Dinning in Cairo

This Nasr City café-restaurant has been open for many years; but if you asked a local about it, they couldn’t tell you anything beyond that it is located on Makram Ebeid Street, across from the Children’s Park.....

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Soda fountains, simple burgers and waiters dressed in white were emblematic of American diners in the 1950s. Johnny Rockets is the next best thing....

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Ask most Egyptians in the know who the best kebab house in Cairo is, and Abu Ramy in El Madbah will make it onto several lists. Fifteen years ago....

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While we adore a lovingly prepared table full of fresh Lebanese mezzas, the majority of options around Cairo are usually quite pricey or unusually disappointing.

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Opened over a year ago in the recently refurbished Cairo Tower in Zamalek, the VIP restaurant adds its unimaginative name to the short list of restaurants offering fine dining in Cairo. Granted, fine dining usually means exorbitantly expensive, but....

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For home-style cooking in Cairo without the hassle, El Dahan has always set the standard. This much-copied Egyptian family restaurant is a fixture of Khan El Khalili for years, offering quality, affordable Egyptian favourites in a simple, friendly environment....

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With so many ice cream and dessert shops scattered throughout Cairo, there is often heated debate at the Cairo 360 office over who can best satisfy our sweet tooth.

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With branches all over Cairo, Gandofli is a modest fish restaurant that has proudly served some of the tastiest Egyptian seafood fare for decades.

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The promise of good seafood in Cairo often fails to deliver.

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Many of Cairo’s restaurants are guilty of trying to do too much: we’ve all experienced the rambling, novel-length menus covering international cuisine from Chinese to American.

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Set in a sleepy, dusty side of Mohandiseen, Roastery provides a cool retreat from the Cairo heat.

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If you are lucky enough to have a Shami grandmother; you probably already understand the ecstasy that is cuisine from greater Syria.

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Located in Cairo’s elegant suburb of Heliopolis, Italian seafood restaurant Rossini was preceded by several recommendations The red carpet entrance leads to a reception area decorated with an aquarium and several awards, prompting diners to believe that they are about to receive royal treatment and tantalising, fresh fare.

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A delicious crust, gooey cheese, vegetables and meat make up one of Egypt's greasiest, tastiest snacks: savoury fiteer. If this sounds a bit like pizza to you, that's because the two are indeed quite similar, and at Bin El Kasren in Garden City, you can get your fill of both.

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Located on the corner of Ismail Mohamed and Adel Abu Bakr Streets in Zamalek is the Five Bells Restaurant and Bar. It's been around for decades, but seeing as how we've heard little about it, we had to give it a shot. The best part? The restaurant has a sprawling terrace lined with tall trees, shielding you away from the street and with plenty of space for privacy.

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How do you stand out as a restaurant when you are preparing and selling the same national dishes that grace the menus of thousands of Egyptian restaurants in Cairo?

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Lunching at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza’s resident Italian restaurant Bella almost feels like dining in New York's posh Upper East Side.

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Although Cairo streets are laden with shawerma restaurants, there never seem to be enough places offering the mouth-watering shawerma that you’re hoping for.

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One thing that we Cairenes love is food. One thing that makes that love even lovelier is the beauty of delivery! This city pretty much rocks in that aspect because you can get just about anything you want, delivered right to your front door.

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Cairo might not be as vegetarian-friendly as other international cities, but vegetarians do have a fair share of places to choose from; so there’s no excuse for malnutrition. It’s possible to sustain a healthy vegetarian lifestyle—without succumbing to foul and taameya too often and without breaking the bank.

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http://www.cairo360.com/article/203/a-vegetarians-guide-to-dining-in-cai...

That nifty fusion of rice, pasta (including vermicelli noodles, spaghetti, and macaroni), brown lentils and chickpeas with a tomato-based salsa and fried onion topping, known as koshary, is indisputably one of the most authentic Egyptian dishes, alongside molokhiyya (a viscous green herbal soup known abroad as Jew’s Mallow).

Egypt’s koshary belongs to the trio of staple national foods, along with fuul (aka fava beans) and taamiya (aka falafel: grounded and fried fava beans.) From this gut-filling assembly, koshary is definitely the most filling, spicy and flavorful – and in spite of the rise in its price it remains a cheap food alternative.

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Gamal Nkrumah dines in the periphery of the Egyptian capital sampling Pekinese delicacies and savouring the strains of classical Chinese music

Those who have ever taken an interest in Chinese cuisine in Cairo will most likely have come across one or the other of the Peking Chinese chain of restaurants. Waiting staff in Peking restaurants have always believed that they have to put on an act. Last week, they needn't have: an orchestra playing classical Chinese music arrived in Cairo amid much pomp and ceremony. The successful Peking restaurateurs have adopted this musical approach even as the chefs have expanded their culinary horizons.

