Tribal People Discovering Cheesecake Will Make You Grin for Hours
About this video
Tribal People Try in the kitchen. In "Tribal People Discovering Cheesecake Will Make You Grin for Hours" the tribe do the cooking themselves — sometimes their own recipe, sometimes a foreign one from written instructions — and the result is usually better than it has any right to be.
What is cheesecake?
Cheesecake is a dense, sweet, tangy filling of cream cheese on a biscuit base — New York style is baked; many home versions are set in the fridge. It is one of the most-watched dishes on the channel.
What to watch for
Cream cheese has no equivalent in South Asian sweets, so the tang surprises people who expected something like a milk-based mithai. The texture — cold, smooth, heavy — wins more often than the flavour on the first bite.
The comparison they always make
The nearest local sweets are paneer-based: ras malai and chum chum have the same fresh-dairy richness without the sourness. That comparison comes up in nearly every cheesecake video.
This episode
This was the first time cheesecake appeared on Tribal People Try — the channel has done 5 more cheesecake videos since. With 12M views it's the most-watched cheesecake episode on the channel. The video runs about 5 minutes, went up in March 2021 and has 312.7K likes.
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 cheesecake?
Cheesecake is a dense, sweet, tangy filling of cream cheese on a biscuit base — New York style is baked; many home versions are set in the fridge. It is one of the most-watched dishes on the channel.
Did the tribe like the cheesecake?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. The nearest local sweets are paneer-based: ras malai and chum chum have the same fresh-dairy richness without the sourness. That comparison comes up in nearly every cheesecake video.
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.