“Eggplant from Abuqir Scallops from Abuqir Fish from Abuqir”
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8.2/10
AI-generated summary
You pick your off the counter and tell them how you want it cooked. The is what people order first, and the tagine with the stock rice comes up almost as often. Get a done Egyptian style, blackened with spices for crisp skin. Service is blunt, and the common advice is to go early or wait for a table.
“Eggplant from Abuqir Scallops from Abuqir Fish from Abuqir”
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“We loved our food so much there we asked for a couple more dishes, the waiter said “no”.”
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“Abuqir not only has the best seafood (in both freshness and cooking) out of the three, but they also have home runs in the tajin, baba ganoush”
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“my favorite place for scallops and side-eye”
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“Grilled scallops at Abuqir”
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“Abuqir is an outstanding fish place and was recommended by my uncle in law who is from Alexandria and for him it tastes like home.”
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“if you go to Abuqir, you should get one of your fish cooked Egyptian-style. I might be wrong, but it's blackened with spices + wheat bran for shatter crisp skin.”
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“I also really like abuqir if you want some fresh seafood cooked to order. Their grilled shrimp and eggplant dish are show stoppers imho”
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“One of my favorite places. Love their tagine also”
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“Abuqir is great for seafood. No frills place where you pick your fish and seafood from a counter and they prepare it how you like.”
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“Abuqir is probably better than Astoria SF”
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“Abuqir has amazinggggg hummus too. Some of the best I’ve ever had, dare I say …”
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