Ali Dawah - November 28, 2018


TURKISH RESTAURANT IN GHANA ep 2 - SALAM DINING

Topics
timing food waste expensive Turkish restaurant
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Ali Dawah
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Warahmatullahi Rabbaret Turkish Aydan Salaam Dining Alhamdulillah MashaAllah Mohammed Lassiye Drake Akon Drop
DINA TOKIO CROSSED THE LINE - SID & DINA I VISIT SCHOOL OF BULLIED BOY JAMAL - BOY BULLIED

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In this episode of Salaam Dining, we visit the DNR Turkish restaurant in Accra, Ghana, where we try Turkish Aydan, a traditional Turkish dish served with a dollop of lassi.

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00:00:00.000 Salaam alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of Salaam Dining. Today we're in Accra in Ghana
00:00:14.280 and this is the DNR Turkish restaurant. Let's take a look inside.
00:00:30.000 We're inside now. We're having a look through the menu. There's a lot of salads on the menu.
00:00:52.320 Look at that. I've never seen that many salads on the menu but also on this menu there's a lot of
00:00:57.600 images. Every single meal has a different image on it. So you know what it should look like.
00:01:03.120 So you're about to try Turkish Aydan. This is probably one of my favorite drinks. This is like Lassiye.
00:01:09.680 We call this Lassiye.
00:01:18.240 Definitely needs more salt. You need sugar bro. Are you putting more salt in that?
00:01:23.360 That's how it's supposed to be. This is meant to be, this is meant to be sweet.
00:01:26.880 No, if you're Turkish. 0.94
00:01:30.320 What's wrong with you? This is meant to be sweet.
00:01:35.120 Like mango or something. MashaAllah, look at that.
00:01:40.240 Why are you laughing at? Show yourself in the mirror.
00:01:43.760 Okay guys, so what time did you order your food?
00:01:53.120 Exactly 7.15pm. No, no, no. They didn't go yet. Just, he left a minute ago. So what time is it now?
00:01:59.120 7.17pm. Okay, good.
00:02:01.760 My watch says 7.14pm. Okay, so.
00:02:04.560 Is that Birmingham time?
00:02:06.400 Always behind me.
00:02:09.760 Somebody, some, some, some, some intelligence has told us that you guys had a special time in Iraq.
00:02:18.480 Don't worry about that. What happened in Iraq? We know what happened in Iraq, stays in Iraq. 1.00
00:02:23.440 But can you share your experience?
00:02:24.800 Stays in Iraq, study yourself. 0.99
00:02:27.680 This is Mohammed, go on. 0.80
00:02:28.960 In Iraq, in February 2017, we actually came from the ISIS drone attack when we were delivering aid on the front line on the eastern part of Boston.
00:02:41.440 Can we have the longer version of that story?
00:02:44.000 Yeah.
00:02:44.320 I'm getting used to this thing, you know. This thing's alright, you know.
00:02:48.800 Can you tell, can you tell us, can you tell us,
00:02:50.960 Can you tell us what happened? It's like every second. How did it happen?
00:02:58.720 So, one of the many places around the world that we work is Mosul.
00:03:03.840 And Mosul in Iraq was an ISIS stronghold.
00:03:07.680 We were deployed to Mosul to do a water project with UNICEF, a human relief foundation.
00:03:16.720 And the project was basically to take water into Mosul. On a daily basis, about 1.5 million meters of water every single day.
00:03:25.680 This water would go into the city of Mosul. While there was a war going on, at that time,
00:03:30.720 it was the most, you know, dangerous battle going on in the whole world.
00:03:35.920 And we take water in every day. Now, one day, while we were there,
00:03:40.000 we basically got surrounded and held at gunpoint by some masked men.
00:03:48.640 So, they had balacramas on, they were wearing porn black, they had really big buns. 0.80
00:03:53.840 And they stopped our cars, and they basically wanted us to get out of the cars, carried out.
00:04:00.960 So, obviously, it was a military tech bike. When we got stopped, someone came riding on a bike.
00:04:06.640 Do you remember that guy? It was a bike riding on a bike, shouting at the top of his voice,
00:04:10.960 get behind the building, drones, drones, drones. We thought this was like a play or some acting.
