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You figure you would sip on tea and watch some belly dancing, but it is much more of an experience than that.In the middle of quite residential area i…
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Casa de Chá Egípcia
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You figure you would sip on tea and watch some belly dancing, but it is much more of an experience than that.In the middle of quite residential area in Vila Mariana, it can pass as someone’s home if it weren’t for the valet parking attendant and small, lit sign. Once you walk in, you’re transported into an ornately decorated 12 room labyrinth hypnotized by the music, endless details and a tempting mixture of aromas leading you to an exotic, comfortably cushioned room with low tables, and Egyptian motifs meeting your eyes at every look. We took part in an oriental tea ritual which turned into a feast! We chose the option with 5 additional appetizers instead of the 10. We began with a large basket of assorted breads, including sweet bread and cookies to accompany 5 dips together with Middle Eastern mezzes like hummus and baba ghanoush side by side with Brazilian flavors like fried, sweet plantain marmalade. We each got kibbeh, cheese and chicken coxinhas, a bolinhio, and an empanada. Our last course was a string of desserts from traditional rich, honey-drenched sweets like baklava and basboosa, Brazilian sweets like quindím, chocolate cake, and strawberry gelato. All of the desserts were brought out one at a time on a tray for everyone to choose whether they would give into temptation or not. Oh yeah, the tea! We each got two cups of tea and could choose between either hot or iced, from exotic Egyptian and Syrian teas to fruit blends and mate.Booming music suddenly blasted from the speakers, and a series of belly dancers swooped in from behind a curtain from the adjacent room with their colorfully decorated costumes dipped in stones and jewels catching the light and shining with every move.Every Sunday the Khan El Khalili hosts the Nights of the Harem where the most renown and experienced belly dancers put on an hour long show. Belly dancers come from all over the country to take dance classes and perform here as the restaurant also grants internationally recognized certification for dancers. Belly Dancers perform from 8-10 PM. If you get there early and stay late, you can see up to two performances. The tea ritual is about USD$30-35, including cover charge for the belly dance performance, which is about half an hour long with 4-5 different dancers.The Nights of Harem has a cover charge of about USD$12, without the tea ritual.There were also two rooms for shisha, the outside terrace and the shisha lounge inside.