INSANE Street Food Tour in Cairo, Egypt | HEAVIEST Street Food in The WORLD!

Summary

En este emocionante viaje por las calles de El Cairo, Trevor James lleva a los espectadores a una aventura culinaria llena de sabores egipcios auténticos. Descubre la riqueza de la comida callejera, desde el desayuno con 'foul', una mezcla de habas, hasta el koshary, una deliciosa mezcla de arroz, pasta y lentejas. Experimenta la gratitud de los 'shawarma' y 'fateer', pastelitos rellenos de queso y carne, y termina con el exótico 'molokhia', una verdura viscosa servida con arroz. Cada plato se presenta con un entusiasmo contagioso, invitando a los espectadores a sumergirse en la cultura culinaria de Egipto.

Takeaways

• 🌳 Trevor James está en el corazón de Egipto, explorando la comida callejera en el downtown de El Cairo.
• 🍽️ El viaje comienza con el desayuno tradicional egipcio, el 'foul', que es una mezcla de habas fritadas con pan y otros ingredientes.
• 🥔 Se menciona el consumo de patatas fritas y felafel, que son parte de la comida típica en las calles de El Cairo.
• 🌮 El script destaca la variedad de los felafel, que pueden tener diferentes formas y rellenos, como el de chile.
• 🏛️ Además de la comida, se habla de una visita a las famosas pirámides de Egipto, una de las maravillas del mundo.
• 🥪 Se describe el shawarma egipcio, una comida que se sirve en una bun plump y que está lleno de sabores agridulces y jugosos.
• 🍕 Se menciona el 'fateer', una empanada egipcia que puede rellenarse con queso, carne y otros ingredientes, y que es conocida por su sabor y textura.
• 🍝 El 'koshary' es descrito como una comida tradicional egipcia que combina pasta, arroz, lentejas y una salsa de tomate.
• 🔥 La experiencia culinaria se completa con una visita al restaurante Prince, donde se disfrutan platos a base de carnes asadas y otros platillos tradicionales.
• 🐫 Se sugiere la posibilidad de recorrer las pirámides y disfrutar de la belleza natural y arquitectónica de la región.

Q & A

¿Quién es el presentador del video y dónde se encuentra inicialmente?

El presentador del video es Trevor James y se encuentra en el centro de El Cairo, Egipto.

¿Cuál es el objetivo principal de Trevor en este video?

El objetivo principal de Trevor es explorar y probar cinco increíbles comidas callejeras egipcias en los callejones de El Cairo, incluyendo una visita adicional a las famosas pirámides egipcias.

¿Qué plato tradicional egipcio se menciona como el primero en el guía de la comida callejera de El Cairo?

El primer plato mencionado es el 'foul', que es una crema de habas fritadas que se sirve con pan, felafel y varios aderezos.

¿Cómo se describe la experiencia de comer el foul en la calle de El Cairo?

La experiencia de comer el foul se describe como saludable, con un sabor a tahini que añade una pizca de sésamo, aunque necesita un poco de sal y es un tanto amargo.

¿Qué ingredientes se incluyen en la preparación del felafel que Trevor experimenta?

Los ingredientes del felafel incluyen semillas de cilantro, especias, cilantro, y se hace en distintas formas y tamaños, algunos rellenos con chile.

¿Cuál es la siguiente comida que Trevor intenta después del foul?

Después del foul, Trevor prueba el shawarma egipcio, que es un plato de carne en rodaja servido en un bun plump y aderezado con vegetales y especias.

¿Qué ingredientes se utilizan para hacer el shawarma bun que Trevor disfruta en El Cairo?

El shawarma bun está hecho con carne de res, tomate, cebolla, ajo, vinagre, y se le añaden cilantro y perejil mezclado con baba ganoush.

¿Qué tipo de pastel se menciona como una de las comidas que Trevor va a probar después del shawarma?

Después del shawarma, Trevor menciona que va a probar un pastel egipcio llamado 'fateer', que es un pastel lleno de queso, carne y otros ingredientes.

