i say restaurant it's actually an alleyway that's the best thing i've eaten in such
a long time brought us to the vip area where morgan freeman has been
today is our first day in a brand new country we're super excited because a brand new country
means a brand new cuisine for us to try today we're doing a DIY food tour to try and get the
best falafel the best Shawarma Shawarma i'm so excited for shawarma baba ganoush
my mouth is watering but first we do have a very special coffee that we want to try
so to start the DIY food tour we've come to khan el kalili market which is one of the oldest ones
here in cairo there's so many shops and it just keeps going on and on and on there's all
souvenirs and then gold and silver different like decorative things lamps that look like a genie
would come out of them i love it so this market originated in the 14th century 600 years ago
i didn't know that long time ago we're also here because there's meant to be
the oldest cafe in cairo so i think that's where we're gonna go now because i need a coffee
so we have come to elfishawy cafe which is the oldest coffee house in cairo which is so
cool and we've just got some turkish coffee so they poured it over with a beautiful silver carb
and we're so excited because we haven't had coffee all day and it looks so strong and delicious
it's so strong it's like a shot of espresso basically espresso
make sure you ask for the menu in the prices first because
we just sat down and ordered a coffee and got really really ripped off
so now we're at the real Elfishawy coffee place turns out that one down the road that we just
went to before runs a bit of a scam where they say yeah we're the old one come here and then
they charge double the price oh well it is what it is we're here now the people are so lovely and
they've brought us to the VIP area where morgan freeman's been before and there's a kitty cat so
we've gotten two turkish coffees with sugar hopefully it'll be better than the last ones
even if it's exactly the same the service is heaps better this room is
awesome 20 times better already so this shop opened in 1771
and you can tell because it looks super old but like in a cool traditional heritage way
thank you so they've just come and brought us the turkish coffees again it's that beautiful
pot that they pour it over and this just looks a million times better than the one we've just had
heavy and hot
it's literally like just a really strong hot coffee like i don't really know what the special
thing about turkish coffee is other than that it's really cool that they
pour it over but it just tastes like a shot of espresso i love it this place
is so cool all the intricate detail and all the old carvings of the old furniture
i can't believe they've let us come in the vip i feel so special
we have come to Kazas because it's highly recommended no matter what you google restaurant
comes up and we're here to get Shawarma so we're so excited so we went for a chicken and beef
so we can try both because why not we also got chips to go with it ah thank you smells good too
we're gonna put on so much weight that is amazing it's like really simple it's a chicken roll with
all these beautiful flavors oh i could eat that for breakfast let me try the beef one
that's the best thing i've eaten in such a long time the beef is that classic Shawarma
flavor beef with all the herbs and spices on the outside and it's like
really soft and juicy but still has that sort of crunch from the outside if that makes it
okay we scoffed those down way too quick and this is the last bite but it's so good
honestly i could eat this every day we're in Egypt and i would be one happy lady
on the way to our next restaurant we passed the museum so we managed to get our appetite
up exploring that for a couple of hours it's so cool to see so much history it's
like your grandma that keeps buying stuff and just filling up cabinets until they're like
bursting that's what it was like in there with all of the history and stuff it was so interesting
heaps of it was like not even bothered to be labeled as well i was really surprised
but it makes sense that they're building that new massive one which opens like next
month but now we've worked up a bit of an appetite so time for food round two
so our next stop of the day is a very popular restaurant for tourists here in cairo
i say restaurant it's actually an alleyway that's sort of been covered over
and made into a makeshift restaurant it's so cool
we have three falafel or tamaya and from what i understand in egypt falafel
is made from fava beans whereas back home it's made with a chickpea
we've also got baba ganoush which is an eggplant-based dip with like tahini and
all of that stuff and then of course all the beautiful bread to eat it with falafel first
broth and it's all crispy on the outside and coated with sesame seeds which i love that is
delicious it's so like herby and the outside is beautiful and crunchy and you can taste the
oil in there that it's been cooked in and then the sesame seeds are beautifully toasted on top
anyway in egypt it's actually called baba ganuk i believe
but it's just so creamy because of the tahini and then it's a little bit zesty from the lemon
so good egypt is two for two for amazing meals we have one more coming up which
is dinner the most anticipated one we should have a very good view for it though
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