00:04:17.760 The army guys came to our cars and said, get the hell out of the cars. Drones are coming.
00:04:21.680 But as soon as we stepped up, they were not army guys.
00:04:24.320 They were militia.
00:04:25.600 To be clear, they were militia. These guys are lawless. They're goons, they're bounty hunters.
00:04:32.880 They're not the army. They're out just to benefit themselves and to cause trouble. 0.95
00:04:39.440 That's why it was scary. They weren't the army.
00:04:42.880 So, anyway, we got out of the car, and then all we could hear was the sound of like a mini helicopter.
00:04:49.360 We didn't know what to do. We didn't know what was going on.
00:04:50.880 You can hear it, but you can't see it. That's how high up it is.
00:04:53.760 So, above you is like, like that sort of sound.
00:04:56.640 And at that point, there's just panic, like major panic. We got one guy that's telling us,
00:05:03.120 oh, everybody get in the car. There's another guy saying, don't get in the car.
00:05:07.760 If you get in the car, the car will become the target.
00:05:10.800 Same way the guys that were, you know, trying to, like, kidnap us or take us or whatever.
00:05:17.680 They turn around and they start shooting because these ISIS guys now were shooting at them.
00:05:22.880 So, we're in the middle of a gun battle between these two groups and we're just taking cover.
00:05:29.680 And then, out of nowhere, just, Alhamdulillah, they shot it down and it fell about 500 to 600 meters
00:05:36.160 away from where we were standing, which is not that far to be honest.
00:05:40.400 So, we got in the cars, we evacuated. The one thing that stuck in my mind is literally about 200 meters
00:05:46.000 from where that happened when we were in the car. I looked out as we were driving off,
00:05:49.120 and there was a woman from here washing all the night and there were three kids playing in the street,
00:05:54.240 like it's normal, like it's nothing. When this bomb went off, I hit the floor. I was on the floor,
00:06:01.520 the ground was shaking, I was shaking, my heart was shaking and it's got to be like the scariest moment of my life.
00:06:10.160 Definitely one of the most scariest moments of my life. And then, to run away from that,
00:06:18.400 literally when everybody starts shooting at each other, but looking around us and everybody's still
00:06:23.680 living normal life, people are walking on the streets, kids are playing, like you said,
00:06:28.000 a woman's putting a washing out. It's absolutely crazy. 1.00
00:06:31.280 So, we got out of Mosul as quick as we could. We got to a military checkpoint. Those guys there,
00:06:37.440 they took us in. They gave us some security and that was just another day in Mosul. The next morning,
00:06:45.440 we got off and went back and we did the same thing. Work never stops. All right, let's start
00:06:51.760 picking up the standards. Complimentary things like salads, city sauce. I don't do chili.
00:07:01.280 So, it's 24 minutes past seven. So, it's about seven minutes since we ordered and the standards have come.
00:07:09.440 Now, the real test is how long are the beans going to take? Because if I eat all of this,
00:07:16.160 I'm not going to be able to eat my fish. Now, hummus is typically in Arabic. We're in Ghana.
00:07:31.280 They made 500 times when needed.
00:07:41.600 It's like, 10 minutes after dinner.
00:07:47.280 So 15 minutes since you ordered it?
00:07:59.280 We ordered it.
00:08:01.280 14 minutes.
00:08:03.280 So food has arrived after 16 minutes.
00:08:09.280 It smells good.
00:08:17.280 It smells good.
00:08:19.280 What's that?
00:08:21.280 It's a pepper.
00:08:23.280 I love this.
00:08:25.280 Look at my flavor.
00:08:27.280 The meat is really good.
00:08:29.280 It might be chili, but I don't like chili.
00:08:33.280 Nizo, what does it say on your t-shirt since you talked about Iraq?
00:08:41.280 It's an untrained eye.
00:08:43.280 This might look affiliated with certain things, but it's not.
00:08:47.280 It says stereotype.
00:08:49.280 And it's written in Arabic calligraphy style.
00:08:52.280 Which I think is really good.
00:08:54.280 It's a clever idea because we as Muslims get stereotyped a lot.
00:08:57.280 Especially with what's going on in the media and a lot of things that happen over here.
00:09:01.280 So this has actually helped spark conversation with people in the streets.
00:09:05.280 We'll look at it and we'll say, what's that?
