3 April, 2013
Missing my Lebanese Food!
Posted in : About our Food on by : el Meza
Missing my Lebanese Food
Early, morning, on a calm Sunday, waking on the echoes of the Mosques and Churches of Beirut. The day starts with kebbe, radish, and all the raw meat food you can think about with the delicious Arak. I can understand eating that at lunch but for breakfast?
Ow, I still have the taste in my mouth, the mouthwatering “Man’oosheh”, filled with Cheese, kechek or zaatar. Along with Laban drink, or a Bonjus drink. That’s the breakfast I miss most!
The sizzling sound of Falafel with an aroma to entice your every fancy. This tradition sandwich is the best and cheapest thing to eat as you stroll across the city.
I miss the vibrant Mezze scattered about a tabletop surrounded by friends whose fingers are dipped in all plates, all 75 of them filled with laughter.
For lunch, the tradition wants it to start at 1 p.m and never leave the table before 5p.m, eat until you cannot move anymore; meat, Hummus, vegetables and fruits of all kinds.
Arak, ch
eering, laughing, remembering old days…
I miss breakfast at Abdel Rahman el Hallab, in Qasr el Helou at Tripoli, and the afternoon dessert at the El Baba in Saida. The fresh and tasty baklava complemented by a cup of Arabic Coffee. The golden sweetness bejeweled with pistachio and nuts…
Don’t you just miss those things the moment you step out of Lebanon?!?!?!?!?!
Signed,
a Lebanese woman in love with her country’s food…