¿Cuál es el plato que Trevor describe como 'la definición de la bondad extrema' tras probar el pastel egipcio?

Trevor describe el pastel egipcio como 'la definición de la bondad extrema' debido a su riqueza en queso, pastrami, salami y otros ingredientes.

¿Qué es la comida que Trevor intenta justo antes de ir al restaurante del Príncipe?

Antes de ir al restaurante del Príncipe, Trevor prueba el koshary, un plato tradicional egipcio que contiene pasta, lentejas, garbanzos, salsa de tomate y cebolla frita.

¿Qué plato se menciona como el más clásico de la comida egipcia y cómo se describe su preparación en el script?

El plato más clásico de la comida egipcia mencionado es el molokhia, que se hace con hojas de tossa jute y se cubre en una mezcla de ajo y cebolla salteadas.

¿Qué tipo de experiencia culinaria se describe al final del script y cómo se sintió Trevor con la comida?

Al final del script, se describe una experiencia culinaria en el restaurante del Príncipe, donde Trevor se deleita con una gran variedad de platos egipcios, incluyendo carnes asadas, molokhia, y pan baladi. Trevor se sintió muy satisfecho y consideró la comida como una delicia.

Outlines

00:00

🌆 Aventura gastronómica en las calles de El Cairo

Trevor James inicia su exploración culinaria en El Cairo, Egipto, con una emocionante misión de probar cinco delicias gastronómicas callejeras egipcias. Emprende un viaje por los oscuros callejónes de la ciudad, acompañado de la promesa de un viaje adicional a las famosas pirámides egipcias. La primera parada es una tradicional comida de desayuno egipcio, el 'foul', compuesto de una crema de judías favas, pan, felafel y una variedad de spreads que prometen un sabor auténtico y delicioso. El script describe la preparación de los felafel y el foul, resaltando los ingredientes como semillas de cilantro, especias y hierbas, y cómo se sirven en el lugar.

05:00

🥙 Delicias callejeras egipcias: Shawarma y Foul

Continúa la exploración de Trevor James con el shawarma egipcio, una comida tradicional que consiste en carnes asadas en rodajas, servidas en un bun pleno de sabor. El script detalla la preparación de los shawarma buns, que incluyen tomates, cebolla, ajo y una mezcla de especias que dan un toque único a cada bocado. Además, se menciona la experiencia de degustar un shawarma completo, cargado de coriandro, perejil y una mezcla secreta de baba ganoush. La búsqueda culinaria prosigue hacia el famoso pastel egipcio 'fateer', conocido por su riqueza en queso y sabor intenso, preparado con una variedad de ingredientes como queso, carne, salami y embutidos, todo envuelto en una masa delgada y horneado hasta que el queso se vuelve fundido y crujiente.

10:01

🍕 La experiencia de un pastel egipcio y la koshary

El script sigue con la descripción de cómo se prepara el pastel egipcio, una delicadeza que combina una variedad de ingredientes como queso, salami, embutidos y verduras, todo envuelto en una masa que se extiende y se cocina en forma de pie. La atención al detalle en la preparación, como la cantidad de queso y la selección de embutidos, hace de este pastel una experiencia culinaria inolvidable. Después de disfrutar de este plato, Trevor James se dirige a probar la tradicional koshary, una comida compuesta de pasta, arroz, lentejas y garbanzos, servida con una salsa de tomate y cebolla frita. La descripción del proceso de preparación y los ingredientes utilizados en la koshary destaca la riqueza y la complejidad de esta comida callejera egipcia.

15:01

🍛 Koshary y la gran variedad de comidas en el restaurante Prince

La experiencia culinaria en El Cairo culmina con una visita al restaurante Prince, donde se sirven una gran variedad de platos tradicionales egipcios. El script describe la experiencia de degustar la koshary, una comida que combina pasta, arroz, lentejas, garbanzos y una salsa de tomate, servida con una mezcla de cebolla frita, limón, vinagre y chile. La descripción detalla la preparación y el sabor de esta comida, que es considerada una especialidad de El Cairo. Además, se menciona la visita a las pirámides y la oportunidad de disfrutar de una vista panorámica del río Nilo antes de regresar a la ciudad para disfrutar de la gran variedad de comidas en el restaurante Prince, que incluye carnes asadas, hígado, salchichas y platos vegetarianos como el molokhia, una verdura cubierta en una mezcla de ajo y cebolla salteados.

