Traditional LEBANESE FOOD in Byblos - Mezze & Knafeh Croissant + Ancient City Tour | Lebanon

NICO: https://www.instagram.com/explorernico MY TRAVEL/FOOD BLOG: https://davidsbeenhere.com/ My exploration of Lebanon’s incredible food and ancient cities continued in the coastal city of Byblos! Join me as I try some incredible Lebanese food and explore the ancient city of Byblos! Byblos is one of the oldest continually-inhabited cities in the world. It’s thought that it was first settled sometime between 8800 BC and 7000 BC, and has been continually inhabited since 5000 BC. The entire city is a UNESCO World Heritage site! DAVID’S BEEN HERE MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/davids-been-here My friend and guide Nico and I began our day at L’abeille D’or, a restaurant that puts knafeh inside a croissant with chocolate! Their name translates to “the honeybee.” Inside, I watched the cook slice some knafeh and put it inside a chocolate croissant and add chocolate sauce inside and on the top of the croissant. It was a chocolate overload and costed 65 LL/roughly $3 USD. The knafeh is a popular breakfast and dessert item that contains semolina flour and ackawi cheese. I loved that they added chocolate instead of rose syrup. I loved the combination of the ackawi cheese, chocolate, and flaky crust of the croissant. Easily the most decadent breakfast I’d had in Lebanon. The kanefeh was excellent, but the whole thing was easily 2500 calories! They even gave me another kanafeh to go before Nico and I set out to visit the Old Souk. It’s one of the oldest souks in Lebanon. There are lots of bars there that come to life at night. We visited a small juice shop called Le Soule Cafe and got a fresh pomegranante juice. It was sour but perfect and was so refreshing. It only cost 30 LL!