Ali Dawah - SALTBAE RESTAURANT ep 3 - SALAM DINING

00:00:00.000 Asalaamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Barakatuh Brothers and sisters and dear friends

00:00:08.160 welcome to another episode of Salaam Daini where are we are we in the UK Ustad no we are not we are

00:00:12.000 in Istanbul we are in Istanbul and we're going to go somewhere special where that's going to be

00:00:15.680 follow us inshallah as we review Salkbay Ustad after you I'm so excited

00:00:21.600 so we are inside the notorious restaurant known as Nusret the word at the end in Turkish means

00:00:36.480 meat so this is what we're here for we're here for the meat inshallah we've got our guest Ustad

00:00:45.440 he's going to be with me today and we're going to review this place and see how nice the

00:00:50.720 eats meat is inshallah okay okay all right so Ustad the first thing that we usually do is that we kind

00:00:59.920 of review the menu a little bit so if you go through it just go through it see how you find it

00:01:04.160 you realize you know is it complicated or artificial sometimes you have menus with too many colors

00:01:08.400 and if you don't know what's going on so let's tell you something about them

00:01:11.600 okay so we're going to speak english now so he said that uh on the menu all of them are the top

00:01:25.600 sellers yeah this one yeah we cook it on the table with melted butter you cook it on the table

00:01:31.760 yeah it melts about oh separate baked potato spinach or mushroom not together no not together which one

00:01:36.240 is nice i know what is nice the nice nice baked potato with spinach same plate just okay okay

00:01:44.960 also we have onion flour okay give me the uh spinach and mashed potato okay but do you have any sauces with

00:01:51.920 it black pepper yeah yeah we just using sauce nothing else but can i have do you have a black

00:01:58.400 peppers yeah yeah okay can i have one black pepper sauce as well sauce no just chili yeah yeah i mean

00:02:05.600 so you don't have any sauces yeah just barbecue interesting because usually at steak places that

00:02:10.640 you go to usually they have like gravy sauce the onion gravy or pepper sauce i think they can really

00:02:14.720 organic and natural so i'm looking forward to it medium red okay okay start what time did we order

00:02:21.760 our food this is very important we ordered at 6 48 yeah so what we're going to do is we're going

00:02:27.520 to see how long it takes for the starters to come and then between the starters how long it takes for

00:02:31.120 the main meal to come here it's really important the reason we monitor that is because between the

00:02:36.320 starter and the main meal if the gap is too long you end up getting full with the starter and don't eat

00:02:39.840 the main meal so what we usually do is since we ordered our food we get to know a bit about our

00:02:44.400 our guest so what i was going to ask you is speaker's corner because everybody knows from

00:02:48.080 speaker's corner mashallah alhamdulillah uh we've got an amazing debate inshallah and i'm one of your

00:02:52.640 students you can pass me as well your students um what made you come to speaker's corner how long

00:02:56.400 have you been going let's start with how long you've been going when did you start going uh so yeah i would

00:03:00.480 say about over 20 years i would say 20 years yes i think from the time of uh brothers like abdulrahim green

00:03:07.680 wow i used to come yeah and brother mansoor used to come before me so 20 years so you're in your

00:03:12.160 quite a long time you look like you're 35 so did you start going when you're 15.

00:03:17.440 so yeah i mean 20 years ago so alhamdulillah there have been a lot of uh good brothers who came there

00:03:23.520 and we learned a lot from them yeah so it's been very beneficial in terms of learning from the

00:03:29.200 people who will experience did you meet brother mansoor there yes i did first time i think really

00:03:36.080 yes so for 20 years wow what do you think has changed has it like the the dawah has it become

00:03:43.280 better like what do you think has changed between 20 years with the people as well because the people

00:03:46.960 back then how they came i mean obviously the people came and went um i think the main thing that is

00:03:52.160 noticeable which has changed yeah are the cameras yeah back in the days they didn't have the cameras

00:03:58.080 i think that has made a new change in terms of spreading the um well spreading the dawah across

00:04:05.920 the globe i would say now yeah so it's not just within the speakers yeah and so you come on sunday

00:04:13.280 what is japan you come on sunday give you a dawah and then go back and that was that was the end

00:04:18.000 of it okay did you used to stand up and talk or was it always just pageant i've always been um basically

00:04:23.360 one-to-one or with the group maybe never on a on a ladder or i just wanted to keep it has the

00:04:31.200 misconceptions changed or are they similar like you know that they still keep repeating the same

00:04:35.280 all really is it the same things keep repeating the same thing regardless how many times they've been

