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Alexandria · Working-class districts, Alexandria

Alexandria's baladi fiteer

The Egyptian layered pastry, sweet or savoury, stretched by hand in front of you.

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Baladi fiteer is dough stretched, folded and buttered a dozen times, then baked in a wood oven: filled with roumi cheese and meat, or served plain with honey and cream. Every district has its fatatri, and it is a dish to share.

The extra bit

Order it "nos w nos" — half savoury, half sweet: that is how families take it.

Know before you go

One fiteer feeds two to three people, and can be ordered for delivery across the city.

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Working-class districts, Alexandria

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