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The UAE Cafeteria: Friendship over Chai Karak, Chicken Sukka and Chips Oman sandwiches

The UAE is a gracious synthesis of various people and cultures with a strong identity of its own. This is the heart-warming story of one such contribution by the Indian expatriate community to the popular Chai Karak culture today.

It is 9:30am and Vincent Joseph has just finished his breakfast of puri-bhaji at Tadmur Cafeteria; a place well-known for its value meals and snacks, apart from Karak Chai which is perhaps the hottest-selling item on its menu, on Jamal Abdel Nasr Street in Sharjah. Vincent has lived in Sharjah for over 13 years and works as a salesman in Ajman. Over this 13-year long period, he has never once…