North Lebanon (Tripoli) Street Food

5 dishes in Lebanon

5 street foods from North Lebanon (Tripoli), Lebanon: Knafeh bi Jibn, Halawet el Jibn, Osmalieh, Samke Harra and Sultan Ibrahim. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of North Lebanon (Tripoli)

🧀 Sweets Capital · Cheese Pastry Knafeh bi Jibn Tripoli's benchmark sweets house, Abdul Rahman Hallab & Sons, has been making this dish since 1881, and its grand main shop is nicknamed 'Kasr el… Semolina dough is layered over stretchy akkawi cheese, baked until the top turns deep orange-red, then doused in scented sugar syrup and scattered with crushed pistachio. Tripoli's… Sweets Capital · Cheese & Cream Rolls Halawet el Jibn Even its hometown is disputed — Syrian bakers in Homs and Hama both claim they invented it — but Tripoli's confectioners adopted it so thoroughly it… A dough of semolina, sugar, and stretched cheese is rolled thin, wrapped around a log of fresh ashta cream, and cut into short cylinders drenched in rose-scented syrup and crushed… 🍯 Souk Sweets Stall · Angel-Hair Cream Osmalieh The name means 'Ottoman', a nod to the empire that ruled Tripoli for four centuries and left its mark on the city's sweets. Two crisp layers of fine shredded pastry are baked until golden, sandwiched around whipped ashta cream scented with orange blossom water, and finished with sugar syrup and crushed… 🐟 Harbor Specialty · Spicy Baked Fish Samke Harra 'Samke harra' simply means 'spicy fish' in Arabic, and it's often served at room temperature, which lets the tahini sauce set around the fish. A whole fish — often sea bass or red snapper — is stuffed and roasted, then blanketed in a warm tahini sauce loaded with garlic, chili, and cilantro. Tripoli's harbor-front eateries near… 🐡 El Mina Harbor · Fried Red Mullet Sultan Ibrahim The origin of the royal-sounding name is unknown, but the red mullet has been prized around the Mediterranean since Roman times, when wealthy Romans… 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…

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