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4_eyez

Algeria, with great respect to all other nations, of course

Oct 20, 2010 07:14

Tuesday, Oct. 12
Flew in to Algiers sick as a dog. Never should have had that Egyptian KFC. After many bathroom visits & sleeping 10 hours, I feel human again. They've put me up in the beautiful and history-steeped El-Djazair, whose former guests include Dwight Eisenhower, Simone de Beauvoir, Edith Piaf. Not too shabby.

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klaproth_1 October 20 2010, 13:44:59 UTC

Great travel blog. You think you could be the next Joe Sacco? :-)

Great post...except on our dear cuisine ;) anonymous October 21 2010, 10:53:59 UTC

Hello,

Great post; but you're mistaken on our cuisine! U should have eaten in Algerians' homes not in top restaurants that do not necessarily represent our typical cuisine.

I honestly believe that Algerian cuisine is one -if not THE;)- best cuisine in the world: such a blend of middle-eastern, turkish, mediterranean (French, Italian, etc.) cuisines!!! Simply delicious! Sorry you didn't taste our cuisine! Next time may be InchaAllah (God Willing)!

The US Embassy & the Festival's organisers should have known better regaring the choice of restaurants.

Salam,

Lilia,
Algiers, Algeria

PS: the weather is simply glorious! The rain has left a charming sunny weather :)

Re: Great post...except on our dear cuisine ;) 4_eyez October 21 2010, 19:01:09 UTC

Dear Lilia, no offense intended. As I said, I sampled cuisine from top-end restaurants and street vendors, as well as the festival lunches. I sincerely hope that on my next visit I will get a chance to try some real Algerian home cooking.

Re: Great post...except on our dear cuisine ;) anonymous October 24 2010, 12:32:57 UTC

Hi again!

I hope so too... Tasting home cooking is the best means to judge any country's cuisine...especially so in Algeria where, as you've experienced yourself, we lack real traditional restaurants...alas :( & the majority -if not all- of our top-end hotels' chefs are not Algerians, who, even if they excell in european or universal menus, are not necessarily so regarding Algerian cuisine!

With respect to all other cuisines...lol.

Salam,

Lilia

Joumana Medlej's account of FIBDA 2010 4_eyez October 26 2010, 06:52:06 UTC

Please check out MALAAK author Joumana Medlej's account of FIBDA. It's much more informative than mine, with better photos: http://lebanesecomics.blogspot.com/2010/10/fibda-2010.html

Re: Joumana Medlej's account of FIBDA 2010 4_eyez October 26 2010, 06:53:02 UTC

And check out my photos at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=243390&id=528566805

Re: Joumana Medlej's account of FIBDA 2010 4_eyez October 28 2010, 08:52:37 UTC

The pics on facebook are great...I wanted to 'like' the album but couldn't :(...

Thanks,

Lilia

Re: Joumana Medlej's account of FIBDA 2010 4_eyez October 28 2010, 08:15:31 UTC

Salam,

I've checked it out & it's really interesting, thank you!

Lilia