Beirut

In the heart of Beirut's busiest districts, El Denye Hek is a popular Lebanese eatery, part cavern part intimate garden. Service is prompt and offerings abundant. Come for a traditional Lebanese breakfast or a mighty feast of dinner or lunch.

When in Raouche, settle in for a feast at Al Falamanki, whose casual ambience and waterside location have earned the place repeat customers in abundance. Few experiences beat sharing a water pipe at sundown, and if you get peckish, there always are plenty of manakish varieties to choose from.

Anyone who's laid eyes on a double egg-topped manoushe from The Lebanese Bakery will simply have to have it - resistance is futile. If that variety doesn't tickle your fancy, one of the menu's many surely will.