20:02

🏛 Molokhia y la experiencia culminante en el restaurante Prince

El script concluye con la descripción de la experiencia en el restaurante Prince, donde se disfrutó de una gran variedad de platos tradicionales egipcios. El molokhia, una verdura verde oscura cocinada con una mezcla de ajo y cebolla, es uno de los platos destacados, servido sobre arroz y combinado con otros platos como carnes asadas, hígado, salchichas, pan baladi y ensalada de tomate y pepino. La descripción resalta la riqueza de sabores y la atmósfera festiva del restaurante, donde el anfitrión, referido como el príncipe, brinda una experiencia gastronómica memorable. La visita a las pirámides y la oportunidad de disfrutar de la comida en un ambiente callejero de El Cairo completa esta experiencia culinaria única.

Keywords

💡Cairo

Cairo es la capital de Egipto, conocida por su rica historia y su influencia cultural. En el video, es el telón de fondo de una aventura culinaria que explora la comida callejera egipcia, destacando su importancia como el corazón y alma de Egipto.

💡Comida callejera

La comida callejera se refiere a alimentos vendidos en puestos o locales en la calle, a menudo caracterizados por ser económicos y tener un sabor auténtico. En el video, la comida callejera es el tema central, donde se prueban diversos platos típicos de Egipto.

💡Foul

Foul es un plato tradicional egipcio hecho de frijoles de soja, que se sirve comúnmente para el desayuno. En el video, se menciona como el primer plato a probar, destacando su importancia en la cultura culinaria egipcia.

💡Felafel

El felafel es una comida popular en la cocina mediterránea y del Medio Oriente, compuesta de frijoles molidos, hierbas y especias, que se forman en albóndigas y frien. En el script, se destaca cómo se prepara y se sirve como parte de la comida callejera en Cairo.

💡Koshary

Koshary es un plato tradicional egipcio que combina arroz, pasta, lentejas y una salsa de tomate. En el video, se describe cómo se sirve y su papel como una de las comidas más icónicas de Egipto.

💡Pirámides

Las pirámides son estructuras funerarias de gran tamaño construidas por los antiguos egipcios, y son un símbolo de la civilización faraónica. El video incluye una visita a las pirámides, enfatizando su importancia histórica y turística para Egipto.

💡Shawarma

El shawarma es un plato popular en la cocina del Medio Oriente, que consiste en carne asada envuelta en un pan. En el script, se describe cómo se prepara y disfruta como una deliciosa opción de comida callejera en Cairo.

💡Pastel egipcio

El pastel egipcio, o 'fateer', es una especialidad que puede incluir una variedad de ingredientes como queso, carne y especias, enrollados en una masa y horneados. En el video, se muestra cómo se prepara y disfruta por su sabor y textura.

💡Molokhia

Molokhia es un plato tradicional egipcio hecho con hojas de jute tossa, que tiene una textura viscosa y se sirve con una salsa de ajo y cebolla. En el video, se menciona como una de las experiencias culinarias únicas de Egipto.

💡Prince restaurant

El Prince restaurant es un lugar mencionado en el video donde se sirven una gran variedad de platos tradicionales egipcios. El nombre del lugar y la experiencia de comer allí se destaca como parte de la aventura culinaria en Cairo.

Highlights

Trevor James starts an Egyptian street food adventure in downtown Cairo.

Explores the heart and soul of Egypt, full of history, culture, and food.

Plans to try five incredible Egyptian street foods and visit the Egyptian pyramids.

First food adventure involves trying 'foul', a breakfast Egyptian street food.

Foul is a fava bean dip served with bread, felafel, and various spreads.

