Author name: Wendy Awai Dakroub

Mother to LouLou & Jaf, Wendy is the mastermind behind Pint Size Gourmets, a kid-friendly food blog. It wasn’t long before her love for sushi, and the lack of Japanese cuisine in the Middle East led her to open the Dubai's first affordable Japanese restaurant, Sumo Sushi & Bento (www.sumosushi.net). Three restaurants and 14 franchises later, she serves as the President of Sumo International, Inc., a franchise consultancy and private equity firm. Along with her husband Youssef, they also owned and operated two famous food trucks in Hawaii; Xtreme Tacos & Fairycakes. Both currently co-own Hawaii’s first Moroccan-Lebanese restaurant in downtown Honolulu.

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Easy Iftar Recipes: Middle Eastern Chicken & Rice

The holy month of Ramadan, which begins at the end of May this year, is an important month for Muslims across the world. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and is an important month for Muslims as it is the month when the Qur’an was first reveled to Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) …

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Mixed Ethnicity: The Children of Asian-Pacific Islanders

Whenever we travel as a family, people often give us a perplexed look as they stare at both of our children and then back at us.  “What is your ethnicity?”, is the usual question.  My children are not only part-Arab, but Hawaiian, Filipino and Puerto Rican, making for one interesting mixed ethnicity. Being born and raised …

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