Za'atar (زعتر)
Herb mixture; wild thyme, sumac, sesame seeds. Mixed with olive oil.
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Za'atar w Zayt (زعتر وزيت)
Za'atar and olive oil; mixed, spread on bread or dipped.
Warak Enab Sandwich (ورق عنب)
Cold vine-leaf rolls, the meatless yalanji or 'the liar,' taken off the mezze plate and folded into khubz with lemon and oil. Its whole filling is cooked hours ahead and served chilled.
Tripoli Sweets Sandwich
Sweet items from Tripoli; city famous for sweets, some eaten sandwich-style.
Toum (توم)
Lebanese garlic sauce; garlic, oil, lemon juice emulsified to fluffy white cream. Essential for shawarma and shish taouk.
Tikka Sandwich (ساندويش تكة)
Tikka sandwich; marinated, grilled meat cubes.
Tabbouleh Sandwich (ساندويش تبولة)
Tabbouleh in bread; parsley salad with bulgur.
Sumac (سماق)
Tangy red spice; from sumac berries, adds sourness.
Sujuk Sandwich (ساندويش سجق)
A dry, garlic-and-cumin cured beef sausage, sliced into coins and fried until the fat renders, folded into khubz with pickled turnip and lemon. Lebanon's lunch from the Armenian butcher counter.
Sujuk b'Bayd (سجق بالبيض)
Sujuk with eggs; fried together, served in bread.
Shish Taouk Sandwich (ساندويش شيش طاووق)
Lebanon's everyday grilled-chicken sandwich gets its garlic twice: bound into the yogurt-lemon marinade on the skewer, then again raw as a stripe of toum down the khubz under the cubes.
Shish Taouk ma' Toum (شيش طاووق مع توم)
Shish taouk with garlic sauce.
Shish Taouk ma' Batata (شيش طاووق مع بطاطا)
Shish taouk with fries.
Shish Taouk b'Khubz (شيش طاووق بالخبز)
Shish taouk b'khubz is decided in the marinade bowl: yogurt and lemon loosen the chicken before the fire, and toum streaks garlic over garlic over a thin sheet of khubz.
Shish Kebab Sandwich (ساندويش شيش كباب)
The shish kebab sandwich keeps the meat in its shape: cubes of whole-muscle lamb or beef charred on a skewer, slid into khubz, chewed as distinct pieces. The name dates to the 1300s.
Shawarma (شاورما)
Lebanon's gift to the world; marinated meat (chicken, beef, or lamb) stacked on vertical rotisserie, shaved as it cooks, wrapped in thin ...
Shawarma Wrap (شاورما راب)
Modern shawarma wrap; tortilla-style.
Shawarma Sandwich
Shawarma sandwich; general term for wrapped shawarma.
Shawarma Plate (صحن شاورما)
Shawarma plate; served on plate with sides instead of wrapped.
Shawarma ma' Toum (شاورما مع توم)
Shawarma with toum; essential Lebanese garlic sauce (garlic, oil, lemon emulsified to white cream).
Shawarma ma' Tahini (شاورما مع طحينة)
Shawarma with tahini; sesame sauce alternative.
Shawarma ma' Lift (شاورما مع لفت)
Shawarma with pickled turnips; pink from beet juice.