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Food lovers, connoisseurs of food or gourmets love savoring or tasting various cuisines of different countries. Wherever they travel or sojourn to different places of the globe, they seek food that will tickle their taste buds! Most restaurants experiments with various cuisines, mixes or create fusions of varied culinary arts and offer striking menus that surely satisfy your palate! But very few restaurants can offer you an exotic dining experience that can be cherished throughout your life! This special dining experience consists of not only unique food, but the entire ambience, the setting, the theme and the way food is served!
The 1902 Restaurant, Aswan in Egypt is one such place where you can truly have
an extra-ordinary dining experience! This 1902 Restaurant is situated in the
Old Cataract Hotel and is distinctly different from a typical hotel restaurant!
The reason- not only the food is sumptuous and innovative, but it offers a peculiar
atmosphere which makes it one of the best restaurants in Egypt and probably
in the world.
The moment you enter this restaurant you will feel that you are entering a
catacomb laden with mystery in the Valley of Kings. It will seem as if you are
going to approach the decked up tombs. The room is dark with numerous enormous
archways adorned in maroon and red stripes and these archways lead to dimmed
corridors.
The arches are only illuminated by the lights coming out of the Copper lanterns
that are punctured with tiny holes. You can see flames from gas lights flickering
on the walls as if delineating the passage to the tomb.
Under the gigantic, vaulted, mosque-like ceiling marked with very small panels
of stained glass, small round tables are scattered. The 1902 Restaurant offers
innovative French Cuisine and local fish specialties like ‘Howard Carter's Bolty
Fish in Its Own Sarcophagus’, Egyptian Style Fish and et cetera. The 1902 Restaurant,
Aswan also serves breakfast buffet and interestingly the juices are served in
Moroccan containers! The stuff is also friendly and is dressed in colorful attires.
Apart from these, you will be entertained by the belly dancers, dancing around
the small tables or local Nubian bands performing at the corner of the dining
area, thus adding an extra zing to this mysterious yet wonderful place!
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