00:04:41.280 yeah it's just it's like they come there every it's like every single week it's like something new and

00:04:47.600 and and it's funny enough because you know even like with mohammed hijab's debate that he had with

00:04:51.760 david wood which uh did a janaza of david wood sadly it would be deeply missed and now he's become a

00:04:57.040 family member man yeah in his career yeah in his career and i'm sure david's wife is happy that

00:05:02.640 mama did that but he's spent some time now anyways uh moving strictly on why do why don't they ever talk

00:05:07.840 about the trinity like if you look at the christians they never talk about their own doctrine they're

00:05:12.320 always on like you know the uh you know always talking about islam islam islam why do you think

00:05:17.200 that is well they can't talk about something they cannot defend let's put it that way uh jay smith's

00:05:22.960 been coming there for like probably much longer than i've been coming there yeah i i definitely have

00:05:28.480 seen him when i met the first time he was still there so i'm pretty sure it came before and one thing

00:05:35.040 that he has avoided one topic he has definitely avoided was the the uh the topic on the trinity because he did

00:05:41.280 yeah he did so for the 25 years or whatever he's been coming there he does not talk about

00:05:45.040 he did not want to talk about that particular that's that's crazy imagine if we're doing

00:05:49.360 that for 20 years and you never hear taweed or the wonders of allah from us like you're going to

00:05:53.840 start questioning like what's the fundamentals of your religion why are you avoiding it you know

00:05:57.680 especially what happened with shumir ali uh you know that old old old debate when he's sitting down

00:06:02.000 because if god died then he'll run the world and everyone's laughing i think that that kind of got to him

00:06:06.400 and i think from that moment onwards he's he's avoided it yeah because it'll be very difficult for the

00:06:10.640 christians to defend something like the trinity which is not found in the bible yes so something

00:06:15.760 which is extra biblical now this is supposed to be the core of their belief yeah and if that is not

00:06:20.400 found in the main text their revelation yeah they can only rely on something which is outside the bible

00:06:27.840 so it's extra biblical and that is something that obviously they will be questioning yeah during the debate

00:06:33.920 yes and if they do not have a valid answer or at least a reasonable answer to say why

00:06:39.920 god forgot the most important doctrine of this in the uh uh mentioned in the bible if you look at the

00:06:46.880 old testament the new testament none of them speak about the trinity or the trinity yeah it's always

00:06:51.120 one god it's quite interesting you know when they when they talk to us like you said it's hard for them

00:06:55.360 to answer our questions so imagine in front of allah how they're going to answer imagine when allah is going

00:07:00.320 to be important you learn before you start uh giving dawah you learn about it that is the basics you know

00:07:08.160 because the thing is many people just jump into it without knowing the nuances without knowing the

00:07:12.800 details even yeah and that kind of backfires on them yes because when they are asked the question

00:07:17.680 they themselves start doubting with them you see what i mean yeah that's quite dangerous

00:07:20.640 subhanallah something terrible has happened the great nushret's how the how the has fallen onto

00:07:26.880 the floor but to be honest i wanted to give him dawah inshallah uh i thought i could learn from

00:07:32.080 as well but obviously he's not here is that the other branch but you never know i might uh you

00:07:35.280 know find him and uh it's a good thing we got our cameraman from as well yes yes yes

00:07:40.080 if you know our bubble sisters do not forget to unsubscribe right now as you're watching this

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00:07:47.440 inshallah amazing brother i think it's yeah purified intentions and mine okay so let's start

00:07:51.520 this came in five minutes so i think if you can see oh yeah that was i think i think it's quite

00:07:55.920 reasonable five minutes is quite reasonable

00:08:06.720 i said tell nushret that we're really sorry like we did not mean to

00:08:09.040 tell me not to go away sir sir our dear cameraman he's working hard so you gotta look after him

00:08:14.320 there we go i have one onion flower okay i'm gonna have my onion flower

00:08:29.360 yeah it's onion it's like onion

00:08:39.360 okay guys so this here is the

00:08:45.520 this here is the special

00:08:51.920 so what they do is they cook it right here in front of you

00:08:57.280 personally i went to a place in central london i don't know the name but they'll bring you this meat

00:09:02.480 with a like a bar that thing it's hot and you cook it yourself but here they cook it for you

00:09:10.960 how do you find it yeah it looks pretty good is it exciting yeah it looks good let's see

00:09:15.600 they put a lot of you start you like it i like the way i like it there's a lot of extra ghee

