Visiting Armenia

[Armenian Bishop]

You sure that is not a pic from a Lebanese Restaurant in London?

Agreed, and a fair point. Recently, at a few community events, I've noticed these kind of modifications upon familiar cuisine. My grandmother's cuisine was some of the best Armenian cuisine that I've seen anywhere, and most of this stuff was never used. For example: we never used humus. Probably, this has a lot to do with the Armenian diaspora in Middle Eastern Regions.

Sadly, I agree. This is ridiculous. The tolma is obviously Armenian but a lot of this shit looks strange to me lol

So, I'm not the only one who sees it that way. Most of this food probably originates from the Armenian Diaspora from Middle Eastern Regions. I agree, the Dolma is indeed Armenian, but also the Kofta, and if I looked more carefully, I might notice a few other things.

[FinalFlash]

Agreed, and a fair point. Recently, at a few community events, I've noticed these kind of modifications upon familiar cuisine. My grandmother's cuisine was some of the best Armenian cuisine that I've seen anywhere, and most of this stuff was never used. For example: we never used humus. Probably, this has a lot to do with the Armenian diaspora in Middle Eastern Regions.



So, I'm not the only one who sees it that way. Most of this food probably originates from the Armenian Diaspora from Middle Eastern Regions. I agree, the Dolma is indeed Armenian, but also the Kofta, and if I looked more carefully, I might notice a few other things.

It's probably just Beirutsi cuisine. People don't eat most of this crap in Armenia.

[Armenian Bishop]

It's probably just Beirutsi cuisine. People don't eat most of this crap in Armenia.

Yea, Agreed. I'm sure that it's Armenian Diaspora Cuisine from places like Beirut, Lebanon, and Damascus, Syria. My Fresno Armenian relatives never used that stuff either, and I didn't even know about humus until more recent times. My grandmother did some wonderful things with her cuisine. For example: She would put apricots inside the Kofta. And, she' cooked a potted meat version of dolma with ground seasoned lamb stuffed inside hollowed out chunks of large zucchinis -- it's sour broth was delicious.

[Arsen_]

Well-known DJ Armin van Buuren from Netherlands posted video in which he shared his impressions of the weekend spent in Yerevan, Armenia.

“The weather is so cool here, I really like it here... I would like all the weekends to be as intense as this one in Armenia”, the musician said.

[Tigranes]

[Arsen_]

Youth celebrates Halloween on the streets of Yerevan (October 31, 2019)

[FinalFlash]

Youth celebrates Halloween on the streets of Yerevan (October 31, 2019)

I don't give a fuck about Halloween. I'm just glad you're back.

[Arsen_]

The weather in Yerevan is almost always good and clear and the townspeople of Yerevan and tourists usually walk on the streets until late. (And by the way there is a nice feature of Yerevan, there are never mosquitoes!)

[Arsen_]

Another video of city Yerevan in the evening made by a tourist where she asks questions to locals

[Arsen_]

Armenia is the one of the most safe countries in the world according to Gallup

Residents of Armenia and Switzerland feel safe on the streets of their countries at night. This is evidenced by a survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion Gallup "Law and Order Index 2019".

Employees of the organization asked the respondents a question of whether they feel safe at night (Do you feel safe walking alone at night?). 89% of respondents in both Armenia and Switzerland gave a positive answer.

As part of the survey, about 152,000 adult respondents from 142 countries of the world answered Gallup questions.