The New King of Egypt

Compliments to Karim, his mom, and his family's maid for an incredible feast last night. Everything was fantastic.

The real champion of the evening was a guy commonly referred to as Osama. Before you jump to conclusions and assume the notorious Osama Bin Laden decided to grace our presence for dinner, I should clarify that the Osama I'm talking about is no criminal mastermind or Islamic freedom fighter. He is, in fact, the greatest Egyptian that ever lived.

I'll set the scene...

We were about halfway through the meal when Megan, seemingly out of sheer boredom, decided to bet Mr. Osama 200 LE that he could not drink a bowl of molokheya in one go. For those of you who don't know what molokheya is, I'll tell you that most foreigners don't like it. It's this saliva-like goo made from a leafy green that almost no one has ever heard of outside of Egypt.

After some initial haggling the price was set at 150 LE. Megan agreed and then proceeded to watch Osama chug half a litre of the stuff in like 30 seconds. It was the most impressive display of Egyptian manliness since Mohammed Ali Pacha ruled these lands.

The evening ended with Osama regretting his actions, Megan throwing crumpled money around the room, and Karim proclaiming that "living in a cemetery isn't that hard" while sitting on his fancy chair drinking bottled water.