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Alexandria · City centre, Alexandria

Mohamed Ahmed

Alexandria's breakfast: foul, taameya and eggs, in a room that never empties.

€ Budget

The city's best-known foul house, open since the 1950s: a dozen different bean preparations, Alexandrian falafel green inside, salads and eggs. You sit, you order, and everything arrives in minutes.

The extra bit

Take the foul iskandarani and a plate of taameya: the difference from the Cairo version is immediate.

Know before you go

Cash, a noisy room, very fast service: not a place to linger.

Directions

Shakour Pasha street, city centre, Alexandria

Directions

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