Middle Easterners are serious about food, so, it's only fair that our breakfasts are the stuff of cuisine envy!
While the region seems to have agreed on tea, pita bread, baked beans (Fool) and feta cheese, each country has a specialty breakfast.
Here are 5 different Middle Eastern early morning meals that'll surely satisfy your taste buds.
1. Iran
Sip on your tea as you take in all the different smells and colors!
Iranians take pride in their special scrambled eggs/omelette. It's made with a special kind of tomato sauce and is served with a side of vegetables and barbari bread.
A mix of walnuts and raisins, jam, butter, and feta cheese are also breakfast favorites in the country.
2. Palestine
Palestinians enjoy a bit of everything for the most important meal of the day.
The best refreshing dishes are labneh with thyme, hummus, cheese, and jam for the sweet-toothed.
As for warm dishes, there are fried and boiled eggs. Falafel and fool are also served with the region's all-time famous pita bread.
3. Egypt
Egyptians love their fool, be it medammes (crushed) or with tomato sauce.
Eggplants, falafel (aka ta3miya), eggs, and potatoes are also widely enjoyed.
Although Egyptians are major coffee addicts, tea is the morning drink of choice for most people in the North African country.
4. Baked Lebanese goodies
The Lebanese breakfast is akin to dying and going to manakeesh and fatayer heaven.
Whether you love zaatar, spinach, cheese (akkawi or halloum), or meat, you'll find your perfect match.
Lebanese also enjoy chickpeas fateh, eggs with lamb meat (awerma) and fool.
5. Yemeni liver (Kebda)
Pan seared liver is one of the most popular breakfast dishes in Yemen.
It is traditionally made with bell peppers, tomato, chilis, and loads of spices., and served with malawah (Yemeni flatbread).
Yemen is known for its assortment of bread. With over 10 different types to offer, there's jachnun, malawah, kubana, lechuch, khobz, kadeer, hind, mallawach, bint as-sahn, khobz al-tawaah.
Do enjoy!