After shopping at the Khan el-Khalili market we found a restaurant for dinner, for us Americans it was Thanksgiving. This was the second time in my life that I was away from my family on Thanksgiving, and it never feels quite right, but I have been lucky because both times I was with good friends when I wasn’t with my family.
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| Jason & his Pigeon Dinner |
The restaurant we ate at was really nice. It had beautiful carpets on the walls as decorations. I remember being so excited for my first big Egyptian meal. I ordered the Falafel, another first since I had never tried Falafel. Falafel is a ball made up of ground chickpeas and/or fava beans then it is deep-fried. I wrapped the falafel in pita bread to make a sandwich. It was good but it took some getting used to for me since I had never had it before.
The thing I remember the most about dinner is Rob and Jason ordering Rabbit and Pigeon. I am so boring and risk adverse when it comes to eating new foods so I enjoy when my friends order things that I consider more exotic, even when I am not brave enough to try their meals. I also thought it was funny that Jason ordered pigeon on Turkey Day.
We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner in Cairo.
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| (L-R) Bridget, Andy, Shayna, Rob, Jeff, Libby and Me |
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| Falafel |
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