Flavors From Afar is a restaurant with a rotating international menu. Each month, we partner with The Tiyya Foundation
to locate refugees and asylum seekers that are interested in sharing their traditional, home cooked dishes. By partnering with refugees, we bring to Los Angeles authentic cuisine that highlights different cultures and flavors that are often not available anywhere else.  At our core, we believe that sharing a meal is a delicious opportunity for cultural exchange. Food unites people at the table - nourishing bodies, feeding minds, and fostering respect across diverse cultures.

Flavors launched in 2018 when Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, a former refugee and founder of the Tiyya Foundation, started a small catering company to help support the Foundation’s mission to provide long lasting and sustainable assistance to refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers. She later won a pitch competition hosted by the Orange County Community Foundation. 

With the encouragement of the Sun Family Foundation, the catering concept was able to expand.  Meymuna then partnered with Christian Davis in 2020 as co-founders to open our brick and mortar restaurant.  Together, with his entrepreneurial spirit and extensive experience in customer relations and fashion, Meymuna & Christian transformed the catering company into a beautiful, inspired restaurant featuring refugee chefs and their cuisine from around the globe.

40% of our profits go back to support the sustainability of Tiyya’s community programs!