Food

The first soup of the year: where to get the best French onion soup

French onion soup, the famous French soup
30 Dec 2009
Rumor has it that the French version of onion soup was originally created by King Louis XV. In his hunting lodge with champagne, onions and butter, he is said to have created the soup to satisfy a midnight craving. The midnight craving...
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Three kinds of kofta

28 Dec 2009
Beef kofta with rice Ingredients: 1 small onion 2 cloves garlic 1 kilo of ground meat 1 tablespoon of minced parsley 1 tablespoon of minced mint 1 cup of rice 1 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper 1/2 teaspoon of beef spice...
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Soup meals

24 Dec 2009
Soup contains vitamins and minerals that stimulate the stomach to produce its digestive juices. Normally, soup is served as an appetizer before a main course, but if the soup contains chicken, meat, vegetables, beans, croutons, or...
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A piece of Napa in Cairo

Napa grill, Fairmont hotel, down town Cairo
10 Dec 2009
Fairmont Hotels, a recent arrival on the Cairo 5-star hotel scene, has already had an impact on Cairo dining through its hotel in Heliopolis, with several well-received dining options. With its second local location now preparing to open,...
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Oven baked meat

Oven baked lamb for a happy Eid
09 Dec 2009
Roasted meat mix: Ingredients 1 rack of lamb 1/2 kilo sirloin 1/2 kilo lamb liver 1/4 kilo lamb kidneys 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 kilo onion 1 sheet of parchment paper Recipe: 1- Cut the liver into cubes, and the...
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Gourmet chocolate: To die for

Packaged for winter, High end chocolate outlets offers clients a chance to personalize the chocolate gifts they give by seasons as well.
07 Dec 2009
Swiss, French and Belgian delights are tipped to become front-runners in the Egyptian chocolate market. Al Masry AL Youm samples high-end favorites  "I used to get a Corona [local brand] chocolate bar whenever a relative visited...
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Yellow lentil fаtta

Yummy vegetarian yellow lentil Fatta
28 Nov 2009
Ingredients: 2 loaves dry baladi (pita) bread  2 tablespoons ghee 2 cups yellow lentil soup 4 garlic cloves 2 tablespoons vinegar 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Instructions: 1) Fry small pieces of bread in ghee. Add lentil soup and leave...
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Quality but affordable sushi

Inside Makani restaurant
28 Nov 2009
Sushi has recently become mainstay on the Cairo dining scene. Five years ago, sushi restaurants were located only in expensive and obscure corners of five-star hotels. Nowadays they’re plentiful in every city and in every...
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Eid through the eyes of vegetarians

28 Nov 2009
A rare and often unheard of demographic, Egypt's vegetarians -- the author included -- are generally not so keen to announce their, indeed, “perplexing” dietary inclinations. Not unless we’re cornered, that is. And there...
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Accidental restaurateur?

Tarek Omar el-Sherif at his Italian restaurant, the Trattoria, in Zamalek
24 Nov 2009
Tarek Omar Sherif, son of the venerable actor, and one of Egypt’s most exciting restaurateurs, fell into the food and beverage business by accident. Sherif was holidaying in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna nearly ten years ago...
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