Shawarma ma' Khiyar Mkhallal (شاورما مع خيار مخلل)
Shawarma with pickled cucumbers.
Andrew Lekashman
Shawarma ma' Batata (شاورما مع بطاطا)
Shawarma with fries; fries stuffed inside the wrap.
Shawarma Lahmeh (شاورما لحمة)
Lebanese meat shawarma stacks lamb and beef with their own fat threaded through the cone, so the stack bastes itself as it turns; tarator dresses the red meat where chicken takes toum.
Shawarma Khalta (شاورما خلطة)
Mixed shawarma; combination of chicken and meat.
Shawarma Djej (شاورما دجاج)
Chicken shawarma; marinated in garlic, lemon, spices (cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, turmeric), yogurt. Served with toum (garlic sauce), p...
Shawarma b'Saj (شاورما بالصاج)
Shawarma in saj bread; thin bread baked on domed griddle.
Shawarma b'Markouk (شاورما بالمرقوق)
Shawarma in markouk; paper-thin mountain bread.
Shawarma b'Kmaj (شاورما بالكماج)
Shawarma in kmaj bread; soft pocket bread.
Shawarma Arabi (شاورما عربي)
Arabic-style shawarma; wrapped in thin Arabic bread (khubz arabi).
Shanklish Sandwich (ساندويش شنكليش)
The cheese poses the problem to be solved: a dried fermented ball strong enough to overwhelm bread, broken into rubble and diluted through tomato and onion and oil so its funk lands evenly.
Sfiha (صفيحة)
Open meat pies; boat-shaped with spiced meat, onion, tomato, pine nuts.
Sfiha Baalbakiyeh (صفيحة بعلبكية)
Baalbek-style sfiha; famous from the Bekaa Valley.
Sawda Sandwich (ساندويش سودا)
Sawda is the Lebanese chicken-liver sandwich glazed in pomegranate molasses: livers seared hard, lacquered sweet-sour with debs el-rumman in the last seconds, rolled hot into khubz with onion.
Sawda Djej (سودا دجاج)
Chicken liver sandwich; the classic.
Sambousek (سمبوسك)
Half-moon pastries; fried or baked, filled with meat, cheese, or spinach.
Sambousek Jibneh (سمبوسك جبنة)
Cheese sambousek.
Samak Makli (سمك مقلي)
Fried fish sandwich; small fried fish in bread.
Saida Fish Sandwich
Tahini seizes when the lemon goes in, loosens into tarator, and meets the smallest fish of Saida's morning catch, fried whole at the harbour and folded hot into khubz with turnip and sumac onion.
Sabanekh Sandwich (ساندويش سبانخ)
The sabanekh sandwich is the pie's sour spinach set loose in a soft fold. Cooked greens weep, so it is won at the wring: sumac-and-lemon spinach, drained hard, folded into markook not baked.
Rakakat (رقاقات)
Cheese rolls; phyllo pastry rolled around cheese, fried.
Pulled Lamb Sandwich
Slow-braised lamb shoulder pulled soft into khubz with no-egg toum, pickled turnip, and pomegranate molasses. A modern Beirut and diaspora build whose truest ancestor is awarma.
Pomegranate Molasses (دبس الرمان)
Dibs rumman; thick, tangy-sweet syrup for meats and salads.