The Best GEORGIAN FOOD TOUR in Tbilisi Georgia: Georgian Food Is AMAZING
It is my first day in TBILISI, GEORGIA and I want to give you my first impressions and my Georgian Food reaction to trying some of the best food in Tbilisi, Georgia. This country is full of amazing traditional Georgian food. In this Tbilisi food guide, I will show you where to find the best food in Tbilisi, including famous Georgian dishes like where to find the best Khinkali in Tbilisi and the best Khachapuri in Tbilisi. Georgian food is unique, whether that is Tbilisi street food or dining at the best restaurants in Tbilisi, Georgian cuisine will not leave you disappointed. I will also show you the amazing speciality coffee scene in Tbilisi, we will go on an incredible wine tour. Georgian wine is world class and very underrated, and I will take you on a Georgian cooking class. Finally and best of all, I finish the video with a traditional Georgian Supra, a Georgian feast. Georgia Travel is all about food and wine, so let's go eat!
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1) Kvarts Coffee: maps.app.goo.gl/vem6AAxQhZVSm...
2) Cooking class at Georgian House: maps.app.goo.gl/Hd9MnCBUzQXc8...
3) Asi Khinkali: maps.app.goo.gl/JKZpJHhv3Yz9K...
4) Georgian Bread Bakery (Tone): maps.app.goo.gl/xz5stcYiq6STs...
5) Salobie Bia: maps.app.goo.gl/YA7SwrJi4RZCm...
6) Georgian Wine Tour in Tbilisi: eatthistours.com/
7) Churchkula Badagi: maps.app.goo.gl/x9MhKBFnThAVw...
8) Gunda • the Artisan Khachapuri Bakery: maps.app.goo.gl/nQki46E3d1P7e...
9) Speciality Chocolate - But First Cacao: maps.app.goo.gl/Sq2kLCiU3NNWC...
10) Georgian Supra at Ethnographer Restaurant: maps.app.goo.gl/YWL4b3v3Dwm74...
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00:00 Intro
00:12 Speciality Coffee
02:21 Georgian Cooking Class
05:50 The best Khinkali in Tbilisi
10:23 Georgian Bread
13:26 Traditional Georgian Lunch
20:43 Georgian Wine Tour
22:55 Churchkula (Georgian Snickers)
26:03 Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Boat)
29:48 Speciality Chocolate Cafe
33:32 Supra (Traditional Georgian Feast)
#georgianfood #tbilisi #EmotionsAreGeorgia #georgiatravel
Watch my video from the Mestia in the Svaneti Mountains in the snow here: kzhead.info/sun/hMmId7OMo4ClaKM/bejne.html
First of all, thank you for your great work, video...Also, just in case, about Georgians with more details as from a historian by profession. Georgians in Georgia ( Caucasus) , Etruscans, Sardinians in Italy (Etruscans, who, along with others also lived on the territory of the kingdom of Kolkhida in the western part of Georgia by the Black Sea), Corsicans in Corsica, Picts in Britain, Spanish Iberians in Spain and other Iberian, Ibero/ Celtic peoples have same ethno, ethnic origin (Also, so for centuries and millennia between the ancestors of the Georgians and the Romans, after the Eastern Romans, there were closely mixed ethno-cultural relations, which also accordingly affected the genetic level of the peoples of the Georgians and Italians. The ancestors of the Georgians lived not only in the territory of Georgia, but also in other parts of Europe, South-East Europe. The ancestors of the Georgians, along with other peoples of the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions, are also one of the creators of the Mediterranean civilization in those ancient historical times and so on. ), which is proved by history, respectively life itself, proved at the level of genetics, archeology, cultures, culture and so on., and this is why all these listed peoples ( together with originality of each of these ethno, ethnic peoples) have similarities, identical in different forms of culture, in folk music, dance, in ancient architectural style and so on. Georgian cultures/culture of different historical times (including modern times) are European ( together with their own culture/ cultures, influences with different European cultures, beginning from ancient times, influences with ancient Greek civilizations, cultures, with Roman cultures, later with East Roman/Byzantine culture, with Catholic Europe and other European cultures during all historical periods in history of Georgians, Georgia, subsequently, among other European cultures, having the closest relationship also with Russian culture ), and of course, all these things proven historically/scientifically by World's, European ( including Georgian) historians/scientists which means also proven geneallogicaly in different periods of time, including by the director of the Zurich Genealogical center, R Scholz, which means that all these ethnocultural, historical evidence, proof are accordingly proven by life itself too... Sincerely, Alex
Local Georgian here. I'm glad you liked our food, It's always good to see our culture from a foreigner's point of view. 😊 Nice video and good luck.
