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A flatbread sandwich filled with falafel balls, tomato and raw vegetables.

Cairo · All over Cairo

Cairo's street sandwiches

Taameya, foul, potato and aubergine in baladi bread, for almost nothing.

€ BudgetOur favourite

The Egyptian sandwich is a dish in itself: taameya fried to order, foul dressed with oil, chips, aubergine, salad and tahini, all in half a loaf. It is breakfast and lunch for most of the country, and it is almost always vegan.

The extra bit

Ask for taameya "sokhna" — hot from the fryer: that is the whole difference.

Know before you go

A few pounds per sandwich: the cheapest meal in Egypt, and one of the best.

Directions

Street counters, all districts, Cairo

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