Best Om Ali I've had — and I've tried a few

Having eaten Om Ali at several restaurants over the past year, I can say this version is the best. The earthy and warming quality is more pronounced here than anywhere else I've tried. lentils is handled with real knowledge — you can taste the difference.

This is proper a Nile-side restaurant cooking, not an adaptation for foreign tastes. mint tea was the obvious choice and the combination was perfect. Egyptian cuisine is one of the oldest recorded food cultures, with accounts dating to pharaonic times. Would return for this dish alone.