BEST Egyptian SEAFOOD MARKET! SEAFOOD & TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST in Alexandria Egypt

Alexandria, one of the most historic cities in the world, a place where I was founded around 300 BC. C., a place where two of the greatest wonders of the world once stood, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, the largest ports in Egypt and also known as one of the

best

gastronomic cities in this country, I only have about a day and a half here, so let's not waste time, let's start eating. Our first table is in this area known as Meeting Bihari and there is a

market

that runs along this is where locals go to buy meats, fish,

seafood

, vegetables. and you just walk around here, pick up what you want to eat, there are a lot of places that just cook your food for you and this is a place where a lot of people have told me that if you want fresh fish at a good price, this is where you go, no you go to the fish

market

, you come here so let's go look at this, this is a very lively market, I mean, whatever you're looking for, fish, vegetables, eggs, chicken, okay, let's go look for some .

Seafood, I think, and then maybe some bread, some herbs, I don't know, and then we'll go find a place that will cook it for us. I think there's a big fish sale going on right here, this particular stall is hot, I think I'm trying to get rid of all this fish, this is a good deal right now, this is what I expect when I get to markets like this , okay, let's go pick out some

seafood

, get some sardines, I don't know. The sardine sounds good, I was buying it. I'm kind of a peer pressure person, so I want some too, so apparently we get invited so often that now it's half price and sardine, and I'm buying half a kilo for a tenner. pounds that's so cheap it's like less than a dollar to have a gillip yeah, yeah, I don't know what that is, but I like it.

Wow, let's do it, come on, thanks. You have a street fight right now with a fish seller. got me, got me, you know, I love it when I go to a country and I can save some money, this is great, I'm very excited, let's get crab and other seafood, a kilo, a kilo, a kilo, okay, okay, listen , this guy is good. I bought from this guy, I'm going to see all four, no, I just got a kilo of crab, sixty pounds. I will buy all my fish from this gentleman. I have to get squid, we need some prawns for short and maybe some like small clams.

I feel like I need other things. Okay, we also have some crab in there, so we get some fish, crab and then we have some plans. Our crab just continued. the grill, so some of our stuff is grilled, some of our stuff is fried, wow, that's what I call a flaming crab, that crab is definitely on fire. I have a feeling this guy likes to burn things oh oh, okay, okay, yeah, I have some. to flip my own crab there you go, okay, okay, let's warm up a little here this is not an easy job, I'm telling you right now, this guy has it tough, you're, you're a good man, you should be, you should be , he tough, oh.

I respect you friend, you are my respect, that's not easy, I swear this guy can walk into a volcano and be fine. I'm going to get out of it, we're going to grab our seafood and you realize there's no place to eat. around here that's because you take your food and go to any of the cafes around, sit down, order some tea and drink it, it's like the beginning of an Avengers movie, most likely the anticipation will make me It's killing, I have to eat some bread, so there is bread. manufacturer right across the street let's get a couple buy a package of freshly baked bread I didn't even start eating and this experience is already blowing me away, this is one of the

best

markets I've ever been to again. before trying the food just because every person I've interacted with has been absolutely beautiful.

I have been incredibly charming, friendly and accommodating. Once you cook it, they cook all this for 40 Egyptian pounds, which is just a For a few dollars I bought crab clams with squid and sardines, and they are cooked in different ways. I guess I start with a squid. Oh, this thing has been in this little container for about 15 or 20 minutes. I was really a framework for it. but once I touched it, it's still very, very crispy, it's as fresh and delicious as you'll ever find calamari. I wish I put this in my mouth as soon as it came out of the fryer, but even now the outside still changes this crunch on the inside, there are more tender cooked sweet squid.

What I love about a job is that it's never just salt and pepper, oh there's salt, there's chiles, there's pepper, so many spices that make this one of the tastiest calamari dishes I've ever had. in my life and you don't need dipping sauce, this is absolutely perfect on its own. Oh my god, trust me. Oh my goodness, you know if you don't cook squid right, it turns into rubber, not this cute-to-the-pipe baby. I'm going to jump on these little clams because they've been sautéed, so they've been sitting out for a long time. It makes me very sad that there is so much juice here and it is evaporating.

