varies too. Beans are life. Our desserts are rubbish. Thanks for visiting, and sharing.
Ahh thank you!! We did like some of the pitas, but totally understand what you mean!! Home made is probably delectable! Thank you for all of the tips, that's super cool to learn! When we head back to Bosnia we'll have to try some legitimate coffee and all of the Cevapi! Hahah it's funny you say you love beans too, everyone we asked in Bosnia said beans were their favorite dish!! As for desserts, we enjoyed what we tried but I'll take your word for it haha! Thanks again!!
Lol and as a bosnian I have to defend our desserts :) It all depends who makes them. My mom is a specialist when it comes to old traditional dessert. She uses just a fraction of the recommended sugar, no oil just good butter and always some lemon with it. For example, you could eat a whole bunch of baklava's and not feel too sugary at all, while it's impossible to even eat one when you buy them somewhere. I'm sorry but I think a tourist can't really judge the food of a place they visit. You have to go local, break into some homes and force them to feed you..jk
If you haven't noticed, we drink a lot of yoghurt here and I strongly recommend you do too when you eat bosnian food. It's bcs our food is mostly meaty and greasy and yoghurt binds fat. Your stomach will thank you And I have to add.. I hate that thing they sell as "bosnian coffee". Nobody drinks it like that! That thing is like mud with hot water 🤮 I feel sorry for tourist's
Ahh that makes a lot of sense!! Next time we'll be sure to order more of those Ayran drinks!! hahah. We did have them right when we arrived, but didn't really think about it cutting up the fats. Hahaha, yeah, Turkish/Bosnian coffee isn't my (Brandi) favorite either.. gotta be a good cappuccino or latte!! (Alan loves the gritty mud-water though!! lol) What do you normally get in town?
Really high quality video content. I enjoyed watching and I wish you to come back to my country as soon as possible and enjoy even more next time. I am interested in whether you had any preconceived notions about Bosnia and Herzegovina before you visited it. What opinion did you get about her through the media? And yes, one interesting fact. All tourists who come to Bosnia and Herzegovina praise our citizens for being cheerful, kind, open, hospitable and that is really true. We are good to "foreigners", but we are very bad to ourselves. Unfortunately, our people do not take much care of the environment, infrastructure, and the laws have yet to be harmonized with the laws of the European Union. Unfortunately, you are a big drawback for us, even though we are declared as the cleanest nation in Europe. 😇😁♥️
Thank you so much!! We definitely want to come back one day, would love to see more of your country! It is beautiful! For preconceived notions, not for us really. You learn about it a little bit in school (the former Yugoslavia, the war, etc), but I feel like in America they really focus on American news/history and elsewhere is minimal. It’s sad really. And yes, Bosnians were amazing to us! But it’s sad to hear it doesn’t carry over to your own people too, but I’m sure that will continue to improve with the integration into the EU? Or do you not think?
@@IfWeGoTo Look. After the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina was all destroyed, stolen. Today, after almost 30 years, many reforms have been carried out, society is slowly integrating into the European Union, but again there is a lot of work ahead of us. This year, we banned the construction of mini hydropower plants. The first in Europe and that is a good example, but at the same time, due to political reasons, the European Union did not give us candidate status for membership negotiations and now we have to wait for the elections to pass, for a new government to be formed, and only then will we get it. So, we are just wasting our time, and the citizens have no more time, they spend their whole life waiting, and that is why they leave. It is especially difficult now, due to Russia's aggression against Ukraine and inflation in Europe. But I am optimistic, it will certainly be better from next year, when we should become a full member of the NATO alliance and when we will open negotiations with the EU. Sarajevo is currently experiencing a boom. A new railway is being built, new battery-powered trolleybuses have arrived, new trams are coming soon, pregnant women receive 500 euros per month, public transport is cheaper than in August, demolished facades are being restored, the construction of a wind farm in Sarajevo will soon begin, and maybe we will become the host city again of the Winter Olympics in 2030, if Barcelona wins the hosting. Namely, since they do not have the conditions, part of the games would be transferred to Sarajevo. All in all, the next 10 years will be years of reform for Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦📈📊🤗
@@bhspotter6967 I wish you all the best and hopefully the issues in Ukraine will help world leaders realize that faster integration into the EU is so important for countries and the people! Looking forward to seeing your country reform and develop. It is really a wonderful place, you all deserve that!!
I like the place, as a us citizen, do they ask you once I arrive to bosnia where I work and my income, or just my us passport and plane ticket and hotel where I am staying, as a us citizen can I go from sarajevo to belgrade serbia back and forth in one day in the plane
As US citizens we were not asked any of these questions, but we did not previously visit Serbia. They may ask you a couple more questions on return, but I don't see why as a US citizen they wouldn't allow a day trip to Serbia.
