Kharga town serves mediocre oasis cuisine; you’ll subsist on beans, chicken, and watermelon. The souk adjacent to Showla Sq. satisfies fresh produce cravings, and a falafel stand at the front of the souk in Showla Sq. supplies tasty sandwiches (25-30pt), Restaurant (no other English name) in Showla Sq. offers the usual Egyptian favorites of chicken, kabab, and kufta (LE2-5). Or try the hotels: Metalco serves iron meals if there’s at least a handful of hungry tourists around (breakfast LE2, dinner LE3); a calm cafe beneath the Waha Hotel offers standard inexpensive Egyptian fare for lunch and dinner (LE1-7).