Manakeesh 4 Breakfast! and other Lebanon Restaurant Reviews

A typical Lebanese breakfast,it`s a kinda of pita bread baked with a herb called Za`tar(Thyme)served with sliced tomatos,cucumber and mint leaves and if you you wish you can also add sliced onions.

You can also order it with goat cheese then it`s called Manakeesh Jibneh...it looks something like a pizza exept it has no tomatoe sauce.
It`s one of the cheapest breakfasts & a tradional one!

Favorite Dish: You can find the Manakeesh at any local bakery almost every where....it`s pronounced Mana`eesh in Lebanese accent!
A zatar Mana`eesh usually cost less than 1$,and the cheese Mana`eesh costs about 1$
(1500 lebanese Lira).

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Address: Everywhere!

Restaurant Name: Manakeesh Sajj

Lebanese sajj is a flatbread, crisp yet chewy, that gives a little resistance when you tear through it with your teeth.

Sajj refers to both the bread and the squat, bullet-shaped oven used to cook it.
Sajj has been eaten since ancient times, long before the birth of Christ.

Favorite Dish: Try it with the minced meat as well.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Everywhere

Restaurant Name: Tabouleh Salad

The traditional salad for Lebanon.

It is served in all Lebanese restaurants,made from:
-minced parsley,
-minced mint leaves,
-diced tomatoes,
-fainely chopped green onions.
-bulgar wheat.

seasoned with squeezed lemon juice,
olive oil,salt and black peper.(and very little of ground cinnimon).

If you want to eat it like the locals do then eat it with cabbage leaves or lettuce.tear a small piece then scoop the salad with it!!!!!!!!!

Favorite Dish: It can be cheap but really depends on which restaurant you are having it at!
And just a little warning here,,,,make sure you look at your teeth after eating it.....a parsley leaf might be stuck there ;-)

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Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: All Lebanese restaurants has it

Restaurant Name: Arayssi Sweets

The famous Lebanese dessert.
filled with nuts and sugar syrup,,very rich and delicious.
usually sold by the kilo at the specialised shops,or by a plate at the Lebanese restuarants.

Favorite Dish: Ma`moul with pistachio nuts. take a look at this site

http://www.arayssi.com/products.html

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Comparison: about average

Address: Al-Mazra`ah street.Beirut

Although you can eat this salad all year round,but it is an everyday dish on a Ramadan breakfast ( Ramadan is the month of fasting for Muslims).
A table would not be complete with out a Fatoosh,(I was taught this from my Lebanese mother).
here are the ingredients:

-1Tomatoe.(diced)
-1Cucumber.(diced)
-1Lettece(chopped).
-1Cabbage(chopped).(white or red or both)
-1Green onions(chopped).and/or red onions (chopped).
-1/2 Green/yellow or red sweet peper.(diced).
-1/4 cup fresh Mint leaves(chopped).
-1/4 cup fresh falt-leaf Parsely.(chopped).
-2-3 Radishes(diced).
-1 cup deep fried pita bread cut into sqaures.(or you can bake them for low fat diet).
-1/4 cup pomegranate pulps(my secret ingredient).

dressing:
-1/2 lemon juice.
-1 Garlic cloves.(sqaushed).
-1/2 teaspoon Summak powder.
-1 teaspoon white vinegar.
-1 table spoon virgin olive oil.
-1 table spoon dried mint leaves.
-1 tea spoon pomegranate molasses(my secret ingredient)
mix all the igredients together,and bon appetit!


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