00:09:07.280 And when you explain it to them, they actually think about it from how we expect it.
00:09:10.280 Which is, I think, a really, really clever way to engage with people.
00:09:14.280 And to prove to them the misconceptions about Islam are rubbed.
00:09:18.280 This food is really good, man.
00:09:22.280 Alhamdulillah.
00:09:23.280 We just finished our food.
00:09:25.280 We're going to be going through a 10-point checklist to rate this restaurant on the food that was given.
00:09:31.280 But also, if you check the link below in this video, we're out here in Ghana.
00:09:35.280 We're building education facilities, mosques, water wells, and all these other services.
00:09:39.280 For all the people in Ghana who are really deprived.
00:09:41.280 Let's go with you.
00:09:43.280 Okay, so the food.
00:09:45.280 Personally, I want to say, I'm not a fan of Turkish food.
00:09:48.280 But, that being said, I can't knock the quality of the food.
00:09:53.280 The quality of the food, I think, was amazing.
00:09:56.280 Compared to everything else that's in this area, the quality of the food here was...
00:10:01.280 It was spot on.
00:10:02.280 What about compared to Turkey?
00:10:03.280 What about compared to Turkey?
00:10:04.280 Even compared to Turkey, I thought here was really, really good quality. 1.00
00:10:09.280 Yeah.
00:10:10.280 I'm not a fan of it, but I have to be honest.
00:10:12.280 It's really good.
00:10:13.280 It's about five.
00:10:14.280 I'd go five.
00:10:15.280 Five?
00:10:16.280 Especially, we have to take into consideration the environment that we're in.
00:10:19.280 And there's no other food like this in this area whatsoever.
00:10:23.280 So, five for me.
00:10:24.280 And I think five is more curious.
00:10:25.280 Jesus, that's fine.
00:10:26.280 Service?
00:10:27.280 Service?
00:10:28.280 Service?
00:10:29.280 Their intentions are well.
00:10:30.280 They're good intentions, but I think, another thing, again, we have to take into consideration
00:10:39.280 is where we are and the character of the people.
00:10:42.280 They're very laid back.
00:10:43.280 Do you know what I mean?
00:10:44.280 So, they're very laid back with everything.
00:10:46.280 When we wanted to order, we had to ask three or four times.
00:10:49.280 And it's not like the guy was busy doing anything.
00:10:52.280 He was just all busy.
00:10:53.280 They're just very laid back.
00:10:55.280 And for that, they're going to lose points with me.
00:10:59.280 I'd say three.
00:11:00.280 I'd say three is fair.
00:11:01.280 I think three is fair.
00:11:02.280 Yeah, I think three is fair.
00:11:03.280 Because the intentions are good.
00:11:04.280 Exactly.
00:11:05.280 The important thing is intentions.
00:11:07.280 What about time?
00:11:09.280 Time was very good.
00:11:11.280 Because we ordered our food.
00:11:13.280 I think the starters came six minutes later.
00:11:16.280 Yeah.
00:11:17.280 So, ten minutes after that, that was enough time for us to have our starters.
00:11:24.280 Eleven minutes.
00:11:26.280 Eleven minutes was enough time for us to have our starters.
00:11:31.280 You know, sometimes you have your starters and you sit around for a bit, you hit them
00:11:34.280 get full.
00:11:35.280 That didn't happen.
00:11:36.280 It was perfect when the mains came.
00:11:38.280 So, what would you give it the timing?
00:11:40.280 For timing, I'm going to go hard to knock.
00:11:45.280 I'd say five.
00:11:46.280 I'd say five.
00:11:47.280 Yeah.
00:11:48.280 Another five.
00:11:51.280 Portion and price.
00:11:52.280 Okay.
00:11:53.280 Do price last.
00:11:54.280 Now, okay.
00:11:55.280 Portion?
00:11:56.280 I mean, look at my plate.
00:11:58.280 Remember the last.
00:11:59.280 There's still a lot of food left.
00:12:00.280 Which isn't a good thing because it means that some food is getting wasted.
00:12:05.280 But I think also because of the hummus and the starter, that's probably why I didn't finish
00:12:09.280 the main meal.
00:12:10.280 My kebabs, they, I specifically told the guy that I don't want the bread.