Experiences making felafel patties with coriander seeds, herbs, and spices.

Tries different shapes and sizes of felafel, some stuffed with chili.

Discovers the preparation of 'foul' with a thick fava bean spread, bread, olive oil, and tahini.

Enjoys a platter of foul with accompaniments like tomato, cucumber, cilantro salad, and pickled onions.

Tastes a variety of foods including baba ganoush, french fries, and pickled eggplant.

Trevor enjoys a foul Egyptian breakfast with a selection of spreads and baladi bread.

Tries the Egyptian shawarma, a street food classic, made with beef and various toppings.

Describes the shawarma bun as plump and fatty, filled with meat and sauces.

Visits Alsltan to try the famous Egyptian pies, including the cheesy and meaty fateer.

Witnesses the making of Egyptian pies with various fillings like cheese, beef, and pastrami.

Tastes the heavy and cheesy Egyptian pie, loaded with ingredients and baked to perfection.

Explores koshary, a traditional Egyptian street food made with pasta, rice, lentils, and chickpeas.

Experiences the process of making koshary at Koshary Abou Tarek and tastes the dish.

Visits the famous Egyptian pyramids and the Nile river before continuing the food tour.

Enjoys a feast at the Prince restaurant, trying various Egyptian grilled foods.

Tries molokhia, a classic Egyptian dish made with slimy tossa jute leaves and garlic onion mixture.

Ends the food adventure with a variety of dishes served by the prince, including grilled meats and molokhia.

Transcripts

- All right, check it out guys, it's Trevor James.

We are downtown Cairo, Egypt, and I'm so pumped,

because today we're gonna be going

for a full-on Egyptian street food adventure.

Let's check it out!

(upbeat music)

This is it, Cairo, the heart and soul of Egypt.

And as soon as you step in, it's like entering

a new world full of history, culture, and of course, food.

And today, we're goin' in deep

to try five incredible Egyptian street foods

in the back alleys of Cairo, with a bonus trip

to the one and only world-famous Egyptian pyramids.

Let's eat.

Just look at this guys, downtown Cairo.

You can feel the magic in the streets.

And today, first up we're gonna be going to get some foul,

some breakfast Egyptian street food.

Fava bean dip with a ton of different spreads,

and it's gonna be really good.

Let's check it out.

And the foul joint is right up here.

We're gonna get a hearty foul fava bean dip

with some bread, some felafel,

and we should be able to eat it right on this street.

This is awesome, look where we are guys, downtown Cairo.

- (speaking in foreign language)

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- Wow!

Ooh, potato.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- [Trevor] Potato. (speaking in foreign language)

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Wow, so we got fried potato patties and felafel.

- [Vendor] Felafil.

- [Trevor] We're gonna start making the felafel.

So this is essentially a fava bean spread,

and we're making it into patties.

He's putting some coriander seeds, and you can see

there's actually some spice in there as well.

There's some cilantro, looks like there's some herbs,

spices, oh, patty by patty, beautiful.

- Felafil

- Felafel, oh.

- (speaking in foreign language)

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- And it's all from felafel.

- Felafil.

- Felafel, oh, so it's all different shapes and sizes

of felafel here, and there's actually different fillings.

Some of 'em are stuffed with chili,

and we're gonna go try it out.

We're gonna go in the back and take a look

at the foul here, guys.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Ah, (speaking in foreign language) here we go, guys.

Oh, this is the foul.

Wow, look at that, foul.

- [Man] Foul

- [Trevor] Cairo foul.

- [Man] Cairo foul.

- [Trevor] Cairo foul, it's Egypt foul.

- [Man] Egypt foul.

- [Trevor] Wow, that's a thick fava bean spread,

and we're gonna get that with some bread, and.

- [Man] Foul, foul.

- [Trevor] Olive oil, tahini.

And we're gonna make foul here.

So we've got olive oil, tahini, oh look at that.

And it goes with all of these delicious accompaniments.

(speaking in foreign language)

Okay, let's go try it out.

So that's a beautiful platter.

