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2011 Ramadan menu series: Iftar in Heliopolis Current pricing, detailed iftar menus and the addresses of some of the chillest places for iftar in Helipolis this Ramadan
Some of us just don't want to leave home. But we don't want to stay home. To break that indecisiveness of “do I fight traffic to get to downtown, or, conversely, have iftar at home again...” try out these spots in your Heliopolis neighbourhood. Just like anywhere during Ramadan, we suggest you make a reservation. Every week Ahram Online will focus on a Cairo neighbourhood that has a nice café culture: the first series was on Zamalek and the following will be on Maadi and Mohandessin. If you have any suggestions and the menu to go along with it, send it to artedalia.egypt[@]gmail.com. Massala, Rooftop restaurant Karvin Hotel 11 Mohamed Ebeid St El-Saba'a el Emarat Square, Heliopolis Tel.: 26906453 Each Egyptian menu is LE 90, All Inclusive 12% Service Charge + 10% Sales Tax Although this is an Indian restaurant, they offer an Egyptian Ramadan Menu as well as an Indian Ramadan Menu (sounds flexible to me) Each Egyptian Menu offers: Choice of 2 salads: Yoghurt, Babaghanoug, Cole Slaw or Tommeya Choice of 1 appetizer: Dolmades or Sambousek Sides: Oriental, continental and Indian breads Choice of 1 soup: Sharia, Veggie, Lissan Asfour Choice of 1 dessert: Kheer (Indian Basmati Rice Pudding) Indian carrot dessert with vanilla ice cream, Om Ali or assorted “oriental” pastries Drinks: Khoshaf, Apricot or Tamr Hindi Juice, and post-meal mint tea or coffee Menu A: Main: Mixed Grill Minced Meat Macaroni with Parmesan & Torly (baked veggies in tomato sauce) Menu B: Grilled chicken with herbs, khalta Rice, bamya (okra), meat tajin Menu C: Escalope pane, sharia rice, meat and potato tajin Indian Menu: LE 100 All Inclusive 12% Service Charge + 10% Sales Tax Fresh Mango Juice Salads: cucumber, boondi raita, assorted pickled veggies Appetizers: sambousek, piaji, aloo mattar tikki Breads: Nan (plain or garlic), tawa paratha, tandoori roti Rice: basmati pea pillau Main dish: shish kebab, chicken malai kebab, boneless buttered chicken, yellow lentils Dessert, choose from: gulab jamun, fresh fruit salad, gajar El Sit Hosneya (Lady Hosneya) Airport Rd. on corner with Oruba Street Inside Oasis D' Heliopolis, behind Caltex Gas Station The Oasis is an under-a-thatched-roof food court, where you can even order sushi and Asian food along with your iftar meal. Although it's a bit far out, you aren't encased in a building, and the low couches give a relaxed feel. Karaoke is a highlight of the night sometimes, so call ahead of time. All menus offer: Qmr el deen (Apricot drink), dates with milk Menu 1: LE 135, Prices do not include 12% service charge Soup: Cream of Chicken Soup Salads: tomato and cucumber salad, yoghurt dip, pickled veggies, qateyf cream-stuffed sweet pastry Main dish: Veal and okra tajin Fetah (rice, minced meat, eggplant dish) a la Sit Hosneyya Assorted dolmades Chicken stuffed with rice and nuts, French fries Dessert: “oriental” sweets Menu 2: LE 185, Prices do not include 12% service charge Soup: lissan asfour Mezza: tomato and cucumber salad, yoghurt dip, babaghanoug, qateyf cream-stuffed sweet pastry Main dish: veal and lissan asfour tajin, zucchini tajin with béchamel sauce, dolmades Main: Mixed meat grill, rice with nuts and spices Dessert: Rice pudding with nuts Menu 3 Drinks: traditional Ramadan drinks and dates with milk Soup: pea soup Mezza: tomato and cucumber salad, tahine, yoghurt dip, babaghanoug, chicken liver Side dish: veal and okra tajin, fetah (rice, minced meat, eggplant dish) a la Sit Hosneyya, assorted dolmades Main dish: Leg of veal with pine nuts, plum sauce, rice and gravy Dessert: sweet pumpkin dessert Sonesta Hotel 3 El Tayaran St, right off of Salah Salem Rd Nasr City/Heliopolis Tel.:22641111 Sonesta offers five iftar menu sets ranging from LE135-195, as well as an open buffet. Their pool, sheltered from the streets by the hotel itself is a great backdrop. Tack on the service and taxes to the tag, though! Open buffet: LE150, 12% service charge and taxes apply Cold mezzas: cold cuts, dolmades, boussara, kobeba, rokkak pie stuffed with minced meat Soup (select one): Lentil, tomato, mushroom, vermicelli or veggie soup Vegetables (two items daily): potato tajin with either molokheyya, spinach, okra, mousaka, maklouba, torly (baked mixed veggies in red sauce) Grilled selection (two items daily): kebab, kofta, shish tawouk, veal kebab Main dish (three items daily): fried seabass, lamb rice dish, chicken rice dish with yoghurt, baked chicken with garlic lemon, kofta, daoud pasha, kebab, lamb kebsa, chicken with herbs and potatos, chicken abazeya, chicken sharkasya Sides: Firik, rice with spices, sautéed veggies, foul, lasagne Desserts: assorted “oriental” sweets, konafa, basbousa, katayef, baklava, lokomates, mahlabeyya, rice pudding, Om Ali and dry fruit salad Post-meal drink: tea with mint
