Cairo Street Food

One of the best way to enjoy being in Egypt is to ‘Eat like an Egyptian!’, and today we are hooking you up with a local expert in Egyptian cuisine and the Egyptian street. Your food tour involves four stations, so please come hungry! You will try the national dish Koshary which consists of rice, pasta, lentils, chickpeas, crispy fried onions and more, it was originally brought to Egypt from India and we can certify that it is surprisingly delicious and not surprisingly very filling!  You will also try falafel which in Egypt is made of fava beans rather than chickpeas and is considered to be a breakfast food, we love the fact that Egyptian falafel are disk shaped meaning there is a greater area of ‘crunch’.  You’ll also try a meze of various traditional dips and starters, plus refresh your palette at a local fruit juice or coffee parlor. In addition to enjoying the flavoursome delights tucked away in places you would never walk into on your own, this is a great opportunity to spend some time with a local of Cairo and quiz them on the realities of life in the city.