Chinese Canadian 1st Time Trying SOMALI FOOD at a Spot Recommended by a Viewer! - Sahan Restaurant
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2023
- This one is for you @BucketListMo - thanks for the recommendation.
Hey everyone, check out the delicious food at this Somali Restaurant! If you're looking for a good spot in Scarborough, this might be your jam!
Find out more about Sahan Somali Grill by clicking here:
www.sahanrestaurant.ca/
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1:28 - Goat Ribs (Awlal)
4:20 - Beef Stew (Suqaar) & Lentil Soup
7:17 - Somali Milk Cake
First time seeing your channel. You sure did put a bright smile on my face. I may be biased but i do think our cuisine have a lot to offer. Due to Somalia being a melting hub of different food culture. As African, Arab and Desi culture flow to the horn of Africa. Combined with our own dishes . A hidden gem in the international food arena 😊😊😊
I'm so glad! I'm so happy to have received this recommendation from my viewer - I have no doubt, as you've said, that there is so much more deliciousness to explore in East African cuisine. You're right, it's a hidden gem, so underrepresented in western media. I hope to have more opportunities to try more soon! Thanks for watching.
@@IGetFood No thank you for sharing. I hope you get to enjoy more tasty meals from our culture :)
Where is the Banana that suppose to go with the rice. You are missing a huge part of the flavor experience 😂
I’ll have to get it next time, thanks for watching
😂😂😂
Somali restaurants here in Toronto stopped serving bananas with meals in around 2020 during the heyday of the pandemic. Not at Istar, Xamdi or Xawaash either.
This delicious food must be eaten by hand. This is too delicious to be eaten with cutlery 🍴😅
It is delicious. I’m just glad I got to eat it. Don't know if I have enough skill to eat by hand and not make a mess. Will have to try next time perhaps.
Somali food, kind of like Mediterranean food are easy on the palate of all sorts of people, yet still quite flavourful.
Yeah. Our is very fresh and fragrant. If I were to describe it, I'd say that "Somali food what you'd get if Indian and Mediterranean cuisine had a baby." Alot of Arabian foods can be described like that as well, tbh.
Thanks Clarke for sharing your take on Somali food, I am surprised you didn’t get a banana!
Yeah, I’ve been told about the 🍌. Next time
The beef suqaar is meant to be eaten with the flat bread sabaayad or anjeelo.
The food looks yummy. Thanks for once again introducing me to a new food Clark. Or is it Clarke?
My pleasure! Thanks for watching! And it’s w/o the “e”
Nice food glad you enjot it❤❤❤
They should bring the soup first, it’s complimentary while u wait. But some ppl like it and in the end
This is a great food show 🙌😁📹🔮
🙏 appreciate you!
It looks so amazing🥰❤️
It was amazing! Hope you’re getting something tasty this weekend!
This is a nice sunny day! The photographs and art lend Sahan an authentic feel. I like the mango welcome drink: so colorful (and tasty, I imagine). The goat ribs is stunning. The sight of the meat coming off the bone with a gentle pull was sufficient evidence of how well the meat is cooked. The beef stew was even more attractive, if this was possible. It is nicely compiled, with rice, vegetable, and beef all together. The hot sauce (colour and consistency) was intriguing, as often it is red, and thick. Still, it seems to do the job well! Thanks for featuring the milk cake, i like the light sponge and the milk at the bottom. Wish you a great weekend, Clark!
Thanks for checking out the video. Yes, lucky to have a day of nice weather. Hope all is well over in your neck of the woods!
Hey, late reply but thanks for taking time out to try out this place!
No worries - we have some great places here.
Wow looks good.
It was, hope you get to try it! Thanks for watching 🙏
Everyone has been eating somali food recently 😂😂
Really? I don't see a lot of hype on it though - guess I'm getting out of touch? Either way, if East African food is getting more recognition, I got no problems with that. Hopefully it leads to more spots in Toronto
@@IGetFood I’ve been seeing it all over tiktok lately
@@HA-jq1mu yep, I'm out of touch - I'm too old for tiktok 🤣
Sounds good to me,
Fascinating
Have you tried Somali food before? If not and I've got your interest peaking, maybe give this spot a shot next time you're in Scarborough!
@@IGetFood if I was in Canada I would! But it’s has made me want to find a Somali place in the uk definitely on my list to review!
