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| - My husband and I had dinner here recently. It was our second time having Egyptian food and it was great!
I had the Koshary ($8.50), my husband had the Hawawshy ($11.99) and then we shared the Omm Aly for dessert ($5.99).
The Koshary was great. It was macaroni, spaghetti, rice, lentils and chickpeas in a tomato sauce then topped with deep fried onions. The tomato sauce had really good flavours to it. I think it had cinnamon, nutmeg and/or allspice in it. My only complaint with this dish is that it was a little too greasy/oily for me due to all the fried onions. It was delicious though, it just felt really heavy with so much carbs and fat. My husband also liked the Koshary. He said the taste was interesting.
My husband's Hawawshy was also good, but it was way too greasy/oily for me. It was ground beef inside a flat bread. I'm not sure if it was pan-fried or baked but it was so greasy. The flavour was good. If they can tone down the grease, this dish would be awesome. The fries were really good. They were crispy shoestring fries dusted with a spicy seasoning. We both loved the fries. My husband agreed that the Hawawshy was far too greasy.
The star of the meal though, was the Omm Aly. It is either phyllo pastry or puff pastry soaked in milk with sugar, pistachio nuts and raisins, then baked. The pastry pretty much disintegrates into this creamy mass. The top gets all crispy and it was heavenly. If I wasn't afraid of becoming 700 pounds with clogged arteries and diabetes, I would eat 3 of these a day. It was so rich and creamy and delicious. We didn't finish it because we were so full and despite having stayed in a hotel without a fridge we still took it to go and I ate the rest later that night. My suggestion to the restaurant would be to sell smaller portions of this in addition to the large portion, so people who just want a bite can order a small portion.
Service was excellent. The lady serving us was very nice. I had some questions about the ingredients of the dishes due to allergies and she called the owner to ask him and even had me talk to him on the phone to make sure. He was really nice too.
The restaurant is decorated with Egyptian items. There are pictures of famous Egyptian people on the walls. There is some fabric draped on the ceiling so it feels like you are dining in a tent. It's pretty cool.
Overall, it was a very good dining experience!
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