Armenian COOKING CLASS & Feast Inside MEGERIAN CARPET FACTORY | Yerevan, Armenia
As my second full day in Armenia continued, I set out on an awesome, once-in-a-lifetime adventure! Come along with me as I attend an Armenian cooking class and have a feast inside a carpet factory in the capital city, Yerevan!
Megerian Carpets: / megeriancarpetarmenia
Galina: / gaaliinnnn._13
Armenia Travel: / armeniatravelofficial
My afternoon started at the world-famous Megerian Carpet Cultural Complex, where my guide, Galina, took me on a tour. Our first stop was the Museum of Antique Rugs. The rugs inside date back between 100 and 400 years! I also saw a photo of the largest rug in the world, which is proven to be Armenian!
Then, Galina showed me the natural dyes and a map of Armenia from 1914. The oldest rug in the museum is over 400 years old. Part of it was repaired 70 years ago with chemical dyes, but they have faded, while the natural dyes have stayed vibrant! Next, I saw the Almond Rug, which symbolize maternity, fertility, and life.
The Vahan Rug has a pattern of a shield on it and was split in half by a mother, with each of her daughters getting one half during the Armenian Genocide. She hoped that if they got separated, that they would be able to use their halves to find each other again. They found each other 50 years later in New York City. The story almost made me cry!
The rugs came in all different sizes and colors, with lots of different patterns. There were 70 rugs there!
After weaving the rugs, they wash, brush, and shear the rugs. Galina showed me the process. Then, Galina took me to the weaving center to show me the Armenian double-knot technique. She also showed me the factory’s largest loom, which can weave up to 100 square meters with 4-8 women working on it at once.
Next was the showroom, where there were thousands of rugs. All of the carpets there were for sale except one that was a present for George and Amal Clooney. They only made 100 copies of this design, and they’re only for people who are invested in the Armenian nation or helped with the Armenian Genocide.
Further along are antique rugs, which are 75 years old or more. They triple price for the age. A new one costs about $2,000, and the antiques were $6,000.
Next, I had some smooth Ararat brandy, which was amazing and exactly what I needed. I met with Vladimir, the chef, who would teach me how to cook a dish called Tapaka Ararat!
After cooking everything, he arranged the beef, rice, dried fruit, and walnuts so that they symbolized Mount Ararat and humanity around them.
The beef with saffron rice was so good. It was almost like having a creamy rice. Next, I had vodka, followed by lavash, a strong cheese, and strong greens.
The creamy eggplant with peas and pomegranante was so good! After more vodka, I tried the lake trout dish called the Mermaid, which was stuffed with greens, cranberries, and cranberry sauce. It also came with a spinach-like herb and cream.
Next were the dolmas, which I love eating in Greece. They’re grape leaves stuffed with beef and rice. You eat them with creamy matsoun.
For dessert, I tried the halwa, which was like a delicious cacao ball. The nuts with honey were like a delicious peanut butter ball, and the gata was dense, sugary, and crumbly.
What an amazing dinner! The only thing is, if you want to dine at the restaurant in the carpet factory, you have to make reservations beforehand.
After dinner, I tried on some traditional garb that’s meant for kings. It went well with my new hat I got from the market earlier in the day. I got some photos taken in the carpet showroom for $25 USD.
I hope you enjoyed coming with me to my Armenian cooking class and feast inside the Megerian Carpet Factory. If you did, please give this video a thumbs up and leave a comment below.
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@dalialule6324
4 жыл бұрын
Youre inspiring me to visit my homeland of armenia. Thankyou for youre beautiful videos. This one was my favourate. Thx from los angeles. 💕
@keepcreationprocess
4 жыл бұрын
you look like stepping out of a magazine. You just fit in.
I kept Netflix series aside and enjoying David's Armenia series. Damn beautiful place 😍
Hi from Sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪👍👌🥂
Wow Armenian food! Looks so yum 😋
Hi David thanks for sharing this amazing video,OV HAYA TOX LIKE DNI 👍🇦🇲❤️
@dalialule6324
4 жыл бұрын
The food is awsome. I love our armenian foods and culture. Those rugs are very beautiful.
She is absolutely adorable
More than 20 kings of Armenians were emperors of the Byzantine empire. The Armenians made a huge contribution to the Byzantine Empire, culture. So you can see the ornaments in St. Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople and in other cities. And in Italy, too, there are cathedrals built by the Armenians. Not to mention the island of St. Lazarus in the Gulf of Venice, which is wholly owned by the Armenian Apostolic Church.
