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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a reason you don’t see many Egyptian restaurants in the US. Egyptian cuisine just isn’t as a whole that inspiring.

[b]Restaurants on Zamalek tend to be reliable, particularly along the water front.[/b] But I wouldn’t even really bother trying to order a lot of classic Egyptian dishes. [/quote]

Ps If the best places you ate were the restaurants in Zamalek you really don’t know enough to judge Egyptian cuisine.[/quote]

I have eaten in many parts of Cairo, but if you want more western cuisine that is made at western hygiene standard, Zamalik is a good place to start.

I’ve spent a lot of time working in countries across the world and one thing I’m have been struck by is that even if I love the local cuisine (like Thailand, or India, or Italy, or Greece) as an American we eat many different global cuisines in a week. So I may love Greek food, but I don’t normally eat it for two weeks in a row.

I used to work in the Middle East for weeks on end, but eventually I wanted Asian or Latin American foods, or even just a traditional American style breakfast. And that is ok.

I used to joke with my husband that the hotel I always stayed at in Yemen would get their toaster out of storage whenever they saw me come to breakfast. It is entirely possible that I was the only person who used that toaster for several years in a row. And I think it brought both me and the hotel staff joy that I enjoyed using it every morning.[/quote]

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