I completely love knefe but going around calling it a Lebanese cheeseburger is a complete turnoff. Take it away Samantha Day of Australia’s Advertiser:
SeaSweet Patisserie on Church St has been serving up Lebanese cheeseburgers, or knefe, alongside other Lebanese pastries and French patisserie fare for the past two years.
According to day manager Mirna Khazen , the cheeseburger is the most popular item on the menu.
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Served warm in a sesame-seed bun, the cheeseburger is filled only with knefe cheese – similar to a sweet mozzarella that is crusted with semolina – and drizzled with rosewater sugar syrup. In Lebanon, knefe is eaten from breakfast to dessert – it makes for an indulgent start to the day or a luscious nightcap.
For crying out loud, calling it a cheeseburger does not do it justice. I honestly don’t believe our Lebanese burger experts Ivy, Diana, Rami and Nasri would have remotely even considered dubbing our beloved knefe a burger!
I can never look at a knefe the same way again. It’s almost as bad as this Lebanese evolution of the meat burger: replace the buns with donuts!
According to Advertiser, this is a Lebanese cheeseburger.
wow, i’ve tried stuffing a cheeseburger in a donut but dude i’m going to shove a burger into a knefe and try it!
Do let me know how that goes.
If you’re ever on a Lufthansa early morning flight and they offer you “cheese cake”, that’s apparently what they call our dear Knefeh (and they make a hell of a good one too)
Never had the opportunity to try it though a guess a “cheesecake” is slightly better than a cheeseburger.
Yep, knefe is in a category all on its own. You just can’t assimilate it to a burger simply because there’s bread on the top and bottom.
Thank you! Couldn’t have said it any better.
No No No! This is blasphemy! There is nothing worse than craving a cheeseburger only to find a Knefe. Although I won’t lie, I love me some real good knefe, but not in a bun!
Bisoux
Ivy
I have to disagree, its best in a warm, syrup-coated bun with perfectly distributed sesame seeds and a soft texture that melts in your mouth. Anyone know where I can satisfy this graving in Dubai?