What type of food is available in Egypt?
A. Egypt is a meeting point between Africa, Europe and Asia and this meeting point is clearly reflected in her different dishes – and yes McDonalds, Pizza Hut and KFC have made an appearance recently. In the villages in the Luxor area you’ll see the traditional round sun bread (Aysh Shamse) and in the Tombs of the Nobles or the Royal Tombs you will find depictions of the same bread painted on the walls. The range of food in Egypt is very wide and cosmopolitan. Mostly you’ll find dishes are a cross between Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine. The traditional Egyptian breakfast is ‘fool’ which is a kind of bean stew and extremely filling, but larger hotels and live aboard will offer a buffet breakfast with just about anything you could possibly imagine, including a wide range of breads and cakes. Pork is rarely seen in Egypt as it is considered unclean by Muslims. The common ‘Aysh balady’ or local Egyptian bread is an unleavened circle of coarse dough a little like pita bread. In ge
