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Welcome to Salahadeen Restaurant & Bar in Luxor!
Traditional Egyptian Home Cooking
Take a break from
21st. century Egypt and journey back in time for a few hours at Salahadeen's
Restaurant. Named after the legendary Salahadeen Ayubbi who first united
the arab world and battled Richard the Lion Heart & the Crusaders for the holy
city of Jerusalem. Co-incidentally, the restaurant is situated in the only
street in Luxor, and possibly in all of Egypt, that is also named after the
famous Salahadeen Ayubbi!
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Most true Egyptian dishes could not be eaten as a starter or main
course which is why so many of our dishes are not served in normal
restaurants. It is the combination of the flavours of 5 - 6
different dishes that makes eating an Egyptian home-cooked meal a
delightful experience.
So, even though we provide our guests with knives, forks and
spoons, we do encourage them to "do it the Egyptian way" and
dip pieces of bread in the various bowls of each course, alternating
the taste experience with each mouthful to experience the blending
of flavours on the palate. A glass of Egyptian wine from the
onyx goblets puts the "finishing touch" to this unique dining
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We offer 2 choices:
"The Platter" is 3 courses of 14 dishes (depending on what is in the
market each day). The price per person is 85LE
"The Salahadeen Feast" is 5 courses containing 25 egyptian dishes. The price per person is 125 LE.
Background "music" is the tinkle of our central water fountain.
The tables are solid dark wood and the chairs are arabesque
"thrones"
Lighting is provided by 8 bedouin "chandeliers" each consisting of
11 lamps, all festooned with red and green glass droplets.
Artwork is by local artists and pride of place goes to two authentic
reclaimed doors from "old Cairo" |
Egyptian traditional family meals consist mainly of vegetables,
different beans, eggs, cheese, combined, cooked and seasoned with
aromatic herbs and spices. In the homes the food is served in bowls on
a large tray. The family sit around the tray usually on the floor.
The food is eaten by dipping bread into alternate dishes and picking it with the bread. Meat and fish is expensive
and not eaten every day and not in large quantities.
Egyptian families usually do not drink while eating, preferring to
drink a very sweet, black tea, kirkadee or fresh fruit juices when
finished eating. Sweets and desserts are not eaten after a meal but as a
tasty in between meals snack mostly late at night. |
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Salahadeen's Restaurant takes great care to be true to Egyptian family
traditional methods of preparing and cooking the freshest local produce. Nothing
is frozen or pre-cooked, or reheated at Salahadeen. Our food is bought
fresh every morning before 10am. Preparing begins at 2pm and dinner is
served at 8pm.
Vegans should
be aware that in most Egyptian houses, restaurants, hotels the vegetarian
dishes are usually cooked in meat juices for flavour. Only our meat
dishes have meat & meat juices...all other dishes are vegan except those
with egg which our waiters will tell you about if you ask.
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Salahadeen's
Bar
- opens at 6pm for pre-dinner drinks and carries a wide variety of both
imported and local beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks.
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This site was last updated
02/06/09
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