@@jorgeurbano7881 I have not been to Canada, so I am not sure, but I don't recall the customs in Bosnia even asking us any questions! It should probably be very straightforward. :)
@@grrlandi7180 If you sent us an example of correct pronunciation (maybe another youtube link?) it would be appreciated, but regardless please do realize that the world has thousands of languages and even more accents.. many also have sounds that are hard for people of other tongues to pronounce. I think you're being a bit harsh on us for a simple difference in accent/pronunciation... I'd be willing to bet you'd have a hard time with some American English pronunciations too.... and even then there are so many accents/dialects you'd be pronouncing it "wrong" to someone....
What is it with you people correcting their pronunciation, they said it right. I'm Bosnian and trust me you guys pronounced 95% of the stuff much better than any other foreign UA-cam traveler I've seen here, so please don't mind the folks who are nitpicking every letter out there.
Ahh thank you!! We do try to research a bit when we visit places, but it’s definitely hard as tourists to get it all right!! We appreciate that you can see that!! 😃
It’s all identical to Turkish food (I spent 9 years in Istanbul) minus the Turkish vegetable dishes and their healthy breakfast. Can’t see any Mediterranean influences here. Not great for those of us who don’t eat red meat and very heavy. I’m on my way to Sarajevo from Belgrade in a few days, but will make sure I have access to a kitchen, so that I can make salads etc!
There are definitely similarities but we found the two to be quite different!! I agree that it’s super meat heavy cuisine. Even in dishes we didn’t expect meat (like bean soup) we discovered it. There are some vegetarian options at some restaurants though! A kitchen is a good call, the local markets are great! :)
We just have calmer personalities and are a bit more camera nervous. Unfortunately the camera is known to drain energy and people have to really pump that up and act… and that’s just not us. A lot of people read this as being bored or unenthusiastic, because they’re comparing it to people who do that… we don’t want to be putting in fake energy, yelling, and wildly gesturing at a camera. Not our thing. Hope you enjoyed anyways! 🤗
اقسم بالله العظيم انا استطيع فهم المواطن الأوروبى وانا قاعد فى بيتى لم اتحرك هنا او هناك ولا استطيع فهم المواطن العربى أو ابن حتتى اللى ساكن معى فى نفس الشارع أو الحارة أو العمارة !!!؟؟؟ لان الاوروبى تفكيره مبنى على منطق عقلانى تستطيع ان تتفق او تختلف معه باساليب عقلانية وحسابية مباشرة والعربى حياته فى الاغلب الاعم مبنية على التنافس ( عمال على بطال له فى الشئ او ليس له فيه اصلا ) حب الرئاسة والغلب الغيرة الحقد الحسد ادعاء التدين واقحام الدين فى كل شئ ( واللى تغلب به العب به ) قليل جدا من العمل اقل القليل من التخطيط والفكر العلمى I can swear of my God I can understand the uorpian national man more than Arabic man instead off Iam not moving from my home because uoropian man thought by scintific method but Arabic man his thought by bad sense hating or any complex sense not by logic or strate line ?????
Never ever eat čevapi with a fork it is assaulting for balkan cousin and do Not cut them in half. Cevap is more than food in Balkan. It is a holy tradition.
If you really want to make a good post about any country don't Americanize names of food or call it names you think they are right. "Cheese" you mentioned is far from Philadelphia cheese as Sarajevo is far from Philadelphia, it's called kajmak. You did not eat sarma, that was japrak. Burek pie is meat pie only, all others have different names according to filling. Beans are called grah or pasulj. Learn local names before trying to make serious video. I was born in Sarajevo and immensely proud of it.
@@gigimanjo this was made years ago when the only people who watched our videos were our American friends and family. Please don’t take it personally. It’s normal to draw comparisons to the things you do know… plus you wont learn without going and experiencing it. Kindly giving corrections here helps us learn even more. Discouraging people from trying? Well maybe they will never learn then. If you’re proud of it, help people learn with kindness.
