The food in Egypt is very diverse, so trying different foods should also be part of this adventure. Moreover, in Egypt, it usually doesn't cost much to enjoy a special and rich meal. In the city, you can find many restaurants, cafes and fast food restaurants.
Famous Egyptian cuisines:
Fuul and Ta'amiyya are informal national cuisines of Egypt. Fuer is made of broad beans and seasoned with oil, lemon, salt, meat, eggs and onions. Tamiya is a small ball made by frying ground chicken beans and spices. Add a little tomato to Fuer and Tamiya and sandwich them with Pita bread, which is a delicious snack.
Sandwiches in Egypt are usually rolled with a small piece of meat, cheese or bacon, and a little mustard sauce is even more delicious. Shawema is also very famous in Egypt. Vendors selling mutton Shawema can be seen all over Egypt, and pickled cucumbers or radishes are used when eating.
In addition to sandwiches, there are many simple and cheap snacks in Egypt. Fiteer is a kind of pizza-like food, which has both sweet and salty flavors. The sweet Fiteer has raisins, drupes and sugar on it, while the salty Feidier has cheese, olives, minced meat or eggs.
Kofta and Kebab are the two most famous dishes in Egypt. Kofta seasoned ground meat with spices and grilled it with sticks. Usually, these two things are eaten with cooked tomatoes and onions.
Musaga is a delicious dish. It is baked with eggplant, tomato, garlic and spices. Molokhiyya is a green thick soup, which is stewed with green vegetables, rice and garlic (Egyptians, like northerners in China, like to season with garlic). Shakshooka is a kind of roasted ground meat and tomato sauce, plus an egg, and there is also a vegetarian Shakshooka.
Roasted pigeon is also a famous dish. First, the pigeon is stuffed with wheat, and then grilled with charcoal fire. Another way is to put pigeon meat, onion, tomato and rice or wheat in an earthenware pot to make a stew. There is also a dish called Kushari, which is made of rice, noodles, onions, black lentils and tomato sauce. The ingredients should be cooked separately before being eaten.
The most common breads in Egypt are pita bread and French bread. There are two kinds of cheese, one is gibna Beyda, and the other is yellow and white hard cheese called Gibna Rumi.