This is a local residential
neighbourhood here in uh south Urumqi. Yeah you knew I wasn't American.
Yeah already you knew. You a Muslim? Yes And you? yes. Oh that's very interesting, I don't have any need for any blended up snakes. Good afternoon from Urumqi, China. Hi. Today
we're in the south of the city where the majority of the Uyghur population live. I want to get deeper
into the neighbourhoods, try more of the local food and more importantly just getting to know the
Uyghur people a little bit better. Today we're on the hunt for a really traditional, big filling Uyghur meal. We've had some street food, we've had little bits here and there but I want a proper
lunch. It's 1 p.m. It's a sunny afternoon and I'm absolutely starving. Let's uh let's explore further
and find out what else there is to know about this very interesting group of people. You see here, on
all the street signs, you've got the Cyrillic uh
Uyghur text which, it looks like Arabic, as you can see both
the the Chinese are almost every building around here. All of your Market squares and traditional
clothes, you know, that you would expect from being somewhere in Central Asia, the Middle East or
even Türkiye. But uh yeah it's very fascinating, very interesting and very lovely place of really
really nice friendly people. Hello. Do you have polo? Yes we have polo. Oh you have! Okay oh great, there we go. Polo is the name of the meal. Look at this. Nice traditional restaurant off the main street here and uh the menu is underneath the glass. I just tried to move it there. We just had a quick look,
you know, what is a traditional Uyghur meal here? what's a traditional lunch that they would have here?
And one of the things that it said was Polo. It's some sort of rice dishes as much as, that we
know. What else? What was the other one? They often have hand pulled noodles but I'm not, I'm not 100% sure on what they are. It says here Laghman, the classic dish features hand pulled noodles
served with lamb vegetables and spicy sauce. That sounds quite nice that doesn't it. Yeah let's see
if they have them. We'll just ask. We should try and get a polo and a Laghman. Yeah and some bread. And some naan. Right
look that only 3... 30p for a naan bread. Can we get a polo? Polo? One is on the bone one is not. They are both Lamb. Oh one's on the bone? Uh this this one. This one? Lamb? Yes and uh Laghman. Hu? Laghman? Two? Two? Oh no one! Just one? Also, the Laghman? Is it An Urumqi... noodles? That's what I'm saying. This is one meal. This is one meal. Two meals for you. Okay. Yes two. So we've ordered our Laghman, our noodles
and our um Polo. Which is is some form of rice and meat. It looks quite similar to Kabuli Pilau,
the Afghan food and Northwest Pakistani food. but um yeah, I'm excited to uh to get this. I'm
absolutely starving, so yeah what better way to uh start our day exploring the Uyghur neighbourhoods then uh eating what they all do for lunch and you can see here loads of people in here are enjoying
this food as well. Oh already, wow look at that. Thank you. What do we have here eh? Those are for you. Do you reckon they eat with chopsticks here? Well there's no forks. There's a spoon there. Yeah that's interesting, Do they eat with chopsticks? Do the Uyghur traditionally eat with chopsticks I'm not sure. Because they don't eat with chopsticks in,
you know, in Mongolia or in um Kazakhstan and things like that so. Going to give this a try
now. Let us know what is it? Oh it looks soft. I think it's beef. Yeah? The rice
is glistening. Looks very fragrant. It's quite sweet the meat. Yeah?
Yeah. Could be horse? Tastes better than that one we had in the restaurant the other day.
Yeah I see what you mean about the sweetness. It's very very nice though. Oily, fatty.
Can you see here? There's like carrots, I presume its peppers and some like fruit? So, very similar to
Kabuli Pilau then? Oh yeah. Let's try it! Mmm. It's really good! I love the sweetness that
comes from the fruit, it's probably like a raisin or something. Look at that there. oh yeah. very very sweet. I mean this is, a you know, an ancient meal guys. This is what they've eaten along the Silk Road for
a colossal amount of time. Rice, fatty meat and whatever vegetables they've got. Maybe it's dried
fruits, whatever they've got, just a buff that up and uh have the amount of energy it requires to make
these nomadic Journeys down the Silk Road to uh, for trade and various other reasons but um yeah.