Nah. We tend to be pretty honest. 😂 We genuinely did enjoy the food in Bosnia. I mean we won’t say, “ugh no, that’s the worst thing we’ve ever eaten, that’s disgusting”, cause we don’t want to be rude and commenters get suuuper mean if you’re too critical, but we will simply say: “that’s off”, “it’s ok” or “that’s not my thing, I don’t like it” 😂
You dont eat corba stuw strait out of the pot haha crazy only reasson its in a pot its for presentation not to eat from it you pour it in a deep plate 😂😂😂😂😂
When filming in Balkans feel free to speak up especially in Bosnia. We are very loud people. When I came to US in the 90's as a refugee I was still in High school and there were many other Bosnians there so during English class the teacher would always tell everyone to keep quiet but not us Bosnians and when the others complained why she doesn't tell us to keep quiet she just told them "they can't help it, they are Bosnian!"
hahha thank you!! Yes I noticed people were very outgoing and friendly in Bosnia! Appreciate the tips for next time! Are you still in the US?
@@IfWeGoTo Yes I still live in the US I was only 16 when I came here. I just turned 42 so this has been my home for quite a while. I am a US citizen now.
@@Aboleo80 I hope the US has been treating you well!!!
@@IfWeGoTo It has! Thank you! 🙂
What i noticed here in Europe, is that Americans are actually pretty loud… But it depends in what part of Europe, in Western Europe Americans are a bit loud, but not the loudest… in Balkans you don’t notice that Americans are loud at all…
As a Pakistani I fully support love and respect Bosnia and Herzegovina and it's beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂
Thank you so much! Bosnia is a great country! Hopefully we can visit Pakistan one day too!
Bosnia loves and respects Pakistan too!!
Pakistan ❤
Great videos!
One thing I might add regarding the traditional drinking of Bosnian coffee. How we usually drink it is, if it's for more people, you stir the top (foam - we also call it kajmak :D) and spread the foam evenly to the cups - you do it first for the guests. You don't stir the bottom because you don't want to mix the coffee grounds (toz - should stay at the bottom of džezva), which causes bitterness. The thing about the sugar cube - usually we don't drop the whole cube in the coffee (if you want to put sugar in the coffee you can put the crystal one). We take the cube and dip an edge of it in the coffee (which makes the cube softer - so you don't break your teeth) and then bite a bit of it and then take a sip of coffee and so on. Drinking coffee is a social thing, so be sure not to drink it too fast.
All the best in future adventures!
Thank you so much! Very happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for the extra tips on the coffee, when we go back we will have to find a traditional version!! That foamy part is the best!
And we had no idea with the sugar cube, we'll try that next time too!!
Thanks again!! :D
Adventure is ceif.E to Ne mozes prevesti.😂
I’m drooling over this video. I’m so hungry!!
This one was exceptionally fun to make!! One of these days you’ll have to come with us on a food adventure! Lol
Come to my house for real traditional bosnian /Sarajevo food. In my house is always freshly made from scratch. My fellow American friends are telling me when they come over for dinner that they eat so many different food dishes only on Thanksgiving and in my house is every day Thanksgiving, that's what they say. Lol
Pita from scratch, home made bread, beans soup or we call it Grah, dolme all kinds and of course baklava, tufahija, hormasice etc. Welcome
Glad that you've came to Bosnia , feel free to come again! ☺
Tip: eat with hands , no forks , spoons and knives unless its a soup or something! It tastes better!
Thank you!! We absolutely loved Bosnia, we hope we get to visit again soon!
Next time we will definitely try it with our hands!!
Well this is my favorite video to date, omg! Looks absolutely amazing!
Thanks Jeremy!! Glad you liked it!!
Your videos are always so well done. But your food videos are the best! We sat here getting so hungry watching this. Everything looked so delicious. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Ahh thank you so much!!! I think food is our fav too!! Haha but who doesn’t love food 😂
The bean "soup" is pasulj. You also have to try kljukuša or glavuša, but im not sure if you can get that in a restaurant. The "cream cheese" is kajmak. I miss bosnian food. Its so good. Dont forget potato burek and roast lamb.
Oh thank you so much for your recommendations!! Next time we visit we will be on the look out!!
Another great viedo guys love it !!
Thank you!! Really happy you enjoyed it!!! 😃
Cevapi is the best food omg.Thabk you for visiting my country.
It is delicious!! I crave it sometimes!! hahah.
Thank you for your warm welcome! Hope to visit again soon! :)
Next time got burek it's the best Bosnian food.Hello from USA
Will do!! Thank you! :D
Where in the USA are you??
@@IfWeGoTo Chicago
@@SadinaMahmutovic oh nice!! Do you like it? I hope it treats you well. :)
the videos you share are very good, make the hearts of viewers not bored. to visit your channel and useful tutorials. thank you for sharing the tips..👍👍👍💙💚👍👍💜
Aww thank you very much! We are very very happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, it means a lot to us!
Burek or pita isn't exactly an Ottoman dish tho. Even Turks call it a "Bosnian burek" because it isnt the same dish as in Turkey. It has some Ottoman influence but it's mostly pre-ottoman in origin. Pitas or dough based dishes were present from middle ages in the Balkans.
