Yemen Restaurants

 
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Best Fresh Grilled Fish

by rie707

Excellent local non-fancy restaurant. We went three times in 6 days. The meal is simple and good. Yoy pick the fish you want upon entering the restaurant. They only have one type - don't know what kind of fish it is - but you choose according to size and you can check if it is fresh (they are very fresh in my experience). You can choose between two different types of marinades: a spicy marinade or a cumin marinade. They will grill the fish and bring it to your table with hot baladi bread. Eat it with your fingers and savour the taste! We paid between 1,200 to 1,700 rials for two (between US$6-US$9)

General Advice: Restaurants in Yemen

by MichaelFalk1969

Many restaurants in Yemen are not recognizable as such to a western tourist. A restaurant is usually a small room with a few tiny tables and benches, a newspaper as a tablecloth, and very different standards of cleanliness. It is a different thing with the hotels, but don`t expect haute cuisine there either. The food though is usually tasty and delicious (especially ful and fassulja) and very cheap, but as there is no variety in the menu and non-yemeni restaurants are practically non-existent outside Sanaa, you will sooner or later long for something different.

Kamusch: Best Pizza in Sanaa

by MichaelFalk1969

The Kamusch is an egyptian-owned restaurant in Sanaa (new town) offering delicious pizzas. Dinner is served in a tent. Popular with Expats. Best take a taxi and ask the driver, as I don`t recall an adress. Pizza Seafood

Al- Deewan: yemeni food

by Ekahau

Yemen Food 101 in the photo are the basic yemen Dishes that you can safely eat all over yemen in small places and by the way in my opinion they are very tasty. Fuul, or Fuul Medammis, cooked in a stone pot as seen in the photo is a very popular dishes in Yemen yo can find it anywhere. Cooked Fava beans with olive oil, coriander, cumin, lemon juice,garlic, eggs, and fresh cilantro. (Survival food) safe to eat comes to your table boiling) Saltah is a spicy green stew made with meat and veggies cooked in a stone bowl called a “Madr” or “Makli” ( Safe survival food) comes to your table boiling) Shorbat Adas - Lentil SoupMohkbazat Sayd -- Clay oven kiln cooked fish served with spicy sauce. Yemeni bread baked on demand frresh in a clay in a kiln-type oven. Kibda wa Kalawi Mashwiya (grilled liver and kidney) not my taste but my wife loves this dishHummus which is a mashed chick pea paste with...

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Grill-houses: Fresh grill

by hydronetta

Not listed in guidebooks, grill-houses are an alternative for having a typical but delicious meal. You can either buy your fresh fish from the market or buy it locally and have it grilled. Try it!! Unforgettable experience. Specially the newspaper tablecloth!

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Street bakery: Bakeries

by hydronetta

Let your nose guide you :-)Bread (in different forms and tastes) is essential to Yemeni diet. It always comes along with any meal of the day.But it can be irresistible when it comes fresh out of the oven in local traditional bakeries like this one in the heart of old Sana'a city

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GASTRONOMIA: GASTRONOMIA

by grazy56

non aspettatevi una grande cucina ma si può essere piacevolmente sorpresi anche in ristoranti lontani dai nostri standard. I Yemeniti mangiano svelto inzuppando il pane tenuto nelle mano destra nel piatto comune. Si mangia prevalentemente verdura fresca o secca. Il pesce fresco si trova solo a Sana'a o al mare. La base dell'alimentazione è il pane fatto con varie mistura di farina: sorgo, grano, granoturco, lenticchie, miglio, orzo… accompagnato della salta (famosa zuppa-salsa al fieno greco), carne di bue, montone, capra in salsa, pollo arrosto e altre pietanze a base di verdura. Nei ristoranti non si vedono mai donne yemenite salvo se una sala in disparte è messa alla loro disposizione quindi, turiste donne, nessuna sorprese se i commensali vi guarderanno mangiare…Si trova acqua in bottiglia dappertutto come pure i soda. Il tè è molto diffuso spesso profumato al cardamomo o al chiodo...

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GASTRONOMIE: GASTRONOMIE

by grazy56

ne pas s'attendre a de grande cuisine mais on peut être agréablement surpris mêm dans des restuarants loins de nos standards. Les Yèmènites ne font que se nourrir , mangent vite en trempant le pain tenu dans la main droite dans le plat commun. On mange surtout des lègumes frais ou secs. Le poisson frais ne se trouve qu'au bord de mer et à Sana'a. La base de l'alimentation est le pain à base de différents mélanges de farine: orge, lentille, blé, maïs, sorgho, millet…Pour l'accompagner, la salta (fameuse soupe-sauce parfumée au fenugrec) ou du boeuf, du mouton, de la chèvre en sauce, du poulet grillé ou autres plats à base de légumes. Dans les restaurants vous n'y rencontrerez jamais de femmes sauf si l'établissement est équipée d'une sale séparée pour la gente féminine, aussi pas détonnement si on vous dévisagera pendant votre repas…On trouve partout de l'eau minérale en bouteille ainsi...

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FOOD: FOOD

by grazy56

FOOD:do not expect to French cooking but some good surprises also in small restaurants far away of our standards. You will eat many fresh or dry vegetables. Fresh fish only near the sea and on Sana'a. the basis of the alimentation is the bread make with different flours: corn, wheat, Indian millet, barley, millet… you will eat also the famous soup called salta , beef, sheep, goat, chicken and others dishes prepared with vegetables. On the restaurants you will never meet women except if the restaurants as a room only for women , so don't be surprise if people will look at you! You will find everywhere mineral water and sodas. Tea is a national beverage often perfumed with different spices. Yemenite people are fond of qishr who is made with a part of the coffee grain.On Yemen it's strictly forbidden to drink alcohol. NEVER drink alcohol or beer on the streets, this will be considered as a...

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Khalil Al-Shaibani Restaurant: Fish!

by nartjies

Sumi and I came by late afternoon so the staff were busy cleaning but they gave us a table in the corner and entertained us by slipping and sliding on the soapy water puddles. The fish was very good! It was braaied(barbecued) whole with eyes and teeth, sumi refused to eat cos the fish was looking at her. The ghubz (bread) that came with was huge, almost served as a table cloth it was that big. And whereas other places would give sweets after a meal, here they gave us bananas.

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Q:  Hi, i want to travel to hodeidah and then to Mukalla.Can I get flight from hod to Mukalla and Mukalla to saana? 

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A: The only domestic carriers are Yemenia and Felix. There are no direct connections from Hodeidah to Mukhalla. You'd have to go via San'a. Of note, San'a airport has closed... 

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