@@HFC786 haha, whoops, yes - Sahan is good but maybe not enough in itself to justify a flight across the pond. Hope you find some tasty East African eats where you are! Thanks for watching!
Next time try with banana you will love it 👍🏻👍🏻
Im from somalia i respekt you
Thank you! 🙏
Sorry typo
@@7.7bviews3secondsago no worries!
Silly question, but what time of day did you go? I’m still a little gun shy about dining indoors because of the pandemic but would consider it if it wasn’t too busy or crowded.
not silly, understandable - I got there around their opening hours, 11'ish I think? Something like that. Evenings is when they are usually busier for dine in from what I hear from other regulars that came in for takeout - it seems like lunch is more geared to the take away crowd. Weekends can get busy too.
Petty awesome 👌
The Banana my guy, you missed that. You're supposed to eat the rice with a banana.. absolutely amazing
Yep I missed out on that one - I'm still learning, I know next time!
@@IGetFood no worries mate, Banana is a huge part of Somali food, it's the culture. Make sure to not miss next time... waiting for that video.
Very nice 👌
Thanks for watching
Yiu gone need thst lentil soup for digestion they was helping you out❤😂
🤣 good thing too!
Goat Ribs R.I.P goat
🇸🇴♥️♥️♥️
Thanks for watching!
🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴❤❤❤❤
thanks for watching!
We let our self down with our deserts
I appreciated the recommendation and am glad to say I tried it. Thanks for watching! What kind of dessert do you like?
Okay that looked hella delicious but you are missing banana 🍌 and a slice of lemon to go with the rice 😂 it’s a Somali thing tho 😊
Yeah, a few comments mentioned that before too. According to one comment, a lot os the spots in Toronto don’t include it anymore.
@@IGetFoodany somali restaurant that did not include bananas on the meal will be shun and disowned! I’m glad you try it
🇸🇴♥️🇸🇴☝️😍i love my country food rice and banana i like it ❤🍌🥘
Have you ever reviewed a place that wasnt worth editing a video for?
Short answer - yes. That said, I generally try to see what’s good about something even if it’s not my personal fave and then talk about that. If you watch enough of my videos, you’ll see some differences in my reactions and be able to parse out what I really love and then things I may not love as much, but still can find something interesting to get excited about.
You forgot the banana
so I've been told, 🤣
Where is the banana ?? Somali food without banana, you missing out
Yeah, a few other comments mentioned it too - apparently a lot of places no longer include it.
BISBAAS SHIDNIGA YAAN LAGA TAGAN YAAKU DHAHO MAQAAYADAHAAN DHOWR MAQAAYAD AYAAN VIDEO KU DAAWADAY HAL HAL MARKA LAGA REEBO INTAKALE SHIDNIGA WAY KATAGAAN WAA QALAD MIDAAS SHIDNIGA CUNA WUU QAABEYNAYAA OO DHADHAN FIICAN AYUU USII YEELAA.
Where's the banana 🍌
Apparently from what another commenter said, Toronto Somali spots no longer do the banana
Where is the ripe banana 🍌🍌🍌
yeah, missed out. A few people mentioned it but being that it was my first time at a Somali restaurant, I didn't know to ask for or expect it.
where's banaana?😡
Haha, yes someone else mentioned that too - sorry I’m just learning about Somali cuisine - I know to look for it next time
Apparently Soomaali restaurants in Toronto stopped serving bananas with the main meals. Go to Xawaash, Istar, Hamdi, Etob and the rest. None of them offer bananas anymore. Now I sometimes bring my own banana when eating out. 😁
@@waryaawariiri1812 oh I see. I wonder why?
@@IGetFood Inflation, I guess.
@@waryaawariiri1812 ah, that figures
As a Somali, I think our food is just okay/average nothing special. Indian food is wayy better in my opinion.
That’s fair - I kinda feel that way about Cantonese food (which is the cuisine of where I am from). Guess the grass always seems greener on the other side. Thanks for watching 😄
@@IGetFood 😂
I much prefer the Somali rice seasoning tbh.
Their rice dish is number 1 IMO followed by the Jordanian mansaf and also like the Yemeni one better than the Indian/Pakistani.
Authentic Somalian and Ethiopian food are simply regal and heavenly in taste.
@@kingkenzokwansa Somali rice is good when it’s made the right way.