Ps: i must also mention that Balkan immigrants in 19th and 20th century carried over some of the Balkan dishes to Turkey. For example "Inegöl köfte" are actually a Bosnian ćevapi carried over to Turkey. So the exchange goes both ways
Oh awesome!! We read online that it was, but an exchange makes total sense too, things tend to move both ways. Thanks for the extra info on it!! Always wanting to learn more!! :D
Wow I love the place and so delicious foods maam
Very happy you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
thank you for sharing the delicious food, the name of the places and most importantly the prices!!!!
Any time! Thanks so much for watching!! Are you planning a trip there?!
@@IfWeGoTo sorry late reply was travelling to Budapest. Yup we are going there tonight!! we hope we will have a great time there!!!
I love your videos on Sarajevo. As a Guyanese I have a strong sense of 'connection' to the city, I don't know how to explain that feeling. And I have never been there before! Anyway keep it up, looking forward to seeing more of the Balkans. Have you done videos in Croatia?
Thank you so much, so happy to hear you enjoyed them!
We have a couple from Dubrovnik, but got sick when we visited so they were pretty limited!
Hoping to make it back to the balkans this summer, we’ve been trying to travel around that region for years, but something always comes up and pulls us out!
I loved this video! Thanks so much for making such awesome content! Also, your thumb nail choice for this video looks great!
Happy you enjoyed it!! Thank you!
I loved your video. You are very thorough and meticulous. Your reviews are valid because you give your honest options. Overall, I appreciate you visiting my country. I think that viewers will want to visit Sarajevo after watching your channel. Fun fact, Klepe is pronounced with stress on first syllable and Tufahije on second. Cheers!!!
Thank you so much, we’re really happy you enjoyed the video!! And we appreciate your warm welcome to your country, the people are really what makes Bosnia so great! Hope we make it back someday soon! :)
And thank you for the pointers on the pronunciation!! I knew there was no way we had it all correct! 😂
Cevapi su im zaista najbolji
Tako dobro!! Da!
9:00 Yes some call it sarma but actually when it's rolled in green blades, it's called Japrak. When rolled in blades of sauerkraut, then it's sarma :). Anyway, happy to see you enjoyed the city.
Ohh thank you for the correction!! :D We loved Bosnia!
thank you guys for this lovely vlog
Thank you!! We're happy you enjoyed another one!! Hope you have a wonderful day! :D
@@IfWeGoTo you two give class to the vlog ,as I mentioned the way you speak and the sound of your voices is very sodoing .Some bloggers have irritating voices!
@@sheherezad9 Aww you're so nice!! I understand what you mean though, some can be very enthusiastic, which is good, but can come off strongly on camera! We definitely try to keep it a more relaxing experience so I'm happy to hear it is achieving that!!
Nema bolje klope nigdje ko kod nas dobro dosli 😁🇧🇦👍 ljepi pozz
Thank you very much!! we loved our visit!
U pravu si pozdrav iz Bijeljine kralju
Sour cream with almost everything is very slavic culture. Also, burek is everywhere, but real authentic bosnian “pita” is much nicer imo as the pastry is softer and not chewy or crunchy like burek!
We are in Phuket right now and saw пельмени for sale at a tourist restaurant. I really like them but was afraid what the Thai version of sour cream might taste like. Also thanks for the info on burek types. On our next trip to BiH we will be sure to look for both types.
Burek is pita and pita is burek hahah there is diferend kind of pita whith chese whith spenage and sheese whith potatos but the one whith meat is caled burek rest is pita with cheze or spenage
@@IfWeGoToits not sourcreem its a kajmak not sour att all 😂😂😂
Goshh watching this made me drool all over. OMG 🤤😍 Delicious food. Greetings from Sydney,Australia.
It was sooo good!! We love Sydney! You’re so lucky to live there!! Hope to visit again one day! :)
Thank you for visiting my city! :)
Thank you so much for your warm welcome! We love Sarajevo! Hope to visit again soon. 😊
Best food on the Balkans for sure, maybe the rest of the world but every country had good food too
It was so good!!! 🤤
Grah is food we were warned we’d have to eat if we were naughty as little kids. Hated it. Probably because it looks yuk and beans are heavy and kids hate ugly looking and heavy food. But absolutely love it now especially in winter 😂
Hahaha funny how kids everywhere don't like the good stuff when they are younger.
Nice vlogging guys 👍
Thank you!! Really happy you enjoyed it!!
