Food
Year Ender: 2010’s 8 best restaurants
December 30, 2010
Year Ender: 2010’s 8 best restaurants
With over 50 restaurant reviews to peruse in Al-Masry Al-Youm’s Life Style Food section, coming up with the top 8…
Alezba Village: A green retreat
December 22, 2010
Alezba Village: A green retreat
Cairo’s history has always been synonymous with gardens and greenery. Strategically located at the junction of the Nile Valley and…
Pear crumble: Light Christmas dessert
December 19, 2010
Pear crumble: Light Christmas dessert
Christmas is not necessarily the time for thinking healthy. All the same, it is possible to create some food-related Christmas…
Blackstone: The successful American bistro opens in Zamalek
December 15, 2010
Blackstone: The successful American bistro opens in Zamalek
A unique, funky, and (literally) underground restaurant with an eclectic clientele replaced by a clean-cut and formulaic chain with an…
Chicken soup Sunday
December 12, 2010
Chicken soup Sunday
Well, despite reports by meteorologists and self-proclaimed weather experts that the weather is only ten degrees Celsius, it seems really,…
Tamarai redefines its gourmet identity
December 8, 2010
Tamarai redefines its gourmet identity
Now that Tamarai has decided, following a two-year stint as one of Cairo’s poshest night spots, to tap into the…
Hana Korean Barbecue: A Zamalek landmark reopens
December 8, 2010
Hana Korean Barbecue: A Zamalek landmark reopens
Hana Korean Barbeque has reopened. For some of us, this is momentous news which requires no further elaboration. For others,…
Keeping salads exciting
December 5, 2010
Keeping salads exciting
To most, nothing sounds more depressing than ordering a salad at a restaurant or making one at home for dinner.…
Ratatouille: A French delight
November 30, 2010
Ratatouille: A French delight
Ratatouille is a purely Mediterranean dish that was created in Provence, France. Accompanying steaks to perfection, Ratatouille is typically considered…
Gourmandise: Cairo’s best bread arrives in Maadi
November 29, 2010
Gourmandise: Cairo’s best bread arrives in Maadi
This is a review of Gourmandise’s new branch in Maadi. But before we get to that, let me tell you…