Cara and Justin

party of two

Abou El Sid

We tried another great restaurant with Ahmed this weekend, this time a beautiful place called Abu El Sid.  Last time I was in Cairo we tried quite a few times to go to Abu El Sid but always forgot to make reservations and could never get in.  Well, I finally made it!  Abu El Sid features oriental decor (anything that is more traditional/stereotypically-Arab is called "oriental" here), traditional Egyptian dishes such as rabbit with molekheya and tomato sauce, roasted and spiced quail (which Justin couldn't get enough of), delicious lentil soup (my only option ;) ), stuffed pigeon and Circassian Chicken.  Also delicious shisha and a drink (I can't remember what it's called right now!) made of sugar cane juice!  Umm delcious.  I've posted a few picture below.  The creamy dish is the Circasian Chicken which a centuries old recipe featuring chicken in a spiced cream sauce on a bed of rice.  It was dark and I didn't want to disturb other people in the restaurant with my flashes so the pics below are a little blurry/dark! 

Circassian Chicken
Rabbit and Quail
Rabbit and Quail

Comments

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hey loves, finally made it to your blog! great to hear everything is going well and the food is interresting enough to photograph. xxoo cara joan