Peking's latest showcase also happens to be one of its most expensive openings in the less well represented parts of Cairo including the satellite cities of the metropolis. The new restaurant is situated on the ground flour of the Seven Stars Mall, Katameya. And menus have become infinitely more intricate. The location of the new restaurant reflects how crowded Cairo proper has become and how difficult it is to find a good restaurant site within the old parameters of the core areas of the Egyptian capital. Peking Katameya is undoubtedly one of the notable gourmet openings of the year.

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When et decided to put a dozen or so of the city’s most reputable sushi joints to the test, I began by soliciting recommendations from friends and colleagues. Inevitably, all of the suggestions came with the caveat “It’s good, for Cairo.” One colleague even cautioned me about food poisoning (I did get sick once, as did one of my dining companions).

I had a hard time believing that I would have to qualify all of the sushi I was about to eat with such reservation; I also didn’t want to believe that I was subjecting my dining partners to some kind of science experiment. Wasn’t there any sushi without caveats in Cairo?

Ultimately, we did find a few gems — namely in Aqua at the Four Seasons Hotel and in Mori, which has a branch in Zamalek and also provides the sushi at Sequoia — as well as a few good budget options. Most of what we tasted, however, wasn’t worth eating twice, and the majority of the establishments displayed a fundamental lack of understanding and care.

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Egypt Today - October 2009
http://egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=8653

As the breeze glides over the polished floors to the rhythm of a live band, the Cairo Tower's light display shifts in a quick succession of colours, writes Giovanna Montalbetti

We take the lift leading to the Cairo Tower's VIP Restaurant and Lounge. Almost invisible from the outside, this high- class restaurant was added during the Tower's latest renovation. So were the Galleria, a meeting and conference spot with a stylish yet homely feel, and the second-floor lounge.

On entering, it becomes obvious that this restaurant was conceived with a very chic clientele in mind. An extreme care for details is perceptible from the ikebana-like calla lily arrangements to the elegant design of the cutlery, knives balancing on their blades like silver ice-skaters.

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Eat as an Egyptian
Hanan Radwan escapes the overflowing traditional bazaars in Khan Al-Khalili to enjoy the delicious taste of genuine Egyptian food.
Sandwiched between two overflowing bazaars, Al-Ahd Al-Gadid is as elusive to old customers as to newcomers; the restaurant does not even have a telephone. Then again, why should the owners bother to advertise it? Established in the 1950s to celebrate Egypt's "new era" (the restaurant name's translation) after the revolution, this is one of the most popular eateries in Cairo's traditional Khan Al-Khalili area.

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Mangia at the Mall
The restaurant franchise Eatalian brings another taste of Italy to CityStar’s mall masses.
By Passant Rabie
Egypt Today - February 2009

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By Shaimaa Fayed
The concept of “high tea” conjures up resplendent images: purse-lipped Victorian ladies pitter-pattering to London’s tea rooms sporting opera gloves and parasols, and modern-day mondaines heading off to The Ritz for vintage Darjeeling and raisin scones. Whether we’re talking 19th or 21st century, the ritual of high tea resonates in one’s mind as a decidedly aristocratic recreation. But before you dismiss it as a relic of a bygone past, we’ve compiled a list of several Cairene venues where you can indulge in a lavish high tea experience.

Business Monthly - January 2009
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http://www.amcham.org.eg/Publications/BusinessMonthly/January%2009/exlife(thetea-totalersguide).asp

LOOKING FOR A place to eat that is a bit more on the unconventional side? Somewhere that offers tasty food in ample quantities, without denting your wallet? If the answer is yes, then drop your fancy table manners, forget about your social etiquette, don’t bother to dress up and make this your new dining guide. (Just try to hold onto the memory of your manners. You’ll probably need to use them again). Trust us, you haven’t really experienced Egyptian cooking if you haven’t tried at least one of these places.

by May El Khishen
Egypt Today - January 2009
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Street Food Done Right
Looking to eat local? Here’s our guide to some of the best places for fuul, koshari, kofta and molokheyya in the city
By Ali El Bahnasawy

Egypt Today - January 2009
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http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=8320

The following is Daily News Egypt's pick of what we believe is 2008’s finest; both new and old. These restaurants have competed for stellar quality, exemplary service and ambience, a creativity in recipes and menus, and value for money.

By Heba Elkayal
Daily News Egypt - December 23, 2008
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Moemin is one of the best places to eat in Cairo