Sheeba Restaurant -- Yemeni Cuisine

We recently went to Sheeba Restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan, to try some Yemeni food. Their most famous dish is Haneeth, a preparation of roast lamb served over multi-colored rice, with Galabah, that is, root vegetables. It's a large restaurant with two dining rooms. While we were eating lunch, every table was filled most of the time with groups of people who looked as if they represented every ethnic group in Southeastern Michigan! We and our friends found the food quite delicious and interesting.

This is Seltah -- vegetables with whipped fenugreek (not in photo).
The fenugreek was very viscous, but tasted good with the vegetables.
There was also a relish with very hot peppers to go with the lamb.

Seltah is served in a clay pot, bubbling hot, along with flat bread.
We also enjoyed a salad of torn bread in yogurt with tomatoes, cucumbers,
and various fresh herbs. There are many many other dishes on the menu.

Dearborn has many Arab and Middle Eastern restaurants, bakeries, and other establishments, catering to its large population of Middle Eastern immigrants and Arab-American residents, as well as to other interested people. According to Wikipedia, Dearborn has the largest Muslim population in the US. This restaurant was strongly recommended by Matthew Jaber Stiffler, who gave a presentation at the Ann Arbor Culinary Historians earlier this year. We enjoyed the talk, titled "Familiar and Exotic: The Long History of Arab Restaurants in the United States," and followed up by trying the restaurant. Stiffler is a researcher at the the Arab American National Museum, which is located quite near the restaurant.

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