El Mina Harbor · Fried Red Mullet
Sultan Ibrahim
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Despite its royal-sounding name, Sultan Ibrahim is just a palm-sized red mullet — Lebanese lore holds it's named after a governor who prized the fish so highly he kept the best catch for his own table.
Small whole red mullet are dredged in flour and deep-fried until the skin turns crackling crisp, then plated with a garlicky tarator sauce and a side of fried bread cubes. Tripoli's El Mina seafront grills fry them to order, pulled from boats docked a few meters from the kitchen.
Why it's made this way: Tripoli's harbor quarter of El Mina has long treated Sultan Ibrahim as its signature order, a lighter, whole-fried counterpart to the tahini-baked Samke Harra served at the very same harbor-front tables.
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