I am travelling to Tbilisi last week of April. Can you please suggest some must haves in food there and places to have them ?? Thanks!🙏
@@tummalapallisaurabh8708 I can help you with that. For Khinkali go to place called "Daphna". For Adjaruli Khachapuri (Cheese boat) go to "Puri Guliani". At "Megruli Sakhli" you should order Shkmeruli, Elarji (with walnut sauce or Kharcho), Eggplant with walnut sauce, Gebjalia, Kupati. For Lobio Stew try "Salobie Bia". For traditional snacks "Badagi". I am expecting your comment after you try these. : )
Daphna is good for khinkali as mentioned, definitely worth a try, but I did prefer Asi Khinkali to be honest. all the links of where I ate are in the description. To be honest, there is so much good food there, it is difficult to go wrong
I loved it! the food, the people, the culture, the country! I will 100% be back. Hope you saw my Mestia video on my other channel too
@@hungrytoexplore Thank you for the kind words brother, ❤❤ thers still lot to see in Georgia(saqartvelo) so don't taka a long time to come back
There was not one dish there that I didn't want to try! Also the little glimpses I saw of Tbilisi looked fabulous
yeah, Georgian food is awesome!
Food looks absolutely fantastic mate, in the cold weather aswell.
haha definitely, in summer it might be a bit overbearing! I am still trying to work off the calories now!
გამარჯობა საქართველოდან, კეთილი იყოს შენი ფეხი ჩვენს ქვეყანაში
Thank you so much, I love your country. I hope you saw my video from the mountains on my other channel
I loved this video. I didnt even know where Georgia was until I googled it while watching. Super interesting place and delicious food. Id love to see more videos of places people don't know about or are off the usual tourist path. Keep at it! 👍
if you like food and you like wine, added to beautiful views and old style vibe. You will love it in Georgia.
Georgia and Turkey are on my bucket list of places to travel and eat. Great video!
you won't go wring if you visit them for food!
Hopefully your health will improve soon
Georgian national cuisine is the most underrated in the world! Change my mind 🤔
It’s awesome
True khinkali is made in mountains, for tbilisi khinkali, asi khinkali is very good indeed, u have great taste my friend
yes!! did you see my video from the mountains on my other channel? It is pinned in the top comment. I love love love the food in Georgia
As a Georgian i am very grateful...❤for your video...visit other parts of Georgia and you feel real taste of our cuisine
Proper amazing and traditional food of Georgia for sure Joe. Dance it off at the end
hahaha oh I did in that thick traditional coat, an hour like that and I was well and truly sobered up haha
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I'm glad you like our food you will enjoy Georgia
Omg so delicious!!!✌️✌️✌️✌️❤ So sad I missed out on the coffee shop with the portraits. 😢
hahaha it was cool, but the food was far better and you did not miss out on that :)
Georgian here 🙋🏻♀️ Love this video shows that u really did some research bc u have some good places there ❤️ Glad u enjoyed my country!
thank you so much! I love it and I will be back, that is for sure!
I was impressed how accurately you explained everything about the cuisine of my country 👌🏻it was very clear and correct.
thank you! I did my best to learn and reflect the culture. I am happy that you enjoyed it, I will be back 100%!! I love it there
Respect from 🇬🇪
I am very happy when people recognize and fall in love with my country... Thank you
Thank you for visiting my country,, wish you all best!!!
My pleasure, I LOVE IT!!
What a great video! Thank you
New adventure and wonderful reporting. Have a safe journey Joe.
thanks Max
Going to Georgia in July!!! Can’t wait!!!
Amazing work !
Thank you
Glad to see people from around the world enjoy their stay in Georgia. Keep up the great work! good luck!
yes! I love it! Thank you
Amazing food
SOOO good!
