Coming from someone who doesn't even like watermelon that much ("typical Bengali" note - my favorite fruits are pineapple & mango), I must share that after having tried watermelon juice, it is indeed one of a kind. Goal, a cheap place to eat and smoke shisha along the Nile, located in the posh island of Zamalek, has become that place where my diverse group of Egyptian/expat friends come together for shisha, good watermelon juice and sharing the latest in the Cairo escapades.
An excerpt from a blurb in Daily News Egypt about Goal:
"It isn't your typical café, as it offers the better of two worlds. One is the older crowd that has been undoubtedly coming to Goal for years, and the other is a new, younger crowd that has only recently discovered the wonders of the place.
It is at Goal café where Cairo shrinks, allowing everyone a place to meet and hang out. Young and old women and men come to Goal daily. Both sexes relax, smoke shisha and play backgammon and tarneeb (a local card game) for hours. It is one of the few places in town where class divisions seem to have disappeared...
It is here that people truly begin to enjoy Egypt. Conversations abound with politics as well as trivia about people’s lives. It's a place for everyone."
Photo: my own pic of Goal before it gets its usual crowded
An excerpt from a blurb in Daily News Egypt about Goal:
"It isn't your typical café, as it offers the better of two worlds. One is the older crowd that has been undoubtedly coming to Goal for years, and the other is a new, younger crowd that has only recently discovered the wonders of the place.
It is at Goal café where Cairo shrinks, allowing everyone a place to meet and hang out. Young and old women and men come to Goal daily. Both sexes relax, smoke shisha and play backgammon and tarneeb (a local card game) for hours. It is one of the few places in town where class divisions seem to have disappeared...
It is here that people truly begin to enjoy Egypt. Conversations abound with politics as well as trivia about people’s lives. It's a place for everyone."
Photo: my own pic of Goal before it gets its usual crowded
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