Fabulous Things about Egypt

Egyptian traditional foods with a twist. Top trained certified chefs, funky decor, amazing taste, fresh ingredients. Serving kosherie, hawaw...

Just like the North American Rainforest Cafe chain, but with amazing grilled food. (Located in Heliopolis)

From the early morning of Eid, the fireworks begin to pop off (the sort of "caps" that children are banned from playing with in Ca...

Sometimes I believe that the striking intensity and wild mixtures of colors used in Egypt is because of the bold bright hues of the flowers ...

Egyptian salad usually has delicious vegetables, nice spices and vinegar dressing (including cumin plus a mix of spices you can buy in the g...

Street festivals in Egypt are really incredible. The below pictures were both taken from the Korba district in Heliopolis. The street gets s...

The below pictures are taken from Al Azhar Park and are all recent, however Egypt has many historic fountains dating back centuries . You ca...

In Eid, after fasting the month of Ramadan and going out to the cafes or in the comfort of the home, it is great to remember the gift of Egy...

Kahk is not the only sweet stockpiled and devoured during Eid. There are many many delights consumed during this sweet holiday season. Duri...

The Eid prayer is one of the most beautiful prayers in Islam. It begins at sunrise of the morning of the first day of Eid. The people gath...

Iftar is the meal that Muslims share with their friends and family during Ramadan as they are breaking their fast from sunrise to sunset. E...

When you hear the word béchamel, usually you think of a wafter thin sauce that lightly coats pasta. In Egypt - not so! Béchamel in Egypt is...

One word: Fabulous.

Like most things in Egypt: Strong - and packed with sugar.

Uum Ali, when well prepared, is one of the best - and more calorific - desserts you will ever feast on. Puff pastry, heavy cream , pistachi...

Egypt has amazing horses, but this is a horse of a different kind. At celebrations where dance troupes come to perform, the dancing horse is...

In Egypt, you can have anything delivered to your doorstep. Fast food , pharmacy , full restaurants , bakeries, groceries, etc. I'm not ...

I do believe you should never encourage suntanning. However, for those of you who do prefer that California glow, you can save your money fr...

Since it is currently Ramadan, and I've made quite a lot of Ramadan posts, I wanted to balance the blog with a post about Christmas whic...

Egypt (and by Egypt I mostly mean Cairo and Alexandria) has a large and growing selection of restaurants, cafes and night clubs. Great food,...