And the owner here is riding the horse, wow.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- (speaking in foreign language)

And we've got a foul Egyptian breakfast.

(speaking in foreign language)

And look at the selection here guys.

Look at this beautiful spread.

So we came here for the foul, but there is so much more.

Look at this.

We've got a tomato, cucumber, cilantro salad.

We've got some pickled onions.

We've got a baba ganoush, which is cooked eggplant

mixed with tahina, olive oil, and various seasonings.

You can see some dill.

It looks so delicious.

We've got some french fries, arugula with lemon,

we've got fried potato patties.

We've got pickled eggplant with chili, look at that.

You can see some chili, you can see some dill,

there's pickled chilies in there.

And then the real joy here, look at this, guys.

We have felafel.

You can actually see some coriander seeds,

some sesame seeds, you can see some herbs,

there's some cilantro in there, and it's fried.

And then all of this can be eaten with the baladi bread.

So we're just gonna take a little cat's ear here.

And first, we're gonna try what we came here, the foul.

And you can actually see the chunks

in there, of the fava beans.

And he puts a ton of canola oil, and, oh look at that.

This is what I dream of here, in the streets of Cairo.

Look at that.

Foul.

Oh wow, that is extremely, extremely healthy feeling.

That right there, is so powerful.

Actually it's not seasoned, so it does need a little salt,

and, it's actually a little bitter.

It tastes so healthy from the tahini that he puts in there.

A little bit of a sesame kick,

and extremely hearty fava bean.

(speaks in foreign language)

So next up, we're gonna take this baladi bread,

and we're gonna open it and turn it

into kinda like a pita, and then we're gonna load it.

And look at this guys, we got

a beautiful pickled eggplant covered in a chili sauce.

Let's put a couple in there.

Oh wow.

And then, some felafel, also made from fava beans.

You can see the coriander in there,

a little bit of herbs and spices.

I think there's some cilantro and dill in there.

And then, we're gonna put one more, make it fat.

We're gonna make it fat.

And then here's the real joy, the tahini.

This is essentially like a sesame spread with some cumin,

some lemon, oh it's all on there.

That is gonna be.

(laughs)

Look at that guys, wow.

Mmm.

Wow, that is such an extremely delicious

and satisfying flavor burst.

The felafel is crispy, you can taste

the fava beans and also the coriander.

And then the tahini has this citrus-y lemon-y kick,

and the pickled eggplant is spicy

and fragrant all in that bread.

That is everything you need right there.

Thank you.

- (speaking in foreign language)

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- Wow. Thank you, thank you.

That was delicious, amazing foul.

- Foul sir.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- And we're gonna keep exploring.

Next up, before going for the heaviest Egyptian pie,

some life changing Egyptian koshary,

and some extreme grilled Egyptian delights,

we went for a classic street food

in Cairo, the Egyptian shawarma.

It's so cool to be here in downtown Cairo.

Look at this guys, and next up, right up ahead,

we're gonna get some big plump, shawarma buns.

Egyptian style shawarma buns.

Let's go check it out.

(speaking in foreign language)

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- [Trevor] Wow, shawarma.

Look at this guys, so we just found

a beautiful Egyptian shawarma here.

And you can see we're chopping up tomato

- [Man] Made from garlic.

- [Trevor] Tomato, garlic, onion.

- [Man] Onions.

- [Trevor] Oh and it's just rotating,

and the fat is bursting.

- [Man] Step, step, step, step.

- [Trevor] Layers, with the fat.

And, oh I can't wait to try one of these beauties out.

And it's also vinegar.

- Yeah.

- Vinegar, so it should be a little sour.

Wow, that is shawarma heaven, and they load it

into a plump bun, plump buns,

and the fat is just gonna soak into there.

Wow, and you can really smell that char-y fatty goodness.

Oh, that is pure fatty beef delight.

That is true meat joy.

But this was just the beginning.

This whole messy, meaty pile of joy got even better

when they added on a ton of coriander and parsley mixed

in their secret baba ganoush.

Egyptian, oh, and look at that pure meaty mixture, fatty,

with all the cilantro and coriander.

