Crisis bites for Lebanese bakery - in pictures

As inflation sends prices soaring, baker Abu Shadi says many of his customers of three decades can no longer afford to buy his modest manousheh

Abu Shadi puts the prepared flatbread into the oven at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The veteran baker is famed for his take on Lebanon's manousheh, a circle of freshly baked dough sprinkled with anything from thyme to meat, then folded in half and rolled in paper to go. AFP. AFP

Freshly baked flatbread garnished with thyme and cheese ready to be served at Abu Shadi's bakery. The baker says many of his customers of three decades can no longer afford to buy his modest manousheh becuase of skyrocketing prices caused by inflation. AFP

Abu Shadi operates the kneading machine at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of Beirut. AFP

A staff member prepares the dough to make garnished flatbread at the bakery in Beirut. AFP

Dough being prepared to make garnished flatbread. AFP

Abu Shadi tosses the flatbread dough to thin it before garnishing. AFP

Cheese and leafy vegetables are added to the flattened dough. AFP

Flattened dough garnished with cheese and leafy vegetables is ready to be baked. AFP

Traditional flatbread sprinkled with cheese and leafy vegetables. AFP

Abu Shadi adds salt to a freshly baked garnished flatbread. AFP

Abu Shadi cuts a freshly baked garnished flatbread before serving it to a customer. AFP

Abu Shadi serves customers at his bakery. AFP

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