I can’t tell you how many times my friends and I said: “Let’s do something other than go to a café or a restaurant.” I can also guarantee that at least half the times we said that, we still ended up going to a café or restaurant. But this limited and expensive pastime isn’t all there is. There are various activities you can get up to in Cairo, some expensive, others not costing anything at all. But if what you want to do is unwind and relax in your downtime without having to splurge on food or fancy drinks, I can recommend you a small eclectic place hidden in the middle of Zamalek. I didn’t really know what to expect the first time a friend of mine suggested this place. The fact that no food was served there was alien to me, and its hidden location inside a flat struck me as odd. But after spending that evening there, I knew this wouldn’t be the last time I visited this cosy place, and indeed, it wasn’t. In the ground floor apartment of a building located quite centrally in Zamalek, lies…