That is beautiful, absolutely incredible.

Oh, thank you!

Awesome guys, look at that beauty.

Shawarma bun in Cairo, Egyptian shawarma bun.

Mmm, oh, that is so plump and fatty.

Wow, that is so plump and fatty, you can really taste

the fat infused into the beef.

You can really taste the tomato,

and it's also a little sour,

I think there's definitely a little vinegar in there.

And it's so, oh, this is so tasty.

Plump, beautiful shawarma bun in Cairo.

And after ordering a signature Egyptian mango shake,

made with probably the best mangoes in the world,

we made our way for the next street food,

the famously delicious and super heavy Egyptian pies

at Alsltan.

Awesome guys, right up ahead, next up we're gonna try

classic Egyptian pie, the fateer.

It is gonna be cheesy, and delicious,

and gooey, and I can't wait to try it.

Should be just up ahead, let's go check it out.

Here we are guys, Egyptian pie heaven, and we're going in.

We already asked permission, so we're gonna take

a look here and see how they make them.

(speaking in foreign language)

Hi, oh, so this is the pie, the pie.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Oh the pie, look at this.

Oh, so you can actually get a ton of different pies here.

Looks kinda like an Indian roti bread.

They're spreading it out, and you can get it with

a different selection of meats and cheese,

and it's gonna be really good.

So you can see we're gonna load the custard on.

But this isn't what we're gonna get.

We're gonna get actually the heavy cheese delight.

And this is ours right here guys.

Look at this, flipping the roti action, it's beautiful.

And he's gonna spread it out thin, and load it up.

We ordered cheese, beef, pastrami, sausage.

It's gonna be heavy, delicious delight.

Look at that skill.

And you can see down here all of the ingredients.

So we've got cheese, look at that mountain.

We're gonna have salami on, so it's kinda like a pizza.

And then we're adding on beef sausage here

as well, look at that.

And then we've just got some Kiri cheese here as well,

look at that.

This is gonna be heavy and cheesy, this looks awesome.

So we've got cheese, mozzarella, pastrami, everything.

- Salami

- Salami?

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Oh, Kiri cheese, and we're just gonna put

a little olives in here too, look at that.

Wow.

And then we've got tomato, olive, green pepper.

Look at the color in that, that is full on.

And now, we're just gonna fold it over.

Oh, it's beautiful.

That looks so good.

And it's just like a square pie,

full of cheese and meat and pastrami.

Look at that.

Wow, there it is.

That's heavy, and it's goin' right in the oven.

And after baking for a few minutes, and hangin' out

with the masters, we put even more cheese on top.

This is a pie party, and we're loading up more cheese

on top of our pie here, look at that.

Wow, we're loading up tons of mozzarella cheese

on top of our pie.

The pie is ready, wow, look at that.

Wow, that is extremely cheesy, bubbling,

and full of meat and delicious sausage, wow.

It's ready, awesome.

(speaking in foreign language)

Look at this guys, absolute cheesy, delicious, meaty joy.

And we're gonna try it out.

Look at how thick that is, it is absolutely cheesy.

Oh, look at that, look at the sausage.

The olive, the tomato, the pastrami, oh the salami.

Look at all the cheese on top too, he added a ton of cheese.

And the dough itself is absolutely saturated with oil.

My fingers are just covered in that cheesy goodness.

And the bottom, look at that.

It looks crispy and a little brown from the pan.

Mmm.

Mmm. (laughs) wow.

Oh, wow.

That is extreme, extreme pizza.

Ultimate, ultimate greasy, heavy, sloppy joy right here.

You've got so much cheese, so much pastrami and sausage,

which in itself is so fragrant.

This right here is worth flying into Cairo for.

And I thought I knew what heavy was until I tried this,

this is the definition of extreme heavy goodness.

- Thank you.

- That was so delicious, wow, so heavy.

(speaking in foreign language) thank you.

And next up, before our final meal, where we were served

by the prince himself at the Prince restaurant,

we made our way to the number one

most famous Egyptian street food, koshary.