00:09:20.880 oh look it's got bread as well look at that

00:09:24.480 for those who like juice meat juice on their bread this is the case

00:09:30.480 i'm really looking forward to

00:09:31.920 here we go thank you

00:09:53.280 thank you that's very good we're gonna find out exactly uh review at the end inshallah for now we're

00:10:00.400 gonna eat

00:10:11.840 yeah we've got that sea salt everywhere

00:10:30.460 okay so guys so basically we asked for Tabasco sauce they said here you go there's a Tabasco

00:10:37.100 and then we tasted it it tastes like barbecue or something so that's not Tabasco then they said

00:10:43.220 okay you want the Tabasco Tabasco so if you get that if you're coming here tell them you want the real

00:10:50.960 things and we ordered they had a lot of variety so we picked one I'm joking there was only one

00:10:56.000 there's a baklava with ice cream so I've tried baklava before have you been to Antepiller in

00:11:01.280 Haringey Green Lanes they do the best baklava yeah so I've tried it before and we tried

00:11:06.800 the baklava before oh yes okay so we're going to try the ice cream and let's see what's so unique

00:11:10.520 about it I'm going to wait for that

00:11:11.600 this sandwich is ice cream

00:11:16.760 oh okay

00:11:23.360 let's see how it tastes and after when we get straight into our 10-point checklist and renew this place now

00:11:41.540 I don't like Turkish tea but I just drank back when the cameraman told me to anyway so Ustad are you ready for the 10-point checklist

00:11:53.760 yes okay sir but before we get into that Ustad I just want to give a reminder for our brothers and sisters that are watching you know I was just thinking and I usually ponder upon it myself when I'm in restaurants when I'm in a certain place when I see a lot of people

00:12:03.500 you know they're just you know drinking having fun there's nothing wrong with that it just makes me ponder how ungrateful mankind is and you know when I was reading the verse of Quran which I can't remember specifically

00:12:14.500 Allah said that mankind is ungrateful not only that but mankind itself is witness to that how ungrateful he is

00:12:21.500 so it's really important brothers and sisters for us to acknowledge you know because there's so many people look we're here we choose what we want to eat

00:12:28.500 when we want to eat where to go after you know let's go and chill here let's go for go-karting let's go for horse riding all these blessings

00:12:35.500 and a lot of people have more other blessings as well but remembering Allah when it comes to remembering Allah brother do you play Salah sister five minutes do you play Salah

00:12:43.500 oh I haven't got time for that I mean I find it very profound it doesn't mean if you think about it it does not adapt and how could you know

00:12:51.500 acknowledge all of these favors of Allah but don't ponder to yourself for five minutes and say you know what just five minutes just five six minutes

00:12:58.500 praying to my lord you know I just want to give that reminder I don't know if you want to add on anything on to that

00:13:02.500 absolutely yeah so let's get into our 10 point checklist so what we're going to do is we're going to review the food first and then we're going to

00:13:08.500 allow this test yeah so let's start with how how was the service so when we came in from how they served us to how polite

00:13:17.500 they were in general how would you rate their service from one to five stars I think service is pretty good I think it's pretty good

00:13:24.500 amazing isn't it yeah I'll do the five star definitely yeah so we ask for anything and they'll be like that

00:13:30.500 very fast as well and there's a lot of them working there's a lot of them working and like right now I can see

00:13:35.500 eight nine yeah that's just people that are serving us five star 100% I'm with you five star so that's five

00:13:40.500 stars for service how about timing I think yeah time was quite reasonable so you ordered the food and what

00:13:48.500 it came it came in about 20 I think 26 27 minutes and that's for a meat dish I think that's pretty reasonable

00:13:56.500 I think I'm thinking four stars yeah I would say I would say five stars yeah in terms of timing yeah

00:14:03.500 we don't have we don't have half cinema we can't even do four and a half cinema yeah I know for a meat dish I think that was

00:14:08.500 very good so you're not going to budge down um no I think I'm going to stick to five stars

00:14:14.500 then I'm going to have to climb up there and say okay five star for timing no problem so service timing how was the portion

00:14:20.500 we have a menu we've got to check the price how was the portion like bear in mind what you ordered if you had that with the sides would that have filled you would it be too much would it be too less

00:14:33.500 I think it for my appetite I think that was a bit more so I had to share it with others definitely it was more than my fashion my appetite I would say yes

00:14:43.500 My passion, my appetite, I would say.

00:14:46.720 Okay, me personally, my one was for two people, so it wasn't enough.

00:14:51.560 I would personally say, yeah, it was perfect for two people.

00:14:55.700 The portion, I would say, yeah, it was reasonable, because usually we take the star down if it's too much.

