Breakfast
Sultana — traditional oriental
Foul & Ta’meya — Egyptian beans & falafel
Egyptian bread
Omelette
White or old cheese
Fresh cucumber & tomatoes
Mokhalal — Egyptian pickles
Seasonal juice
Tea or coffee
Queen — continental
Butter, jam & honey
White bread
Egg (omelette or boiled)
Choice of cheese & cold cuts
Seasonal juice
Tea or coffee
Dishes
Please allow us a bit of preparation time and order your meal in advance, as all our dishes are freshly prepared in the family kitchen. Your support helps empower the local women’s community and allows us to avoid food waste.
Our menus follow seasonal availability and daily culinary inspiration. Here are possible selections:
Soups
Shurbat Ads
traditional Egyptian lentil soup
Shurbat Choudar
soup with vegetables
Lisan Asfour
soup with small bird-tongue pasta (tiny rice-shaped pasta)
Vegetables
Mashiat
stuffed vegetables
Musaqa’a
fried eggplant & bell pepper in tomato sauce
Bisilla
green peas cooked in a light tomato sauce
Fasoulia
white beans simmered in tomato sauce
Arnabit with eggs
cauliflower fried or sautéed and finished with eggs
Eggplants with eggs
soft fried eggplant cooked with eggs
Salata baladi
chopped tomatoes, cucumbers & onions
Salata Tahina
creamy sesame dip
Baba Ghannoug
fire-roasted eggplant with tahini
Patates forn
oven-roasted potatoes & carrots
Patates sauté
pan-sautéed potatoes with caramelised onions
Vegetable sauté
a mix of seasonal vegetables, lightly sautéed
Pasta & Rice
Macarone
classic Egyptian-style pasta
Spaghetti
Egyptian style
Rice
fluffy Egyptian white rice, cooked to perfection
Chicken & Meat
Chicken or meat pieces
Tender pieces of chicken or meat seasoned with Egyptian spices
Chicken Pane
Crispy breaded chicken fillet
Kofta
Grilled minced meat skewers seasoned with herbs and traditional spices
Duck
Duck meat prepared in traditional Egyptian home-style
Pigeon
Traditional Egyptian stuffed pigeon, filled with seasoned rice
Mezze
Egyptian appetizers — flavours made to share
Baba Ghannoug
fire-roasted eggplant dip with tahini
Musaqa’a
fried eggplant & bell pepper in tomato sauce
Shakshouka
eggs gently cooked in a rich tomato sauce
Batates sawabia
crispy, golden potato fingers
Salata baladi
chopped tomatoes, cucumbers & onions
Salata zabadi
cucumber yogurt salad
White cheese
soft, salty white cheese
Old cheese
bold, salty aged white cheese
Olives
marinated with oil & herbs
Sweets
Indulge in traditional Egyptian sweets
Basbousa
semolina cake, soaked in a light sugar syrup
Konafa
crispy shredded pastry, baked to golden perfection
Drinks
Our drinks — flavours of the Orient
Nescafe, Cappuccino & turkish coffee
Tea (black, anise, cinnamon, ginger, hibiscus)
Sahlab
Mineral water
Cola & Sprite
Seasonal juices