Cheese Mankeesh: A soft bread that bends and folds as soft as a piece of pita bread, but with a crispiness of being straight from a hot oven. It tastes a bit like a nice, buttery pizza. One of my favorite $3.99 snacks (incl tax!) on my way home from work at Paramount Middle Eastern Restaurant.
On Mankeesh (from wikipedia): Manakish, also manaqish, manaeesh or manakeesh (Arabic: manāqīsh) is a popular middle eastern food consisting of dough topped with thyme, cheese, or ground meat. Similar to a pizza, it can be sliced or folded, and it can either be served for breakfast or lunch. The word manaqish is the plural of the Arabic word manqūshah, meaning that after the dough has been rolled flat, it is pressed by the fingertips to create little dips for the topping to lie in.
Traditionally, one would bake dough in a communal oven in the morning, to provide the family with their daily bread needs, and would prepare smaller portions of dough with different toppings for breakfast at this time.
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