COUPLE TAKE YOU SHOPPING IN KUWAIT! SYRIAN GROCERY STORE AND RAMADAN DECOR

2023-03-09 · YouTube · Salah and Chantal · 9 min

A couple shop together in a Middle Eastern grocery and pet store, showing Syrian groceries, Ramadan decorations, and kitchen supplies. The video highlights ingredients such as pomegranate molasses, a large olive selection including grilled olives, stuffed marinated eggplant (mac dose), tahini, molokhia (Syrian-style), various Syrian cheeses, labneh, zaatar for popcorn, red lentils and bulgur for tabbouleh, halva, and more. They visit a pet store looking for food for their pet Howie, then haul kitchen tools and Ramadan decorations at the end.

Video guide

  1. 0:19 — Grocery: pomegranate molasses and olives
  2. 0:45 — Deli items: mac dose, cheeses, labneh
  3. 1:14 — Pantry items: tahini, saffron, molokhia, lentils
  4. 3:32 — Pet store visit for Howie
  5. 4:18 — Ramadan decorations and shopping
  6. 5:59 — Haul: kitchen tools and household items
  7. 8:51 — Closing and goodbye

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Pet — Howie: Their pet; they look for specific corn-style food for him at a pet store.
  • Person — husband: Appears/participates (referred to as the speaker's husband; helps pay and likes some dishes).
  • Cuisine — Syrian: References to Syrian-style foods and Syrian cheeses.
  • Food — pomegranate molasses: Used for fattoush and other dishes; picked up in the store.
  • Food — olives: Large olive selection; grilled olives sampled/purchased.
  • Food — mac dose: Described as stuffed marinated eggplant with garlic and seasonings; purchased.
  • Food — tomato paste: Large jar bought at a good price.
  • Food — blackberry jam: Purchased; intended for homemade bread and plain yogurt.
  • Food — tahini: Staple in their home; used for sauces and hummus.
  • Food — saffron: Purchased saffron.
  • Food — molokhia: Bought molokhia; speaker will make it on camera Syrian-style.
  • Food — Syrian cheeses: Several deli cheese varieties including a favorite cheese with black sesame seeds.
  • Food — labneh: Solid labneh in ball shapes purchased.
  • Food — popcorn: Popcorn purchased; speaker plans to make zaatar popcorn.
  • Food — red lentils: Bought red lentils to make homemade lentil soup.
  • Food — bulgur wheat: Bought for tabbouleh.
  • Food — halva: Sesame-based dessert with pistachios purchased.
  • Food — indomie: Two bigger ceramic bowls noted as useful for indomie (instant noodles).
  • Food — hand blender with chopper: Hand blender set with chopper, whisk and container bought for cooking and vegetable chopping.
  • Food — cake pans: Two cake pans purchased for making bread.
  • Food — pots and pans / oven dishes: Various cookware purchased including a pot for popcorn and lentil soup, and two oven dishes.
  • Product — thin sheer socks: Thin breathable socks purchased for hot summer weather.
  • Product — spice rack: Spice rack purchased to organize spices like cumin and zaatar.
  • Product — Ramadan decorations / lights: Decorations and lights for Ramadan purchased; speaker will show them when set up.

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