Egypt
A no-frills bowl of lentils, rice, macaroni and fried onions doused in a piquant sauce. Stuff yourself silly for next to nothing. If you’re still peckish after that, finish off with Umm Ali – a delicious and deadly pudding, with a million calories to the mouthful.
Best Egyptian cotton. For cotton clothes, try Mobaco.
248 Sudan Street, Mohaneessine, Guiza; Tel: 347 37 91; www.mobaco.com/
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