Bite Me Cairo: Once upon a time
Since then I have visited this sleek lounge/restaurant a half dozen times (and paid my bills, thank you), I have my answers, and I am ready to write.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: And so it goes
Consistency is always the issue, and while some restaurants have reached new heights, others continue to fight the downhill slide into mediocrity
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Master Chef Egypt
If your friends and family keep telling you that you ought to open your own restaurant, here is a chance to test your mettle.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Donburi
In Japan donburi means bowl or rice bowl dish and in Cairo Donburi is a new Japanese restaurant at City Stars. The creation of Japanophile Mido Barsoum, it brings authentic Japanese street food to Egypt for the first time.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Europe By The Sea
It was time to take a break from Egypt, so her royal self and I decided a week in El Gouna was in order. This orange and white holiday village on the Red Sea, just read the rest…
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: The Raw and the Cooked
David Blanks shares his insights on raw and cooked meat
Read More →Bites Fil Beit: Bisara – Black bean paste
We love food. We love the real, down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the-generations, local Egyptian food. Here is your chance to learn how to make these local delicacies in your own home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Reel Relationships
What if you are a foodie and your partner is not?
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: A passion for India
If you desire a sampling of all things authentically Indian, Begum does a noon brunch on Fridays that features street foods from across the continent including what is known as “Desi Chinese,” an Indian version of Chinese that every local cook masters.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Our Daily Bread
Food, far from being a trivial subject, is often at the centre of historical change
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Of Mice and Men
If you’ve been following my column these past few weeks you’ll know that this is something that has been on my mind lately. Call it an existential crisis. Why do I do this? Do I know what I’m doing? Does it serve any purpose? How long before my belt breaks?
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: The Best of the Best – Part 2
Many hire random amateur freelancers who think that spring rolls are a seasonal dish and can’t tell their head cheese from their aspic. Worse, some of these sites rely upon civilians to do their reviewing for them. This leads to some truly bizarre suggestions.
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Bite Me Cairo: Tipping The Wink
This new Bed and Breakfast in Maadi is the achievement of Alisa Amin, the inspiration behind Winnie’s Hotels.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Something Fishy
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.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Seoul Food
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.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Nature vs. Nurture
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.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Trio (Part 2) – The Food
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, Hernandez’s aioli of sweet and sour dill with chilies, black pepper and pickle juice put this one over the top.
Read More →Bite Me Cairo: Trio (Part I) – The Chef
If you’ve seen the film Food, Inc. (2008)—and if you haven’t, you should—you’ll know that industrial farming is ruining the food chain. The health and welfare of the planet, unchecked by government regulations, is being read the rest…
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