Awesome guys, next up we're gonna try

a traditional Egyptian street food, the koshary.

Right here at Koshary Abou Tarek,

kind of like Egyptian pasta, rice, lentils.

It's got chickpeas, it's got tomato sauce,

and it's gonna be really good.

Look what we got here guys, koshary heaven.

And you can see we're pouring in

this mixed pasta into this pot.

Oh, and we're gonna go, we actually just asked permission.

They're gonna let us in to take a look,

and we're gonna try it out.

Oh, here we go, (speaking foreign language)

Here we go guys.

Look at this guys, we just found koshary heaven.

So we've got fried onions, we've got a tomato sauce,

oh yeah, they're scooping it up.

And the base is over here, this is the koshary mixture.

We've got rice, pasta, lentils, and over here

there's more different varieties of pasta.

They mix those together.

And then we've got lentils and chickpeas down here,

and then pasta sauce.

And you can see it's just like a production line here.

Beautiful, that is amazing.

And this is Egyptian Cairo special.

Look at the tomato, beautiful.

This is the moment guys,

we're gonna try real Egyptian koshary.

This is it, we're goin' upstairs, koshary heaven.

(speaking in foreign language)

Wow, we got a full on, beautiful koshary here in Cairo.

Look at this guys, you can see they cover the top

in a ton of lentils and chickpeas, and then they serve you

a beautiful steaming hot tomato sauce,

some fried onions, and some chickpeas.

And they also serve you this da-ah,

which is lemon, vinegar, garlic, cumin,

and maybe a little bit of chili in there as well, dip.

And then, of course, chili oil, and some seasoning.

And we're just gonna pour that beautiful, look at that.

Oh, steaming hot tomato sauce all over that pasta.

Some of this beautiful boiled chickpea.

Oh yeah, this is where the soul is, this the heart,

this is the energy, this is what life's about.

Fried onions, awesome guys.

And then a little bit of lime on there,

some of this beautiful vinegar, lemon, just a little touch.

There we go.

And of course, a touch of chili.

Now this is supposed to be really spicy.

So we're just gonna add a little in, and mix it up.

Look at that, mixing up that pasta,

all those lentils, the rice, the fried onions.

As soon as you walk in to this koshary place, you can smell

the tomato sauce and the fried onions.

Mm, mm, oh.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- (speaking in foreign language) Number one.

- Good? Delicious.

- Oh, delicious. - Thank you.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Thank you, thank you.

- Thank you so much.

- Thank you.

- Number one. - Thank you, number one.

- Number one! (laughs) - (laughs) Number one.

- Number one. - Number one.

- Thank you.

- Thank you very much.

- That is amazing.

It's all about the fried onions, the tomato fragrance,

a little bit of citrus and chili combined,

and all of the protein from the lentils and the chickpeas.

And for our final meal, we went to

the one and only Prince restaurant,

with tons of tables sprawled out onto the street,

where you can try almost all

the famous Egyptian grilled foods in one spot.

But first, we made our way out to check out

the one and only pyramids.

Look where we are guys, this is the one and only Nile river.

Absolutely beautiful, downtown Cairo.

And today, before going for more food,

we are gonna go to the one and only pyramids.

Let's check it out.

After a quick ride to the outskirts of Cairo,

you find yourself in the most beautiful complex

of pyramids that you can marvel at the size and beauty of.

You can choose to ride a camel if you like,

for about three or four dollars.

But, we decided to walk around a bit under the sun,

and then head for the big feast.

Just look at where we are, guys.

Beautiful Egyptian pyramids all around us.

We got so many pyramids here and

see there's the sphinx over there, it's all here.

This is absolutely amazing.

But we had some serious meat to eat,

so we made our way back to town

for the Egyptian grill of your dreams.

Look what we got here guys, Egyptian meat paradise.

Oh, look at this.

Oh, wow, look at this.

We got grilled beef, oh yes,

and this is just one of the grills here.