Go spicy, we have the fresh herbs making a very aromatic bits of parsley a little bit of sweetness from the tomato the clams themselves natural sweet flavor with that little bit of eNOS brine that makes you want to keep putting them in your mouth all this as fresh as you can imagine. They are incredibly sweet and tasty mmm Oh, a little ginger in there too, it's not simple, you know, it's never simply seasoned and that's what I love about this region because it has such a variety of spices that I'm learning to use them little by little . sardines, look at this, it's such a beautiful little fish, oh my goodness, make sure you get a plate of fish, the outer shell, the bread, it's not fried, again, it's Miss City, miss, go on a little, so there it is very crispy, as it probably was. when it first appeared in the before meeting, very delicate, a small lump, don't worry about it, when they throw it in, I think you can chew that barrier, but the good thing about it is that the taste from outside completely seeped into the fish, look. the chiles and the spices and all that great breading on the outside is Lois, our game.

There's nothing like going to a fish market, buying the seafood directly, having someone cook it for you, and eating it right away. The freshness, the texture is incredible. Now imagine all that. in a country where but there are wizards and by using spices the seafood becomes exponentially better the only way to really know what I'm talking about let's come here and try this I mean all the food from cooking to getting of raw ingredients and trust. I have a lot of seafood, all this costs less than 20 dollars in the crab, eat it that's for sure, oh, that's why I bought the bread for fresh bread, clean the inside of the crab, fresh bread, fresh seafood, it's really hard to improve much . than it is now look at that succulent, juicy crab fresh off the grill if you want to try something that is so sweet that it becomes so smoky and tender at the same time this is where you are looking we taste that slight bitterness from the handle such a crab meat soft and succulent and on the outside, when you are sucking it, let me wash it, you should suck it and change the cumin, chilies and coriander.

I've had roast squab at work, this is one of the best, actually this might be one of the best seafood experiences I've ever had in my life. Normally when you grill seafood, anything spies things like this. I'm going to be a dishwasher for these garbage pickers that just come out of my mouth. I'm going to use a piece of bread to clean up the crab juice because I'm wasting my nap, look at this guys. I'll show you a little trick. I just started with the bread, open it, show some squid in there, close that. baby, calamari sandwich, some dipping sauce, this will be even more perfect in this market too, plus everyone I met was the friendliest people ever.

No one tried to upsell me. I paid exactly the price. No one tried to give me a different price. everyone was fair, some people cooked my food they even cooked the garbage for me for free which is like a gift. I will say that it is this market, if you ever have a new job, it is worth coming to Alexandra. I mean, this is so beautiful. historic city is beautiful it is by the sea it has been around for thousands of years it is one of the first human civilizations in the world to come to this place and just absorb all this history and culture and delight in this market if you love seafood.

I'm going to put this up as one of my best seafood adventures right here, this is, there's flavor in terms of value in terms of variety, whatever is on top right now and after a crazy meal, Troy , a cup of tea. I just said it, relax because that's how it's done here, we're left with a little bit of the hustle and bustle and people just take the time to enjoy life a little bit, look there's people fishing, walking, eating things and just looking out over the waters in this beautiful city it's just enjoying life it's perfect that's your lunch activity I ordered enough of this let's have a sandwich we're on our way to get a very specialized sandwich it's a liver sandwich and let's get it here this place that smells so good is what you put in little buns there are some peppers and chilis in there too it smells so amazing okay let's go get one oh my god oh wow how many 15 for three of you Oh, so one is very small no, oh my god, oh I gotta get more, I need like that oh man, I didn't know that, so you usually have to get at least ten.

I'm going to leave this gentleman, right, ten, okay, this is it. beauty, I'm sorry, I didn't know, look at this, I ordered this and look at this, come on, I feel so horrible, what did I do? I bought one for myself and one for Ben. I thought that was enough. I have never been told in my life that I didn't want enough food. I have never been told that it is always the opposite. I wanted too much. I've learned my lesson. I'm sorry. I'll heat this up and then order more. I was wondering why I like it. he said I told you he looked at me like there were only two and I would like well how many do I need apparently I need a lot but look at this liver sandwich oh look at the oil and the spices the chilies the peppers and some of the pieces are a little bit chopped you have some pieces solids, okay, so I'm going to redeem myself.