I love ćevapi i burek
We loved the cevapi and have heard that we need to try homemade burek!!
@@IfWeGoTo homemad burek its best special with nettle mmmm
I just love when you call kajmak cream cheese.
It is offensive to me, but I love it!
Haha no offense intended. Sorry we’re just unaware tourists. 🙈
@@IfWeGoTo no offense taken!
I am so glad you visited my birth town. I was only 21 when war started and had to leave my Sarajevo to save my little brother and pregnant sister. I live in Chicago for the last 23 years and I am so glad to see my city at least like this. Your videos reminded me of the childhood and my young adulthood. I have not been back there yet but planing to go maybe next year. My both kids never saw Sarajevo and now they are grown up and will go on their own. BTW the cheese spread on cevapi is called KAJMAK. It is made from the milk cluster and my favorite. I try to make it here in US but it's not the same. Thank you again for visiting my country for me the prettiest in the world and I have traveled all over but still thinking so many cultures in one place you don't see very often. Visit again and this time maybe to Adriatic coast ♥️😘
Ah I was wondering what that cheese spread was called. Also we agree Bosnia and Herzegovina is a beautiful country. The mountains around are really something special. Also we did go to the Adriatic, we have a much less popular video about Croatia haha
@IfWeGoTo of course, Bosnian people are very vocal and they appreciate every guest that comes to our beautiful country ❤️. I miss it so much but hoping will visit one day. You guys walked me trough my childhood a little bit when I was watching your videos. Also I am making kajmak today and if you need to know how to make let me know and I will be more then happy to share that with you and it is so easy to make. Best regards from Chicago ❤️😘
البوسنة بلد جميل جدا أتمنى زيارته ان شاءالله
I nikada vlastitu decu nisi dovela u svoju zemlju medju svoj narod?
Next time when you visit Sarajevo, you should visit a Ilidza and Vrelo Bosne parks, and amazing part pf Ilidza (Ilidza eye- Ilidzansko oko) to see all that greens and walk near Željeznica river and enjoy too. I like so much your videos about my city, thank you for all this great videos.
Oh that sounds lovely, thank you so much for your recommendations! Next time we will definitely need to visit those parks!! We really want to visit again!
Hi do you recommend for us to change Bosnian mark in the airport? How’s the money exchange like
If you can try to use the ATM at the airport! They didn’t have an atm fee :)
There is one thing;Cevapi,most people eat without fork.Yap ,with hand.Onother thing Bascarsija is full of ascinica.Every year I go to one acros across the street of motel:Noble:Veri good spinach pie and everything else.Ascinica Hadzibajric also.
Thank you for sharing!!!
Sviđa mi se što bih nudi tradicijonalna svoja jela. Grah nas je u glavnom odhranijo a meso je bilo rijetkost. Možda 5x godišnje. Zato je naš korijen siromašan ali čvrst. A i gosti su 10
Thank you for introducing all the dishes to the rest of the world and showing people Bosnian food doesn’t just consist of Burek and Chevapi. 😊
Ahh thank you!! Bosnia has tons of amazing foods! Happy to share! :D
Sve super.....
You both look so cute 😍😍😍
Aww thank you!
When I see the prices it seems the same as in Germany etc, But I know a man from Bosnia who said that a 500gram steak in a restaurant is just 10 Euros.
I’m sure it just depends on where you go!! There are cheaper and pricier places everywhere! :)
When we visited Germany, we definitely felt like it was fairly affordable (at least compared to the USA lol)!
@@IfWeGoToSure but this guy told me that in a nice restaurant. That's relative 😊Right about Germany,I found Germany cheaper too in comparison to Switzerland where I live
Ohh yes, Switzerland is quite expensive! I think most places will be cheaper in comparison!!
Postovani hrana u super marketima u Bosni i Hercegovini tj u Sarajevu su veče nego u Njemavkim supermaketima,a restorani i njihova cjena isto skuplje u Sarazevu😊
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
Bosnia jayanya pertama kali indonesia berdirikan sebuah masjid oleh presiden suharto RI di negara bosnia.. Melambangkan damainya umat muslim berdiri.. Salam saya dari rakyat indonesia... ❤❤❤❤❤
Looks good, made me hungry. Sarma is also of Ottoman origin. Sarma comes from the Turkish verb 'sarmak' which means to wrap. Dolma comes from the verb 'dolmak' which means to stuff. Kaymak is clotted cream which is of Turkic origin. Bosnians were never under Arab rule, so even if some dishes may have names with words that have Arabic roots, they actually came via Ottoman Turks who ruled for centuries over not just the Balkans (up to Austria in the West even) but also the Middle East and North Africa and incorporated many Arab words in the Turkified version which Bosnians use too.