I AM FROM GEORGIA-TBILISI, IT IS VERY NICE THAT YOU LIKED OUR DISHES💗💗💗
Thank you again for your work/video “Joe Parrilla - Hungry to Know” and I also want to point out that this is true, and I also want note, that It' s true, like the cuisine of various other countries in Europe and the world, Georgian diverse cuisine from different regions of Georgia, with its different types of wine, or with its different types stronger drinks like Chacha, is also one of the most delicious cuisine...Georgian folk culture, music from different regions of Georgia, just as diverse and so on. Also about Georgian kind " Pizza", "Khachapuri", there are different kind " Khachapuri" from different regions of Georgia ( including Ajarian, Mingrelian, Imeretian and all others), and they all equally delicious 🇬🇪 Sincerely, Alex
Thanks for visit in georgia ❤
Great quality video for real
Appreciate it
10 khinkalis is my antirecord man. great vid
hahahah thank you!
Thanks for interesting video. Only one remark for Churchkhela. Yes, Churchkhela is very sweet and delicious and some people who don't know it's history call it Georgian Snickers. But it is Georgian traditional (and very old) combat ration, some kind of MRE - Meal Ready to Eat. It is not only deliciouse, but contains a lot of calories, nearly all necessary vitamins and minerals. if properly stored you can keep it for years. Normally, one churchkhela per meal is enough. By the way, there is some churchkhela diet in Georgia to loose your weight. You must eat two churchkhela and drink one bottle of red dry Georgian vine per day. I don't know how it helps, but you will really enjoy.
welcome to georgia my friend ❤️❤️ fantastic video 🎉
Thank you! 😃
There are tons of Georgian food tour videos, but yours is an exception because you made it with taste!
That means a lot! Thank you! I tried not to be like all the others
The only Georgian thing I think I've had was some Georgian wine a few years ago. No complaints from me.
Well, wine isn't a bad place to start haha. But the food is fantastic too, I must say - just... very calorific
The food looks very delicious.
So good - I love Georgian food
Amazing video, thank u so much for promoting out food! the classical spice mix for khinkali is: cilantro, theme, black pepper, red chilli, onions.. you can mimik Georgian cheeze for khachapuri by combining equal parts of feta and mozarella.. good luck on your journey!
thank you! Oh yeah! I will definitely be making the khinkali at home! same with the Khachapuri now I know the trick to get the right taste, thank you!
local georgian here, well done mate nice vid everything was perfectly explained and shown georgian culture and cuisine keep going and good luck mate 💕🇬🇪
YES!
35:00 my god?! that was unexpected! So congrats, you are one of us - georgians now😄❤
hahahaha, even the waiter was impressed. If I can do one thing well in life, that is sink a drink!
Love the new video and the new country. Like I have said in the past you just need to work on those Mark Wiens faces and adjectives. You will be a foodie star.
hahaha Mark Wiens has a copyright on all that stuff I think haha - if you try and copy, you get blacklisted hahaha
omg, what you did to first ხინკალი, i nearly cried 🥲😆
I didn't know you got some grooves Joe 😊
I have been known to throw some moves from time to time
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Yummmy
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*_WOW_*👍
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love from georgia ❤
Thank you :)
looks so yum the dumplings but I can't get my mind off the chilli sauce like the Nepali momos haaa, are you Portuguese btw
hahaha yes! chilli brightens everything up!
Respect
Thank you
მსოფლიოს ბევრ ერებს აქვთ კარგი, მრავალფეროვანი სამზარეულო, მაგრამ მხოლოდ ქართული სამზარეული არის სამეფო სამზარეულო ! ❤
and it is delicious!! I love it
You are from england? Thanks and respect from georgia ❤❤
👍👍👍 Man I’m getting hungry ….
Ah man! Me too
The best food in the world 🇬🇪
Friend, you had the ugliest Khinkali I've ever seen, but don't despair. Traveling in Georgia is happiness!)))
hahahahah the ones at the restaurant were better, that is for sure! I am good at eating, not making haha
No words describe the tastes of Georgia, vlogs seem to me useless, one should try them! full stop! It is unlike anything else you would try, at least in the Western world!
I love it!!!