Maybe if you're in Genghis Khan's crowd, you'll be using the Silk Road for for Conquest purposes
or in the modern days just sending trade from Asia over to Europe. For this you use a spoon. Oh, we've been told off! Yeah no chopsticks. I was thinking that um I was I was highly doubting that the uh the used Chopsticks
here and I can get much bigger bites so that's even better get more this delicious rice in
me I'm excited to see the next one what's the next meal going to bring to us she's just put
down this meal here I can't see the noodles which is a a bit um bit strange but um well
it's entirely different how I thought it was going to be. it's entirely different to the photo as
well yeah. Very interesting oh oh thank you. so what is uh the name? you put on top oh I see I see there we go okay so, this this name, what is this? Laghman? Latiaozi. Latiaozi? Latiaozi okay this is called Latiaozi and this is Uyghur? Uyghur?
Laghman. Laghman. oh Laghman. Okay oh there we go we got it right great so this is Laghman or Laghman, Laghman. So we've got some meat hand pulled noodles loads of vegetables a spicy sauce look at these
mushrooms these are very interesting aren't they look the look these mushrooms here they're
like, they look like little sea creates or something aren't they love mushrooms though and uh this uh is lamb I
believe this time this one is lamb traditionally we read that the Laghman is uh is a lamb meat so
let's try this Lamb with the mushroom and spicy sauce woah that is nice it's not, it doesn't
have a massive lamb flavor so again I could be a bit wrong I'm not sure but
uh let me just try just the lamb on its own yeah it's very nice this one is
entirely different you can see how you can come into one region one culture
with one language and have two completely different foods you've got this it's more of
a plain style you know you've got your your flavorful rice obviously nice big flavor and
everything but no sauce or anything you it's got rice couple of vegetables some fatty meat and
some bread over here I mean what an absolute um concoction we've got here peppers and tomatoes
and I don't even know what some of these things are we've got noodles we've got bits of Ginger
we've got chili we got oil absolutely loads of stuff it almost has like a sweet and sour kind of hit to
it because the noodles are hand pulled they're so long I just trying to like scoop them on my plate
let's have a see see how many I can get hands on crikey you're right aren't you look at this right try the noodle shall we it'll be the longest Slurp in
history if you get to the bottom of them wow how about that yeah noodles are
al dente i'd say. hearty Al Dente I definitely prefer this one yeah this
one's good but this one is. it's just like I love how how amazingly flavorful this can be of
like such simple ingredients it's such a maybe I don't know how many ingredients could be there
maybe five ingredients or something like that this one takes our takes our vote as our
favourite going to enjoy the rest of these meals here and then with a full stomach
we'll head out into the neighborhoods 51. £5.10 for two big meals and a cup of
tea it's not bad at all oh and the naan as well yeah you see there he is making the uh the
polo rice that we just had, and various kebabs okay thank you, thank you. okay right there we go back out, whey, look that covered in Steam back out onto the streets of Urumqi let's explore look at this here. some sort of traditional um handmade ice cream this is interesting
isn't it he's got the whole thing spinning there he's got this wooden Club he's just
sticking that in there wow hello. Hello. very good delicious? Delicious? Yes it's delicious. Oh okay I would like one. Oh there little of cash there it's interesting first time I've seen cash in a while that looks very very good doesn't it like that traditional
Uyghur handmade ice cream here right on the streets underneath the beautiful architecture
of the city traditional buildings and some traditional ice cream wow look at this okay
let's uh let's get some for dessert shall we um I would like one. All right well I guess I've asked for some raise my sunglasses to be a bit more polite look that he's making an absolute mountain of it so
that must be just freezing cold in there loads of cream and then it just gets stuck Frozen on the
sides of the uh cylinder there and span around and it just whips it all up and creates that
lovely looking ice cream there. How much is it? How much is it? five. okay right there we go it's five. 50p