VERY smart girl at the carpet factory, one of the best guides I've ever seen!!!
@sol5414
4 жыл бұрын
Oh,yes,I fell in love to her😃 She is soooo 🌷naturally❣🙏, without cosmetics, new,sometimes terrible eyebrows...etc...
I love those greens, live in Los Angeles, get it from Armenian markets, so healthy and delicious, OMG
Incredible country😍 .. And love you, David😘
👍 Love from Massachusetts!🇺🇸
@rubo1964
4 жыл бұрын
Live in MA as well Medford .Love the carpets.My Armenian beautiful wife used to repair old carpets takes lot of skill to fill holes and bland with the rest.David I am jealous!I I miss my country
Love David from China🇨🇳
❤🇹🇯 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Great food adventurer. He can even make rugs look so exciting!
The guide ,,she’s awesome. First time seeing a carpet being knotted. Explained ferfectly Living the fertect life👍🍸
Love your videos David!
Thank u 🙏 everyone that u explain about 🇦🇲 Armenian art history and food 🥘 ։Անչափ շնորհկալություն շատ գեղեցիկ մատուցեցինք մեր դարավոր գորգագործության արվեստը եվ մեր համեղ ուտելիքները եէ աղանդները 👏👏👍👍👍👏👍🥰🙏🙏🌺🌺💐💐🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
@mirosulparfumurilor766
3 жыл бұрын
Its all propaganda and a big lie!! See KARABAG... is it armenian?? NO!! ITS AZERBADJANI
Էս ինչ ուտող խմող տղայա է։ Thanks David for video. 🥃
@yashaviva1432
4 жыл бұрын
Հազիվ նորմալ մարդկային ուտելիքներա տեսել բա ինչ անի.
Amazing experience!! Food, carpet and traditional garments with professional pictures!
@mirosulparfumurilor766
3 жыл бұрын
11:20 its AGRI not ararat!! See, allways a lie in armenia!!
@raffiart5121
3 жыл бұрын
@@mirosulparfumurilor766 agru is in Mongolia. Your real homeland!
@mirosulparfumurilor766
3 жыл бұрын
@@raffiart5121 keep dreaming of getting turcs out of anatolia ok... Dream well.!! First u armenians betread turkey(ottomans) now u betread russia... This is armenia, only toy of the western countrys and rich diaspora!!
Armenians were great just check in Romania beautiful churches build and raised by them . They bring a lot of culture and improvement . Please see Dumbraveni church build by Armenians
She knows her carpets...
Damn I'd LOVE one of those gorgeous carpets they really look cool...
My beautiful beautiful Armenia.
The food must be delish, but I love the carpets 💜🤎💙💚
Kenats, looks great, wow, can't wait to visit myself
Amazing knowledge about carpets. You actually almost ate proper!
David- ALWAYS here to give you a "THUMBS UP"...
Nice
That’s so amazing that you have the privilege of traveling to different parts of this amazing world and experiencing all the diverse and beautiful cultures. I’m happy that I can live vicariously through your KZread channel. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thanks, brother! I greatly appreciate your videos about Armenia. They're dynamic, informative and... DELICIOUS :). Just one little thing: Armenian word "kenats" is not the equivalent of "cheers!". Rather, that means toast, which is basically a short (sometimes long lol) speach before drinking. However the way you pronounce the word sounds like "gnats", which can be translated as "here we go"! which sounds cool. Armenia as well as the whole Caucasus have nice tradition of toasts. They tell stories, parables with a moral lesson about friendship, parents, motherland, etc. Thanks again, my man!
Wow 👍
Matsun is purely Armenian dairy product and it actually became the prototype of yogurt. And the one who made yogurt for the first time was Armenian😊
@AS777top
4 жыл бұрын
🙋🇦🇲👍
@jordanvafaie2089
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@jordanvafaie2089
3 жыл бұрын
Chu giteyr, amen inch hsyastanic a yekel
Love David from India
Nice presentation, I am hungry now, your videos provide a lot of inspiration for my channel thanks for inspiring
There isn't much to do in Yerevan but you end up doing a lot in Yerevan. ;) Very friendly city.
You gotta eat Armenian BBQ!!!!!!