00:15:00.400 You wouldn't say it was almost too much.

00:15:01.940 No, it wasn't too much.

00:15:03.100 It was just over my, let's say, my appetite.

00:15:06.280 Some people eat more, some people eat less, I guess, I don't know.

00:15:10.480 Everyone's subjective, isn't it?

00:15:12.140 I'm confused with three or four stars.

00:15:14.040 Three or four stars.

00:15:15.580 Four stars, yeah.

00:15:16.780 Four stars, yeah?

00:15:17.660 Yeah, I would say four stars, but it was very reasonable.

00:15:18.920 It was very reasonable.

00:15:19.780 Okay, four stars, okay.

00:15:20.740 Now, price.

00:15:22.240 The price.

00:15:22.980 Now, which one did you order?

00:15:25.960 I think it was just the one above yours.

00:15:28.800 Okay, they're both the same price, yeah?

00:15:30.460 Yeah.

00:15:30.840 No, actually, no, they're not.

00:15:32.020 No, yours is this one.

00:15:32.880 No, my one was $280.

00:15:34.820 Oh, yeah, $280.

00:15:36.000 Okay, so mine was double the price of that.

00:15:38.840 So it's for two people.

00:15:40.120 Your one was $145.

00:15:41.420 So in British pounds, we're talking about, every pound is about six and a half Turkish liras.

00:15:48.700 Yeah, 6.5.

00:15:49.460 So we're talking about 40 pounds.

00:15:53.180 $280 is about 40 pounds for two people.

00:15:55.920 That's quite reasonable.

00:15:56.900 That's quite okay.

00:15:57.860 Like, the meat, it's quite reasonable.

00:16:00.440 Your one was around 23 pounds.

00:16:03.140 Yeah.

00:16:03.700 But mine was only a single portion.

00:16:05.320 Yours was twice.

00:16:06.120 So obviously, they double the price.

00:16:08.480 So, okay, my one works out to £20 per person.

00:16:11.080 Your one is £22.

00:16:11.760 Exactly, yeah.

00:16:12.340 That's not bad.

00:16:14.620 Like, for British pounds, that's not bad.

00:16:16.480 If I lived here, I think it would be a different spot.

00:16:18.980 So, for example, coming from the UK with a British pound, I think that is very reasonable.

00:16:24.620 For a steak place, and bearing in mind, it's quite popular.

00:16:26.720 I'm thinking between four to five stars.

00:16:28.900 I was thinking we were going to go there, but what would you say, four or five?

00:16:32.440 I think four stars, yeah.

00:16:33.940 Four stars, yeah.

00:16:34.560 100%, I agree.

00:16:35.320 Yeah, four stars.

00:16:36.060 That's quite reasonable.

00:16:37.060 I think that's a single portion price.

00:16:38.440 Yes.

00:16:38.620 $1.45 and $1.40.

00:16:39.800 So it's only five lira difference.

00:16:41.100 Yes.

00:16:41.540 But if I lived in Turkey, I would give this two stars.

00:16:45.360 Because living costs are very expensive here.

00:16:47.800 But since we don't live here, we lived in Britain, and we want Britain to be about British, we'll give it four stars.

00:16:53.720 Okay, so that was the price.

00:16:54.980 And lastly, the food.

00:16:57.920 In general, how was the food, from the starter to the main meal to the dessert?

00:17:01.900 I love the dessert.

00:17:03.020 The dessert was nice, didn't it?

00:17:03.760 Yeah.

00:17:03.980 Definitely, yeah.

00:17:04.660 So it was quite unique.

00:17:05.980 I mean, they had baklava, which was kind of warm.

00:17:09.300 Yes.

00:17:09.680 And then they had ice cream kind of sandwiched between two pieces of baklava.

00:17:13.940 And then chopped up.

00:17:14.720 Yeah, which was quite unique, actually.

00:17:16.580 We have lots of baklava in London, as you know.

00:17:19.380 And Askin, of course.

00:17:20.940 But I've never tried them all together.

00:17:23.500 Yes.

00:17:23.800 And I think it gave a very unique taste.

00:17:28.020 It did, it did, it did.

00:17:29.180 Yeah, it did.

00:17:30.260 The flavour was perfect, I would say.

00:17:32.380 So what would you say, the food as a whole?

00:17:34.180 The food as a whole, out of five?

00:17:35.420 Keep in mind the steak as well, because you did say you had it better.

00:17:37.960 Yeah, of course.

00:17:37.980 The main.

00:17:38.240 Like, I'm being honest, I've had different places as well.

00:17:41.060 They keep it very original here.

