Getting into Egypt-Mode
5 years ago, after I graduated from high school I spent a couple of months in Alexandria. At that time we were renting an apartment in a district called Aagami which is kind of like a summer-house place for wealthy Cairo residents. I had a great time there, and coming back now it took a few days for me to remember that I have to get into Egypt-mode. What I mean by that is something very specific, namely, when it comes to food I don't have the same conveniences here that I do back in Canada. This isn't the fault of Egypt mind you, people here are quite modern with microwaves and such, it's just that when leaving here we don't eat those kind of pre-packaged-ready-to-go-at-a-moment's-notice food stuffs. Dominion's tagline is "we're fresh-obsessed" but how fresh can you really be when all your fruits and vegetables are imported from thousands of kilometers away? Here, all the produce is the definition of local. You walk downstairs and buy your oranges from the son's farmer that picked them from the trees just yesterday. Go over to the butcher, pick out a chicken that's squaking in its cage, and 5 minutes later it's wrapped up in neat little plastic packages ready to go. It's good living like this because it's difficult to just start eating when you're bored or have nothing better to do, plus you appreciate the food more when each and every day you actively run out and fetch it. Plus, there's the BBQed fish the street vendors sell that is absolutely delicious. I can't wait until the BBQed corn vendors come out as well.