is that right? I think so I've sent her five so five, five yuan or 50p get us, look this
lovely hand Scoops handmade ice cream yeah wow very nice and what a pleasant
dessert on this nice sunny day absolutely lovely look at this woah just one, thank you. let's
have a little try of this with our man here. Woah just pure ice cream
flavor no special flavor just pure handmade hand spun ice cream that
is absolutely lovely and refreshing. delicious delicious thank you, thank you. Right I think that's the best ice cream I've
had in China. it's best better than Mr whippy this fella woah. you know why it's better
why it's made with love a lot of love and a smiling face on the uh on the couple there
I want to see how the Uyghur people of South Urumqi are living I want to see what it's
like to live in their the housing areas just yeah just see the everyday life here
that's what I'm what I'm interested in to meet some Uyghur people enjoying a Saturday
afternoon yeah let's uh let's continue on and uh meet some uh nice friendly people with
uh nice Smiles like we saw on that ice cream Seller. hello. hello. what is this oh is this snake. Healing. Pain in your knee, Pain relief in your joints, oh wow snake? Healing. wow. Knee knee. knee knee. oh for your knee. good for your knees. reduces inflammation. Oh um, delicious? delicious? Knee knee. Delicious? Delicious. wow. what? what? it looks like... I don't get it? so this... this is in there. It's a healing snake oil oh and then you and then you spray on your knee? Rub it on painful joints. oh it's like a natural natural pain relief like oh you oh I see oh look at this he's like got some sort of snakes and uh what? what? I wonder
what that is or what that liquid is? wow. anti-inflammatory! Ah and then you can suddenly, you can move your... move your legs and everything. anti-inflammatory oh that's very interesting isn't it How much is this? 50 yuan. 5? 50 yuan. I don't know what... 20 for a small one. Was that uh... 20? Ah... 20! Ah, 20 and 50. So £2.00 for a small one and £5.00 for a big one. Very interesting I don't have any need for any
Blended up snakes but um these are these are not Blended snakes, these are sunflower seeds. Oh sunflower seeds. Ah right, well that something interesting. I've never seen that in my life but uh all right okay Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. Thank you. okay goodbye. Goodbye. Come take a picture with me! Whats that? What a nice man eh? Uyghur? yes. Uyghur? yes. oh there we go I said Uyghur correctly. There we go okay thank you, thank you. He was so kind nice uh nice uncle there selling snakes and uh Blended up tea or something I don't know it was a strange shop but a lovely
gentleman anyway all right shouldn't have bought ice cream today my... look at my hands it's
so cold it's sunny and it deceives you into a nice summer's day but that wind is absolutely
Baltic icy freezing it is freezing oh looks like we're getting into a little bit more of a
residential area here which is uh what we're after see here fresh fruit market everyone's coming
over at the corner of the roads on a Saturday got some uh nice nice looking berries and fruits
there look they've got coconuts and everything yeah oh that looks nice doesn't it look at that. what we got here pomegranates?
wow very nice little looking very nice looking pomegranate oh hello, hello. hello. I would like one. l it's uh... one. uh can I see you uh... press it? looks like he's already got a lot made but uh this is a very traditional
um method of uh getting the juice out of the pomegranate here an old classic style of the
press real just proper mechanical isn't it look at that there we go so it bursts the skin itself
he doesn't even need to uh wow strong he doesn't even need to cut the skin and just bursts
it himself wow wow very very good all right well let's get ourselves nice uh fresh pomegranate
juice here on the uh streets of Uruqmi looks very good he's milking it for every drop it's got tell you
what the bright red color as well just looks so refreshing looks like it's going to be so tasty so
zesty yes please well just uh have a look at that at that so much juice in them it you don't realize
how much juice is in them until you get something as strong as this to uh to really press it all out
of there but uh look got a nice little hook knife oh that it's using every angle of it to get the
final little drops out hey more fruits just flying through here okay his jug is nearly full 1.8 L of
