Zaafarana
The menu
Dishes change with the seasons. Prices in EGP, tax included.
Mezze
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Hummus with tahini EGP 110
Sinai olive oil and warm chickpeas.
Vegetarian
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Baba ghanoug EGP 120
Wood-roasted aubergine, pomegranate and za'atar.
Vegetarian
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Stuffed vine leaves EGP 135
Herbed rice and lemon.
Vegetarian
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Cheese sambousek EGP 115
Crisp pastry with white cheese and mint.
From the oven
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Slow-cooked lamb shank EGP 450
Eight hours in the oven, over roasted vegetables.
Signature
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Fatta with lamb EGP 420
Toasted baladi bread, rice and garlic-vinegar sauce.
Signature
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Stuffed pigeon EGP 380
Freekeh-stuffed, roasted over wood.
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Okra tagine EGP 340
Okra, tomato and veal in clay.
The grill
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Charcoal kofta EGP 320
Spiced lamb and beef, with bread and tahini.
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Lamb chops EGP 520
Rosemary and garlic.
Signature
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Shish tawook EGP 290
Chicken in yoghurt and sumac.
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Alexandrian liver EGP 260
Chilli and garlic.
Spicy
Sweets
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Om Ali EGP 140
Pastry baked with cream and nuts.
Signature
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Pistachio kunafa EGP 160
Fine kunafa with cream and pistachio.
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Rice pudding EGP 95
Mastic and cinnamon.
Drinks
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Karkadeh EGP 70
Hibiscus from Aswan, cold or hot.
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Sobia EGP 80
Chilled coconut and milk.
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Mint tea EGP 60
In a copper pot.
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Spiced coffee EGP 75
Turkish coffee with cardamom.
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