Food in Egypt can be dangerous!!!

Written: 13 march 2010
Travel time: 28 january — 7 february 2010
In Egypt, we rested not for the first time and knew what we were going for, the service was tolerable, the food was tolerable - nothing more. The most important thing for which they go to Egypt is the Red Sea, and if you have chosen a more expensive resort, then these are undoubtedly corals, a lot of underwater colorful impressions. In the beginning, everything went not bad, because the staff was tolerably polite, and since we left a dollar in the room, it was always clean, fresh...
A free bus takes you to the free beach, conveniently, quickly, since the distance is a little more than one and a half kilometers. There is a bar and drinks are also free. Sun loungers should be grabbed as soon as you get off the bus, since a large percentage of broken ones, make yourself comfortable under an umbrella, some in the sun. The weather was very good, so we dived with a mask, got a lot of positive impressions from what we saw. But this is all the sea, this is not the merit of the hotel, because after a while I had to relax on a wild beach and the impressions were the same, even better! What started it all. In the middle of the rest, a small storm began, it happened closer to dinner and everyone was blown out of the water. But why be offended by the elements? Let's go to dinner. The next day, as it turned out, our plastic pontoon broke during a storm. There was a small wave on the sea and people began to climb into the water themselves, although the guards periodically drove people out of the water. Then someone injured his leg on the corals and no one else was allowed to go to the water. This went on for several days, although the bus brought people to the beach, and the administration did not warn vacationers that access to the water was closed. Then when the weather became excellent and the pontoon had already been repaired, the administration completely lost all conscience, they shamelessly hung a sign that the weather would be bad for another three days. The guards suddenly stopped understanding both Russian and English, they pointed to the inscription, and when asked why other beaches were open 300 meters away, they answered “I don’t understand English”
But why did we come to Sharm El Sheikh? ! Eat their "gourmet meals" or swim in the sea, watch corals, fish? the question is purely rhetorical... without the sea, Egypt as a resort would be bent, there is nothing to do there. If you have already been to Egypt and seen enough of their attractions, and then sooner or later you understand - the sea + corals is all that they have and this is what it is worth going there for!

Separately, it is worth mentioning the indifferent person with blond hair, who is sitting opposite the reception. When people were indignant and complained to her about lawlessness on the beach, she answered with displeasure that she had already written a letter to the chief... Well, of course, who are we? Cattle... After all, she so often communicated nicely with people who have power in this hotel. And when, in my opinion, a glaring incident occurred in a restaurant, she quickly grabbed a dish from our table and rushed off somewhere. Looks like she did not know that we are filming all this...
There were no apologies from the administration or the proud chef, but the mold accidentally found on the bottom of the cake is not a fly or a cockroach! Mold poison! Moreover, my son suffers from a severe allergy to mold, as if he had eaten it. In general, Egyptian cuisine is not distinguished by sophistication, and in this hotel they even served crabs once, but it seemed to me along with the gills - so the "aroma" was just right!
In general, with regard to this hotel, the impressions were not the best, but if you can’t find a replacement for the rich underwater world of the Red Sea, you would fly to Egypt again.
FOR REFERENCE: "Harmful substances secreted by mold fungi are called mycotoxins. They are also standardized as safety indicators in food products. The carcinogenic effect of mycotoxins has been proven. Moreover, they can also cause acute poisoning, and also cause a decrease in efficiency and a decrease in immunity even with taken in small doses. "
"This is not the type of fungus that is used in the preparation of elite varieties of cheese and wine. The difference between them is like between a toadstool and a noble porcini mushroom. "
Translated automatically from Russian. View original