Not Sure What To Pack In Your Lebanese Suitcase? We’ve Got You!
Whether you’re jetting off for an extended vacation or leaving the country for good,, the perpetual question on both your and your parents’ minds is: What essentials do you need to toss into your suitcase to stave off homesickness? Save this checklist we’ve compiled featuring the must-haves.
- The whole “make a mankouche at home” starter-pack:
- Jars of dried kechek and zaatar
- Labneh and halloum cheese (Because they do not have cows abroad lol)
- Saj bread if you want to spice things up
2. Bn (بن) for your morning coffee that’ll smell like sobhiyye with mama and baba
Because Arabic coffee is elite and anything else is watered down swill.
3. Debs el remmen (unless you want to be stuck using something that tastes like barbecue sauce)
4. Dabké the biscuit, not the dance
For a light snacky snack during the day. (Feel free to also perform the dance to energize yourself while dealing with ajenib.)
5. May zaher
For when you get a tummy ache and want to channel your inner Lebanese mom.
6. Lebanese sweets for dyafe: baklewa, halawa, and knefe
Give your guests a sweet taste of your home. Just because you’re abroad, doesn’t mean you can’t be a great host.
7. Jars of wara2 3inab
To either butcher when you try to roll them or to recreate your favorite comfort food after someone pushes you on the tube.
8. Saboon baladi
Nothing smells more like home.
9. Makhlouta and arak
Snack on them and weep while you research ticket prices to come home.
