The magic of manoush: flatbread comes in more than 20 varieties at this Lebanese bakery in Brisbane

‘It was my family’s shop … now it’s everyone’s,’ says Lauren Ayass, daughter of Watany Manoushi owners Rana and Galeb Khechen. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

When Ghaleb and Rana Khechen moved from Melbourne to Brisbane in 2013, they planned on opening a pizza joint at Palmdale Shopping Centre in the city’s south-eastern suburbs, but they were beaten to it by a another fast food competitor around the corner.

Instead, Ghaleb drew inspiration from his uncle, a baker in Lebanon, and opened Watany Manoushi.