Oh, it doesn't even taste like organ, it just tastes like very cleanly chopped liver, but like the craziest mix of spices in the oil. dripped into the bread makes this bread like a little biscuit and a container that absorbed all the essence of the sandwich and is spicy and citrusy - bryce spicy because I took a giant bite of the pepper, the taste of the liver mixed with the citrus of the lemon is absolutely transformative the little solution bun is the perfect vessel for this little chopped liver sandwich if i really want a color for what this thing is for bite i just want to try a chopped liver if you are not too intellect organism i mean, Sometimes liver can have a very strong organic flavor, it doesn't.

I mean this thing must have never had a drink in its life. This is the cleanest liver I have ever found. When you think of a liver sandwich you would never try. He hopes it tastes like that. I never expected everything to taste like this. What melts your mouth the most is a little piece of juicy heaven. Yes, they are right. I mean, I'm on my second. I feel like I didn't understand everything. This is such a light little sandwich - I bet this is like something before dinner for most people. I can't believe how good it is.

Well, we have to get some more. If I had left Egypt after eating two of these you would become the biggest fruit or go to my wife right now I'm in the game my favorite herring sandwich Egypt if you are in Alexandria you have to come here and try this it should be a national treasure they should show pieces in the Egyptian Museum because that's how incredible this thing is oh hello too much chili hello ambitious for me I'm telling you I don't care if you think you like liver or not hum eat plate of nothing there is a reason why This place is like spilling over the streets with people right now, this will probably be the food I will miss the most after I leave Egypt right here. um, believable, Ben is going to try this, very good, it's the best thing we ate in Egypt.

It's amazing, plus one of these only weighs about six pounds, so fifty cents off for at least a dozen pasta, this freshly baked, slightly sweet, incredibly fluffy lump soaking up the juice of the liver and lemon, and we made sure that this truly incredible mouthfeel is the perfect nest for this incredible liver for something. like I said national treasure, the best thing I've had in Egypt so far last night I passed out after eating the sandwiches, which I don't regret because I really wanted the last thing in my mouth and before I started dreaming about those sandwiches and this tomorrow for

breakfast

it's actually just a place to go here, yeah, yeah, oh wow, this is, this is a

traditional

Egyptian

breakfast

spread here, allowance Andrea, well, maybe maybe it's not this, but check it out look, that's what we have, they shot us, suka, that's one of my all. -Time offavorite Easter egg dishes, this is egg boiled in tomato sauce, it is absolutely wonderful that we have here and a common food here is full, which is stewed broad beans, so these are broad beans over tehina and these are broad beans with chopped salad.

On top we have some falafel, you have a small size, brilliant, condiments, beats it, pickles, we are ready to rock, man, it is so good we were filming and some of these dishes come out a little cold and they reheat them for us by steaming . hot dish of fava beans over tahini, of course I have to get it with some bread I don't even know do you know why I have to start with this oh sorry before I forget you have to sprinkle this with a little citrus and the restaurant where i am Mohammad aadmi this is the most popular breakfast place in this whole city for both locals and tourists, like anyone who comes to Alexandria, you must come here for breakfast, it is open 24 hours and until now, even before After eating the food, the nicest people thank you for warming this up, by the way. glorious velvety broad beans, as soft as beans that melt in your mouth, with creamy tahini and just a splash of lemon juice just to give it that little touch.

I mean, this will still, I will still fill you up. It's delicious. It has to reach Hina so automatically. it's God level, so father's basement I'm not a big fan of beans, I'm not, but I've never been so picky, so key, I mean, you just shove this in your mouth, it's like a layer of velvet, we twist your tongue. on the palate and this is a substantial dish. I mean, these things will fill your deep plate with bread. Don't prepare for the day. In the second I filled up with tehina and chopped salad on top. Go for this one. oh yes, the already excellent flavor of tahini in autumn with an extra crunch and juice and sweetness from the onions and tomatoes, this gives us much more dimension.

This is my jam here. I'm going to let my chopped salad sit here. but before that I have to try this is a mug of shocking spectacle. I told you that one of my favorites are some dishes mainly because my favorite dish growing up in China was egg and tomatoes, so this makes me feel at home. oh my god, this is so good, that is the best ratio of sweet tomatoes, fresh herbs, crunchy onion, the deliciously aromatic olive oil that creates this flavor that is so incredible like you can't get to the bottom of this depth of flavor with the summary of the The best, if not the best, chuck chucka I have ever had, I admit I have only had it a few times, but it should be placed on a sacred mantle.