00:17:42.460 They don't have like these pepper sauce or this or this.

00:17:44.000 They keep very original.

00:17:44.900 Just the salt, a little pepper, that's it.

00:17:46.920 So there's none of that pepper sauce here.

00:17:48.280 So I've tried a few steak places.

00:17:50.340 I wouldn't, I'm not going to give it five.

00:17:52.820 I would not say five.

00:17:54.180 I'm thinking with, if I say three, I'm going to be unjust.

00:17:57.620 It was good.

00:17:58.760 Do you have four and a half?

00:18:00.020 We don't have halves anymore, exactly.

00:18:01.800 Yes, okay.

00:18:02.680 So four, let's say four.

00:18:03.600 Let's say four stars.

00:18:04.240 Yes.

00:18:04.540 That's good.

00:18:05.020 Okay, that's our review.

00:18:06.420 But now, what makes us unique at Salaam Dining is the halalness test. 1.00

00:18:10.500 This is a test where there's a lot of brothers and sisters out there.

00:18:13.320 On the weekends, they don't go club.

00:18:14.420 They go to dessert places or places to eat, so they want to know.

00:18:17.520 So, let's start off with, is the menu fully halal?

00:18:21.300 Do we know this?

00:18:22.280 Well, it's turkey.

00:18:23.620 It's turkey.

00:18:24.420 But do they serve?

00:18:25.560 The menu is fully halal, yeah?

00:18:27.180 Yes.

00:18:27.600 Okay, so that's one star.

00:18:29.620 Good.

00:18:30.720 Do they serve alcohol?

00:18:34.180 I can't see any alcohol.

00:18:35.480 Do you serve alcohol?

00:18:36.540 Do you serve alcohol?

00:18:36.560 I don't know.

00:18:39.200 So, you're eating.

00:18:41.240 So, guys, there's no alcohol here.

00:18:43.220 So, there's one star for no alcohol.

00:18:45.740 But I think in the other bunch of you do have alcohol.

00:18:47.520 This is in the Grand Bazaar, yeah?

00:18:54.520 Yes, Grand Bazaar, yeah.

00:18:56.100 Okay, so this is the Grand Bazaar.

00:18:58.680 So, if you come to this one, they have no alcohol.

00:19:00.240 So, that's one star for no alcohol.

00:19:01.800 Because here's a story.

00:19:04.700 Oh, historical place?

00:19:05.660 Yeah.

00:19:07.100 Hamsteries and the jungle.

00:19:09.100 Okay, so it's a historical place and they have a mosque.

00:19:12.180 They have stayed from certain alcohol here.

00:19:13.760 So, do you get one star for no alcohol?

00:19:15.580 Okay.

00:19:15.960 Okay, do they play music?

00:19:18.740 Yes.

00:19:20.420 No star for the music, sadly.

00:19:23.820 Lastly, do they have a prayer room?

00:19:26.280 I don't think so.

00:19:27.580 But they've got a mosque next door.

00:19:29.080 They do, but they don't have a prayer room in here.

00:19:30.660 Okay, yeah.

00:19:31.240 And we've got rid of half stars, so we can't even say half star for walking there.

00:19:35.140 No star, there's no prayer room here.

00:19:36.760 Okay, okay.

00:19:37.360 Lastly, do they have a segregation if a brother wanted to come with a sister or a family?

00:19:42.040 Can they be in a separate place and, you know, curtains?

00:19:45.080 I don't think so.

00:19:46.100 No, they don't.

00:19:46.660 No, this is something, there's no star for it, sadly.

00:19:48.940 But not a lot of restaurants cater for it.

00:19:50.540 So, no star for that.

00:19:51.900 So, okay guys, so that was an amazing experience we had with Ustad Hashim.

00:19:54.820 May Allah bless you, Inshallah.

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00:20:17.640 Do we have a Facebook group?

00:20:18.740 Yeah, I do Google Facebook sometimes.

00:20:21.180 We've got a group called speakers.corner.london.

00:20:24.300 If you just search for it on Facebook, Inshallah, you'll see.

00:20:27.740 Okay, we'll put them in there.

00:20:28.520 We do contribute there.

00:20:30.300 Alhamdulillah.

00:20:30.740 Inshallah.

00:20:30.980 So next time, As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatu ladagee.

00:20:33.460 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatu lada newspaper.

00:20:35.040 There's a hundred big things that happen to me.

00:20:37.680 What's more of this, more of this?

00:20:39.000 Right now there's no...

Ali Dawah - February 21, 2019

SALTBAE RESTAURANT ep 3 - SALAM DINING

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