Imagine a place that combines both art and great food. Located across of Heliopolis club on El Merghany Street, with a little taste of Damascus, Liquid offers just that.
Finding Liquid is quite simple; its smart architectural design is unlike anything on El Merghany Street, although locating the entrance can be quite confusing. An entrance on the left side offers a walk way through which leads to the bottom floor. Liquid is divided into two seating areas; a smart looking downstairs open-area and an upstairs lounge. Ascending up the open air stairs, one gets a pretty good view of El Merghany Street. The combinations of grey, brown and orange in the upstairs lounge are blended together exceptionally well. Grey couches are available directly beneath effective air-conditioners. Tables with chairs are also available for more formal purposes. The walls are primarily covered with large windows that may give a feeling of an airport control tower.
Liquid’s menu offers a variety of traditional Egyptian grilled dishes and Syrian and Lebanese cuisine. Knowing prior to our visit that the Liquid’s chef is Syrian, we immediately targeted the Syrian dishes. We ordered the arayes (25LE) - meat-stuffed pitta bread - from the vast appetiser section, and the chicken shawerma fattah (49LE).
The arayes meat was large enough in quantity to be a main course meal. Complimenting the appetizer was a large sum of fries. With a slight hint of mint, the arayes tasted a lot like the hawawshi, cut up neatly into quarters. However, it was slightly burnt. While waiting for our fattah to arrive, we enjoyed traditional music played by a Syrian lutist l, which put us in the right mood. The chicken shawerma fattah was quite un-traditional as the plate was organized as such: the rice formed a circle in the centre of the plate, containing the crispy bread while the chicken Shawerma was scattered around the rice circle. It’s a pity the chef spent so long worrying about the appearance, as mixing a fattah is fundamental to the dish. Despite this, we devoured it all in less than five minutes, and were pleased with the outcome.
The staff at Liquid sent off very friendly vibes; we even struck up a conversation and were pleased with the fact that they backed up their politeness with something more substantial than a shy smile. Overall, we’d be happy to come back for more chicken shawerma fattah and the excellent music.
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15 El Merghany St. (opposite Heliopolis Club)
Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.
Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.
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Lebanese, Egyptian, Syrian
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01111166727
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Liquid: New Lebanese & Syrian Dining in Heliopolis
Published On:
27/05/2012
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3, El Mamaleek St., off El Ahram St., Heliopolis
With one
of the nicest new takeout venues opening up in their neighbourhood, the people of
Heliopolis should consider themselves lucky. For the rest of us living in other
parts of Cairo, it’s definitely worth braving the commute to Heliopolis and the hour of being stuck on 6th October Bridge for the
delicious food at Adam’s and fresh drinks at Blend. Adam’s
and Blend are located on the corner of Mamaleek Street just off El Ahram Street
and across from Heliopolis Club. The venues take up the whole corner of a
building and is divided into three different spaces with Adam’s on the left, Blend on
the right, and in between a space with high tables where you can eat. Adam’s doesn’t have seats inside. Instead, you order your
food and take it outside to sit on one of the benches or eat at the pillars
that function as high tables. Adam’s
is one of the few venues to introduce a Turkish specialty, the doner to the
Egyptian Market. We were told that the owners actually went to Turkey to take
up some cooking classes in order to bring nothing but the best to Cairo. The
menu includes wraps, omelettes and falafel, as well as salads and rice dishes,
and the food is prepared right in front of you. We sampled the basmati rice that came with
crisped bread, almonds, tomato sauce and yoghurt sauce topped with doner (30LE).
The doner itself was delicious: it was perfectly seasoned, grilled right and
easy to chew on. The rice with the almonds and crisped bread was already good
on its own; but with the Doner topping and the yoghurt sauce, it was even
better. We couldn’t help but dig through the meal as if we hadn’t eaten for
ages. You have to be a garlic lover, though; there is a lot of it in the
yoghurt sauce. The doner wrap (23LE) was also terrific. The wrap was soft yet firm and noticeably
fresh with lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and a delicious lemon-tomato sauce. This
reviewer also tried the specialty of the day, which was a crispy chicken wrap
(24LE). The chicken, though fried, didn’t taste greasy at all and combined with
the lettuce and tomato, it actually tasted healthy. Sometimes
fries are not just fries; they almost come close to a culinary highlight. Adam’s
has that kind of fries: crispy, firm, fresh and delicious with garlic
mayonnaise. After you’re
done with Adam’s; stroll over next door to Blend, where you can order delicious fresh juices or frozen yoghurts. We sampled the Blend mix
(20LE) and chose honey topping with walnuts, kiwi and apple. It
was a sweet and refreshing drink after all the garlic that we’d had. We were
delighted that the kiwis were actually ripe instead of sour and hard. Also worth trying are the Pacific (14LE) and Bahamas (14LE) smoothies. You can
also get fresh juices starting at 12.50LE and crêpes for 15LE and above. Adam’s
and Blend make up a street corner of deliciousness that is well worth the commute. We envy all Heliopolis residents just a little.
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