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You pick your fish off the ice, they grill it, you eat facing the harbour.
AlexandriaAnfoushi / Corniche
A Belle Époque room facing the sea, with a view of the bay and of a century of Alexandria.
AlexandriaCorniche, Alexandria
Alexandria's breakfast: foul, taameya and eggs, in a room that never empties.
AlexandriaCity centre, Alexandria
Fish picked off the ice, grilled in the alley, eaten at plastic tables.
AlexandriaAnfoushi, Alexandria
An Art Nouveau tavern serving beer and prawns for a century.
Alexandria's fish eaten where it lands, facing Nelson's bay.
AlexandriaAbu Qir, east of Alexandria
Fresh juices, ice cream and fruit salads, in overflowing displays.
AlexandriaAlexandria and Cairo
Alexandria's fish table, run by a former singer who became a neighbourhood legend.
A Greek taverna from 1929 at the water's edge, on the Abu Qir point.
AlexandriaAbu Qir, Alexandria
A terrace above Qaitbay fort, with the whole bay in front.
An Alexandrian trattoria from the 1980s, checked tablecloths included.
Alexandrian grills in a big family room, open late.
AlexandriaCairo road, Alexandria
Neighbourhood kofta and kebab, served on a production line for decades.
AlexandriaAlexandria
A Lebanese house in the centre, open at lunchtime only, as fifty years ago.
Fish by weight with a panoramic view over the eastern bay.
Grills and seafood facing the sea, steps from the Bibliotheca.
AlexandriaCorniche, near the Bibliotheca
Fish and grills on an Agami beach, far from the centre's crowds.
AlexandriaAgami, west of Alexandria
Buffalo-milk and mastic ice cream, a Greek tradition that stayed Alexandrian.
AlexandriaCorniche and city centre
The Egyptian layered pastry, sweet or savoury, stretched by hand in front of you.
AlexandriaWorking-class districts, Alexandria
Baladi bread stuffed with spiced minced meat, oven-baked until crisp.
AlexandriaBahary and working-class districts
The district where Alexandria has dinner on weekdays, away from the tourist Corniche.
AlexandriaSidi Bishr, east of Alexandria
