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Cuisines of the Muslim world

Family: Food · 10 entries

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Building

Khan el-Khalili
Cairo's Mamluk market (1382) — coppersmiths', goldsmiths' and coffee lanes around al-Husayn; the most famous living eastern bazaar.

Listing

Bakdash
The most famous Arab ice-cream parlour, in Damascus's al-Hamidiyah souq (1885); its pounded mastic ice cream is a Damascene landmark.
Le Café de la Mosquée de Paris
The café-restaurant and hammam in the Grand Mosque of Paris garden (1926) — the city's most famous Islamic cultural rendezvous.
Café Riche
Historic Cairo café and restaurant (1908); a haunt of intellectuals and revolutionaries near Talaat Harb Square.
El-Fishawy Café
The oldest café in Khan el-Khalili (c.1773) — open day and night for two and a half centuries, a literary landmark.
Hafiz Mustafa 1864
Famous Istanbul confectioner (1864); synonymous with baklava and Turkish delight, a landmark around Taksim.
Jarir Bookstore
Major Saudi bookstore chain founded in Riyadh (1974); among the Gulf's largest sellers of books, school supplies and electronics.
Karim's
Mughlai restaurant in Old Delhi (1913) founded by Haji Karimuddin near Jama Masjid; an institution of Mughlai cuisine.
Rick's Café Casablanca
A Casablanca café built in the image of the film Casablanca (2004); film nostalgia made real for visitors.

Practice

The wedding feast (walima)
The wedding feast; the Prophet commanded it — 'give a feast even with a single sheep' — and its scale ranges from a family table to whole-town festivals.

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