Halawet el jibn

Warm cheese dough rolled around ashta and soaked in orange-blossom syrup.

What makes the Tripoli version different

Tripoli eats it within the hour it is made, which is why it does not travel and why the city keeps it.

When it is eaten

After dinner, and never kept overnight

Where to find it

• 12Sabih SweetsTripoli Souks
• 11Sabbagh SweetsEl-Mina
• 10Nouh Haddad SweetsTripoli Souks
• 9Al Haddad SweetsAbu Samra
• 8Fadi Al Mabsout Sweets 2Abu Samra
• 7Fadi Al Mabsout Sweets 1Al Tall
• 6Hallab 1881Salim Takla Street
• 5Tom SweetsSahat al-Nour
• 4Tom Abdelsattar SweetsZahrieh
• 3Refaat Hallab 2Salim Takla Street
• 2Refaat Hallab 1Al Tall
• 1Al Sheikh SweetsAbu Samra