North Africa · Breakfast
Lablabi (Tunisian Spiced Chickpea and Bread Soup)
Pungent, cumin-spiked chickpea broth poured over torn stale bread, crowned with a soft poached egg, tuna, and harissa.
The story
Born in the working-class alleyways of Tunis, lablabi is a cult-status morning and late-night street food that revitalizes the body against cold weather. In classic street stalls, customers are handed an empty bowl to tear their own stale French baguette into bite-sized shards before the vendor ladles over boiling, garlicky chickpea stock and aggressive spoonfuls of cumin and olive oil.
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