There’s the joy of discovering a new Lebanese sweets shop, and then there’s the absolute delight of finding yourself in front of a tray of freshly made el znood el sit. The golden pastry, deliciously sticky with fragrant syrup and encasing that lovely ashta. No surprise what we had!
My go to place for Lebanese sweets. I've been here many times over the years and admittedly its been quite inconsistent. Some days, it would be amazing with buttery pastry whilst other days it would be soggy and stale. But the service here is great. Even when I only had $1 coin, the shopkeeper would give me a piece of baklava and do a magic trick where a coin would seem to appear out of thin air. A great local gem!
Dessert is a must, and for the conclusion of what was a day of elaborate taste-testing, we visit Chehade El Bahsa & Sons. They have been winning the SBS Feast food awards every year since 2007, and their specialty is their homemade sweet and milky cream “ajtar”, which is made by skimming the top of boiling milk for several hours - this family-run business has been making this cream for 70 years.
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