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The whole fruit experience of Lychee
One of Lychee’s healthy creationsCourtesy of Lychee’s Facebook page Located on busy Brazil Street in Zamalek, Lychee is the newest addition to the island’s ever-expanding food choices. Pronounced to...
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Bite Me Cairo: Salad Days
Foodist at work, photo by Nada Badawi At the end of Act 1, Scene 5 of Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra sits in her palace in Alexandria thinking about Antony and worrying about Caesar. Sadly, she...
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Bite Me Cairo: Lord of the Manner
Foodist at work, photo by Nada Badawi Expatriates often ask where to go for good Egyptian food. I usually direct them to Abou El Sid, but I always caution them that you cannot find authentic Egyptian...
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Bite Me Cairo: The Cutting Edge
Foodist at work, photo by Nada Badawi I have waited a year to write a story about Left Bank in Zamalek. Like everyone else, I loved the space immediately. Light, airy, lined with bookshelves, a...
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Hotel Dining: A dose of curry
Sherlock Pub at Hilton Ramses HotelCourtesy of Hilton Hotels Cairenes don’t usually attempt to rediscover old restaurants in Cairo’s downtown hotels. Ramses Hilton, and almost all its in-house...
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Today is Thursday, and we Cairenes all know what that means. Friends are going to call you up, telling you “we’re going out”. The idea of the weekend drives people insane with the need to “go out” and...
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Bite Me Cairo: A neighbourhood unto itself
Foodist at work. (Photo by Nada Badawi) At the beginning of the revolution, although I lived but a five-minute walk from the Fairmont Heliopolis, I rarely went there. In fact I do not think I ever went...
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Bite Me Cairo: Taste of Zamalek
Foodist at work. (Photo by Nada Badawi) 125 years ago, if you were sitting on the veranda of Ismail Pasha’s palace (now the Marriott Hotel), on El-Gezira, (now Zamalek), you would have been able to see...
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Bite Me Cairo: Food Is Cool
Foodist at workPhoto by Nada Badawi Not long ago I wrote about the renewal of Left Bank and wondered about the absence of a fine-dining culture in Egypt. I asked why people are afraid to try new...
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Exquisite Asian dining in the Buddha Bar
Iconic centrepiece of the restaurant By Shaima El-Elaimy Whenever I am dining out my first eating choices are usually Japanese, Indian and Chinese in no particular order. Who does not like a touch of...
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Bite Me Cairo: The Medley
Foodist at work, photo by Nada Badawi When it comes to restaurants, the one thing Cairenes consistently complain about is consistency. You go to a new place, enjoy an outstanding meal, talk about it...
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El Kababgy: Authentic Egyptian cuisine along the Nile
The surroundings of the restaurant add to the dining experience(Photo Marriott Zamalek) When you feel it is time to spend some quality time with your family or a group of friends, to share a nice...
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Sabaya: Fine Lebanese dining in Downtown Cairo
Sabaya at Semiramis Hotel lends an air of sophistication to Lebanese dining(Photo from Semiramis Hotel) If you are looking for a getaway from the hustle and bustle of Cairo, Lebanese restaurant Sabaya,...
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Mazaj is one of the first Arabic-Fusion restaurants in town
Mazaj restaurant at Mall of Arabia offers scrumptious lebanese dishes(Photo from Mazaj) Restaurant café hybrids are usually disappointing. They fail to balance both elements, and often are biased...
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Baalbak revisited, Lebanese restaurant offers great food the second time around
An encore at Baalbak restaurant at Sonesta Cairo Hotel proves deliciously surprising(Photo from Sonesta Cairo Hotel) By Shaima El-Elaimy When we arrived at the Baalbek restaurant, my companion and I...
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Bubble teas in Cairo: Bubblicious shop
The Bubbilicious shop offer a great selection of refreshing bubble teas(Photo by Fanny Ohier) By Fanny Ohier What is bubble tea, anyway? This exotic drink combines tea with fruit or syrup, and...
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Sample Swiss delicacies in The Fondue Pot
The round fondue pots are the centre piece of the meal(Photo from The Fondue Pot) By Fatma Ibrahim The first thing you notice when you walk into The Fondue Pot is that you are in a one-of-a-kind place....
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French gastronomy at The Grill
The Grill offers a wide array of delicious French food that is bound to tickle the taste buds and fill the stomach(Photo from Semiramis Hotel) By Fanny Ohier Located high above the city, the large...
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An authentic dining experience in Al-Khartoum
Aseeda, here photographed with mulah sauce, is a traditional Sudanese dish(Qusai Akoud) Trying out new food is always an adventure. This time however we did not venture too far. We decided to try food...
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Speciality restaurants: the new ‘it’ business
Young Egyptian restaurateurs depended on creativity and passion to overtake an nationwide economic slowdown when launching a chain of diners.Restaurants’ Facebook fan pages While the economy suffers...
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