This post is about snacks
in Cairo, not much traveling. However, food and traveling go hand in
hand for me, can't have one without enjoying the other.
I think the best snacks
aren’t in stores and restaurants – they’re in the streets, by
the Nile River. As you walk by the Nile banks, you'll pass by many
street vendors. Those are the best budget snacks you can get from
wooden street carts without breaking your pocket.
All of the following items
cost around 1$ or about 6-7 Egyptian pounds, per serving. Again,
street vendors will double the price for tourists, but you should
insist not to pay more than 1$ and that is more than a fair price.
1- grilled sweet potato:
it has a beautiful taste and the way it is made even better? A man
pushes the wooden cart, and on the top of it there is an old oven.
They put the sweet potato inside and leave it to be done slowly.
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2- termes or lupins: it’s
very easy to get by the Nile river, especially in summer time. It’s
one of my favorite snacks. It’s better than popcorn, especially
with salt and lemon flavor.
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3- grilled corn: street
venders use a small fire to grill the corn on. It has a beautiful
smell and the taste is even better.
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4- hummus el-sham drink:
it is a spicy drink, made of chickpeas. On winter nights young lovers
walk by the Nile river and drink it. The recipe is in my book, Fast
and Easy Egyptian Recipes.
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5- sunflower and
watermelon seeds: the seeds are dried, then salted then put it in
special type of oven to be hard on the outside and soft and tasty on
the inside. Peel the outside and eat the inside.
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6- Semid, an Egyptian
pretzel: OMG, love them and miss eating them. Usually it's sold with
a tiny bag of spices to enhance the taste.
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Enjoy your visit to Egypt!
