First Yemeni Restaurant on Jeju Island | Yemeni Community in South Korea

fenugreek seeds

🥗Healthier: ground flaxseed

💰Cheaper: mustard seeds

Ground flaxseed provides a similar nutty flavor and is often more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often less expensive and can be used for frying.

chickpeas

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Canned beans are a budget-friendly alternative with a similar texture.

fresh herbs

🥗Healthier: dried herbs

💰Cheaper: frozen herbs

Frozen herbs are often cheaper and retain flavor.

Visit Wadada restaurant, the first Yemeni restaurant on Jeju Island.

Meet Amin, the head chef, who previously worked in Yemen and Malaysia.

Discuss the Yemeni dishes available, including salta and fasa.

Try hobart, a condiment made from fenugreek seeds, and describe its taste as bitter but healthy.

Taste fasa, a classic Yemeni soup, and compare it to beef stroganoff with a kick of spiciness.

Sample kapsa, a chicken mixed rice dish, noting the tenderness of the chicken.

Interview a Korean customer about the cultural bridge the restaurant creates between Yemen and Korea.

Return to the restaurant for more Yemeni food not on the menu.

Observe the assistant chef practicing Korean in the kitchen.

Try shafu, a unique Yemeni dish made from shredded bread, yogurt, and leek, and describe it as delicious.

Taste ma rock, a traditional Yemeni lamb soup, and compare its flavor to oxtail soup in Korea.

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