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Abu as-Sid
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Dimly lit and decorated with brass lamps and Oriental paraphernalia, Abu as-Sid serves up Cairo’s most sophisticated Egyptian food. This is home cooking gourmet-style. Specialties include sharkassiyya (chicken breast with walnut sauce) and molokhiyya, a notorious green vegetable soup. At weekends it’s one of Cairo’s more atmospheric drinking spots, crammed with movers and shakers. Unfortunately, while Abu as-Sid offers Egyptian food at its best, it also showcases Egyptian service at its worst—sloppy and slow. It isn’t helped by a management that routinely tries to shift foreigners mid-meal, from the good table they were offered to get them to come in, in order to make space to entice more foreigners through the door. Make reservations, don’t let them move you and be firm with the waiting staff—the food will be worth it.
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Egyptian |
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Dress Code: |
Smart Casual |
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Price Range: |
over EGP 270 |
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Address:
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157 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
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735 9640 |
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