freshly squeezed pomegranate juice amount of vitamins in here okay thank you, how much is it? oh... he's got some policemen. Small one is 10 yuan. This one is 20 yuan small one or a big one? um tell you what we'll help him out a bit let's get a bigger one we get this 20. 20 this
one is £2 for this big... 20 yuan, you want one? 20? just one bottle? one? yes oh you going to get the freshly squeezed
oh brilliant there we go freshly squeezed straight out of there right
into the funnel I'm very happy with that. Hello. hello. fantastic a nice seal on this take it away and enjoy Are you American? British? yeah England. you knew you guessed already it's okay
this is fine yeah I'm going to drink this now yeah you knew I wasn't American yeah already you
knew I wonder how she could tell okay thank you. thank you thank you goodbye that was interesting that woman knew
that we weren't American the guy said oh are you uh American are you are you American and the woman straight away went no no no English English that's interesting isn't it how'd she know that right okay then. have a little
go of that fresh pomegranate juice in Northwest China That is zesty wow what an intense flavor that is very very very good Delicious, Delicious. Delicious. Is it delicious? Absolutely delicious such an intense flavour
that is just proper strong strong pomegranate It's enough to wake up in the morning I tell
you that much would you replace your morning coffee with it? with it what? with a freshly
squeezed pomegranate juice? no okay thank you, thank you. I'm going give it a little taste as well yeah a
little go that. thank you. I'll hold your ice cream Have you seen what this says on the side of the cup? I wish you success in the examination. Crikey. I hope I'm not getting examined anytime soon. how would you react if somebody did examine you? Like this. Ooo! it's like you know you side your mouth
start watering it's a proper kick isn't it? it's really nice though this is nothing like the
pomegranate juice you get like Tesco and stuff that stuff so watered down compared to this
yeah I wonder do the pomegranate are they growing sort of naturally here is a very uh very in abundance
here cuz uh that is just proper good really good that's it guys real Central Asian pomegranate juice let's
continue on our uh journey into residential Urumqi. Looks like some sort of neighborhood here right let's go in this is a local residential
neighborhood here in uh South Urumqi see this is uh where a large population of the
Uyghur people are living oh it's a bit of a maze hard to uh find our way around here not sure if we're going
in the right direction or the wrong direction look at that though this uh housing area here
just been completely.... beautiful mosque isn't yeah. towered over by this uh mosque here. see uh
obviously there's some um delivery drivers live here and have the bikes parked obviously living
somewhere in uh these apartments it's a Saturday you know so just interested to see what do... uh
what the people here get up to with a time on a Saturday you know when you sat anywhere in
the world you just think I wonder what be like like completely other side of the world at
this time on this day and that's what I like to explore this is uh looks more like a a
small uh smaller Village scenario here there some of the chicken we've had
before the sesame chicken this guy's got barbie on. hey, sitting in the sunshine
having a Barbie. Hello. oh hello. Hello. Welcome to Xinjiang! ah thank you where are you from? I'm from England
England England yeah yeah England nice is it delicious? Lamb, lamb. lamb, lamb! delicious. Heart, heart. heart? oh inside ah nice yesterday I ate
a heart the heart on the barbecue yeah it was it was all right yeah it was good you
are a Uyghur? huh are you a Uyghur? yeah uh no uh hui, hui oh hui hui oh right h u i hui yeah yeah I know yeah
that's another ethnicity here um a different part of China that's interesting there so
you're a barbecue Master are you this is your job you you work here yes yes oh nice is
a... is it your restaurant are you owner? um are you the boss? right right right yeah he's he's he's the boss oh very nice
can I? I'd like to try one of your lamb lamb barbecues. Sure, I'll treat you to these from me. I'll treat you. I'll treat you? I would like one. sure sure. Lamb. Go on, sit down, sit down yeah okay Can I not eat it in the sunshine in the sunshine! what's this? oh he's going to get something fresh is he? Can't beat a bit more lamb. I want
to sit in the sunshine okay yeah summer yeah it's nice and nice and warm here.