It was all delicious!! Thank you very much for sharing more about the foods!! Part of the reason we love making these videos is because people like yourself take the time to help us learn more! :)
Its too bad you did not like the burek😮
I think it might have just been that it was old! We’ll have to try it again next time!
I loved how knowlegeable you are about our food. You didn't like the pitas, so I have to defend them! It depends a lot where you eat them. Home-made pita, which is the real thing, is a completely different story, it's not easy to make because the dough is supposed to be extremely thin so it easily breaks. What you had is the fast food version with ready-made dough which is thick and dry, so they bathe it in oil. About the coffee, again, it's different when you have it in coffe shops. I'd say they prepare it carelessly, and I saw in your video how grainy it is. That's not preferrable at all. About the cevapi, there are 3 main types of cevapi in Bosnia. In Sarajevo they cut the onion in small pieces and put it in water overnight. Eww. It should be a fresh onion, served on the side in slices so you can pick it up with your hand. Cevapi are a finger food, so I don't respect the Sarajevo kind of cevapi (even though I'm from Sarajevo). And the meat recipe varies too. Beans are life. Our desserts are rubbish. Thanks for visiting, and sharing.
Ahh thank you!! We did like some of the pitas, but totally understand what you mean!! Home made is probably delectable!
Thank you for all of the tips, that's super cool to learn! When we head back to Bosnia we'll have to try some legitimate coffee and all of the Cevapi!
Hahah it's funny you say you love beans too, everyone we asked in Bosnia said beans were their favorite dish!! As for desserts, we enjoyed what we tried but I'll take your word for it haha!
Thanks again!!
Lol and as a bosnian I have to defend our desserts :)
It all depends who makes them. My mom is a specialist when it comes to old traditional dessert. She uses just a fraction of the recommended sugar, no oil just good butter and always some lemon with it. For example, you could eat a whole bunch of baklava's and not feel too sugary at all, while it's impossible to even eat one when you buy them somewhere.
I'm sorry but I think a tourist can't really judge the food of a place they visit. You have to go local, break into some homes and force them to feed you..jk
Hahaha we are certainly open to trying some home made food!!! 😋 home cooking almost always beats out restaurants!! Lol
@@IfWeGoTo yep, you could make a new series on UA-cam
"Homemade food at gunpoint".
Would be a banger..
@@sweetLemonist Bahahah, oh gosh. Luckily for the locals, we're not your typical gun-toting Americans.
If you haven't noticed, we drink a lot of yoghurt here and I strongly recommend you do too when you eat bosnian food. It's bcs our food is mostly meaty and greasy and yoghurt binds fat. Your stomach will thank you
And I have to add.. I hate that thing they sell as "bosnian coffee". Nobody drinks it like that! That thing is like mud with hot water 🤮
I feel sorry for tourist's
Ahh that makes a lot of sense!! Next time we'll be sure to order more of those Ayran drinks!! hahah. We did have them right when we arrived, but didn't really think about it cutting up the fats.
Hahaha, yeah, Turkish/Bosnian coffee isn't my (Brandi) favorite either.. gotta be a good cappuccino or latte!! (Alan loves the gritty mud-water though!! lol) What do you normally get in town?
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Thank you!!!!
Really high quality video content. I enjoyed watching and I wish you to come back to my country as soon as possible and enjoy even more next time. I am interested in whether you had any preconceived notions about Bosnia and Herzegovina before you visited it. What opinion did you get about her through the media?
And yes, one interesting fact. All tourists who come to Bosnia and Herzegovina praise our citizens for being cheerful, kind, open, hospitable and that is really true. We are good to "foreigners", but we are very bad to ourselves. Unfortunately, our people do not take much care of the environment, infrastructure, and the laws have yet to be harmonized with the laws of the European Union. Unfortunately, you are a big drawback for us, even though we are declared as the cleanest nation in Europe. 😇😁♥️
Thank you so much!! We definitely want to come back one day, would love to see more of your country! It is beautiful!
For preconceived notions, not for us really. You learn about it a little bit in school (the former Yugoslavia, the war, etc), but I feel like in America they really focus on American news/history and elsewhere is minimal. It’s sad really.
And yes, Bosnians were amazing to us! But it’s sad to hear it doesn’t carry over to your own people too, but I’m sure that will continue to improve with the integration into the EU? Or do you not think?