17 SOBs put dislike. RESPECT bro, good job (y)
@sol5414
4 жыл бұрын
Dislikes coming ONLY from turks = azeris it's the same shi..! Which a psychic normal person will be do it to Travels videos and for such a charismatic☀️ man,like David 🍀❣?!
YOU LOOK SMART N HANDSOME ON ARMENIAN TRADITIONAL SUIT.
food looks tasty David
You look very Armenian, brave 🇦🇲🔥🙏❤👍
Nice!!!!
Thank you for sharing this video.
✌🇫🇷🇦🇲
@georgiedu84
4 жыл бұрын
@Terry Peace me too bro... ✌Thanks
At 3:50 that myth was debunked😂 but still interesting and funny to know that my ancient ancestors thought like that.😃❤️🇦🇲
When I watch this video I want to go back and visit Armenia again but the flight is so long and exhausting😵✈️
Love that almond rug. My grandmother's name Haiganoush means there are almonds in Armenian, or Armenian bears almonds.(children/offspring)
Wow....
Hi David for a prolonged time I am watching u .luv u dear
Waiting for videos from Kerala 😋
Very interesting!
Very lovely rugs. I love armenia. 🇦🇲. I wish i can be there. I wonder how much the cheapest rug costs because i wanna buy one? If anyone knows please tell me. Merci shat/thanks alot!! 💕💕
*O" Okay than_ Me had just wanted to STOP right on by to say; thank you, for being "1 of a Kind" also for "Putting me this Early" my friend. Anyways! Nice job & thanks, for playing Weekdays video.*
David, coming to Reno, Nevada very soon ? We will love to have you here !!! You guys take care all right !!!
Super
Amazing video
David this trip to Armenia is serving as inspiration! When is a good time of year to go when traveling from the USA ???
@AK-dl4mf
4 жыл бұрын
@Canuck Crusader thanks for the helpful advice and suggestions!!!
@maqi1967
4 жыл бұрын
For me September is the best.
@dalialule6324
4 жыл бұрын
Go during june or july when its very worm in armenia. Youll enjoy youre time.
@mirosulparfumurilor766
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but its FULL of LIES!!! KARABAG is AZERBADJANI terretoir!! THIS FAKE VID DIDNT HELPED THAT, USNT IT
GOOD MORNING FRIEND 🍀🐶🍀HAPPY FRIDAY🍁🍀✈️
Эт инч, сирун ахчика) 🇦🇲
Hello David, can you please tell us the name of the restaurant where you eat ?
The largest rug showroom happens to be in High Point, North Carolina, my current state. They have Armenian rugs too.
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The rugs were really beautiful, they looked like rugs done in Kashmir or Jaipur or Bhadohi in India... How much was for the rugs? The food was really yummy... will definitely plan for a trip to Armenia. :) :) :)
This is probably where my grandparents and other family got their rugs from and brought them to the USA.
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I hope you will cook someday, as you have eaten a lot. :)
If you like eggplant try Imam Bialdi, baked stuffed eggplant.
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plesae come to varanasi bro
Everything came from Armenia, nothing no one else matters
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💕💕💕💕🥂🥂🥂💕💕💕
I grew up on Mahdzoun soup.
Try Armenian pastries
@dalialule6324
4 жыл бұрын
Yah like the pakhlava.
Aveluk is sorel.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
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You said the red comes from a bug,
Not spinach - Aveluk- wild sorrel
25000 about 60 USD
chechili,tenili,sulguni,churchxela dis is georgian food!
Root of a matter lol or a bug vor mek na ?
David he wasn't saying hello, he was making fun of you being a Jew and mentioned how he's the best chef in the world, and makes child's pictures on the plate with food lol, the best
There was nothing, then there was everything aka Armenia
Also cognac is not type of Armenian Drink its name of French Brandy from region of Cognac....stop cultural appropriation
@zarapapazyan4580
2 жыл бұрын
Don't worry,Armenians know who invented cognac,
The whole world was Armenian
Armenian sandwich loll
@dalialule6324
4 жыл бұрын
I love armenian sandwiches. Especially a lule kebab sandwiche. Im armenian aswell and our foods great. Yumm. 💕💕
is pazirik for ermenia or persia?
