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Egyptian Tent Lunch | Eating Experience Like Never Before

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Lunch was not included with our tour on Day 2. We were given an option to go to an Egyptian-style tent outdoor restaurant. Those who don’t want to eat can still join and just sit or have tea.

I decided to have lunch because of the unique experience. We drove a while and the tent restaurant was in the middle of nowhere. The area was big and there were chairs and tables separated into sections to accommodate various tour groups.

The tents were not really closed tents. They were protecting us from the desert sun, but all sides were open so I could still have the views of outside.

Our group all sat together. Most of us ordered lunch. I ordered chicken kebab with rice. They grilled the kebab on the table in front of us. I also had Egyptian tea, which I started liking by then.

There were several smaller portion items that came without meals. I didn’t know the names of many of them, but they were all delicious. Lunch costed 200 LE (Egyptian Pound), which was around $16 CAD. I found it a bit expensive compared to the other Egyptian meal I bought outdoors.

The overall experience, sitting in an open space and eating together, was unimaginable. The food tasted very good, but spicy with lots of oil and salt. Still, it felt like food from heaven as we were hungry and thirsty from the activities and desert sun.

From here we would go back to the hotel and get some rest. A very long 16-hour bus journey to Aswan awaited us.