@@IfWeGoTo Look. After the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina was all destroyed, stolen. Today, after almost 30 years, many reforms have been carried out, society is slowly integrating into the European Union, but again there is a lot of work ahead of us. This year, we banned the construction of mini hydropower plants. The first in Europe and that is a good example, but at the same time, due to political reasons, the European Union did not give us candidate status for membership negotiations and now we have to wait for the elections to pass, for a new government to be formed, and only then will we get it. So, we are just wasting our time, and the citizens have no more time, they spend their whole life waiting, and that is why they leave. It is especially difficult now, due to Russia's aggression against Ukraine and inflation in Europe. But I am optimistic, it will certainly be better from next year, when we should become a full member of the NATO alliance and when we will open negotiations with the EU. Sarajevo is currently experiencing a boom. A new railway is being built, new battery-powered trolleybuses have arrived, new trams are coming soon, pregnant women receive 500 euros per month, public transport is cheaper than in August, demolished facades are being restored, the construction of a wind farm in Sarajevo will soon begin, and maybe we will become the host city again of the Winter Olympics in 2030, if Barcelona wins the hosting. Namely, since they do not have the conditions, part of the games would be transferred to Sarajevo.
All in all, the next 10 years will be years of reform for Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦📈📊🤗
@@bhspotter6967 I wish you all the best and hopefully the issues in Ukraine will help world leaders realize that faster integration into the EU is so important for countries and the people!
Looking forward to seeing your country reform and develop. It is really a wonderful place, you all deserve that!!
@@IfWeGoTo Thank you so much ♥️🌹. Greetings from Sarajevo 🇧🇦
I love Cevapi yummy ❤
So good! Agreed!
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Thank you!!
I like the place, as a us citizen, do they ask you once I arrive to bosnia where I work and my income, or just my us passport and plane ticket and hotel where I am staying, as a us citizen can I go from sarajevo to belgrade serbia back and forth in one day in the plane
As US citizens we were not asked any of these questions, but we did not previously visit Serbia. They may ask you a couple more questions on return, but I don't see why as a US citizen they wouldn't allow a day trip to Serbia.
@@IfWeGoTo ok thank you, is bosnia safe for us citizen
We are US citizens and felt perfectly safe the entire time :)@@jorgeurbano7881
@@IfWeGoTo ok thank you so much, and bosnia is not that strict to enter as us citizen compared to candada
@@jorgeurbano7881 I have not been to Canada, so I am not sure, but I don't recall the customs in Bosnia even asking us any questions! It should probably be very straightforward. :)
She has beautiful eyes
Thank you!!
I physically recoiled when she pronounced Herzegovina
I’m pretty sure that’s the correct pronunciation, but if you have an example of the correct way I’d love if you’d send a link. Lol.
@@IfWeGoTo People form Herzegovina are a bit too stuck on local-patriotism. Don't mind them
@@IfWeGoTo you didn’t say it right, it’s said with an accent from the area ask people around how to pronounce it
@@grrlandi7180 If you sent us an example of correct pronunciation (maybe another youtube link?) it would be appreciated, but regardless please do realize that the world has thousands of languages and even more accents.. many also have sounds that are hard for people of other tongues to pronounce.
I think you're being a bit harsh on us for a simple difference in accent/pronunciation... I'd be willing to bet you'd have a hard time with some American English pronunciations too.... and even then there are so many accents/dialects you'd be pronouncing it "wrong" to someone....
8:14 we call it in arab countries fasulia
Awesome! I appreciate the info
cevapcici hmmm lecker
oh ja, sehr lecker!! 😋
The name is KAYMAK
Thank you!!
Our good made from scratch Bosnian food
It was delicious!! 🤤
Dobro nam došli u našu lijepu bosnu ponosnu uvjek ste dobrodošli❤😊
Vau hvala ti puno!
Not "cream cheese" but K A J M A K (prononciation -kaymak)
Ah yes!! You are totally correct, thats what it was! Thank you!
nah you gotta eat cevapi with your hands like a sandwich
Got it! Will do that next time!!
Is not Ćevapiii is Ćevapi
Did we make a typo or mispronunciation?
@@IfWeGoTo you tiped it right but not saied right
What is it with you people correcting their pronunciation, they said it right. I'm Bosnian and trust me you guys pronounced 95% of the stuff much better than any other foreign UA-cam traveler I've seen here, so please don't mind the folks who are nitpicking every letter out there.
Ahh thank you!! We do try to research a bit when we visit places, but it’s definitely hard as tourists to get it all right!! We appreciate that you can see that!! 😃
@@libertas5005 Brate nisu dobro rekli opusti se
How much can u 2 eat😅😅😅
Hahaha a lot!! This one was actually filmed over a week though!😆
It’s all identical to Turkish food (I spent 9 years in Istanbul) minus the Turkish vegetable dishes and their healthy breakfast. Can’t see any Mediterranean influences here. Not great for those of us who don’t eat red meat and very heavy. I’m on my way to Sarajevo from Belgrade in a few days, but will make sure I have access to a kitchen, so that I can make salads etc!
