Don’t Mess with Sufian
- 16
- April
- 2009
Lebanese Breakfast:
Friday Morning Breakfast – Middle East! Bachelor’s Elaborate Breakfast, Can you believe this???
Hope you guys remember about the club that I attend to ‘The Cook! Eat! Share!’ for the Internationals. We are about 40 members from different countries. Its a nice platform to know about one’s culture through food!
One of our member from Lebanon, Sufian…completed his studies from Olemiss(The University of Mississippi) and went back to his native for job!! So just before leaving…he decided to host ‘Lebanese Breakfast’ for the members. So sweet, right! It was cold winter(December)he planned to cook at Sue’s (South Korean, member)apartment. Imagine we all met up at her place early in the morning, icy winter…the girl was sleeping like a baby!! Since it was too early and late notice…not many people showed up! When Sufian started to cook…I was really amazed at his culinary skills! Oh guys are smart these days…not just cooking, even in clean ups!!
Sufian fixed us: Jasmine Tea, Sesame-Dill biscuits, Egg Salad, Lebanese bread, Cheese, Pita bread, Authentic Hummus and Tahini.
Criticism: Truly one should applaud his effort…guess he is in early 20s and shares the passion for cooking, kool huh. Oh my my…the hummus was awesome, ultimate in taste. Well balanced in fact…right proportion of yogurts, lemonade, salt and garbanzos. The real twist was…He had arranged the bread pieces has first layer and spread some hummus on top, again layered some bread and then hummus, garnish was kool too. So the bread along with hummus was chewy and yummm!! Tahini was much similar to South Indian Idly podi for me…sesame seeds and olive oil…gave a good aroma. Egg salad, he said…he could’nt find cilantro that early in any stores…so he had to throw parsley instead. Even then it tasted good.
Culture: He said his mommy fix such elaborate breakfast on Friday mornings. Friday is holiday for them (Muslim countries generally have Friday holiday for their mass in the mosque)! He said to take a piece of pita bread and roll them with egg salad and grab a spoonful of hummus and dip them in tahini…and then eat it. Followed by a sip of warm jasmine tea. Aaaah that I call breakfast. Wish my mommy hears this, he he.
Malar seems like you guys had a lotta fun… Btw I had no clue that you attended the club To cook to eat and share… Nice to see the pictures… Very tempting… Ok now when are you gonna make them and pass us those recipes uhhh???
What an elaborate breakfast! Good to see all of u guys together. I can travel any distance if someone cooks me such a hot breakfast:) Nice spread.
A very refreshing experience and write up as well malar..enjoyed the spirit..
That looks like an amazing meal. I love Lebanese food.
great blog! your non veg recipes are superb!!!
Malar, the accounts of your Cook and Eat Club are alwasy interesting to read. What Fun!
WOW!! Those look scrumptious, I bet you all enjoyed it!
Wow.. All these looks fabulous! Its always nice to meet people who share same interests like us.. You have a wonderful circle!
THats a delicious array of dishes Malar, its really nice to meet new people of different cultures, share food and have a good time
what a yummy breakfast….delicious
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That is a great menu! Seems u guys had a blast..
mmmm..nice breakfast malar.and nice to see your pic
that’s a great breakfast! Looks so good and yummy!
Thanks for dropping by!!!!
seems like u guya enjoyes a lot…Even i also like lebanese food…waiting for the recipes:)
I Luv Labanese food.Looks like you had a lot of fun.
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enjoyed reading, nice spread of breakfast.
Whoa! You seemed to have fun! ^_^ Hummus & Tahini look scrumptious! That fixing must be a real great breakfast :9
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You have a great blog of varied cuisine. I really enjoyed reading your previous posts. Will be visiting often.
Lovely stuff on your blog..even though I am a vegetarian to the core…loved seeing the pics…
cheers!