Gastronomic Gold: 10 Restaurants That Turned Dahab Into Sinai’s Flavortown

Gastronomic Gold: 10 Eating places That Turned Dahab Into Sinai’s Flavortown

There’s an alluring mystique behind Egypt’s metropolis of Dahab (Gold), making it a beloved vacation spot for many guests, native and international. Initially a fishermen’s city primarily based within the Sinai Peninsula, Dahab is now a paradisiacal tourism spot famed for its fantastic waters, beloved Bedouins, and, maybe most surprisingly, a tasty number of distinctive eating places.

Vacationers typically discover themselves enchanted by Dahab, to the purpose that a few of them select to ditch town life in favor of the straightforward coastal city – a couple of go so far as leaving their earlier occupation in favor of opening a restaurant, a lot to the advantage of guests.

RED CAT

Round Dahab’s Lighthouse space, Crimson Cat is at first ironic; first, for the truth that its inside design is solely inexperienced and white – even the cat artworks on the restaurant’s partitions are inexperienced. The irony is forgotten, nevertheless, when the meals is served. A mixture of Russian – the proprietor’s nationality – and Italian, Crimson Cat serves a few of Dahab’s most interesting meals. The dish’s components are freshly ready and take little time to serve. Crimson Cat’s pizzas are by far the most well-liked a part of its menu, typically a spotlight of holiday makers’ consuming expertise.

TIM’S MUNCH

For breakfast and brunch, look no additional than Tim’s Munch. Positioned on the roof of a diving middle, Tim’s Munch gives all kinds of meals that might satiate anybody. From a standard American platter to a standard Egyptian breakfast, everybody’s desire is feasible. Involved vegans will likely be joyful to search out there are oat pancakes and plant-based yogurt breakfasts to fill their urge for food as properly.

RAMEZ & PAOLA

A restaurant that fuses Dahab’s homely aura with genuine Italian meals, Ramez & Paola is one in all Dahab’s longest-standing eating places, run by a married couple from Egypt and Italy respectively. Removed from the hustle and bustle of Dahab’s different eating places, Ramez & Paola sits at a quiet spot nearer to Laguna, often known as Al-Mashraba space, with indoor and out of doors seating obtainable as traditional Italian songs play throughout you.

By way of service and effectivity, Ramez & Paola maintain a controversial repute, with sure clients having fun with the expertise and others lamenting the way in which employees had handled them. A fast skim into Google Critiques or Journey Advisor confirms that. Nonetheless, the parts are identified to be beneficiant, whereas the meals is delicious, be it pasta or pizza.

SABAH W MASA

Lebanese delicacies has lengthy been admired in Egypt, with eating places like Beirut and ‘Einab (Grapes) scattered throughout Cairo. Positioned on the patio of the Sea Soul Lodge, Sabah w Masa (Morning & Afternoon) is Lebanese through-and-through – made extra evident after figuring out it’s named after a tune by Lebanese singer, Fairuz.

Sabah w Masa is the brainchild of Ashraf and Joslin, a Lebanese couple who moved to Dahab and opened the restaurant shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic. Joslin is the top chef herself, making certain authenticity and high quality are all the time current in her dishes.

Buyer favorites are tabouleh (oriental salad), hummus (chickpeas with tahini), batata harra (spicy potatoes), sujok (Lebanese sausages), and waraq ‘einab (vine leaves).

THE VEGAN LAB

Dahab’s vegan guests will likely be joyful to listen to that the majority eating places supply vegan meals. Nevertheless, for a full-fledged vegan eating expertise, The Vegan Lab gives meals discovered nowhere else in Dahab. Positioned in Dahab’s quiet and delicate Fanar Road, the Vegan Lab’s welcoming, delicate yellow lights, and pleasant employees guarantee consolation and comfort previous to checking their menu.

The Vegan Lab gives all kinds of vegan meals, like poke bowls, past burgers, and recent smoothies, albeit at a heftier price than ordinary Dahab costs.

DAI PESCATORI

On the far fringe of Dahab’s mamsha (walkway), Dai Pescatori (By Fishermen) is a quaint and quiet restaurant excellent for a romantic date or a comfortable get-together with buddies. True to its title, the restaurant gives premium Italian seafood dishes. The restaurant’s easy furnishing might idiot passersbys, however the meals, nevertheless, is the place the luxurious and culinary artwork exist, made evident by their freshly made pasta and seafood.

JACKIE’S

A flavorful Mexican restaurant that teaches clients easy methods to salsa, Jackie’s has lengthy been a staple of Dahab’s meals tradition, with its large-portioned enchiladas, fajitas, and tacos, boosted by boisterous Latin American music. For the livelier clients, Jackie’s hosts salsa courses each Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, requiring no earlier expertise or expertise in any type of dancing. For daytime goers, the restaurant appears to be like instantly over Dahab’s shoreline, with a descending stairway put in close to the water for anybody trying to take a dip.

NAMASTE

Coated in eye-catching yellow and sky blue, Namaste is Dahab’s reply to Indian delicacies. The restaurant, positioned on Fanar Road, gives guests a high-quality Indian eating expertise, made higher with a pleasant set of employees and huge parts. Frequent guests typically order biryani rice, hen tikka masala, butter hen, naan bread, and samosas.

KING CHICKEN

Arguably probably the most Egyptian restaurant on the record, King Rooster reminds hungry vacationers that Egyptian delicacies can maintain its personal floor in Dahab’s record of luxurious eating places. There’s nothing exceptional about the way in which the restaurant is designed. In truth, it’s fairly exceptional how an unremarkable and frugal inside and exterior design has on lengthy ready lists – a testomony to the standard of its cooking.

SPECIAL SHOUT: RICE PUDDING IN LAGUNA

Removed from the kitchens and tabletops of Dahab’s eating places, far into Dahab’s stunning Laguna Seaside, there’s a man on a motorcycle that sells rice puddings. His title is Youssef, an American Muslim-convert who left his life as a chemist within the Netherlands to spend the rest of his life having fun with Dahab whereas promoting his signature rice pudding. Youssef’s ice-cold rice pudding, supplied plain, in blueberry sauce, caramel sauce, or cinnamon, is a Laguna staple for these trying to refresh themselves beneath the summer season solar.

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