There are definitely similarities but we found the two to be quite different!! I agree that it’s super meat heavy cuisine. Even in dishes we didn’t expect meat (like bean soup) we discovered it. There are some vegetarian options at some restaurants though!
A kitchen is a good call, the local markets are great! :)
Bangladesh
Are you watching from Bangladesh??
Weres the energy come on people look like you want to do this lol
We just have calmer personalities and are a bit more camera nervous. Unfortunately the camera is known to drain energy and people have to really pump that up and act… and that’s just not us.
A lot of people read this as being bored or unenthusiastic, because they’re comparing it to people who do that… we don’t want to be putting in fake energy, yelling, and wildly gesturing at a camera. Not our thing.
Hope you enjoyed anyways! 🤗
اقسم بالله العظيم انا استطيع فهم المواطن الأوروبى وانا قاعد فى بيتى لم اتحرك هنا او هناك ولا استطيع فهم المواطن العربى أو ابن حتتى اللى ساكن معى فى نفس الشارع أو الحارة أو العمارة !!!؟؟؟
لان الاوروبى تفكيره مبنى على منطق عقلانى تستطيع ان تتفق او تختلف معه باساليب عقلانية وحسابية مباشرة
والعربى حياته فى الاغلب الاعم مبنية على
التنافس ( عمال على بطال له فى الشئ او ليس له فيه اصلا )
حب الرئاسة والغلب
الغيرة
الحقد
الحسد
ادعاء التدين واقحام الدين فى كل شئ ( واللى تغلب به العب به )
قليل جدا من العمل
اقل القليل من التخطيط والفكر العلمى
I can swear of my God I can understand the uorpian national man more than Arabic man instead off Iam not moving from my home because uoropian man thought by scintific method but Arabic man his thought by bad sense hating or any complex sense not by logic or strate line ?????
Thanks for sharing
Bosnian coffee is called Nescafe
Nescoffe ❌
Nescafe ✅
(SORRY FOR THAT)
Oh really?!
It's LEPINyA no pita
Never ever eat čevapi with a fork it is assaulting for balkan cousin and do Not cut them in half. Cevap is more than food in Balkan. It is a holy tradition.
Thanks for the tips! We had no idea!! Hands only next time!
@@IfWeGoTo 😄😄
If you really want to make a good post about any country don't Americanize names of food or call it names you think they are right. "Cheese" you mentioned is far from Philadelphia cheese as Sarajevo is far from Philadelphia, it's called kajmak. You did not eat sarma, that was japrak. Burek pie is meat pie only, all others have different names according to filling. Beans are called grah or pasulj. Learn local names before trying to make serious video. I was born in Sarajevo and immensely proud of it.
@@gigimanjo this was made years ago when the only people who watched our videos were our American friends and family.
Please don’t take it personally. It’s normal to draw comparisons to the things you do know… plus you wont learn without going and experiencing it. Kindly giving corrections here helps us learn even more. Discouraging people from trying? Well maybe they will never learn then. If you’re proud of it, help people learn with kindness.
U Bosni i Hercegovini zive Srbi, Hrvati i muslimani nacionalnost pi veri ???? On8 su bivsi Srbi, mqnje Hrvati
Vi ste izbjeglice u bosni vi hrvati i srbi,lijep pozz
Distrustful review. I quite sure a half was like: camera is on: delicious, when off: nooo
Nah. We tend to be pretty honest. 😂 We genuinely did enjoy the food in Bosnia.
I mean we won’t say, “ugh no, that’s the worst thing we’ve ever eaten, that’s disgusting”, cause we don’t want to be rude and commenters get suuuper mean if you’re too critical, but we will simply say: “that’s off”, “it’s ok” or “that’s not my thing, I don’t like it” 😂
You can't be a vegan in Bosnia
@@PUBGBalkan_ good thing we’re not vegan!!
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Thank you!!
You dont eat corba stuw strait out of the pot haha crazy only reasson its in a pot its for presentation not to eat from it you pour it in a deep plate 😂😂😂😂😂
They didn’t give us a deep plate!! 😅
@@IfWeGoTo well il bet it was good food 😋
@@rasimos it was delicious!!
Che bona!
Grazie!!
klepe its best
So good!!
Bosnien caffe its no,t like tyrkey Bosnien its beaten caffe tyrkey its ground
Similar but different for sure!