And before we knew it, the prince himself came out

to greet us, and show us the best food,

starting with some nice spiced grilled lamb.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Wow, this is gonna be really good.

Oh, and look at that.

Oh, tomato, onion, chili,

oh, lots of chili in there, pepper!

- (speaking in foreign language)

- (laughs) Oh, this is amazing!

Spicy.

- Spicy.

- Spicy.

Oh, this is just incredible.

Oh, wow.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Lemon.

- Canada, Canada, Canada.

- (laughs)

This must be the liver.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Look at all this grilled liver here, that is a ton.

Oh and chili, look at that.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- [Trevor] Spicy. - [Man] Spice.

- [Trevor] Spicy. - [Man] Spice.

- Wow.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- (speaking in foreign langauge)

- The prince, (speaking in foreign language)

- (speaking in foreign language)

- And we're gonna keep goin'.

Now look at this, look at all these sausages.

All the tomato aroma.

Wow, the special Egyptian sausages.

Okay, we're moving still.

And next the prince brought us to see

the most classic Egyptian food of all, the molokhia,

made with the infamously slimy tossa jute leaves,

and covered in a sauteed garlic onion mixture.

Wow, this is incredible.

Oh.

So it's a dark green vegetable here--

- Oh. - in Egypt.

Oh, and it's covered in--

- Molokhia.

- Fried onions, molokhia.

(laughs)

That's awesome.

- Molokhia.

- So we're gonna get the famous molokhia here,

this is made with dark green, wow, molokhia leaves.

Oh, and onions.

- [Man] Molokhia.

- Molokhia.

- Canada, Canada.

- Canada. (laughs)

Oh, and it goes right into that pot.

Look at that, amazing. (speaking in foreign language)

Thank you.

Oh, this is a, oh, and that's the liver.

Liver, oh, amazing.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Oh, and the grilled meat, oh the grilled lamb.

Look at this feast we got here.

Thank you, oh and rice.

- Molokhia.

- Molokhia, oh, on the rice.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- (speaking in foreign language)

- (speaking in foreign language)

- (laughs)

- Molokhia.

- Wow.

Oh wow, oh yeah.

That is incredible.

That molokhia, it just tastes like

a dark green vegetable with the fragrance of onion.

And the smoothness and the sweetness of the rice.

Oh, that is delicious.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- And we got big chunks of lamb--

- Oh!

- And sausages (laughs)

Oh, tahini.

- Tahina.

- Tahina.

- Ah, thank you, mm, oh.

Oh wow.

That is so juicy. - Canada, Canada, Canada.

- Canada.

This is just the most beautiful meal, and we're so lucky,

to be hanging with the prince here.

And just trying a few of those dishes,

but they're all absolutely perfect.

Right here they gave us a whole rack of baladi bread.

This is special Egyptian bread,

and it's just so wholesome and full of nutrients.

The prince served us an insane amount

of food to go with the bread.

Like Egyptian cheese with tomato, grilled liver,

rice with mini pasta noodles to go with the molokhia,

sausage with tomato and chili, grilled lamb,

grilled beef and tomato onion and chili, tahini,

eggplant, and a tomato cucumber salad.

Now we're gonna take the molokhia

and pour it all over that rice, look at that.

Oh, that is slimy goodness, seasoned so well,

with that dark green molokhia.

Super slimy, look at that.

Mm, oh that is slimy satisfaction.

Oh.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Let's see what's in there.

Oh, look at that.

That is the beef and onion and tomato right off the grill.

That smells so heavenly.

Prince just keeps bringing us all these surprises.

Let's try it out.

Oh wow, that is so juicy and aromatic, look at this.

It actually tastes a bit like a tiny pepper steak

that you get in the West, except with tomato.

And after eating as much as we could,

we said goodbye to the incredibly friendly Prince.

Thank you so much, thank you.

That was amazing!

- Thank you!

- Thank you, thank you, see you next time.

- (speaking in foreign language)

- Thank you, bye bye (laughs).

Amazing here at the Prince, thank you.

- Canada, Canada, Canada, Canada.

- (laughs)

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