Category:Arabian Appetizers

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While an Arabain meal might exclude meat, it would never exclude bread. From leavened breads to flat breads, there is always some form of this staple at table.

A typical meal will start with the appetizer, known as mezze. Order a mezzes course in UAE and you will soon learn why the tables are so big. Dozens of tiny dishes with exotic tidbits are placed on the table all at once. A strategy even exists among restaurants in a neighborhood, each one promoting that they serve fifty mezzes, or sixty mezzes, or seventy mezzes, all in competition to attract the customer.

Some typical Arabian mezzes: baba ghanouj, an eggplant dip; hummos, a garlicky chickpea spread; borek, feta-stuffed phyllo pastries; and dolmas, stuffed grape leaves.