Mama'esh ★ 4.2
Mama'esh bakes Palestinian manakish and pies on Marasi Drive in Business Bay, Dubai, alongside musakhan rolls, hummus and all-day breakfast.
TipTry the musakhan chicken rolls alongside the za'atar manoushe.
Zaatar manoushe is the Levantine morning flatbread that Dubai adopted whole: thyme, sumac and sesame in olive oil, baked on a thin base and folded straight off the tray.
Manoushe is Lebanese and Palestinian breakfast bread, dough rolled thin and smeared with a paste of dried wild thyme, sumac, toasted sesame and olive oil before it goes into the oven. Dubai's version is a direct import that then multiplied: Palestinian bakeries in Business Bay, Lebanese chains along Sheikh Zayed Road and 24 hour counters in Deira and Satwa all bake it, and the city added cheese, labneh and cocktail sausage variants to the traditional zaatar and jibneh pair. The correct way to eat it is folded in half within a minute of leaving the oven, with mint leaves, tomato and olives tucked inside and a glass of sweet tea beside it.
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Man'oushe Street ★ 3.9
Man'oushe Street bakes za'atar manakish around the clock on Al Diyafah Road in Al Satwa, Dubai, a Levantine counter built around one flatbread.
OrderZa'atar manakish
TipThe lahm bi ajeen topped with minced meat and tomato is worth ordering alongside the za'atar classic.
Karam Beirut ★ 3.9
Karam Beirut bakes manoushe and rolls shawarma on the lower ground floor of The Dubai Mall, a Lebanese street food counter dressed for Downtown Dubai.
OrderZaatar manoushe with a side of shawarma and a glass of jallab.
TipThe branch sits on the lower ground floor, entered from the Fashion Avenue car park, P1 and P2.
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