so these are like... I'm looking at them, they look like halogen lamps Oh theres not a coal in there oh so the actual, the pipes get hot oh I see I see He's putting on the magic salt. cumin, cumin? Is this Cumin? Yes. and uh salt? salt. This is cumin. cumin. chili. chilli yeah chilli. hot yeah I like it. oh nice do you uh do you do you live here
uh no your house oh no my house uh further ah further away okay 5km ah 5 km away ah so quite quite
far away you just come here for working yes ah I see I see nice well your lamb looks very
good. very good. you see like oh yeah the uh the seasoning when it lands on the uh on them
pipes as you say Sparks up doesn't it well this is a nice place nice time to spend in the
neighborhood we're sheltered from the wind got some man cooking us up a little bit of lamb
here what more could you want nothing more this is neighborhood life here in Urumqi. very good you see there's some people inside have been patiently waiting for their uh for their lamb but uh yeah and
uh just here is the uh mosque here. hello. They're so shy. hello. hello. he's uh he's said something in Mandarin
there for him to translate. I welcome you to Xinjiang we are a traditional shop 30 years old wow that's amazing 30 wow 1979 eh?yes wow very good. thank you. thank you boss. and this uh this Mosque? This is... This is... Mosque. Mosque. How do you say? Mosque Mosque Mosque ah Mosque Mosque. Muslim Muslim. Yeah I see is this a Muslim
area yes are you a Muslim yes and you yes and so this all this area is ah Muslim ah very good
very good very good ah cool right okay so there we have it there this is a Muslim area there's the great mosque
and that's why we have some uh delicious delicious delicious wow looks uh amazing oh yeah okay let's let's
we'll take a photo in front of the shop okay okay thank you yeah thank you thank you what
lovely people man so the other... there's is another ethnicity here in in Urumqi and in China
it's not just Uyghur it's also the Hui Chinese which is uh another majority Muslim ethnicity and
they make up for a large portion of Chinese Muslims this guy here is a Hui person I think
that's how you say it yeah obviously guys I'm not an information channel uh you know I'm
not uh I'm just here to uh show what I see you know Venture into some interesting places
meet some interesting people and do my best to learn about stuff as I go along so anything
that uh that I might have gotten wrong or not quite correct just put in the comments and
then I can learn that way can't I and then that's uh I can get to interact with you
guys and you can uh interact with uh with me by teaching me more cuz we're going to
be traveling all through China so I'm sure we'll uh we'll use some of the information
usefully yeah I'll treat you to our barbecue thank you, thank you. No problem, no problem. what a lovely guy eh? just uh look at this car here it's like an old Bentley or something it's interesting
isn't it. hello. yes she asked we're here to travel in Xinjiang we are travelling in Xinjiang yeah yeah but um but um today
we are going to Shanghai. to Shanghai? right tonight later oh thank you, thank you boss. thank you. look at that, that looks absolutely
delicious fatty crispy lamb look at that we got the beautiful mosque there and uh our mate and
his uh lovely uh lovely barbecue here wow look at that it looks like a hearty piece of lamb as well
yeah looks well nice I think he's picked his best bit for us hasn't he oh what she here this? is our
mutton Kebab in Xinjiang yeah mutton Kebab lamb lamb lamb yeah delicious. its delicious? delicious. delicious How do I say in Hui? in in in your your your language how to say how delicious ah delicious delicious delicious in hui? oh okay the same wow that is absolutely delicious just absolutely beautiful spiced well seasoned juicy crispy fatty
lamb I think I'm going to have to break off our engagement yeah? yeah i'm running away. Going with him
instead are you? yeah. imagine that sitting in the sunshine you sit on a nice little chair he cooks
your lamb barbecue all day. I would never leave. what more could you want. who wants to travel that much
anyway. I only travelled for this. yeah travel for lamb barbecue so this bit here guys on the top there
that's just pure fat there got a lump of lamb lump of fat lump of lamb lump of fat that's
how he's built this Kebab absolutely gorgeous the fat is so flavorful and then when you
bite into it it's so caramelized it just melts in your mouth ah guys this what's
all about you know this is why Xinjiang so famous for the lamb and rightfully
so cuz uh this is absolutely bloody gorgeous so good, so good. delicious, delicious. sure sure. how much? how much is it? no no no no tell him where you're going? thank you, thank you so much. It's nothing. thank you. thank you so much sorry that's okay thank you so much. so kind What is your name? nice to meet you I am, I am Jack. Jack? Yeah easy thank you so much thank you and uh this is a shop name oh hello hello hello. go in and take a look. go on then. have a look inside. are you the boss? boss? boss. I'm his father. I don't know what to say you can watch it inside. what? watch
watch, what? oh he's going to show me something I guess oh oh okay English? what's?