00:12:15.280 And he says, I'm going to, the bread comes with it anyway.
00:12:17.280 That would have gone to waste.
00:12:18.280 I had to tell him, don't bring the bread.
00:12:19.280 I don't want the bread.
00:12:20.280 They were going to give it anyway.
00:12:21.280 So, they're going to lose points on that.
00:12:22.280 Because he was happy to waste that food.
00:12:23.280 Yeah.
00:12:24.280 And I had to stop him.
00:12:25.280 And even when I stopped him, he still was trying to insist that he comes with it anyway.
00:12:27.280 Even on mine, he still gave me that bread.
00:12:28.280 So, the portion, I'm going to go with two.
00:12:29.280 Two?
00:12:30.280 I'd say three, but I think you're right, you know.
00:12:31.280 Because there's obviously a lot of food that's still left.
00:12:32.280 So, actually, we've got to give them a three.
00:12:33.280 Why?
00:12:34.280 We've got to give them a three.
00:12:35.280 Because it was a good sized portion.
00:12:36.280 We've eaten, you've got to remember, we don't eat much longer, are we here?
00:12:37.280 Normally, we have three meal a day.
00:12:38.280 We ate at two o'clock.
00:12:39.280 It's seven something now.
00:12:40.280 If we didn't eat anything, I'm going to eat.
00:12:41.280 Yeah.
00:12:42.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:43.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:44.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:45.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:46.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:47.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:48.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:49.280 I'm going to eat.
00:12:50.280 You've got to remember, we don't eat much longer, are we here?
00:12:51.280 Normally, we have three meal a day.
00:12:52.280 We ate at two o'clock.
00:12:53.280 It's seven something now.
00:12:55.280 If we didn't eat anything, and this was our one meal that we always come and eat,
00:12:59.280 we, well, I'm going to eat all my food.
00:13:01.280 You probably.
00:13:02.280 Three.
00:13:03.280 Let's go.
00:13:04.280 Three on our one.
00:13:05.280 Now, price.
00:13:06.280 Price?
00:13:07.280 For here, from here, Ghana, is expensive. 1.00
00:13:13.280 It's expensive.
00:13:14.280 Yeah.
00:13:15.280 For here, it's expensive.
00:13:16.280 Alright, so with this one, we'll do it.
00:13:19.280 We'll rate it for somebody that's coming from Britain.
00:13:23.280 Yeah.
00:13:24.280 And then we'll rate it for local as well.
00:13:27.280 So coming from Britain, it's not so bad.
00:13:30.280 I would give it $5.
00:13:31.280 I reckon.
00:13:32.280 When you go to a Turkish restaurant in the UK.
00:13:35.280 Just your mains is going to cost you $10.
00:13:37.280 Yeah, for real.
00:13:38.280 So coming from the UK, four is fair. 0.87
00:13:41.280 Four is fair.
00:13:42.280 Four.
00:13:43.280 But for the locals.
00:13:44.280 For the locals, if their daily salary is 10 CDs or less than 10 CDs, then they'd have to work for four days to be able to...
00:13:51.280 Their daily salary could not buy my meal.
00:13:54.280 Yeah.
00:13:55.280 They couldn't buy my meal on their daily salary.
00:13:57.280 So for the locals...
00:13:58.280 Probably a two.
00:13:59.280 A two.
00:14:00.280 A two.
00:14:01.280 Two, yes.
00:14:02.280 Because there are some people here who can afford it.
00:14:04.280 Yeah, there's lots of locals here.
00:14:06.280 Again, just comparing it to the local market and how things are, we'll go two.
00:14:11.280 So four if you're from the UK, two if you're a local.
00:14:16.280 Separate for families. 0.73
00:14:17.280 There's a first place.
00:14:18.280 Like a separate section, sitting area for families.
00:14:23.280 I don't know.
00:14:24.280 I don't see the rest.
00:14:25.280 Is there a three of them?
00:14:27.280 Yeah, there are three.
00:14:29.280 Thank you.
00:14:30.280 All right.
00:14:31.280 Okay, so alarm-less test.
00:14:32.280 Alarm-less test.
00:14:33.280 Is the menu alarm?
00:14:35.280 Is the menu halal?
00:14:36.280 Now, now one second.
00:14:37.280 Why did you do that with your fingers, Wasim?
