The Sydney Road eatery bringing Egyptian cuisine to Melbourne
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Friends Ahmed Bashandy and Ahmed Moustafa saw a gap for Egyptian cuisine in Melbourne when they moved here with their families, so they opened King Tut. Beginning like so many fledgling eateries as a food truck, it graduated to a small shopfront near A1 Bakery and is now in a no-frills establishment on Sydney Road closer to the city.
The menu focuses on popular street foods, such as Egypt's distinctive green broad bean falafels and the national dish koshari: a generous mix of fragrant rice, pasta, lentils, chickpeas and fried onion with sauces and meat toppings.
Neither Bashandy nor Moustafa has hospitality training, but they apply their professional engineering backgrounds to make the best versions of dishes they love. Signature pillowy pitas are baked to exact specifications for fillings like crushed ful (fava beans), hawawshi (spiced beef mince) and eggplant moussaka.
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Previous SlideNext Slide Egyptian$ Friends Ahmed Bashandy and Ahmed Moustafa saw a gap for Egyptian cuisine in Melbourne when they moved here with their families, so they opened King Tut. Beginning like so many fledgling eateries as a food truck, it graduated to a small shopfront near A1 Bakery and is now in a no-frills establishment on Sydney Road closer to the city. The menu focuses on popular street foods, such as Egypt's distinctive green broad bean falafels and the national dish koshari: a generous mix of fragrant rice, pasta, lentils, chickpeas and fried onion with sauces and meat toppings. Neither Bashandy nor Moustafa has hospitality training, but they apply their professional engineering backgrounds to make the best versions of dishes they love. Signature pillowy pitas are baked to exact specifications for fillings like crushed ful (fava beans), hawawshi (spiced beef mince) and eggplant moussaka.
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Previous SlideNext Slide Egyptian$ Friends Ahmed Bashandy and Ahmed Moustafa saw a gap for Egyptian cuisine in Melbourne when they moved here with their families, so they opened King Tut. Beginning like so many fledgling eateries as a food truck, it graduated to a small shopfront near A1 Bakery and is now in a no-frills establishment on Sydney Road closer to the city. The menu focuses on popular street foods, such as Egypt's distinctive green broad bean falafels and the national dish koshari: a generous mix of fragrant rice, pasta, lentils, chickpeas and fried onion with sauces and meat toppings. Neither Bashandy nor Moustafa has hospitality training, but they apply their professional engineering backgrounds to make the best versions of dishes they love. Signature pillowy pitas are baked to exact specifications for fillings like crushed ful (fava beans), hawawshi (spiced beef mince) and eggplant moussaka.
