The Definitive Guide to Living in the Capital , Cairo , Egypt

Unfortunately, the Bruschetta Caprese came at the same time as the main meals and was not as warm, or as toasty, as we had hoped. The Thai Beef Salad was a huge mound of all the usual, fresh salad suspects along with radishes, lots of beef chunks and glass noodles. Although it was an enjoyable combination, we almost regretted not making our own as we would have had complete control over what went in and what didn’t. The Chicken Club Sandwich was sizeable and piled high between, what we like to call ‘real bread’; thick and fluffy bread that doesn’t look stuffed with unnatural preservatives. The succulent chicken was coupled with moist turkey pieces and complemented with a small green salad on the side.

After we’d sufficiently stuffed ourselves with healthy food, because the team at the Medley claim to be ‘desert fanatics’, just like us, we needed a Chocolate Fondant (28LE) to take home and enjoy later. On the evening we were there, this gooey treat had sold out, making way for our second choice – an almond cake with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream, the Caesars Pie. The head chef himself appeared at our table to inform us that, because of food hygiene reasons, it would not be responsible of him to give us the ice-cream. Impressed by his professional manner, we were perfectly happy to lose out on the ice-cream and only take the cake.

By the time we came to taste our desert, we imagined that had it been fresh, it would have been tastier than it turned out to be. We weren’t expecting it to be a standard sponge cake, and it needed more caramel sauce to help bring it to life.