00:14:39.280 Because halal-ness is not a word.
00:14:41.280 Oh.
00:14:42.280 Did you get it?
00:14:43.280 In your dictionary, it probably goes.
00:14:46.280 Okay, carry on.
00:14:47.280 But halal-ness is not a word.
00:14:49.280 Is the menu probably halal?
00:14:51.280 Alhamdulillah, everything on the menu, all the food on the menu is halal.
00:14:55.280 But then they got shisha on there. 1.00
00:14:57.280 So, some people.
00:15:00.280 But the thing is, I'm going to have an issue with that.
00:15:02.280 By the way, I don't have some shisha. 0.71
00:15:03.280 Can you see anyone smoking shisha?
00:15:05.280 Although it's on the menu.
00:15:06.280 I think they do have a separate outdoor area where they do smoking shisha. 0.98
00:15:10.280 It's completely separate from the restaurant.
00:15:11.280 So, technically...
00:15:12.280 No, but they still serve it.
00:15:14.280 Now, that's down to how people feel about shisha.
00:15:19.280 In terms of food, yes, it's halal.
00:15:21.280 Yes, with the food halal, they get it as well.
00:15:23.280 Okay.
00:15:24.280 Second thing, do they serve alcohol?
00:15:25.280 No.
00:15:26.280 They get one star for that.
00:15:29.280 Do they play music?
00:15:31.280 Yes.
00:15:32.280 We're playing Akon's old album while we've been here.
00:15:35.280 They always got star for that.
00:15:37.280 New choir.
00:15:38.280 Do they have...
00:15:39.280 How do you know Akon's full album?
00:15:41.280 Because you gave me the tafsir of it. 0.91
00:15:43.280 Moving swiftly on.
00:15:46.280 Do they have a segregated area for women? 1.00
00:15:49.280 Or families?
00:15:50.280 Oh, that's really true.
00:15:51.280 Four families are together.
00:15:53.280 Everybody's together in one place.
00:15:55.280 What they do have...
00:15:56.280 Together forever.
00:15:57.280 What?
00:15:58.280 Is that Akon lyric?
00:16:00.280 What they do have...
00:16:01.280 Drake.
00:16:02.280 There's an area outside.
00:16:03.280 That's like outside.
00:16:05.280 In the outside.
00:16:07.280 So it's warmer.
00:16:08.280 And then here, inside, there's like an AC.
00:16:12.280 Nice cooler area.
00:16:14.280 But there's no separate place for women. 1.00
00:16:16.280 I think for that as a family...
00:16:17.280 I think for that as a family...
00:16:18.280 We have to take into consideration the local Canadian culture.
00:16:20.280 Oh yeah, they do.
00:16:21.280 But then there is...
00:16:22.280 They don't really have a culture of segregation.
00:16:23.280 Even in more religious areas.
00:16:25.280 But it's Arab music.
00:16:28.280 Yes.
00:16:29.280 And milk.
00:16:30.280 And milk.
00:16:31.280 And milk.
00:16:32.280 And finally...
00:16:33.280 Do they have a prayer room?
00:16:35.280 Yes.
00:16:36.280 They do have a prayer room.
00:16:37.280 We've used it.
00:16:38.280 They're really balanced.
00:16:39.280 So I think they've got very, very good quality food.
00:16:42.280 It's a very friendly environment.
00:16:43.280 It's good for families.
00:16:45.280 There's a place for you to go and do salat.
00:16:47.280 I think the only thing really letting it down is...
00:16:49.280 What there is music playing...
00:16:50.280 In the restaurant.
00:16:53.280 Okay, so Alhamdulillah.
00:16:54.280 That's the end of our meal.
00:16:56.280 And that's the end of our time.
00:16:57.280 Here in DNR restaurant.
00:16:59.280 In Hakra, Ghana.
00:17:00.280 Thanks for us.
00:17:01.280 Yeah.
00:17:02.280 So if you want us to come and review any more of your restaurants.
00:17:05.280 Any more.
00:17:06.280 If you want us to come and review any of your restaurants in the UK.
00:17:09.280 Drop a message in the comment section below.
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00:17:23.280 Asalaamu Alaikum.
00:17:24.280 Asalaamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Rabbaret.
00:17:26.280 Thank you.