Poiuy
Everything is Armenian
You missed the Turkey genocide invasion of Armenia.
aranc kenac xmes asume kenac xmele sovetakan sovorutyuna azerin haye ruse uzbeke saxe nouyn sovorutyuune unen yevropacin ayt himar sovorutyan canod chi
Pazyryk Carpet is not Armenian lol it's Turkic-Oghuz tradition(Fact Checked and agreed by most if not all Historians) ....what a bs well why i'm not surprised, Armenians claim Georgian Churchkela as "Armenian Snickers".....
@ellemousa6176
3 жыл бұрын
U might wanna check ur DNA u might be Armenian now out
@AzeriDervish
3 жыл бұрын
@@ellemousa6176 wow what a smart ape we have here) have you checked your DNA?
Lol, vayy ara, smh smh
Bizim Zəngəzur Dərələyəz ,Irəvan və Qarabağ xalçalarını kopyalayıblar ki......gösterdikleri bir neçə xalça məhz bizim evdə var.Öz nənələrim,bibilərim,anam,xalalarımın vurduqları naxışlar məhz belə idi.Zəngəzurdanam...Ermenistandan 1988 də deporte olan tűrklərdən.
Dolma,çeçil,Irəvan kətəsi, lavaş,əvəlikli yemək nə vaxttan bunların oldu
Ooo my god....its every Azerbaijan national carpet...Irevan qrup(Armeniia not)..This carpets.....Dereleyez,Zengezur,Karabağ....
@xperterik727
4 жыл бұрын
Here we go, another Azerbaijan that got brainwashed by his/her government. You always try to claim everything as your own. All of the land that is now Turkey and Azerbaijan was Armenia
@ellemousa6176
3 жыл бұрын
@@tenqri2761 konem mayrid esh Turk
@tenqri2761
3 жыл бұрын
@@xperterik727 ay svoloch..ya tot azerbaycanes katoriy bıl deport iz Zengezura(.Sisyan)1988.. ves mayom selo Erefse(Arevis) ot 2..3 letnix detey do pojilix mushin i jenshini vse pliteli kovri..za 1 qod kajdim dome 2..3 ..4 kovri pleteli. Lyudi serevnavalis ..i v nashim selo ne jili ne odin armenina..v sosedskix syol tochna tak je.. ya bıl tam posledniy raz v 6 let..i znayu imya kajdiy arnament...svoloch..ti bredesh..ti ukradivayesh mayu kulturu..ti ljosh v mir..ti ubivaesh detey ..ti razrushaesh maqili nashix predkix .. i ti armenin
This Armenian series is rather a snooze fest.
@vartandokhalov6581
4 жыл бұрын
What seems to be the problem ?
@dalialule6324
4 жыл бұрын
Elisa,, i dont know who you are but please dont be jelous of my country Armenia. We are a beautifal country and people. I love my armenia. 💕💕💕 🇦🇲 💕💕
@dalialule6324
4 жыл бұрын
@Gev G i agree with you. Jews hate us and our beautiful christians too. God bless our armenians. 💕💕💕
This carpets national Azerbaijan(Zəngəzur,Dərələyəz,Qarabağ) carpets copia..
@tenqri2761
4 жыл бұрын
(Russian langui)...1988 mı deportirivani iz Armenii.ya azerbaydjanskaya turk..Qarakilse(Sisyan rayon)...Erevse(Arevis selo) eti kovrı pliteli moi babushki,mama,tyotya daje mushini moqli...eti arnamenti Zengezurskii turki pliteli.....uvas svoevo ili netu...ili nastolko vso krasiva mı delaem bez nashix idey vı ne mojiti jit
@tenqri2761
4 жыл бұрын
@ainanor kakii ili vı naxalnii ..ili uvas net kapli qordasti...
@ruzannapogosyan895
4 жыл бұрын
oslixa y vas net istori vsego100 let kak vi naciya obijniki
@shoxxacchatryan8504
4 жыл бұрын
@@ruzannapogosyan895 For them 100 years are antic years😁😁😁
@tigran1087
4 жыл бұрын
when there is nothing of your own, you always have to lie and try to steal from someone else’s without reason)) what have you been doing all your life. these rugs are older than you nomads. For millennia there have been only 2 states on these lands: the Armenian kingdom and Georgia. You are not anywhere, you are nobody and no one is called. You are a project of the Bolsheviks. Everyone can just write, and you prove the bastard. you all and the whole nation are supposedly only 100 years old and history, and then thanks to Lenin who simply created your lands, having robbed us. Sit and keep silent the tricks of an unknown person.))))
