When in Cairo, one must try Koshary, a traditional Egyptian dish made with rice, macaroni, lentils, and chickpeas, topped with spicy sauce and crispy fried onions. While almost all restaurants in the city sell one, Koshary Abou Tarek, in the heart of downtown Cairo’s hectic car mechanics district, have been dishing it out since the 1950s, first from a street cart to a multi-storey restaurant.
