Basbousa / Semolina Plain Cake (بسبوسة)
Basbousa is a top-rated, very popular Egyptian delicacy. While it’s served and loved all year round, it shines in the holy month of Ramadan. Basbousa takes the shape of a cake, although with a different texture. Its main ingredients are semolina batter, honey, and sugar syrup. Sprinkled on top, nuts, or just plain sugar and honey.
• Tray = $25
Harissa / Semolina Coconut Cake (هريسة)
There is no denying that Harissa is a dish packed with comfort and flavor. Similar to Basbousa, it is a cake made from a mixture of semolina flour, yogurt, butter, sugar but with a coconut touch, baked in a tray or pan.
• Tray = $25
Baseema / Egyptian Coconut
While Baseema looks very similar to Basbousa, it is very much its own dessert when it comes to taste and texture. This fragrant, sweet cake is made from a base of semolina flour and coconut at its core, which is poured with cold sugar syrup once baked. Once set, the cake is topped with coconut flakes.
• Tray = $25
Medala’a / Spoiled Girl Dessert
Medala’a is a somewhat unpopular dessert in greater Egypt, mostly made in Tanta city but it’s starting to gain popularity everywhere else. Despite its unpopularity, it’s a hidden gem and here’s why: Medala’a is basically basbousa and konafa on top of each other topped with a final layer of cream. This very fattening dessert has to be eaten on an empty stomach and is like chaos in one’s mouth, proving how much Egyptians appreciate their desserts and always find ways to take them to the next level!
• Tray = $35
Aish El Saraya / Royal Bread (عيش السراي)
Aish El Saraya is a Middle Eastern dessert that is popular in Egypt. It is made of sugar syrup-soaked bread and topped with a creamy flavored cream custard. The dessert is plain or garnished with pistachios if requested and is served cold.
• Small = $6
• Large = $10
Konafa Tray (كنافة)
Konafa is our MOST popular, very sweet, and made mainly from semolina dough. It has a different texture and shape, and we are most famous for three types our cream filled, nuts filled and mango filled Konafa.
• With Cream =$40
• With Nuts = $45
• With Mango = $50
Baklava Tray (بقلاوة)
One of the most well-known desserts of the Middle Eastern cuisine. It is made by layering nuts, such as walnuts, pistachios, and hazelnuts, between thin phyllo dough. It is sweetened with a simple syrup made from sugar.
• With nuts = $40
Sweet Goulash
Similar to Baklava, It is made by layering nuts, such as walnuts, pistachios, and hazelnuts, Rolled in thin phyllo dough. It is sweetened with a simple syrup made from sugar.
• With nuts 6 pieces = $12
Atayef / Middle Eastern Pancakes
Sweet atayef is a traditional dessert in Egypt as well as across the entirety of the Middle East. Each country has its own take on sweet atayef, much like other desserts. Our Atayef is basically an outer shell made of flour, baking powder, sugar, milk, and more, which is then made into a dough-like structure in the shape of a small pancake discs, then stuffed with nuts fillings, and closed up,
fried until crispy and dipped in a simple syrup made from sugar.
• With nuts 8 pieces = $16
Balah El Sham
Balah Al Sham are delicious fried churros, originating from Syria but popular throughout the Middle East and north Africa. A wonderous finger food, Balah Al Sham are made from a batter of flour, sugar, lime, and vanilla, that is shaped, deep-fried in oil, and finally coated in sugar syrup.
• Plain 8 pieces = $16
Sawabe Zainab / Egyptian Zainab Fingers
The aptly named Sawabe Zainab is a dish of fingers made from flour, semolina flour, butter, vanilla, and water. An Arabic food by origin, Zainab’s finger is a wholesome pasty, traditionally eaten during Ramadan. In a similar vein to Balah Al Sham, it is shaped and deep-fried before being covered in syrup. However, unlike Balah Al Sham, its lengthy preparation time due to its shape means it’s more commonly found in pastry shops and bakeries, rather than sold as a street food.
• Plain 8 pieces = $16
Luqmat Al-Qadi
You can think of Luqmat Al-Qadi as a small, round donut or… the round part that’s missing from a donut! Sweet Luqmat Al-Qadi is made out of flour, cornstarch, yeast, sugar, and more, to eventually be dipped in honey and sugar syrup.
• Plain 8 pieces = $16
Romoosh El-Set
This is a popular Egyptian treat that, it is made using semolina, flour, and sugar, and then soaked in a sugar syrup that infuses them with sweetness and flavor in every single bite. The name Romoosh El-Set literally stands for “lady’s eyelashes” in Arabic, which is because of the traditional shape of the pastry since they look like eyes with eyelashes.
• Plain 8 pieces = $16
Egyptian Sweet Fetir – Meshaltet
Our Fetir is a flaky pastry of many layers made out of a dough mixture with powder sugar if requested and is most famously dipped in molasses before taking a bite. It’s a historical and very traditional delicacy that is said to go all the way back to the pharaohs.
• Per Piece = $6
Upside Down Cake Pineapple or Date
From the iconic pineapple rings to the fluffy yellow cake, pineapple upside-down cake is one of the most recognizable retro American desserts. You can have it in the classic form or try the Egyptian version with dates instead of pineapples.
• Small Cake = $25
• Large Cake= $40
Pastry Mixed Tray
• Upside Down Cake & Basbousa & Baklava Tray = $60