Does the genre of Lebanese sandwiches — the shawarma, falafel, and others we’re lucky to know so well in metro Detroit because of our generations-deep Lebanese population — need to be reinvented?

Probably not. There’s a reason for the sandwiches’ longevity, so it really doesn’t need attention. But sometimes a chef comes up with a slight enhancement — a “modern interpretation,” as they say — to an old standard, and it really works. And that’s what we have with King’s Bakery chef Ali Houssaiky’s “manouwich.”

We reviewed the restaurant. Check out our review here.

Royal manouwich. Admire the beautiful “leopard print” char marks.
Corned Beef manouwich.
Chicken shawarma.
Meat shawarma.
Labneh and za’atar pastry.
Beef manouwich.
Sujuk.
Makanek manouwich.
Manouwich.
Sujuk.
King’s Bakery.
Falafel manouwich.
Manouwiches.
Chicken shawarma manouwich
Basturme manouwich

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