A new restaurant on Blackstone and Shaw avenues is bringing authentic Yemeni flavors and traditions to Fresno, offering a variety of traditional lamb dishes — like mandi, haneeth, and fahsa along with smoky baba ganoush.
Basim Mohamed, the owner of Al-Hadara Restaurant & Cafe at 5048 N. Blackstone Ave., said the idea to open a restaurant in Fresno came nearly two years ago, after his cousin visited the city and found that some local dining options fell short of his expectations.
“After that, it was like, why wouldn’t we open a restaurant with our Yemeni food, with the food we always cooked back home,” Mohamed said. “It means a lot to us to now have the restaurant. There’s a big Arabic community here, and people from other countries also try our food and love it. I think it’s because we cook everything fresh every day and use the best spices.”…