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Cairo · All over Cairo

Cairo's oriental pastry shops

Konafa, basbousa, om ali: Egyptian sweets sold by weight, all night.

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Oriental pastry shops are a night trade: lit windows, trays of cheese konafa, basbousa, rice pudding and om ali served hot. You buy by the kilo for home, or a portion to eat on the pavement.

The extra bit

Cheese konafa is eaten straight from the oven: cold, it is a different thing entirely.

Know before you go

During Ramadan, queues spill into the street after iftar: order before sunset.

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