THANKS FOR JOINING US!
We hope you’ve had as much fun as we did. Before we say goodbye, we wanted to leave you with this list to keep the memory of this tour with you.
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Cheese and Tomato Dip, Hawawshi & Oriental Sausages
Cheese and tomato dip is common breakfast food and sometimes it can be served as an appetizer option at restaurants. It is usually made with Egyptian white cheeses , most commonly barameely cheese or domiaty cheese, mixed with olive oil and diced tomatoes.
Hawawshi is an Egyptian street food staple. Baladi bread is stuffed with a seasoned mix of ground meat, onions, and spices, then baked or grilled until crispy.
Another very popular street food is Oriental Sausages. In Egyptian Arabic, they are called Sogo2, a name derived from the Turkish word Sujuk. Typically made from beef, sausages are commonly sold as sandwiches in fino bread at street food carts, often alongside beef liver.
Sugarcane Juice
Sugarcane juice, locally known as Aseer Asab, is Egypt's most popular and iconic traditional street drink.
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Abo Tarek
Egypt’s favorite meal (and national dish), Koshary is filling, delicious and extremely cheap, it also happens to be wonderfully vegan. This dish is made with macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, lentils, rice, whole hummus, and fried onions only to be topped off with tomato sauce and a special garlic vinegar dressing called “da’ah”.
DESSERT
middle eastern desserts
Kunafa, basbousa, zalabya and balah el sham are just a few of the incredible sweets available around the Middle East. They’ve been a staple in Egyptian cuisine for hundreds of years and are increasingly popular during Ramadan and special celebrations like the feast, weddings or during family visits. Middle Eastern sweets are usually almost always drenched in sugar syrup, butter/ghee and are extremely sticky and delicious. Kunafa is made with a special type of hair like dough, where as basbousa is made with semolina flour and sometimes flavored with orange or rose water.
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BEER AND GREAT CONVERSATIONS
Egyptian beers Stella and Sakara are both lagers produced by the same company, Al Ahram Beverages. Sakara has a slightly lower alcohol content which gives it a light and refreshing feel, making it perfect for the warm weather. Stella on the other hand is the older and more historical beer, it’s been around since 1897, not to be confused with Stella Artois, it is an Egyptian beer.