I like it at the top of the pyramids. This is here. Wow, number one dish here. for sure, good fish, pick up the phone to grab a salad, grab a basket of bread, your day might not get any better than this, this might be the highlight. I mean, it sucks because it's not breakfast time, but I personally can't imagine my day is going to be any better. better than this Clouseau ooh, it has butter falafel look at this, the falafel here is much smaller and more airy than the one I had in that Cairo, it's so crispy, oh my god, this is almost like a diet version of a falafel from Cairo, it's so light, I mean, when you're in Cairo, you have a falafel, I mean, you have it a few more times, your biceps might get bigger.

This thing is almost like you want to cover it with it, it's so soft and light. falafel that I have ever tried in my life, that's you, falafel, falafel with fly, I was hoping it would work there. The crunch of this thing is mind-blowing. Look at all the little spices on the outside and it's really tasty too. ridiculously smooth and gentle aftertaste I mean, let me try this falafel in my shock shook my butt because this thing is so airy, I imagine it will absorb things well, that's definitely a parameter, food heaven, that's roundabout , get it, dump, dump, you got it too. pour this into a tahini, I'm going to give it a little citrus.

Wow, this is so good I already had to order a second plate. I mean, this is like medium yeast tomatoes and eggs and it just speaks to my tomatoes and they love eggs. soul right now this I mean everything that comes and tries this rush 24 hours a day I wish we had more time in Alexandria and we are not done yet, we have one more place to go before we get to the airport. this country is poor for a dessert, okay, until the final foods in this country, a little sad, this is a really very very cheap dessert place that all the locals come to.

It is called ohm Ali is the Egyptian bread pudding, if you can eat it with nuts. No, of course, I bought it with you, you have some macadamia nuts and almonds. I've always loved bread pudding and this is one of the moistest bread puddings I've ever had. You realize that he is drowning. It's like a swamp of bread pudding. I've never seen anything. This is very interesting and pleasant, warm and cozy if I were a girl, right now I would be sick of kneeling with a huge ring made of nuts for something. Wow, I mean, it didn't look very pretty and I was thinking.

Like maybe the bread would be super soggy and it wouldn't really have much texture, it's so warm Angelica and the bread has a little shoe to it and it has a nice texture with all that sweet milk soaked in, that milk is God's Stuff, I mean , I'm pretty sure there's a sacred cow somewhere in town when you're milking it for this particular dessert and I bought this hair ice cream again along with nuts and dried fruits too mmm, this is basically ice. cream and rice pudding Wow, well, something, uh, go for this, well, something cold, go for this, might suggest you've never heard of ice cream, yeah, he's talking about this, right?

I mean, I haven't been to many other cities in Egypt, yes, but for me, at least between Cairo and Alexandria, although Cairo is the capital, Alexandria should be the food capital. I mean, the dishes I bought here are unique and completely different from the ones I ate in Cairo and I'm sorry Cairo people, that's a lot. better, I mean, they put a car, oh, very good soup, but here it is. I will come back here just to eat the seafood I had yesterday for breakfast and plate sandwiches. This is definitely a foodie destination and I just want to say the people here are some of the kindest, warmest and friendliest people I have met anywhere in the world.

I mean, Alexandria, this place will really hold a special place in my heart, especially because by coming here I will be able to try a completely different cuisine with completely different flavors at the same time, it is resplendently delicious like a liver sandwich. I love liver. I have eaten liver millions of times. I've never eaten liver like the one they serve here. It's just about taking foods you're familiar with and completely transforming them with local ingredients. flavor, that's why this place, this city is like a perfect example of I love traveling for food and if they're dressed up, they love food as much as I do, this is where they go well, so like 50 cents each one of these.

It has to be my last meal in this country. I have to go to the airport. Great things to everyone I met along the way. All your help. All your love and support. Helping me translate when I don't speak the local language. Cool people, except the horse, chariot, and camel people at the pyramids, you guys suck, but everyone else is awesome. If you want to know what I'm talking about check out my blog as always, all the places I went are listed below. for you, thank you all so much for watching until we eat again Twitter