Sababa Pita Bar : An Israeli restaurant in Taipei-Taiwan | Fili’s World

19 Oct, 2006 in Taiwan by Fili
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Sababa Pita Bar : An Israeli restaurant in Taipei-Taiwan

Sababa Pita Bar

An Israeli-Malaysian couple, Tomer and Jun, who've been living in Taiwan for 5 years, opened an Israeli restaurant in Taipei next to National Taiwan University. "Taiwan's First Hand-Rolled Pita Bakery".

What's up in Taiwan, a popular Podcast about life in Taiwan has a wonderful session with Tomer, interviewing him about life before and in Taiwan.

Podcast highlights :

Israel bans Malaysians and Malaysia bans Israelis (don't ask). They can't live together in their home countries, so they chose Taiwan.
First two years were a nightmare for both of them.
Sababa, the name, means "Cool, awesome, great, wonderful" in Israel. They're using the "Ba" sound to market everything around the Chinese meaning - "Eight" (8).
The restaurant seems to be a popular place. Opening hours are Israeli style - from 11:00 till the neighbors start complaining.
Tomer left Israel at age 21 and has been experiencing culture shock ever since. The best experience in Taiwan - the people - "The best experience in Asia" who are very friendly, easy going and accepting. Favorite locations : Winter - Hualien. Summer - Kunting.
Tomer's Hebrew message for the listeners - "Come to Taiwan and you'll have fun, it's a COOL place!".

"Haya Beemet Tov" - it was a really good episode. Thanks WUIT.

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Download the Podcast here .

Sababa Pita homepage is at : http://www.citizencain.com/sababa/index.html

See the food with a Chinese review on : http://www.oranges.idv.tw/wp/?p=572

Pita and Hummos at Sababa Pita Bar

Address: 1F., No.8, Alley 118, Sec. 2, Heping E. Rd., Taipei . 台北市和平東路二段段118巷54弄8號1摟.

Head over there and tell me what you think of Israeli food.

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Tomer from Sababa Pita Bar at What's Up in Taiwan Podcast

(Yeah, me and Tomer have the same last name. No connection that I know of… :P)

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8 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

miltownkid | October 21st, 2006 at 2:03 am #

I need to get over these. I heard the food is really good.
Israelity | October 22nd, 2006 at 8:03 am #

How Do You Say �Sababa� in Chinese?

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Are Chinese restaurants in Israel any good? » fiLi’s world | October 27th, 2006 at 10:49 am #

[...] While there’s now a good Israeli restaurant running in Taipei-Taiwan, I am still on the hunt for a decent Chinese restaurant in Israel. [...]
David on Formosa | November 3rd, 2006 at 6:44 pm #

I still haven’t been there yet, but there was a review in the Taipei Times.
Erez pinhas | April 22nd, 2007 at 6:52 am #

Hi Tomer.
Do you remember me ?
You took me to see Red hot chili pepper.
I am The innocent Yemenite guy from Rehovot that worked with you first time in nyc as a mover, you want to became a real estate agent.
Well , I am also running a restaurant in Cape cod and very happy to see you on the web.
fiLi | April 22nd, 2007 at 4:15 pm #

As the post suggests, I’m not Tomer. You might wanna look up the restaurant through the link and give him a call there.
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