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Cairo · Downtown

Fasahet Somaya

Home cooking, served in a tiny room, with the day's menu and nothing else.

€ BudgetOff the beaten track

A few tables, a cook, and whatever was prepared that morning: molokheya, stuffed vegetables, meat in sauce, rice. The Egyptian meal as it is eaten at home, not as restaurants present it — one of Downtown's truest experiences.

The extra bit

Call before coming: there are only a few covers and cooking stops when the day's dishes run out.

Know before you go

Cash, no menu in foreign languages, and the owner decides the menu: that is the principle.

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Downtown, Cairo

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