Tikka Sandwich (ساندويش تكة)
Tikka sandwich; marinated, grilled meat cubes.
Tikka sandwich; marinated, grilled meat cubes.
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 with garlic sauce.
Shish taouk with fries.
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.
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.