 Hey everyone, I hope you're well. Welcome back to my channel. If you're new here, my name is Sepi Hello everyone, I'm very happy to have you on my YouTube channel. My name is Sepideh Hastash And if you haven't already, I'm very, very, very happy to have you on my YouTube channel That was my first time ever doing a Persian-Iranian introduction But I felt like it was very fitting with the theme Because today, as you can guess by the title of this vlog I'm going to be trying out all the Persian weird snacks that my mom and dad and uncles and aunties And everyone who comes back from Iran brings As you can see, there's a slight obsession with tabozo So if you guys are from Iran and especially from Tehran Then you know that tabozo is meant to be the lit shop for dried fruits and nuts I don't really understand the obsession But we've got some nuts here I think these ones are special from Afghanistan If any of you guys are from Afghanistan, I don't even know how to get into them But I literally always avoid these snacks I never ever bother eating them because I feel like I won't like them Iranians in Iran, I'm going to say this in Farsi You guys always eat the same food in Iran When I went to Iran, all the guests were coming There was a lot of delicious food here So you guys always eat the same food in Iran So in England, we don't really have loads of main snacks that we have between our meals But in Iran, they always bring you fruit, nuts, dried fruit All these things I'm going to show you guys Between your meals, when you go to people's houses Or when you first arrive, they serve it to you with chai Which is very fitting of the teapot that I have here And it's the classic old Esfahani Shah on the front I didn't put the polapas here by purpose And this was literally next to my Samava So yeah, my house is really this Iranian And even though we live in London, we are very, very Iranian So without further ado, I'm going to get started On each of the snacks, I'm going to tell you what they are And I'm going to have a little bit and give you guys a little taste test So the first one, which is such a classic And you guys will be looking like, what is this? It is called Lavashak So you can get pretty much everything I'm showing you guys in these videos In Persian stores throughout outside of Iran Like in London, we have so many Iranian stores that sell all these fruits Like the ones that I know off the top of my head is There's a tabozo in London There is Emmanuel Patisserie I think they changed their name, I can't remember But like if you go through any Iranian-ish areas Or type in Iranian pastry shop, you'll be able to find these Lavashak is dried rolled fruit So I feel like this bit was on the corner So I won't have this one, but I'll have the next bit Basically, I don't know how it works, I just know that they dry the fruit And they roll it out, and it's kind of sour Where you can have it sweet This one's sour Mmm, it's really nice though I think it's like in a berry flavour And kids love these I'm still going on for a second up This is so sour If you guys like sour treats I really recommend this It's also kind of sweet and tangy And it's very soft, so it's not really chewy But it depends which one you get This is really high quality Lavashak I've had the crappy one where it's basically like you're eating this plastic And also you have to be careful that you don't actually eat the plastic Because if you're an Iranian kid, please admit it in the comments That you've accidentally eaten so much plastic with these Lavashaks when you were a kid Okay, so addictive We have dried apricots So I think you get these in London, like normal grocery shops as well But in Iran, they're really big, soft and juicy So I'm going to take one that's already been opened This is probably the only thing Out of everything I've shown you guys that I would regularly eat and like request Just a look at how big and juicy this dried apricot is So good Yeah, so I better be done Sorry, my dog is watching me do this and it's not well Yeah, I can't remember what it's called but that is my favourite I could have so much of those That's why I basically finished this packet And there's another backup packet I would solidly recommend that if you are in a Persian shop Try the Persian version because it's very soft and fruity The British ones, they're not wet These are like moist, I don't know if they dip it in like some sort of In Iranian we call it Shidae, sugary, syrupy sauce, that's it But it's very, very, very sweet As you can tell my hands are so sticky So, next up is halava We have so many different types of halava So we have a dark halava that we cook when people die We give it to them and we hand it out afterwards It's like a sign of respect And this is like a dry halava My dad's favourite Any type of halava actually is my dad's favourite My dad has the biggest sweet too And he's the one who buys most of these sweets like in our house It's so bad So this one hasn't been opened It says, I can read Farsi by the way So I will read what this says for you guys It says halva gerduyeh mehsus sefarashi khoshk barb And ajili Malatavazo Ehtanin sorgate sonnati tabriz So this is tabrizil, like my uncle Farshad if you guys know So it's from like the Turkish side of Iran And it says that it's meant to be very dry And ajil is like nut So I'm guessing it's like a nutty Let's try this I don't like this, I'm litchy I must have had it when I was a kid And I didn't like it Yeah, the smell doesn't appeal to me I'm gonna break off a piece Oh it's already crumbly, look Oh my god This is so nice Wow This is so good, I'm still loving These are all surprising me Now I am upset that I know we have these in the house Cause I'm gonna eat them This is like a very moist And crumbly And nutty Biscuit Look really nice Oh So what else do we have here? Oh bags and bags And bags And I'm telling you in the closet underneath this Bags of walnuts Because my mum is obsessed I'm gonna eat through the The one that's already been opened She has them for breakfast every single day It's just walnuts It doesn't taste different to like Inevitable nuts Meh I wouldn't like to specifically go to an Iranian shop To buy this But it's really good Good quality walnuts Just not anything different to Irregular walnuts What else do we have left in here? Oh just more apricots And rose buds These are for our chai So if any of you guys put rose in your chai We put rose and we put hell Which is cardamom Next up is something that I've been avoiding You know in Iran In people's houses They literally just have bowls Of like sweets And they're like in these packets And they're always the worst And the weirdest flavours Like as a kid I'd always fall for it I want to try it And then I learnt through experience Don't try it It all tastes like crap This one is Coffee flavour Candy by Iden I'm already regretting this And I haven't even tried it Had to get a knife to open this Okay So it's a hard candy Use that time or something It's going to ooze out in the middle There's a bit of oozing This is a solid no from me I don't It doesn't taste bad But the texture is just so Crunch And it's just non stop It's like when are you going to stop? Now that we're done with this basket And this coffee thing We're going to get on to the last Things The nut mix This is the solid Persian nut mix We have about A 5kg bag of this Under the cupboard In the cupboard underneath And it just gets refilled Every time it's starting to look empty In this we have pistachios We have this thing I don't know what that is We have I think these are like Pumpkin seeds or something They're green We have These seeds I don't know what they are Oh and we have cashews So we all know what those taste like But I'll have a little munch I'm just after him With these like sunflower seeds These There's a technique Okay Look at that I'll just open it Empty In the middle Skills I'm going to write that on my CV The last snack we're going to be trying Is from Afghanistan My mum's lovely Afghani friend Gave this Got us this From Afghanistan So I think they're called Charala Charala I don't know And I don't know how to break them And I've never tried them I can't lie to you guys For me Seeds just taste like seeds But This is how we break them We basically Use the middle Of one of our front teeth And snap through the middle And it took Years Of summer in Iran To Muster that skill So overall I would say My favourite Is probably The Lavashak And The Dried Apricots And second place Is a solid halibut That was such a nice surprise I will definitely be having that With my chai from now on The coffee candy Was a solid No from me The nuts are just Kind of Nuts But If you do go to Iran And you are at someone's house Do Venture And try some of these things Because They Are quite nice And You'll be surprised I hope that you guys Enjoyed this video If you did then give it a thumbs up And subscribe to me down below For more fun Especially this vlog Most where I'm uploading videos Every single day for you guys I love you all so so much Don't forget to check out my socials They're linked down in the description And I'll see you guys tomorrow Bye