For breakfast, I had a Mankoushe, which is a Lebanese flatbread topped with cheese and salad. In Lebanon, people enjoy Mankoushe, which is similar to pizza, as a morning or mid-day snack. It comes with various toppings like Zaatar (a mix of pounded thyme and olive oil) or ground lamb or beef.

I was with a group heading for a hike on part of the Lebanon Mountain Trail in the Tannourine Cedar Forest Reserve. We stopped along the way to grab a brunch-time snack. At a small village café, the oven was blazing, and there was a production line with dough being flattened through a rolling machine, then topped and baked until crisp. I had one Mankoushe with a salad of tomato and fresh mint for the journey and saved another for later. It was delicious!