Our writer spends some one-on-one time connecting with his father over knafeh at four spots around Austin.
My father was born in Jerusalem in 1938 and came to the United States as a teenager. Now more than 70 years after his arrival in America, he still has a passion for the nostalgic Mediterranean flavors of his childhood.
My dad loves knafeh so much that one of my favorite childhood memories with him is the time he made the effort to spend an afternoon teaching me to make it in our home kitchen when I was 11. At that time it was very uncommon to find prepared filo dough and it felt like such a rare treat. In some places outside of the Middle East it can still be difficult to find.
There are two primary types of knafeh: smooth and coarse . The knafeh at Baklava House is made to order; during our visit we tried the smooth variety. Tabbaa says that they make less common varieties of knafeh including Nutella, cream, and ice cream fillings. Tabbaa opened his cafe and bakery because Austin did not have a Middle Eastern sweets shop. About knafeh he said,"I had to have knafeh on the menu because it is one of the most famous and delicious sweets in the world.
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