A Meze or Mezze (
Persian (transliterated) Maze);
Turkish: Meze
Albanian: Meze
Arabic: Mazza (مزة);
Bosnian and
Croatian: Μeze,
Assyrian Mazza, ,
Greek Mezés (Μεζές),
Bulgarian,
Serbian,
Macedonian Meze (мезе),
Montenegrin Meza (Меза),
Russian and
Serbian Zakuska (Закуска)), in eastern
Mediterranean is a selection of appetisers or small dishes taken with alcohol, similar to
tapas of
Spain. In
Levantine cuisine, these dishes form part of any large-scale meal, but are known as muqabbilat (starters) when not accompanied with alcohol.
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