(RUSS LANGUIC)Te kovyor katoriy chistit devushka Azerbaydjanskim 50 manat(valuta Azerbaydjana) e yes etot kovrinniy medalyon..vso eto Irevan qrup kovrı(drevno azerbaydjanskii turki pliteli)
@gareginnjde7465
3 жыл бұрын
Азербайджан до 1918 года вообще не существовал 😂
@gareginnjde7465
3 жыл бұрын
Хватит чушь писать
@tenqri2761
3 жыл бұрын
@@gareginnjde7465 etot arnament nazıvaetsa ,,Chelebi,,..1918 Azetbaycan sushestvoval..samiy perviy opera Vastoke napisal kompazitor Uzeyir Qadjibekov..vıbor prezidenta mejdu jenshinami bıl pervıi Azerbaycane kakda daje Avrope nekotorix qasudarstv etova ne maqli..perviy na Vastoke jenshina kompazitor napisal operu v Azerbaycane Shafiqa Mammedova......... ..
@tenqri2761
3 жыл бұрын
@@gareginnjde7465 Perviy Sekretar Rayona Sisyanskova v armyanskom SSR bıl jenshina azerbaycanskiy turk Gyular Babayeva..moy rodstvennik..i v etom rayone selox do 1988 jil pochti 90% azerbaycanskix turkov..sprosi u babushki,dedushki tvoix
I really wonder who told u about the armenian map from 1914? there was no such thing as armenia in 1914 inside the ottoman empire...that map is fake.
@noitnettaattention
4 жыл бұрын
As fake as Azerbaijan?
@anizakaryan6723
4 жыл бұрын
Akisha Soyadi the areas west of current Armenia in the map all the way to the Black Sea were Armenian populated towns (Erzrum, Kars, Mus, Van, Ardahan, etc.). There were 2.4 million Armenians living there and owning the entire real estate. In case you didn’t know, 90% of those cities were populated by Armenians and lands were owned by Armenians for centuries. These people had been living in those lands since the Kingdom of Armenia days and were rightful owners of those lands regardless of which empire took over throughout the years. During the Byzantine-Sasanian wars, Kingdom of Armenia was ultimately partitioned into Byzantine Armenia in 387 and Persian Armenia in 428 and so on but the Armenian people and those lands were inseparable until 1915. I think this should explain the map in the video.
@luizaluluagajanyan9888
4 жыл бұрын
Ani Zakaryan BRAVO Ani jan, lav porte texe drecir👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️🇦🇲❤️
@kentishtowncomputer
4 жыл бұрын
@@anizakaryan6723 living in a certain area among turks and kurds doesnt change the fact that those lands were not called armenia in 1914. that map is a fairytale and based on simply nothing. it was the ottoman empire in 1914 and turkey after that. if u look at the link u will see that armenian population was well under 10% in those times and not 90% like u claim to be. fanaticism and nationalism has blinded you people from seeing the truth. turksandarmenians.marmara.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1914-Y%C4%B1l%C4%B1-N%C3%BCfus-Verileri.jpg
@anizakaryan6723
4 жыл бұрын
Akisha Soyadi Ottoman Empire was not a country. It was an Empire from sixteenth to eighteenth centuries that controlled Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa. It’s like saying all that was one country. It was not. There were numerous countries within the Ottoman Empire. At its peak it even included Egypt, Greece, Jordan, etc.). As for it becoming Turkey afterwards, the Treaty of Sèvres signed by 14 countries (including Armenia) and Ottoman Empire gave all those lands in the map to Armenia in 1920. It was signed during Woodrow Wilson presidency and United States was one of the signers. 3 years later in 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne signed by only 8 countries (including Turkey but missing Armenia) took those lands given to Armenian by the Treaty of Sèvres and gave them to Turkey. Except the didn’t get our consent on it and hence Armenia never signed the latter treaty. Imagine some other countries signing a deal that half of your country is given to another country but never get your country’s signature. So unbelievable don’t you think? Also, let’s not forget that those 2.4 million Armenians legally had purchased and paid for most of the real estate within the map (Mus, Van, Erzurum, etc.). After 1915 when Armenians were forced out of their homes, those lands were resold (to mainly Kurds) for the fraction of the worth by Turkey and the process went to Turkish government. But that real estate didn’t belong to Turkey to sell! Imagine the current value of those lands. That belongs to the descendants of the people that held title to those lands.