These Delightful Pastries Captured the Hearts of These Tribal People
About this video
In this Tribal People Try episode it's pastries. The tribe look it over, ask the questions anyone would, and then taste it and give the honest answer.
What is pastries?
Pastry from bakeries around the world: croissants, Danish pastries, éclairs, cinnamon rolls, baklava, churros, cannoli. Butter-laminated French pastry and syrup-soaked Middle Eastern pastry get very different receptions.
What to watch for
Croissants are flaky, buttery and, to a Punjabi palate, oddly unsweet for something that looks like a treat. Baklava, being nuts and syrup, is understood immediately. Cinnamon is the spice that surprises — it is a curry spice here, not a sweet one.
The comparison they always make
The bakery tradition in Pakistan is a British leftover — cream rolls, patties, plain cake rusk — so puff pastry is known. Laminated French dough is a step up in butter that people notice.
This episode
Tribal People Try has covered pastries 8 times; this one is number 5, and the first was "Tribal People Try Flavoured Pastries for the First Time" back in September 2020. The most-watched pastries episode is "tribal people try cinnamon rolls for the first time, their reaction is priceless!" (431.7K views). The video runs about 7 minutes and went up in April 2024.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is pastries?
Pastry from bakeries around the world: croissants, Danish pastries, éclairs, cinnamon rolls, baklava, churros, cannoli. Butter-laminated French pastry and syrup-soaked Middle Eastern pastry get very different receptions.
Did the tribe like the pastries?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. The bakery tradition in Pakistan is a British leftover — cream rolls, patties, plain cake rusk — so puff pastry is known. Laminated French dough is a step up in butter that people notice.
Have they tried pastries before?
Yes — this is the 5th of 8 pastries videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Flavoured Pastries for the First Time" in September 2020.
Where was this video filmed?
In rural Punjab, Pakistan, where the participants live. The videos are recorded in the village rather than in a studio.