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Fresh okra sliced into rounds, in close-up.

Cairo · Arba' wa Nus, Faisal, Nasr City

Cairo's Sudanese tables

Sudanese ful, agashe and kisra: a neighbouring cuisine, and yet unknown.

€ BudgetOff the beaten track

Cairo has a large Sudanese community, and its restaurants serve a cuisine distinct from Egyptian: peanut-spiced skewers, sorghum flatbreads, okra stews. The addresses cluster around Faisal and Arba' wa Nus.

The extra bit

Try agashe — beef dried with peanut spices: the dish with no Egyptian equivalent.

Know before you go

Neighbourhood addresses with no foreign-language menu: you point, you ask, you are well received.

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Faisal, Arba' wa Nus and Nasr City, Cairo

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