 Today is my first day in Hergesea Somaliland and believe me today is also the last day of what? Before Ramadan. Before Ramadan. Yeah. And I need to eat before Ramadan start because I'm also going to fast to eat you all. Mashallah. You don't know that? No. I'm going to fast tomorrow because I really want to connect with my spirit and I think this is the best time for me to fast you know starting tomorrow. Okay. For not for 30 days. Just one day will be enough yeah. But hey you know what I'm coming from South Sudan and they told me that in South Sudan cattle means wealth today. So they don't eat their own cows. You can see here actually they're not meant to be eating. They're not meant to be eating? They don't. Like you can't get a cow, a healthy cow and they sell it for food. No. But coming in here I found out that there are camels everywhere. But do you guys eat your own camels? Yes. Really? Yeah. It's one of the strongest, most beneficial meats let alone the meat. The milk is even more important. But absolutely that's why we got our tough Somali jean. But hey let me know what does camel means to the people of Somali? Oh it's big. It's in our tradition. It's in our Quran. It dates back to Muslim dates as well. It's a currency most of all. So when it comes to things like if you have to pay a dowry it's going to come from a currency of camels. It's a bit more modern now. How many camels do somebody need before it gets married? Well inflation changed. So I'm going to go for 100 camels. And how much does one camel cost? 800 to 1000 dollars. So getting married to one woman needs to spend 10,000 dollars. That's the currency of a Somali woman. What can I say? I would pay 200 camels. Because I feel like women from this country work more than that. But hey where is this place? Come with me. Where is this place? So this is known for camel meat. You can see they all have it on their shirts. Camel meat is most known to be served here. They have it on their shirts? On the staff, on the back of their shirts. Camel? So this is where they eat camel in here? Yes. So you brought me here to try camel meat? We got to get you strong for your day before fasting. Are you here with me? I mean this is going to be my first time ever. Well okay so they said you have to eat it during the day so that you have enough time for the fat to digest. You can't just eat camel milk in the evening. That's why this... Sorry camel meat. You can't just eat it in the evening. That's why this place is full. They got to get it in at this hour. And after now, there's no more camel meat available. So you have a specific time that you take in camel meat? Yes. Noon. Noon? Only? What about early morning? No. You can have the camel liver. That's a delicacy as well. We love liver. I saw you tried bear when you were in Jigjiga. You saw that eh? Yes. Alright and then so here I'm here right now. Is it expensive to buy camel meat? No. It's very reasonable price. Reasonable price. Absolutely. Look at this place. It looks like a fast food joint. People are in and out. I love the fact that everyone is coming in here. It seems everyone can afford the camel meat. Yes. It's interesting. So I mean can I order one and then we give it a shot? Absolutely. You're not going to order one. It's going to be a big portion. We'll help you eat it. Is it a full camel? You even got the hump. Wow. It's called the kurus. But I want to know does it taste good? Well it's fat. So it just tastes like whatever you imagine fat would taste like. Alright you know what? You guys should get ready. Come with me. I'm going to try my first ever camel meat. And I know that I'm definitely going to enjoy. I'm a fan of food. And I hope nothing happens to my stomach. This is what you call the Maya right? Yeah. What? I'm good. Good to see you. Yeah. You're from Ghana. I'm finally here brother. Can I give you a hug man? International. Uh-uh. Give me my camel meat again. He's bringing it right now. It's the nice guy. You just took a piece of his shirt. He's going to put it right there. Why do you put the food together? Even though we are eating together but everybody needs to have his own plate. Because I've seen something here in this country. Like people eat together. Is it like a culture thing or something? Absolutely. It's from our households too. So it's no different in a restaurant. But growing up you got one plate. You and all your siblings go for it. Sharing is caring. Exactly. Sharing is caring. So everyone eats the same portion. No one's overeating. I know where is Andrew eating. Like me. When we're supposed to eat in the same bowl or place like that. By the time you realize I'll take half of them into another plate. So once the food is done then I'll take my own and start eating. That's cheating. That's cheating. You can't take that from anybody. Food is real. Okay so yeah I think we have to dissect into the food. Yes. Absolutely. So date is an important thing in our culture. Not just culture. Our religion. Even when we're fasting. The first thing we break our fast with is date. Sweet. We need some sugar in your system. Because we haven't eaten all day. So this is sugar right? Yeah. Date. If you don't know who Marian is. Marian is a content creator based in here. Not in here. She is based in Bogadishu. I supposed to meet her in Bogadishu but when did I meet her in here? And my, is it left or right? Left is for right. I think it's right. It's alright. Right. And my right answer. I got Samia, the Somali land tourist man. I mean she's going to take you all over the Somali land. You know you want to know. So their links are going to be in the description. Make sure you check them out. Subscribe to their YouTube channel. Support their Bahia. I feel like I'm talking too much. Let's dig in. Yeah. There you go. Right hand. I was so awkward to find out that you eat everything with banana. Yeah. Why? Why do you eat everything with banana? They need a bit of sweet with savory. Geez. I mean you can only find this in Somali. Anywhere you see a Somalian, give him a banana. What? Banana. Mousse. Mousse. Mousse. Mousse. Mousse. No banana. Thank you. Thank you. For the mousse. Mousse. Mousse. Mousse. I'm more like a Somali right now. With every banana you intake, you're becoming more Somali. Thank you. Without banana man, the food is not in. That's it. That's what I found out. The first day I tried this, I'm