Lead bake
Zaatar & cheese
Open round on a wooden peel. Zaatar over melted white cheese, blistered rim, tea and olives as shot in the kitchen.
Motor City · inside LuLu
Lebanese bakery café. Sage millwork, cream stone, a red-brick deck oven. Manakeesh, fatayer and wraps come off that line.
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Lead bake — zaatar and cheese on the peel
The corner
A Lebanese oven in Motor City.
There is a rolling pin on the sign, and a brick oven behind the counter. That is the whole idea.
Manakeesh Corner sits inside LuLu HyperMarket, Motor City — on Joud Boulevard West, Al Hebiah First, Dubai. Sage-green fluting, cream stone, warm light under the pass, and a red-brick arch that does the work.
Walk in past the picture wall. Sit on the white chairs under the sage dado. Watch the peel come off the brick.
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The board — dough on the wooden peel
The bake
Hands on the peel.
A round begins on wood. Flour on the board. A ball of dough under the palm. A bench scraper portions it — the same motion as the rolling pin on the house sign.
The baker works at the oven mouth. Loaves already sit in the dark arch. The peel is the bridge from the counter to the heat. Dough is stretched here, not pressed, so the rim can blister instead of going tight.
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The fire
Live wood. Stone deck.
Inside the arch, fire sits to one side — logs, flame, a bed of embers. Two rounds bake on stone: cheese catching colour in front, a paler disc further in.
A perforated metal peel rests on the deck. Holes keep the bottom from steaming. Heat from the flame and the floor blister the rim — the same blister on the zaatar-and-cheese still sitting on the wooden paddle.
The fire — wood flame, stone deck, metal peel
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The outlet
Sage dado. Brick arch. White chairs.
Dining side — picture wall, sage dado
The pass — slush machine, brick oven
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Visit
Inside LuLu, Motor City.
Find the oven inside LuLu HyperMarket on Joud Boulevard West — Al Hebiah First, in Motor City, Dubai. Look for the wooden rolling-pin lockup and the red-brick arch at the pass.
- Shop
- Manakeesh Corner
- Host
- Inside LuLu HyperMarket
- Street
- Joud Boulevard West
- Area
- Al Hebiah First, Motor City, Dubai
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From the oven
Manakeesh.
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From the oven
Fatayer.
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From the oven
Wraps and sides.
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From the oven
Plates.
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To close the table
Sweets.
Authentic Lebanese Taste
Come for the peel coming off the brick.
Inside LuLu HyperMarket
Joud Boulevard West
Al Hebiah First, Motor City, Dubai
House photography. No invented hours or telephone.
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