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Spectra: Enormous helpings and so delicious
uglyscot Says: You could easily walk past this cafe, as you enter through a small gap in a hedge. On one side of the path are French Cafe murals and the restaurant inside is fantastic. Long windows run the length of one wall with a view onto the cafe scenes. Another wall also has similar...
Sit el Hosniya: traditional Egyptian food
uglyscot Says: This new restaurant has a local flavour. The seating is low with low tables that I found awkward because my legs couldn't get under the table. The decor is brown and cream chequered, the ceiling brown imitation mashrabiya. Carpets are on the floor and the waiter wears local...
uglyscot Says: This is another new restaurant in Michel Bakhoum St , Duqqi. You enter through an old-looking wooden door and follow a black brick road. On the red 'pavement' are tables with black glass tops, and chairs with red covers. The waiters wear black with red aprons. The walls are...
Cinnebon: the taste of cinnamon
uglyscot Says: Another new cafe in Mossadek St. This is another international chain .under construction
uglyscot Says: This branch of the international chain of coffee shops is new in Duqqi. On the ground floor are 3 or 4 tables looking out on to busy Mossadek Street. We sat here, but there is more upstairs. It is clean and new and the service is good. A few newspapers are placed in a rack...
uglyscot Says: This is a new restaurant opened in 2004. It is stylish and the staff are very helpful and friendly. Service is good- but so far there are few customers. We were given a free drink and free dessert to encourage our custom.The food was plentiful, and we were given a doggy-bag...
Se Seid: typical Egyptian dessert
uglyscot Says: UPDATE : In June 2008 on our return we found the cafe had closed down, and had been replaced by another establishment. The restaurant is one of those dimly lit local cafes where people meet to play board games like draughts and backgammon, smoke shisha, and have a snack. The...
Abu Ramz el Suri: shawarma wraps - yummy
uglyscot Says: This is a shawarma place where you can either have a takeaway or a plate. It can be quite busy so that you may have a short wait, as it is very popular because the food is so good.. The chicken shawarma is tastly, but I think I prefer the beef shawarma, which comes with...
Cortigiano: pasta, pizza and plenty more
uglyscot Says: This restaurant is usually very busy at lunchtime and in the evenings. It is not brightly lit inside , but has a lot of interesting old prints, objects and posters on display. The service is very good, and the helpings are enormous, and very rich. I've tried many of the...
marimar_72 Says: Peking Chinese Chain of Restaurants, with 12 branches throughout Cairo and one branch in Sharm El Sheikh.In 1963 the first Peking Restaurant was established by a group of Chinese families, settled in Cairo from variousprovinces of China.The largest(I have visited)is the one...
marimar_72 Says: Though this restaurant is rather small.it serves really good italian food..it opens from 1PM,kids are allowed in before sunset.atmosphere is very cosy!Also serves Alcohol.no reservation required. Beef fillet with mashroom sauce.chicken Fettuccine.
Coffee Roastery: Breakfast @ Roastery
marimar_72 Says: This is one of the best coffee shops in Cairo,it opens from 7:30 A.M and serves breakfast,it has a large menu of sandwiches,and coffee drinks.minimum charge is 5 Egyption Pounds(Less than1$).It has 5 branches,I have been to three of them,one at the Shooting Club street or in...
Le Carnavale: Passez moi le menu
uglyscot Says: Very classy restaurant above its own patisserie and ice cream shop.The basket of different breads keeps you going while you wait for the meal to arrive. Well worth waiting for too.There is so much to choose from, all of it excellent. Onion soup and veal escalopeIt just is...
Suliman Gawher market: fruit and veg
uglyscot Says: The area in Duqqi called Suliman Gawher is a typical local market. Fruit, vegetables and fish were on sale the Ffriday afternoon we ventured in. There are narrow roads and old buildings, but the produce sellers sit on the ground or on old chairs and display their goods. Fish...
marimar_72 Says: I found this shop by coincidence in 2002 and ever since I shop for all my souvenirs and home accessories from it.I believe it has better prices than most touristic places(such Khan El Khalil)though the prices are fixed,,but it`s very well priced,it serves locals not tourists...
uglyscot Says: There has been so much development and so many changes in the past few years. Many of the original villas are being demolished and high rise apartments are going up. This is because of the influx of professional Iraqis leaving their country for asylum abroad.Shops and...
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Another new cafe in Mossadek St. This is another international chain .under construction
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Duqqi is one of the suburbs across the Nile from the Down Town area. These areas [Duqqi, Mohandasin and Imbaba] started out as midldle class areas with tree-lined streets and villas. To some extent......
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This is how you will see it written in most signs in Cairo...one my favoraite places with in greater Cairo. This is a picture of a shop that I always purchase my gifts from..it`s called Bashayyer.
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