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Over time I came to realise that some people were simply so used to eating low-grade fish that when faced with the real thing they mistook it for being off. Such myths and misconceptions are boundless in the restaurant business.
There are some great restaurants here but over time I discovered that what Maadi does better than anywhere else in Cairo is Asian food thanks to the large Asian community located here.
This common wisdom has been repeated so often in the press that it has become a mantra among those in the slow food movement and also among many rank-and-file foodies, who have in common that they swallow these myths without asking the necessary questions.
The meat is ground fresh on the premises daily and blended with caramelized balsamic onion, roasted garlic and egg yolk. Perfection on a soft, buttery bun. Topped with homemade pickles, fresh tomatoes and lettuce, Hernandezâs aioli of sweet and sour dill with chilies, black pepper and pickle juice put this one over the top.
If youâve seen the film Food, Inc. (2008)âand if you havenât, you shouldâyouâll know that industrial farming is ruining the food chain. The health and welfare of the planet, unchecked by government regulations, is being held hostage to corporate greed. Itâs up to us to stop it. Not through petitions or demonstrations, rather, we should …
My youngest was born a foodist, a trait she happily developed in gleeful opposition to her food-averse sister as she instinctively sought out an unoccupied niche in the family culture.
Food for thought. Never imagined Iâd employ that clichĂ©, but in this case it fits. Letâs eat, drink and be merry for the betterment of the world. I like it. Restaurants are cultural places anywayâart, music, food, fashion, and politics. Why not take it the extra kilometer and entertain ourselves for the forces of good?
The place is always packed with Koreans and under such circumstances I always try to eat what the locals are eating. I simply asked the kitchen manager for dinner for six, which worked out beautifully as it always does.
Still, the school district is making an effort, and even if the kids go on a hunger strike, it is preferable to the fast food made available to high school and college students in so many schools, including in Egypt.
Itâs all about being a locavore. Eat what grows where you live. Support your local farming community. Practice sustainability and fair labor practices. Be a good global citizen. Sounds like a good idea, but not everyone agrees on the science and the economics.
I have been going to the gym here just to break even and itâs still not working. It is all out war between my lightly armed will power and the FPF (Forces of Protein and Fat).
One thing America has going for it is supermarkets. For a Cairene, itâs like walking into a museum. The superabundance of everything you couldnât possible need is unnerving.
The original Abdel Wahab in Achrafieh (Beirut) serves some of the best Lebanese food Iâve ever had, but when a one-of-a-kind place goes chainâit now has a second branch in Beirut (Monod), one in Riyadh, one in Jeddah, and now one here in Cairoâit usually loses something in translation.
The event appeared in cyber space out of nothingness, a pop up Chefâs Table that materialized last Sunday at the Cellar Door in Maadi.
So there is much Egypt can be proud of indeed. For that matter, if youâve got bread, pigeons, molokheya and beer, what else do you really need?
Shib shib were thrown, holes were punched in walls, neighbors called the cops, and her royal self – for reasons that to this day remain a mystery to me – felt that I was making too big of a deal out of it.
For many years I renounced Chinese food here in the Big Mango because the choices are limited. I drifted towards Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese when I could get it.
David Blanks proves there has been more than one revolution in Cairo and that food really is the new rock and roll