"This spacious Yemeni staple is usually skirted by people smoking shisha at all times of the day. Inside, it's old-school and simple, with stone interiors that pay homage to the Old City of Sana’a and excellent food. The laham madfoon is a must-order. Forget cutlery and pull apart the lamb shank with your hands or even better, eat it with the buttery ratab bread. The layers of thin flatbread are generously lathered with ghee, and it’s so good that we’d come back for this bread alone. But the banana and cream-filled ma’soub dessert will give you another reason to be back." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna