$1 Egyptian STREET FOOD!! Cairo is Food Paradise!! 🇪🇬

$1 Egyptian STREET FOOD!! Cairo is Food Paradise!! 🇪🇬

in this video we’re diving deep into Egyptian street food breakfast if you think beans are boring think again we’ll go to this place that makes sandwiches like you’ve never seen an extraordinarily delicious and this spot for the king of falafal he has to be the greatest falafal maker in Egypt that’s one of those bites that has all the flavors and textures you want in your mouth all at the same time then later we’ll see how they make Shawarma the unique Egyptian way it’s delicious and go to one of the best Egyptian family restaurants where they cook for thousands every day oh that’s the ducking ghee I’m a big fan of M oh we’re starting this morning at a legendary place that’s called ambash Shandi let’s see what Egyptians eat for breakfast there’s a huge crowd already standing out front waiting for breakfast the breakfast rush is in full force if you ever see a crowd this big standing in line waiting for breakfast it’s a line you want to be standing in oh man they’re fast too they’re on turbo sandwich making skills they’re sandwich Engineers Egyptian sandwich engineersan we’re going to start from the Falafel and they make the Falafel fresh we’re going to see the whole process but in Egypt the fapo is made with fava beans rather than chickpeas or lentil and usually coriander and maybe some other herbs and spices and that’s what gives it really green color oh whoa he Scoops it out with his hand oh that’s a a risky move right there daring skills daring kitchen skills yes he is the man with a smile oh and then back in cuz he has to scoot it back in the bottom of the grinder wow one of the breakfast Staples of Egypt is falafal or also called keha and it is a combination of fava beans uh with coriander with some spices in there maybe sometimes some dill as well and if you look closely while he’s making the falafal he grabs it in Egypt they make it all with their hands no uh form no shape no mold it’s all with his hands he grabs a scoop he makes it into a [Music] Patty okay and that fresh batch isn’t ready green on the inside golden crispy on the outside with that sesame seed crust okay fresh batch oh look at that interior steaming hot wow CH this is spicy okay and then he has a few more variations where he does some stuffing as well put some of the spicy paste into it and then even a meat a BMA version with meat on the inside stuff into the Falafel [Music] wow BMA okay BMA oh that Falla BMA inside wow okay my name is Ahmed Ahmed nice to meet you Chief Ahmed chef Chef ammed the man from the Falafel station we’re moving on to the fries station he’s loading up the potato right now oh and drops those into the oil that is a Jacuzzi of fries wow more more potatoes go in these are all freshly sliced potatoes and they’re just continually nonstop frying fries okay the fries are ready they’ve been frying for 15 minutes all fresh potatoes oh that’s heavy wow one of the things you’ll notice here is that they specialize in fries they’re famous for their fries and they use only fresh potatoes and to make in this massive amount this quantity it really takes some effort and Perfection to master the art of making chips or fried french fries in this quantity but they they do it the right way and you can see those are going to be extremely good soft on the inside crispy on the outside fresh potatoes never frozen over to the pool station oh that looks like lemon juice salt he’s making a fresh bath to the pool oh he’s scooping it out that fool just spews oh that’s full on the next level a whole picture of tahini goes in I think that’s salad water or like Tomato vegetable water and then just whips it up oh man he’s beating up the pool like a cake batter almost whipping it up so it emulsifies with that tahini oh look at the spin move oh oh that is full on the next level the aroma coming out of those beans is incredible oh the splatter [Music] the chefs here are absolute pros from the Falafel making to the fries station to the fool station oh man he whips up that pool like it’s cake batter to a smooth like buttery paste the breakfast action in Egypt is unparalleled okay he going to start assembling the sandwiches Egyptian bread some of the best bread on Earth full goes in it’s nonstop oh oh he even stirs it up in the in the Egyptian bread with the egg mashes it with the egg wow that’s a pro move right there welcome welcome go go go thank you very much thank you very much sh Shan you pay at the counter and then you bring your receipts over to one of the the sandwich makers there’s like 10 in a row sandwich makers okay give it to him and he’ll make your sandwiches fresh yes okay I can’t even follow what’s going on it’s so fast he’s making all all of our different sandwich combinations oh Airborne FF got the ffo TOs in the air goes in rattled around smashed down tahini goes in yes the hype the excitement the thrillz I am telling you nothing will prepare you for the shock and excitement of the Egyptian breakfast rush it is intense it’s like the equivalent of riding on a roller coaster for food so you get your sandwiches there’s no seating here uh people just stand around and eat or they take away they eat it in their car or on the go while walking but they were so kind they actually blocked a parking space set out this table right here so we got the like very special treatment they’re incredibly friendly really nice here I don’t think there’s any labeling I think you just need to open them and peek peek what’s inside oh this is the dynamite this is the one I’m most excited to try well one I’m excited to try them all but this one was with egg with fo with uh eggplant and with fries all wrapped into the Egyptian bread oh oh man this one is the dynamite all that combination is unbelievable that Emulsion how he whips it up the creaminess of the beans plus the tahini the lemon juice and then you’ve got egg fine in here of a little bit of a pickly taste and then the crunch of those fresh fries right from the oil I think there might even be falafal in there too let’s try the next sandwich I think this one is a straight stuffed falafal with a heini with salad the falafal is incredible it’s so crispy on the outside so crumbly on the inside you taste the aroma almost has like a a nutmeg a nutmeg flavor to it yes the sesame seeds the green coriander the fava beans oh and what you really taste is the corander seed as well that takes the Falafel to the next level and I also want to mention Egyptian bread let’s just take a moment to appreciate Egyptian bread that’s been made for hundreds probably thousands of years but I love the way it has a a little bit of a chewiness but it’s soft it’s durable it’s the perfect vessel for sandwiches like this okay next sandwich let’s see what’s inside just a straight fries sandwich MH you taste the freshness of all those ingredients the fries specifically the crunch of the Cabbage the creamy tahini in this one simple but really good okay next oh this one is smaller in the hands let’s see what’s inside oh I think this one is just a straight fool yes this is as Egyptian as you can get Egyptian bread and just fo that fo that is some of the greatest fool you’ll ever have that fool is a Mastery of beans if you think beans beans are boring think again this is like incredible flavor packed with protein something nutritious hearty filling and absolutely delicious I think the most expensive one the dynamite which is all that combination just stuffed in is 25 Egyptian pounds which at the time of making this video is 50 oh man I’m speechless and blown away and happy I’m in a little bit of a State of Shock of just how good those sandwiches were absolutely incredible and we’re on our way to the next spot but before we get there if you could remember to give this video a thumbs up if you’re enjoying it uh leave a comment below let me know what you think about Egyptian food and let’s go to the next [Music] place ban banana yes banana we made it to the next place and you can actually smell the falafel in the air filling this entire intersection but it’s along the main road and they cook behind here and then they have tables just lined up on both sides of the road it’s busy okay we’re going to go straight into the kitchen to see the action first oh man look at his skills he’s so fast he’s making pho by hand that is incredible he has the fastest colle hands ever oh man look at that performance oh man wo he has to be the greatest Falafel maker in Egypt oh it’s so loud in here the fire is just it’s raging the oil is boiling and he actually does a dance when he makes the Falafel he does it so fast by [Music] hand I’m going to step away from the palao kitchen cuz it is so loud I’m not even sure if you can hear me a little Breathing Room props he has to be the greatest Falafel Chef in Egypt now the fool oh he’s scooping [Music] it oh oh tahini went in there’s just juices and sauces and food flying around the kitchen okay this moves over salt goes in Cory under seeds go in oh okay is Moon lime juice lime juice squeeze guys okay guys guys stir that up whip up that pull oh that’s so much welcome oh he whips that up you can see the foamy texture forming with the full with the full and the it is so loud in that kitchen and the staff are so hyped that my ears actually are ringing okay we’re getting a seat let’s order I am hungry the entire breakfast spread is here yeah this is my go-to place when I want to eat Egyptian breakfast nice this is just a normal Egyptian breakfast yeah these are the stuff fall afle they’re like the of hamburgers they’re huge let’s see what’s in the inside that pepper paste oh yeah stuffed all the way inside and Dill too right you immediately smell that Dill yeah oh man wow now that is a falafal it’s so crispy on the outside plus the crispiness and Aroma of the sesame seeds yeah oh man and that pepper baste on the inside it tastes like almost like a fermented chili sauce so it has that kind of acidity that sourness that lactic acid plus the heat plus the aroma of Dill the coriander in there but this is an extraordinary vavel yeah okay next I’ll I’ll try it with the bread way so you grab some of that falafal break it off into the bread and you have to dip in the tahini oh and I think that’s flax seed oil let’s go that’s the real way to eat Egyptian Falafel with the extra creamy tahini that Aroma of the flax seed oil and this the protruding crunch of the falafal let’s try the full yeah this is the they call it alexandrian food fo sorry okay so one of the things you have to do with fool because of all the toppings and all the ingredients you have to Stir It Up even though it’s already been whipped up with a heene all right that’s good bread oh man that’s some of the best pool I’ve had in Egypt and that has to do with the texture of the FAA beans but I think also the ratio of tahini to fava beans right that gives it that smooth like buttery texture and it’s seasoned perfectly really full full yeah it’s full full filling full filling let me grab one of these falafal break it off the normal falafal is excellent as well you can’t go wrong but when you have stuffed Falafel why wouldn’t you with that extra chili on the inside just that takes it to the another level special Falafel stuffed with egg on the inside never seen this before he called it the the Eye of the chick yes that is an awesome creation yeah it’s really good everything with Falafel is good there yeah yeah they can’t do anything wrong with Falafel here okay I’m going in for the I think it’s pickled eggplant we can see it’s stuffed with pepper paste as [Laughter] well that is sour I love eggplant in Egypt all the different varieties and variations okay I want to try the m is it called M it’s aot looks like potato onions and eggplants stewed down with tomato everything is cooked until it melts in your mouth like you don’t even need to chew the disintegrates from the creamy egg pant to the potato and the tomato and the onions in there okay and then we also got the omelette with some basturma I think I’ll go for a full dip and maybe add some top that with some green chilies [Music] wow the full and falafal here the true standout stars of breakfast abuba is telling me that one of the famous combinations here well I’ll show you so falafel in first make the perfect bite add some of the the fries then you take the Pickled eggplant I’m going to reach down for one of those really juicy juicy full of chilies one there we go the trio a dip in the tahini oh this combination bite is called the dynamite which is the the dynamite [Music] bite that’s one of those bites that has all the flavors and textures you want in your mouth all at the same time highly recommended that was Champions level breakfast shakran man thank you very much hey shakran man yes thank you very [Music] much next up on this Egyptian food tour today in heliopolis we’re going to go to a place actually I can smell it in the air but they are the most famous place probably in all of Egypt for shat of welcome to Abu haer oh and here’s the Shawarma oh man that smells good they’ve been opened since 1968 this place is historical it’s legendary and you’ll smell the aroma before you arrive and then when you arrive you see the huge the Colossal sized pillars the hypo style Hall of Egyptian Shawarma all they have is beef Sha but you will smell the aroma of lamb and that’s because it’s all beef but then within there’s fat the tail fat of the sheep so as it cooks that tail fat just like enriches and keeps the meat moist and hydrated Mi on the slice okay so when that meat is perfectly cooked and crispy then he slices it and it drops down into the trough below he shaves it off we’re going to see the whole process stting they dump a whole bucket of tomatoes into the bottom of the the trough and that’s the hot griddle trough where the all the drippings from the shaa all the fat all the meat drippings and juice and fat just drops down so they’re continually bathing in a stream none of the juice goes to waste once it’s crispy once it’s cooked he shaves it all off and then it falls directly into the landing pad below okay so now all the all the shavings of the meat are below now he’s getting started on the tomatoes oh he ninjas those tomatoes look at those chopping skills oh that’s mint mint and parsley I think now he brings out the double spoon method oh man the aroma of that steam coming out with the it’s like this burst this cloud of mint oh oh the G goes in oh that’s going to give it some creaminess and that’s all still cooking underneath the pillar just absorbing the driplets of fat and still heating what a recipe that’s incredible that he distributes it over to the other shaara stations like the sandwich making stations man they’re just making them nonstop so this one is I believe the most popular the Kaiser just loaded in sometimes Airborne Shawarma goes in so you pay at the front then you get your Shawarma mostly people stand but they do have a few standing tables and then just eat the Shawarma and we have two variations to try let’s try the Egyptian like the P bread style first actually they gave me like the hogy roll oh okay we’ll try this I guess this one is huge all stuff with a Shamar babagan the tomatoes the onions that’s a good size Shawarma and I don’t know if I’ve ever had it in this type of bread but this is like the the Philly cheese steak of shawarmas right [Music] [Music] here that you immediately taste the mint in there it’s like a pepperminty flavor to it then you’ve got that tahini with the Bagan with the cream egget that adds that little bit of sauce you’ve got all that meat which has this like crispy juicy fatty texture to it and as do keep on eating there’s so much parsley or Mint or clove that you almost get a little bit of a numbing sensation on your tongue and your mouth when you’re eating it and this bread is called the Vienna abuba just telling me is that these two breads I bar five the most popular here this is the Egyptian style if you get the P bread that’s more the Lebanese style so this really is the authentic Egyptian style shaa in this type of bread before moving on to the kazero let’s try their famous mango juice but it’s more like a mango smoothie oh it’s thick it looks like just pure pure mango wow yeah that’s sweet and that’s really mangoe uh you can feel the pulp you taste the pulp it’s real mango like just shredded mango uh maybe sweetened up a little bit but that’s just a like ped sweet natural flavor of the mango that’s really good now let’s try their most popular version which is the Kaiser [Music] oh that’s fantastic this is like the Egyptian chiadma slider version goes down so easy with that really puffy really aerated bread um and again that bread it it does a great job of absorbing all that juice and that flavor and yet it doesn’t penetrate all the way through the bread so it doesn’t get soggy either and with every bite of meat you got some bits that are crunchy some bits that are more juicy some bits that are like more stringy bits that are more fatty every bite is an adventure of shaat flavor delicious highly recommended must eat Sharma when you’re in Cairo next up we’re going to what’s an extremely popular restaurant it’s called hoga they are very well known for their especially home cooked style Egyptian dishes I think she’s the mascot and inside the restaurant it just opens up into this huge Courtyard they’re seating all around I think they’re seating on the inside hello hello hi how are you fine good good thank you thank you thank you very much thank you very much looks like there’s kitchen stations all around the restaurant as well but I believe that hoga means auntie and so you can tell that this restaurant already has the Auntie the motherly touch the Auntie you want to be cooking for you home style Egyptian food I’m looking forward to this meal and when you have a restaurant this big I mean there’s hundreds of people eating here at a time you have to have like some serious restaurant management skills to be able to organize everything to maybe make sure everyone’s order is correct the way they run the kitchen it’s a smooth show here just for the masses okay so rice goes on the [Music] bottom oh that’s the duck in ghee baked in ghee and is crisp ifying [Applause] we ordered some of their most signature dishes which should be coming out of the kitchen soon and in the meantime their salad looks incredible this salad is beautiful look at the Quality the Cucumbers tomatoes onions lots of dill and coriander in [Music] here oh man oh that’s extraordinary the tomatoes are really good and I love the flavor of the dough and the coriander really taste the freshness of those vegetables everything comes to your table extremely fast wrapped in foil so it keeps hot let’s unwrap everything and dig in oh I’m excited for this meal oh this one is the lamb ribs right okay Ying is going to open up this gift for us oh that one’s the cow leg the fatty goodness I think this might be the duck one of the signature dishes here oh oh a half a duck over a bed of rice was buer oh you cannot get enough Egyptian to go this is like the rib cage in a tagin yeah cooked in a a clay pot and underneath I think is onions oh steaming onions oh you have to see as you as you lift this up it’s just flaming hot onions on the bottom oh man that looks like it’s going to melt in your mouth oh scoop up those onions and it’s just like broth juicy onions on the bottom okay man this looks like it’s guaranteed to melt in your mouth yeah just so juicy yeah oh yeah I can’t even hold you can’t even get it from the from the pan to your plate without it falling off the bone all that needs to be bitten immediately oh [Music] man wow that is lamb happiness it’s fall apart tender the fat melts in your mouth the sweetness of the onions this is the type of lamb you can just squeeze test on you see the oil squeezing out it’s just insanely tender taste that with a bite of the a scoop of the onions oh there potatoes down there too it’s really rich but incredible quality okay let’s move on to the duck dish so there’s rice on the foundation there’s a duck which is basted in ghee I believe and then baked and then served with a yeah okay so what you have to do is take some of the rice all which has just been absorbing the duck fat you put this onto your plate now I’m going to mix in with the mlea do the the test of the sticky oh yeah that’s sticky and it’s really really vibrantly green this one as well with the toasted garlic and ghee on top okay now you put some M onto your rice mix it in and now we got to add a piece of duck to that bite got the whole half a duck here oh man my first time to try duck in Egypt grab a piece of the duck with that skin from the leg there with that onto your bite and that’s the duck mlea bite right there [Music] that’s an amazing combination the bitterness of the Moa the J leaves with the fragrance of the fried garlic that crispy duck skin and the rice holding it all together the duck itself is really nice and moist oily crispy and then yeah I mean I love the Egyptian Malo once you start eating it you want to have it every meal yeah here because they have really good ghee it really you can really taste it what is this Happ this is Rose it’s rice made with milk uh ghee and cream and wow and cooked in milk without without water wow oh so that looks incredibly Rich yeah what’s that on top is that is cream cream okay okay oh man you got to you got to put your put your spoon in use some leverage it’s really packed in there wow rice cooked with cream wow that is creamy and Rich buttery yeah you can really taste the cream yes every grain of rice has this Milky texture to it it’s a little close to rice pudding but but salty yeah yeah all right I’m excited to try that so good cooked in G it’s really good no in butter in butter okay but oh cooked in butter okay M oh you bite down and then the flavor keeps on coming building the spices the butter the richness of the butter that is Rich too salty very meaty tastes a bit Lammy that’s so good okay and then you can eat it together with the green pepper and you can actually eat it with that creamed rice break a piece of the the sug oh it has that really snappy snappy outer skin okay the cream rice the sug the green pepper that so creamy then with that added meat and the butter calls for a little salad water to to wash it down and I think this is already cut let’s grab a slice of this oh yeah the mince meat is on the inside with onions you can see as well oh look at that yeah and then that just a blob of cream right in the center W that’s thick like butter [Music] yeah man that’s delicious it is oily and Flaky crispy all those layers of Belo very thin dough so some of them are more Goose some of them are more crispy as you get to the top then the Minch meat on the inside just rich and fatty the sweetness of the onions next dish is another Egyptian classic fat Kera Kaa Kaa fata kaera so fata is rice and then kaera is the cow skin let’s try this get a nice piece of the cow cow hoof with the rice with the Tomato sauceome m oh yeah wow that’s a type of dish that will fulfill all of your dreams of collagen your annual collagen needs it is gelatinous contrasted with that tomato acidity and then it’s just been absorbed all into that Rice all that melted fat and collagen and stickiness kind of just sticks to your mouth good that Mala duck combination I’m a big fan of M I love it I think the more you eat the more you grow to love and then soon you will be addicted to it and you’ll want to eat it with every meal when you’re in Egypt next up on our Egyptian food tour today we’re right in the heart of Cairo and we’re going to a legendary place that’s called Ali El shaari that’s been serving the same dish since 1979 okay so I’m in the kitchen at this historical legendary spot now with the chefs man they work in this closet sized restaurant oh and they get a dusting in this like maybe it’s brand a full dusting coating so that they’re going to