El Tahrir : Food in Downtown
El Tahrir, 169 Tahrir St. (tel. 355 8418), 3 blocks east of Tahrir Sq. Clean and crowded with Egyptians, featuring tasty kusbari and mahellabiya (milk and rice pudding). Sit down and they’ll briny you a huge bowl for LEI.50. Beware: that’s hot sauce in the wine bottles. The off-white liquid is a lemon concoction. Open daily 6:30am-l lpm.