Traditional African Veg Food

A plate of githeri (beans and corn), greens and cabbage. Cheap and simple.

Nairobi, Kenya

Sweets

An assortment of desserts in the window of the most popular shop in Cairo for such things. This place was always jam packed with customers purchasing beautifully wrapped boxes of sweets and pastries, even late at night. It also served amazing chocolate, melon and mango ice cream - 2 scoops for 50 cents! We got a cone every night we were in Cairo - Gil sometimes got two.

Cairo, Egypt

Massive Beef Kebab

No, we didn't start eating meat, but this gigantic beef kebab grilling on the side of the street caught our attention. The cook shaves off pieces and serves it in a pita or flat bread.

Cairo, Egypt

Kushari

A tasty (and cheap!) Egyptian vegetarian dish that's a popular home staple. A mixture of lentils, rice and/or pasta topped with chick peas, fried onions and a spicy tomato-based sauce. You mix it all together before eating it and can also add pickle juice if you like. It's very filling - this dish was too big to finish.

Cairo, Egypt

Custard

A milk and egg sweet custard that reminded us of flan.

Cairo, Egypt

Vegetable "Curry"

A very boring vegetable curry. We ordered 2 dishes with different names and they both looked like this...

Luxor, Egypt

Grilled Fish and Calamari

A beautiful yellow sea bass and calamari, grilled. Served with grilled vegetables and mezes.

Dahab, Egypt

Stir Fry

Egyptian version of a stir fry. Potatoes, carrots and zucchini. Restaurants in Dahab love the onion candle holder...

Dahab, Egypt

Bedouin Stew

Bedouin stew - a simple combination zucchini, peppers, potatoes, carrots and tomatoes cooked together in a hot pot. This version is topped with cheese.

Dahab, Egypt

Mixed Grill

A ridiculously presented seafood mixed grill. Prawns, calamari, fish and lots of grilled veggies.

Dahab, Egypt

Mezes

Assorted salads, often given as an appetizer. Hummus, baba ganoush (pureed eggplant), tomato and cucumber salad and eggplant salad.

Dahab, Sinai, Egypt

Sweets

Baklava and other deserts in a shop window in Istanbul. Very sweet! Lots of honey and sugar water. Pistachios are also a key ingredient in many Turkish sweets.

Vegetarian Plate

A mix plate of veggie mezes at a cheap eats place in Istanbul. Greens, a tomato stew of beans, carrots and potatoes, fried zucchini, chick peas, french fries and rice.

Istanbul, Turkey

Spice Market

This is just a tiny sample of what we saw at the spice market in Istanbul Turkey.

Falafel Sandwich

Typical Falafel found in Tel Aviv, Israel. This one had pita, falafel balls, humus, pickles, and fries.

Sushi

Salmon and Hamachi rolls from an outdoor resturaunt in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Borshch

Traditional Russian Soup made with beets and other vegetables, served at my cousins house in Netaya Israel.

Testi Kebab

Testi kebab is a strange take on the traditional kebab, in which the meat and veggies are cooked over the fire in a clay pot, after which the pot is cracked open with a hammer and served. This is a veggie version.

Goreme, Turkey

Manti

Turkish ravioli topped with yogurt and tomato sauce. Our manti were stuffed with cheese, but they are traditionally stuffed with meat. The ravioli are tiny - more like a tortellini really.

Goreme, Turkey

Spinach Crepe with Cheese

Spinach crepe with cheese. Or potato with mushroom and cheese? We ordered the only two veggie items on the menu and they looked identical. Tasty, but isn't anything topped with a pound of cheese? The dishes were served with mashed potatoes, some weird pasta nest and a medly of mushrooms, peas and carrots. All cold and barely edible.

Goreme, Turkey