crisp ify it as they keep fried [Music] oh that batch is ready pickled the eggplant are a must okay wait this is the brains so brains are there one of their signature dishes the fried brain oh he mixed it with a paste and then that goes into the the brand that gets a dust coating oh nice get sifted out oh he kind of gives him a little squeeze he’s compressing the brains nice oh man he does that so fast removing all the excess with the flick of the wrist into his hand and into the the hot grease [Music] and actually there’s only two things you can get here liver and brains and so those strips of meaty looking thing that’s uh liver oh look at the stack the arm stack yes T oh look at the skills and that goes straight out to your table out [Music] here there it is the portion of liver fried liver and fried brains on top oh look at these brain nuggets dusted in coriander seed powder break some bread I have to try that brain nugget into the bread dip into the tahini as a must that is incredible the creamy panacota e brain then with that crispy dusting and that marinade that he put onto it and that floral flavor of the the coriander seed as well to compliment it that’s rich that’s tasty that is delicious let’s move on to the liver got a nice piece of the liver and again dip that into the [Music] cini oh the liver is really good too it’s like a blanket of liver cuz it’s cut so thin and there’s crispy texture on the outside and the flavor keeps on coming again that coriander seed that fresh grind gives it this aromatic quality as well and I’m not sure what type of oil or grease they’re using but that grease is flavorful it could almost be like a animal grease it’s so flavorful another thing that’s famous here is the liver salad it’s like tomato a little bit of liver and some of the rice green looking pasta M yeah that’s like a tomato sauce with a little rice green like shaped pastas with little crumbles of liver in there oh that’s good let me go for another bite of liver maybe with the The Pickled eggplant this time I’m going to add on a piece of the the Pickled eggplant dip in the tahini as a must with every bite wow that creamy pickled eggplant the garlic the chilies in there along with the liver that’s good but liver is fantastic but the brain that’s definitely where it’s at those brain nuggets [Music] the fried brain nuggets are another Egyptian food must try when you’re in Cairo it’s been another incredible day of Egyptian food in uh especially heliopolis greater Cairo and thank you for watching this video remember to subscribe and keep watching all the videos in this series we’re traveling around Egypt eating some of the best Egyptian food you’re not going to want to miss any of the videos thanks again for watching

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Today we’re eating some of the best Egyptian food in greater Cairo, especially around Heliopolis where you’ll find the king of falafel, a very popular Egyptian family restaurant, and the best breakfast sandwiches I’ve ever had in my life!

Bashandy (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q6HfESsQP1DaiNFF8) – To start off, Abanoub is taking us to eat to eat at an extremely popular Egyptian street food breakfast spot that’s famous for their fuul, falafel, and french fries, all within sandwiches. Their combinations of sandwiches were dreamworthy and that’s some of the best fuul I’ve ever eaten in my life.

Naser Alfaiomy (https://maps.app.goo.gl/jXMJjDbEHkA2eDWr9) – Next up we’re heading to another local Egyptian street food breakfast and this is where you’ll find the king of falafel, and they the chef makes so much falafel he actually does a dance as he fries them for momentum.

Abou Haidar Shawerma (https://maps.app.goo.gl/J1FzHtzE4MNscE5M9) – Just down the street from breakfast you’ll find what is easily the most famous and one of the best Egyptian shawarma’s in Cairo, and they make their shawarma a bit different from anywhere else on earth with the addition of tomatoes, baba ganoush and mint leaves mixed up within the meat.

Hagoga (https://maps.app.goo.gl/pBvdEvSuNEDBGz5k8) – Next up on the Egyptian food tour in Cairo today we’re going to an extremely popular Egyptian family restaurant that’s known for serving home style Egyptian food, and it’s some of the best Egyptian food you can get.

Ali El Sharqawy (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Mt9awQz6gcqUJr3z8) – Finally we’re heading back in to central Cairo to eat fried brains and liver the Egyptian way!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Egyptian Street Food
0:50 Bashandy – Egyptian Sandwiches
11:22 Naser Alfaiomy – King of Falafel
19:50 Abou Haidar – Egyptian Shawarma
25:23 Hagoga Restaurant
34:50 Ali El Sharqawy – Brains and Liver
39:39 Ending

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