The Culture of Food in Alexandria
Street Vendors
Sugar cane juice
Mango juice
Tamarind, carob and liquorice juice
Sobia
Corn on the cob
Sweet potatoes
Semeet
Pips and peanuts
Lupine beans (termess)
Candy Floss (also known as Angels’ Hair)
Caramelized Apples
Prickly pears
Fish Mongers
Fresca
Occasions
Sham el Nessim
Sebou’
Eid el Ghutas
Ramadan
Funerals
Coptic Fasting
Eid el Fitr
Moulids
Weddings
Funerals
Eid el Adha (Greater Bairam)
Jewish Passover