Maha’s is named after our beautiful mother and Head Chef, Maha Barsoom. Food is a huge part of Egyptian culture, and our mother always dreamed of opening her own little Egyptian restaurant.

It is the bread that is consumed at almost all Egyptian meals. The local bread is a form of hearty, thick, gluttonous pita called Eish Baladi (Egyptian Arabic).

Almost five thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians left evidence of their love for food. Wall paintings and carvings discovered on tombs and temples showed large feasts and a wide variety of foods. Many bowls filled with different kinds of dried seeds were also found in those tombs. Most of…