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Abu Sid
Off 26th of July Street Cuisines: ArabicAbout
Abu Sid is simply the best place in Cairo to sample real Egyptian food. The service can be slow, and the staff has been known to try and move diners to less desirable tables in the middle of the meal to clear space for new arrivals, but there's no arguing with either the food or the funky-yet-traditional decor. For appetizers, try the fuul (fava beans stewed in a traditional way) or wara ainab (stuffed grape leaves). Though there is a large and varied menu for main dishes that includes a delicious Circassian chicken in walnut sauce, I recommend ordering the above appetizers along with some koshari, an odd-looking mix of macaroni, lentils, and chickpeas topped off with hot sauce and fried onions. This quintessential Egyptian street-food dish is delicious when properly prepared, and it's dirt-cheap (and almost as appetizing) at the stalls that line certain downtown streets. The Abu Sid dish is about ten times as expensive, which still only comes to LE22 ($4/£2). After the koshari, end the meal with a traditional Egyptian dessert such as om aly (a raisin-studded variation of bread pudding) or a honey fateer (layers of pastry baked pizza style and drenched in honey).
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