English. English? English yes, yes. what's your name? Jack. what's your name?
my name is Jack and uh and how old are you? I'm, I'm 26. 26. do you know do you know? 26. and
uh how um... what is your name? my my name is okay this is my father oh cool and so
you are also, you are Hui? yes he is hui ah nice what a lovely, you've got a lovely restaurant a very
very nice restaurant and a family feeling yeah wow he said that it's a nice place with a family atmosphere. well how about this eh? this is real
family restaurant life here in Urumqi he's enjoying his noodles and some different
uh meats and stuff like that there's your kitchen do you... do you speak English? a
little bit. a little bit? are they... are they asking you to translate are they? yes.
yeah I just wanted to tell them it's a very nice Family Restaurant yeah I told
him it's it's a family restaurant very nice. they ask do you, do you want to have a lunch?
uh we already ate lunch we had um Polo, polo I'm sorry, I'm sorry. We ate Polo and Laghman, ah polo and Laghman. yeah yeah we had together, yeah traditional style okay thank you, thanks to all of you. okay everyone thank you thank you thank you thank you very much thank you very nice okay thank you thank you and you there we
go the boss. okay, thank you goodbye goodbye bless you all goodbye that was lovely that such a nice a nice
like a nice family business yeah Venture into the neighborhoods away from the bustlin modern city
and come to meet uh the real everyday people so they weren't Uyghur people they were hui people which is,
like I said a different ethnicity here but uh still one of the minority ethnicities in this Urumqi
area and here is this Grand Mosque that's quite stunning that one isn't it wow. look at this butchers
over here it's like uh looks like Tony Sopranos joint doesn't it you get yourself all of your lamb
in here making noodles and stuff what's this here? looks... is that a barber shop? I can't really see. i think this is a
barber shop? need a hair cut? well look at the state of us could do with a little shave see in here hello hello hello can can you
cut my hair yeah oh there we go in a small Nice to meet you. hello. do you speak English? huh? can you speak English? no English. no? no problem okay okay well let's see if I can uh get myself a little trim you
can cut my hair yeah oh okay great well look at us guys at us a barber shop here just a small one maybe
that's all of his friends and everything look you can ask him to make your moustache longer. oh you can curl me moustache can he? well not yours oh that's a shame well okay right let me uh
see what I can uh have a sit down here let's see should I take my jumper off should I? Let's uh let's
do that should I? oh some birds over there wow oh very good he's just got loads of birds don't want to go too close in
case they peck me it's like six birds in there who are you showing him I'm uh just
showing him a random skin fade here and we'll see what uh his best efforts are I'm sure
that skin fades are not uh massively requested here it's quite a UK thing really isn't it but
uh yeah I'm looking forward to uh freshening up a bit cuz I've been traveling around with hair
a lot longer than I would uh normally have it for quite some time now so yeah and what better
wear to immerse yourself in the culture than go to uh the local barber shop here I got a
feeling I'm going to get basically a one across the entire sides in the back and
then cut on the top but uh I'll take it a military haircut it'll freshen me up and uh
yeah I think that's the best I'm going to get and I'll be grateful for it he's a stylish guy
this isn't he is wearing like robes with gold details very interesting he's got a beautiful
shop a perfect view of the mosque so what more could he want than that of real estate see all
of his equipment and whatnot here all of his creams different Clippers he's even got a blow
torch over there hope he doesn't use that on us as you can see as I expected we're
getting basically a one on the back and sides and uh I guess this is going to be cut
shorter on the top just going back to uh the old haircut that I once used to get just
short on the sides and short on the top but uh yeah we'll see how it looks full Urumqi makeover. What is your name? Ascar.
