{"id":61017,"date":"2020-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61017\/21-things-every-lebanese-kid-will-remember"},"modified":"2023-08-11T07:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T07:15:38","slug":"21-things-every-lebanese-kid-will-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61017\/21-things-every-lebanese-kid-will-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Things Every Lebanese Kid Will Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"Unlock some amazing (and painful!) memories. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>1. Shopping trips to Monoprix were basically the perfect Saturday you could ever imagine.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/61017.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  2. Pogs were your introduction to gambling:<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/61017-1.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  3. Scooping out jello with your tongue from these tiny containers was heaven.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/61017-2.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  4. Your favorite thing about visiting your grandma?<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/61017-3.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Custard with a biscuit!<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>5. Staying up to watch SL Chi was the treat of the century<br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-TBllFChXc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  6. You had to invite <I>all<\/i> the cousins to your birthday parties.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  7. And you got served that classic for\u00eat noire cake with canned gelatinous fruits on top. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/61017-4.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  8. Your mom dressed you and your siblings in matching outfits and thought it was adorable. It wasn\u2019t.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/X5i2BoQeD9kWY\/giphy.gif\"width=\"75%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  9. Your grandparents would sneakily hand you a crisp 50,000 L.L bill from time to time. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fsmedia.imgix.net\/3f\/90\/60\/41\/9d3d\/4135\/8399\/b6a919d02fc2\/tumblrinlinemv59usos5h1rhignxgif.gif\"width=\"75%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  10. This was the coolest ride you could ever take:<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img3.beirut.com\/GetImage3\/eight\/article\/34628\/600x600\" width=\"75%\"<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  11. You have no idea how you had the patience to get all those hoops in place.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.gfycat.com\/ForkedDrearyEarwig-size_restricted.gif\" width=\"75%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  12. McDonald\u2019s opening in Lebanon was actually a big deal.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/39644-9.png\" width=\"75%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  13. You had to go clothes shopping in Verdun because there were no malls around, and Jiyeh was the top beach destination<br \/>  <br \/>  14. You have one mysterious room in your house reserved for guests and\/or royalty.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  15. Eating out was a much less confusing endeavor with the unified 90s restaurant menu.<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  You knew it was either going to be escalope or salade panach\u00e9e. Sometimes both<br \/>  <br \/>  <B>16. You (or your mom) were totally into TV workouts because of her.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/39644-3-250x139.png\" width=\"75%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  17. The first Dunkin\u2019 Donuts opened on Zalka highway in 1998<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/39644-4-250x163.png\" width=\"75%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  And it was a life changer!<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>18. Going to the airport was truly horrific. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/39644-8-250x150.png\" width=\"75%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  19. Checkpoints were regular business.<br \/>  <br \/>  Post-war nation alert: keep your identification documents handy at all times.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  20. These clear jelly sandals that somehow smelled like strawberries.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/61017-5.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>21. On roadtrips, you were treated to the entire discography of Wadih Safi and\/or Fairuz. 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