like, no way. But after trying it, I feel like it's worth it. Okay. We're going to put it. What's up? We're going to have it with banana. And you need some of the salad. Grab a scoop of that. You just took the smallest. You got to put the whole banana in. I have to try this first. Just like any other meat. Yeah. I don't think I need to add it to something. Pepe or anything. But this is hot. That's hot. But if you need it with the rice and the banana and some salad, that should do it for you. You got to create a little family before you eat. Banana, the meat, the salad, the rice. Together. Together. And you let it go. I need to try that combination. That's all right. The banana takes the food into a whole different level. That's what it is. It's like rice. Is it a tradition of you guys? No. No. It's not important. It's important. It's not traditional. Traditional food is always different. It's just an important food which is common. It's common in Samaritans. Because I see rice everywhere. Yeah. This is the real Samaritan experience. I'm so glad that I came. You brought you a spoon. No, I didn't. I just want a singular spoon for you to have the fat yet. Which one? The chorus. It's the hump of the camel. That's right. I want the green one. Oh. Like a live pepper. It's tasteless though. I was wondering the same thing when I tried it. So what's the... Why does EA love it so much? My grandma is a camel herder from tradition. It gives you... Your bones get stronger with camel milk and camel meat. That's what they believe in our culture. Okay. You get high calcium from it. It just fits in color. Camel meat and camel meat. And like I said earlier, it's a very delicate food. It's not expensive. But it's expensive when it's used as dowry. Giving away camel as dowry for the bride of the family. Let's talk about what we're eating right now. How much would this cost? This right now? It's just a camel. Less than seven dollars. Max 15... It's just a camel or everything on the table. Everything on the table. This is local food. If you go to an actual restaurant, your meal is 30 plus. But this, you saw there's everyday people coming. Okay. It's almost like fast food. I'm always shocked at the turnover. People come in and they run out. And they come in and they run out. And to be honest, if you look at our elderly, they grow to such an amazing age. My grandma, she's... At least in her 90s by now. She's still walking. She's still chatting about. She has no health problems. Just because of camel. She grew up a camel herder. A traditional nomadic camel herder. She still everyday drinks two cups of camel milk. One in the morning, one in the evening. You don't get hungry easily if you drink camel milk. Camel milk is used as a detox as well. I think that's why it comes with the benefits. The first thing we say, bring me camel milk. I want to detox myself from all the junk I've been eating abroad. I need to try that. Because I've been eating junk slentily. And to bury all this for my body. I'm actually going to finish this. You didn't see that one, did you? And all these things are $15? Yeah. I'm moving to Somalia. I'm moving here. I mean, I love food. And I don't want to spend so much money on food. I'm definitely moving here. If you move, don't come with the full expectation that it's going to be cheap. If you live like the local, it will be cheap. Absolutely. You eat at these local places, but if you want to live the diaspora way, go to restaurants, be in hotels, it's not going to be cheap, but you need to change your perspective. But you seem like the typical village boy, so it looks like you're going to be eating at these spots all the time. Yeah. The thing is, when you come from abroad, you have this idea of, you know, not just our country, of Africa. People have different ideas about us, you know, that a lot of places are not modern, a lot of places are not... Some places are not meant to be modern. We need to keep our history. We need to keep the way things are. I want to tell all my children, oh, camel milk is it. Camel meat is it for our country. I want to teach them that if we move forward and we modernize everything, we lose our touch. I grew up in America, and people, when I tell them, oh, I'm in Africa, I'm going to stay for a while, I'm in back home, they're like, what the hell? Are you serious? America? I know, I mean, I was privileged to live there and grew up there, but that doesn't mean it's giving me everything I need. I want to identify, I want to go back to where I'm from. I want to tell them, hey, I'm from there, I'm back home, I mean, I'm alive, nothing is wrong. Remember, you only go when your time is up, so don't worry about that. Don't stress about something you have no control over. Just think about living your life every day the way you should. That's it. What's the name again? Helip Gale. Helip? Helip, which is meat, Gale is camel. So you add together Helip Gale. Helip Gale. Yes, sir. Remember, it's not, it's not super tasty. Set to high, we are having... How are you? We are having... Helip Gale. Helip Gale. Yeah. Mahasakni. Mahasakni. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. You might be wondering why it's not spicy or the meat. The reason is, camel meat, you don't need to add all that extra. You want to consume all the nutrients, you don't want to add nothing extra. So I really wanted to ask this question, you know, because I feel like I need pepper. Yeah. Like to eat the camel meat. I feel like I need some ginger around it. I feel like I need some garlic around it. But it's too raw. Like you put it like that. They add garlic and everything, but they don't make it salty and they don't make it. But if you want that, you can have regular meat, like dope meat, dope. Then you have the curries, you have the spices, you have all that. The camel meat, just let it be. All the nutrients are raw. The honor comes to a very high level. So we cook it as it is and eat it as it is. If you want to have anything aside of it, it's all here. On the side. We have it with... With dates. With dates, we have it with salad, we have it with onions, we have it with pepper. Pepper is here. Yeah. Anything you want to have it, it comes as a side dish. But we cook it as it is and eat it as it is. That's our main thing. That way, you enjoy the country, the real country. The rest of the meat, you make it with curries.