Baghdad Street Food Mountain! Iraqi Food Market Tour!

BIL WEEKEND: https://www.instagram.com/bilweekend/ | https://bilweekend.com/ TASOS: https://www.instagram.com/agreeksolo VISIT MY TRAVEL BLOG: https://davidsbeenhere.com/ My first day in Iraq continued in Baghdad’s Souq al-Saray, the city’s most famous indoor market. Come with me to the old town of Baghdad and let’s explore this incredible bazaar! Joining me were my friends Jafar and Ali from Bil Weekend, as well as my good buddy Tasos. Right away, we passed by vendors selling clothing, school supplies, briefcases, and some gorgeous leatherwork. I saw some beautiful wallets with intricate images pressed into them! SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/3JR71yN MY LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/davidsbeenhere I also saw some amazing belts, more wallets with Arabic script on them, leather keychains, purses, and more. Past the leather section were more books and school supplies. Then, we stopped by Kubba al-Saray to grab some lunch! In the small café, which dates back to 1930, I saw the making what looked like matzoh balls in gravy. There, we got the kubba saray, which is a grain ball that’s stuffed with lamb and minced onions and has a tomato-based animal bone broth poured on top. We also had bread, pickles, and more gravy on the side. It looked beautiful and tasted even better. I loved how moist and juicy it was. Adding a date sauce gave it a nice sweetness that was fantastic! I also liked the peppers and the bread that came with it! The proper way to do it is to take a piece of bread, open it up, and put the kubba saray, pickles, and date sauce inside. It makes a very nice sandwich! You can also dip the bread into the broth! Next, we headed to Al Shahbender Café, one of Baghdad’s oldest cafés. They have lots of old photos from the 1950s and ‘60s on the walls there. There, we got some lime tea, which is their specialty. It was incredible, and nice and hot. Then, I had some apple shisha and went into the kitchen to see where they make the coals for the shisha.