Mino ye7eb il khobiz?! Khobiz Irani with a Twist…!

I love Khobiz Irani, or Khobiz il Tanoor… how many of us tagged along with one of our parents to the nearest khabbaz o stood in line to watch as the khabbaz shapes the little dough and throws them into the blazing oven?!

I remember the heat from the tanoor mildly scorching my little face even though i was always faraway… i remember the heavenly aroma of freshly baked bread making my wath water and my father restraining me from biting into the bread on the spot… i remember my dad for some reason spreading the bread on the back of the car over newspapers -why on earth do they spread bread?- and i remember him asking me sternly not to eat the outer edges of the bread only… leaving all bread slices edge free or as we say in q8y… bara6em free…

In Jabriya… our local khabbaz is horrible! The bread is almost always dry, and you cannot take a bite without showering ur self with dry crumbs…

and then, we found the best, literally the BEST khabbaz in Q8…

Ok lets start the description in pictures… it located in Keifan, Block 7, Adjacent to the Block 7 Branch of the Co-Op…

Butootee Waiting and Waiting for the Khobiz Order...

You have to be patient with this khabbaz, because he does take longer than usual to prepare his special khobzat…

The Khabbaz Handing Butootee the order in a PLastic Co-Op Bag. He does not allow u to wrap it in Newspapers and sometimes have his own paper pouch to give out...

Now the bread is delivered, let me describe it for you… not only is his bread yummy o tasty o fresh o dry flake free… i swear u eat a whole bread without one flakayaya coming out… and no carbon burns on the bread either…

but…. that is not why he is extra special… he is special because…

Well he also makes you Khobz Irani Sandwiches 😀

The first one… the Glass Cheese Irani Bread Triangle…

Do u see where the Glass Cheese is Oooozing out?! Hot and Bubbly?!

When you meet this sandwich… u cannot part away! The Glass Cheese is just yummy, hot, bubbling, and scorching hot! and believe it or not… I HATE GLASS CHEESE… but in this sandwich? I’m sorry i couldnt take another picture it was just toooo yummy!!!!

The Second One… The Za’atar Bread

This has just the perfect mix between za3tar and bread! Eat alone, or use the edges to dip into some delicious labna (i recommend the new low fat mara3i one… yum!)… and u have got ur self a meal! If ur on a diet and craving zaa3tar fa6ayer, eat this instead and u will settle the craving with less than 1/4 of the calories… just don’t eat the whole bread!!!!

A Close up of the Za3tar bread... all picture were taken in the car upon recieving the bag of hot bread!

There are other kinds too but we didnt order them. I hear there are Halloumi Bread, and we have tried the Tabdoon “irani bread with dates” which i do not like but Butootee adores… these days you can almost always see us sitting in the car outside that little tanoor place and eating their bread happily!!! Our latest discovery and it is so so SO YUMMY!

What are you waiting for?!