"Tender lamb shanks melt into an Egyptian gravy, soaking the accompanying fluffy rice pilaf. This is one of the most popular entrées at Flavors From Afar, a sunlit restaurant in the Fairfax district of Hollywood opened by Meymuna Hussein-Cattan and cofounder Christian Davis in March of 2020. Alongside a staple menu of customer favorites, each month Hussein-Cattan taps a new chef who is a refugee or asylum seeker to share their culture via home-cooked meals—like Chechen manti dumplings, Lebanese ouze, and Kenyan coconut tilapia." - ByKaila Yu