November 2 Marks A New International Holiday: Mankoushe Day
November 2nd marks #WorldMankoushehDay thanks to the team behind Zaatar w Zeit who created the holiday to celebrate and honor our traditional Lebanese breakfast pie!
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We were surprised with tasty Manakeesh for breakfast from Zaatar w Zeit to join their celebration!
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Zaatar w Zeit plans to make this holiday an annual celebration putting the traditional Lebanese breakfast favorite on a pedestal. It’s been 20 years since the first Zaatar w Zeit branch opened and started making those delicious wraps we all know and love from the basic Thyme and oil (hence zaatar w zeit). So today we’re going back to basics and celebrating how it all started: Zaatar, Zeit, and fluffy warm dough!
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It’s an important day for all food lovers – go celebrate with a warm mankoushe today!
Here are 4 of our favorites:
1. Zaatar w Zeit – All branches (24 hours a day, 7 days a week!)
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2. Snack Faysal – Hamra (before heading to university)
3. Afran Abou Fadel – Beit Meri (the Sunday usual)
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4. The Beazbee – Hamra (the non-conventional fluffy zaatar “feluche”)
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And of course, any local bakery in the neighbourhood with a queue makes a tasty mankoushe!
