Anthony samples a traditional Egyptian breakfast in this clip from Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. Watch No Reservations Monday at 10pm on Travel Channel and get more Bourdain at http://travelchannel.com/Bourdain

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The quintessential Egyptian breakfast is something called Fooll. Topped away in the side street of the downtown neighborhood is a cart like many hundreds of others that's been serving Fooll for over 35 years. It's served with a side of pickle vegetables here and always eaten with a lot of Egyptian Flat Bread. This is important to know, the Fooll is basically something to scoop with or so breaded. It's the smaller component in what for many poor Egyptians is the main meal until dinner. A lot of bread, a little Fooll. Now, worldwide the price of basic staples like flour and rice and cooking oil has doubled. So what you see in here is simple dish of beans, a stack of bread is a vital equation that can very lightly determine the future of the country.