“For street food, my all time favorite together with koshari is _fiteer_,” Helou says. “Fiteer is probably the safest street food to eat in Cairo, but I have a strong stomach having been brought up in Lebanon and Syria.” Shown here, fiteer is a versatile kind of flatbread, the dough flattened and twirled by hand like a pizza crust to the point of near transparent thinness, then brushed with ghee or clarified water buffalo butter, folded many times over, and baked into a layered crust. (Watch the process [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ51F3nl5yM)) Fiteer comes topped with olives, cheese, tomatoes, and spices like a pizza; filled with clotted cream and honey; or sprinkled with powdered sugar, coconut, and raisins, among many combinations. “We went to a great fiteer place in Sayida Zeinab and ate _mushaltat_ [stuffed] as well as the one with cream and honey,” Helou says. “Totally delicious.”