I often talk of shwarma. So what is it? Well, it is Middle Eastern soft taco - sorta. Basically they take chicken breast (I think) and stick it somehow on a big vertical spit and cook it against a gas fire. When you want a shwarma, the cook slices thin pieces off into a tray below the spit. He then takes that and mixes it with some chopped tomatoes, pickles, and maybe some lettuce, puts into an opened pita bread, coats it with mayonnaise and wraps it with some wrapping paper. Now, you can add hot sauce to it if you want (I do) and peal back the paper as you eat down the thing. Here there are shwarma shops all over town, but our favorite one is the one on the corner near where the bus drops us off. Right around the corner is Latif Bakery where the best Zatar is found. Zatar is a small pizza-like dish that uses feta cheese and selected herbs and spices on top. So good! Mmmmm!
Back at the dining hall breakfast is great. I usually get a bowl of cereal, and a couple of eggs, and a croissant, but the waffles are great, too. The tray in the picture is a typical breakfast )Eggs over easy, hash brown patty, cereal, and tea or fresh squeezed OJ. All for just over $2.25! Try that back in Houston and you'll pay 3-4 times that.
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