armenia remains a dream, a subject of stories, yet still, against all odds, a place. you, what do you own the world? how do you own disorder disorder now somewhere between the sacred silence sacred silence and sleep disorder, disorder i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: armenia is a small, landlocked christian nation surrounded by mostly non-christian neighbors. azerbaijan over there, iran down there, and turkey right there. turkey, and relations with turkey, and the armenian people s terrible history with that country being the central and defining issue of armenian identity. and a present-day political reality 103 years after what just about anyone would call genocide. turkey has always adamantly denied that, saying it was simply
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anthony: joining serj and i at the table are george, his longtime manager and friend. meline, the proprietor of the place. and sam, a restaurateur from yerevan, along with some friends. khash is what hipster goofs these days would call bone broth. basically a stock flavored by roasted beef bones. sam: in armenia we say khash, it means just boiled. so there is big debate on whether it s georgian or armenian. of course, every armenian is sure it s armenian. don t do the lavash first, please. we re going to do the inna: garlic, first comes garlic. anthony: i see. sam: but pay attention to the salt, if you re not leveling it with the right level. george: the salt
traditionally, georgia is the man s world. i mean, men drink, eat, party and the women normally do know how to make people healthy and alive next morning after heavy drinking. so khashi, it s kind of broth and it s made of beef bones and joints, so the whole idea is just to suck out whatever alcohol still remains. anthony: so it s a hangover soup? zamir: it s hangover soup. anthony: oh yeah, there s tripe in there. zamir: yeah, all the joints. anthony: this is not the first thing i think of for hangover actually. zamir: oh, really? anthony: maybe this will help. zamir: it goes well with garlic. you tried it? anthony: yeah, i just dumped a whole bunch of garlic in there. zamir: you think it s marketable in the states as a real hangover dish a thing that should be a lot of clientele? anthony: mmm, no. zamir: no, not really? anthony: the khashi is not
a roasted beef bones. sam: in armenia we say khash, it means just boiled. so there is big debate on whether it s georgian or armenian. of course every armenian is sure it s armenian. don t do the lavash first, please. we re going to do the- inna: garlic, first comes garlic. anthony: i see. sam: but pay attention to the salt, if you re not leveling it with the right level. george: the salt the garlic level for you, it s okay, you can add. anthony: so it s garlic so far so good. sam: and then, okay, you have one more plate, you remove the meat. anthony: wow, you take this