Yemen, Yemen Cafe Review

Yemen Cafe

176 Atlantic avenue in Brooklyn

The food was amazing, but it might have been a little too much for me. We got so many appetizers, one literally opened up my taste buds (the lamb soup). I ordered a mix grill, Which was delicious, it was chicken, lamb, and rice.  JK was very vocal about how much he liked the food and the server was very appreciative.

I got chicken and lamb kebabs which
I loudly proclaimed was the best I ever had.

My mom was terrified of the boiling dish she ordered, the server had to show her how to eat it. Yes, it's true.  It was served in a black clay pot at a mad boil and there was a layer of whitish fenugreek on top which you are supposed to mix up into the stew before eating it (to be fair, the bubbling was more alarming than the fenugreek). It was also very delicious!

This was a the Fahsah (lamb stew).
Ours was served in a small bubbling cauldron

We tried to think of some questions to ask the server.  We came up with: "What is your favorite dish?".  He said we'd be better off asking "What is the most popular dish?"  And we decided that we should go for restaurants that have at least half the menu published in the native language.

The bread was a big as a manhole cover - they gave us three!