Ascar? My name is Jack. Jack? Jack, yes. seems like a nice nice friendly man getting there
aren't we I mean already it looks better than it was yeah cuz it was just long and shapeless and
all that so yeah it's nice isn't it you can see he's got a an old TV there above me here but um
yeah feeling uh feeling fresh already you can see curious kids of the neighborhood all looking
through the uh all looking through the window like what's his Foreigner doing going around the hood
of Urumqi getting his haircut in a small barber shop after eating some lamb kebab it's not quite the
average Saturday of a uh of an Urumqi person is it? this is no rush job he's been uh he's been
delicate and he's been methodical he's uh yeah he's taking his time with it all going over you
know the bits many bits multiple times and uh yeah you see he's been a barber for a long time I'm guessing and uh he very skilled so yeah. appreciate him a lot I think I'll get a shave as well and uh one thing I
just noticed I don't think it's going to be very hard to explain that I want to keep the mustache
given the size of our mates mustache here on this channel we've had uh haircuts and shaves in all
parts of the world in rural Pakistan and center of busy Pakistan we've had you know haircuts like
here in Northwest China we've had them in India so yeah it's a really uh it's really interesting way
to kind of just experience culture in different places cuz you know the premise is the same
thing I want to cut hair it's the same thing you get you know every month or every couple of
weeks at home but uh just to change the whole environment the country we in the language that
it is the different styles in different regions of the world and just try get a hair cut in all
different parts of the world is uh something that I've uh that I've really enjoyed uh undertaking as
a sort of side quest throughout uh our travels but uh yeah I recommend it if you're ever in a
you know a brand new country or really strange region of the world go and get a haircut go and
do something that you could do at home and see how different it is uh in a new place after can you shaving on here but um uh this. I like this. I like this like you me and you the same yeah you see
here got a fresh blade so hopefully it's better than the one you had in Chengdu yeah I had a shave
in Chengdu and God that was Tragic wasn't it crikey so fresh blade and he's putting antiseptic on it
so yeah that's uh real uh real care being taken here and he's setting it on fire as well great
you couldn't get a better uh antiseptic Than That Could You. Boiling hot. see what's going
happen here oh he's doing it on the head I see. He's defining the the back shaping it all up he
knows what he's doing this fella doesn't he he's doing some interesting shape work he's kind of
sort of cut the uh sides of me heads back a little bit but uh it's not the end of the world a little
bit uh unsure on whether he's he's sort of half doing the shave but also like shaving me forehead
and things like that which is a new experience for me show me whole face is going to feel
a little bit stingy after this this is like maybe shaping the eyebrows
it's like a full Uyghur makeover this. Some firm hands I'm getting a the facial from a Uyghur
man in Northwest China with his caged birds shouting what a life huh? Chatting to his mate on the phone while he's giving me... rubbing my chin he was nearly giving his mouth to mouth there
I'm sure it'll be very very smooth after this he's trimming the mustache oh my face feels tender he's cutting my nose hairs out I'm sure this is going to sting there it is yeah the sting is starting
all right there we go so finally I think it's just a little bit off the top here just a
little bit on here and we've had our full Urumqi Uyghur style makeover wonder how much this
is going to cost but yeah's take a bit off the top take a bit of the weight off my head and
then I'll be uh absolutely flying won't I skilled Barber eh? see there got a nice uh nicely cleaned up mustache and everything I'm a new man
after this ready to take on the world there we go complete. getting tidied up now perfect wow thank you, thank you. look at
that so fresh you see nice fade here a little bit and uh yeah got the
the Uyghur style that's a full Uyghur makeover here in the South part of Urumqi
ready to join the Urumqi football team How much is it? 42 Yuan. 42? yes we'll give you a tip okay for you. for you. 200 okay thank you. thank you. thank you very much thank you you've been uh very very good very good barber okay, great. I don't know how to say very good in Uyghur I think he's dying to get out this fella get back in the
sunshine isn't he. I'll get me jumper that's everything isn't it oh there we go back into the nice cool
air of Urumqi in the neighborhoods here feel like a fresh young chap hello hello hello how are you I'm
fine you're fine good do you live do you live here this your family is oh is my father your father oh
father he's a very very good Barber he's he did he did a great job on me yeah I'm very I'm very very
happy okay nice nice to meet you nice meet you goodbye hello. hello. which country are you from? uh? Are you Turkic? Me? British British? British nice to meet you. nice to meet you okay byebye all right tell you what though that
fresh haircut I could do a nice drink of pomegranate juice. here it is! thank you very much
here's one I prepared earlier well guys there you have it today we had a big Uyghur lunch with two
traditional dishes we had some handmade ice cream from a lovely Elder couple who are making the ice
cream in the traditional way we've walked around we met some people we had some lamb barbecue and
met some of the Muslim residents in this area saw the mosque and then had a full Uyghur makeover
till the next video we'll see you in the comments tell us what you think anything we got wrong
correct us anything or if you just want to say I got a nice haircut let us know but uh
yeah it's been an absolute pleasure in Urumqi can you have compliment on my nice hair cut is
that what you said yeah yeah if anyone want to say nice things about us stick it in the in
the bottom but um yeah it's been an absolute pleasure till the next time we'll see you
in the next video which will be in Shanghai