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Thanks Yesha :)
First of all, thank you for your great work, video...Also, just in case, about Georgians with more details as from a historian by profession. Georgians in Georgia ( Caucasus) , Etruscans, Sardinians in Italy (Etruscans, who, along with others also lived on the territory of the kingdom of Kolkhida in the western part of Georgia by the Black Sea), Corsicans in Corsica, Picts in Britain, Spanish Iberians in Spain and other Iberian, Ibero/ Celtic peoples have same ethno, ethnic origin (Also, so for centuries and millennia between the ancestors of the Georgians and the Romans, after the Eastern Romans, there were closely mixed ethno-cultural relations, which also accordingly affected the genetic level of the peoples of the Georgians and Italians. The ancestors of the Georgians lived not only in the territory of Georgia, but also in other parts of Europe, South-East Europe. The ancestors of the Georgians, along with other peoples of the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions, are also one of the creators of the Mediterranean civilization in those ancient historical times and so on. ), which is proved by history, respectively life itself, proved at the level of genetics, archeology, cultures, culture and so on., and this is why all these listed peoples ( together with originality of each of these ethno, ethnic peoples) have similarities, identical in different forms of culture, in folk music, dance, in ancient architectural style and so on. Georgian cultures/culture of different historical times (including modern times) are European ( together with their own culture/ cultures, influences with different European cultures, beginning from ancient times, influences with ancient Greek civilizations, cultures, with Roman cultures, later with East Roman/Byzantine culture, with Catholic Europe and other European cultures during all historical periods in history of Georgians, Georgia, subsequently, among other European cultures, having the closest relationship also with Russian culture ), and of course, all these things proven historically/scientifically by World's, European ( including Georgian) historians/scientists which means also proven geneallogicaly in different periods of time, including by the director of the Zurich Genealogical center, R Scholz, which means that all these ethnocultural, historical evidence, proof are accordingly proven by life itself too... Sincerely, Alex
Also, just in case, Georgian folk culture, folk music, Georgian songs, music, melodies are very diverse (like folklore, music, culture, of other European peoples, peoples of the world). Proceeding from the foregoing, polyphonic singing, serenades, lullaby, choral/church songs and etc.- there are a phenomenons of European, which is the basis of Georgian folklore, Georgian singing, music, wich means that Georgian serenades, as well as Georgian polyphonic songs, lullabies, Georgian diverse folklore in general, with their diverse sounds, rhythms, genre, flow, Georgian choral/church songs, including real Georgian folk dances, not the so-called Common Caucasus, are European. Every region of Georgia has its own specific folk culture, music, there are even representatives of the regions, who with a common Georgian language also have their own language, like Mingrelians , Svans and Laz people, but all of them, all these ethnic subgroups: Imeretians, Gurians, Mingrelians, Svans, Laz people (About Laz people, here we mean mainly those Laz people who are mostly living in Georgia and who have preserved their common Georgian ethno-cultural consciousness and belonging to Georgians and who saved their faith- Christianity. Also, Lazes, among the Georgian ethnic subgroups, are closest to Mingrelians.), Kartlians, Kakhetians and other subgroups, are Georgians, represent one Georgian people, nation, culture.
Regarding the religions of the Georgians, like other European peoples, the peoples of the world, the ancestors of the Georgians, Kolkhians, Iberians had pre-Christian, pagan faith -religions, which were subsequently synthesized into Christianity among the Georgians in Georgia too, as all this happened among other European peoples of Europe, the peoples of the World, examples all this are the main Christian dates, holidays - Christmas, Easter and others, and in Georgia, among Georgians, including dates, holidays associated with the patron Saint George, in November 23. The prototypes of the patron saint "St. George" of the ancestors of pre-Christian Georgians were called by different names: "There was White George", "Lashari-George" and so on., which after the adoption of Christianity were synthesized into "St. George" among the Georgians. Also Georgians, representatives of different Georgian regions have each In essence, they are the same dates, holidays that correspond to the date of the Celts' holiday - "Samhain", from which the current Halloween originated, and so on and so forth. Georgians, Georgian rulers, the Georgian church, Georgian society did not participate in that church division of the 11th century, and for centuries recognized the Pope, only about 2 and half centuries ago the formation of the current type of Georgian Orthodox Church began due to external and internal historical reasons of the last centuries of Georgia. Before the Sovietization of Georgia, there were much more Georgian Catholics...
wow thank you so much for the interesting information
@@hungrytoexplore Thank you, I really much appreciate that you read my these comments, I just try to write objective history, information, including as a historian by profession, not only in relation to Georgians and Georgia, but also in relation to other peoples, countries, issues...
단골이슈 채널보고 구독 했습니다! “한식은 먹어도 먹어도 어렵네요” 영국인이 찍은 영상 난리난 해외반응
하하하 그 납작한 금속 젓가락으로 만
Gagimarjos 🥂🥂🥂🥂🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪
Cheers!!
I like Georgian dimpling
Bon appetit
Thank you
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Grate!!!! I will try all the places and eat a lot
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Thank you
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Thank you so much Monika :)
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Thank you
Shegargos gmertma.❤
:)
You must stick them so that it is waterproof😆
Haha I was struggling
It's hundred xinkali, i think i spell it right but it is right in georgian way
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Ik thing you was wrong about thinking potato puree mixed with cheese it should be corn flour cooked with cheese. I am georgian so that's why.
Agreed, the potato one is from svaneti, right?
@@hungrytoexploreyes 🧡 friend 🍻. I should comment there.
2:25 I'll tell you what to put in. I searched for Georgian recipes and they don't write the full recipe either 🤣😂you need 300 g. of beef and 200 g. of pork, 2-3 onions, parsley, coriander, red pepper(dry), salt, and a title carum or cumin. When you prepare this, you should cook it soon (in 1-4 hours), otherwise, the spices will sour the meat and give it a bad taste.
You’re a star! I’ll definitely make some at home.
@@hungrytoexplore 😆👍I'm glad you saw my secret information
Are you from Georgia Joe?
hahah no! I am British!
@@hungrytoexplore did you grow up in England?
გეთანხმები სათაურზე
ukan laparaks marto me vusmen?
No brother u must mix it well khachapuri
Mexinklem su 13 nakeci gaaketa da geuxarda simon
😅
ხელთათმანით რომ მზარეულს ვხედავ, მანდ მთავრდება ვიდეოს ყურება. ხინკლის ჭამა რომ არ იცი ეგ კი გეპატიება.
Georgia not bad but it is batter Sakartvelo 🇬🇪
Please never eat khachapuri like that again😂
You’re right!!
No offense intended: you could easily pass as a Georgian, but the way you eat khachapuri gives you away. :)
Haha that is a big compliment, don’t worry :)
thanks but khinkali is not dumpling
What is it then? 🤔🤔
just khinkali D: @@hungrytoexplore
Brotha you got ripped on that khinkali... 27 lari for 10 ? Jesus christ where did you go ?
Asi means 100, so its 100 khinkali
Come to Pakistan
Yes!!! One day I will
You won't taste real khinkali, it's not well made, the meat is bad, try it in Batumi in Georgia
That Dima's tea shop has nothing to do with Georgian food. Those cafes are the ones in hundreds that Russian expats opened in Georgia when they came in droves after starting war in Ukraine. Waste of space in this otherwise GREAT video.
23:18 I know nothing special but if you tap the screen it says Churchkula (Georgian Snickers) so hilarious
love it!
28:14 Yeah I know its so delicious its might be the second most delicious food in this country its just unique
100%!!!
That Khachapuri reminds me of a Turkish pide. Both provide a bit of room for the human imagination to run wild in...😅😂🤣
haha yes, very much like a Pide, which is also delicious... not sure where your imagination went though ;)
Pide does not belong to Turkish cuisine, it belongs to Laz-Georgian cuisine! After the Ottoman occupation, some lands remained on the Turkish side with their natives, and that culture is their culture, that is, our culture.
thanks for the interesting video. I'm from Tbilisi. I am a cook... myself...Georgian cuisine is very rich and interesting...if you have any questions about the cuisine, please contact me...)
my pleasure, will 100% take you up on that if required, I will be back :)
@hungrytoexplore it'll be cool...)
Local georgian kid here so I have this simple plastic machine where you put the dough I dunno the name of it then the meat or something else then you push with force then it created an perfect khinkali then you push another button with force to release the khinkali
hahaha I need that!!
8:01 nah bro I always eat the top its more delicious than the meat itself ngl so doughy
haha don't waste a thing!
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thank you
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thank you!