Your Guide to Baladi Meat Cuts — How to Choose Right

What is Baladi Meat?

Baladi meat comes from locally raised cattle in Egypt. It has a stronger, richer flavor than imported meat because the animals are naturally fed and free-range.

Essential Meat Cuts

1. Fillet (Tenderloin)

The most tender and most expensive cut. A whole 300kg bull only yields 4-5kg of fillet — two strips, left and right. That's what makes it the rarest cut.

Real baladi fillet is deep red, butter-soft, with almost no sinew or fat. Grilled over charcoal over natural charcoal — meat this good needs nothing else.

At العم مشمش, fillet is grilled in front of you over charcoal — you see the baladi meat before it hits the flame. Over 45 years of expertise in every bite.

💡 **Tip**: Best if you love tender, lean meat.

2. Entrecôte (Rib Eye)

The entrecôte has the marbling — internal fat distributed through the meat like a web. When grilled over charcoal, that fat renders and gives the meat an incredible flavor.

Baladi entrecôte is deep red with bright white fat — that's what sets it apart from imported. Grilled over natural charcoal — the fat inside does all the work.

3. Lamb Chops

One of the most famous baladi grilled items. Grilled over charcoal over natural charcoal — baladi lamb needs nothing more. At العم مشمش, served regular or boneless.

4. Baladi Kofta

Minced meat with onions and baladi spices, shaped on skewers and grilled over charcoal. Our kofta method goes back generations — baladi meat over natural charcoal.

5. Kebab

Baladi beef pieces seasoned with onion juice and baladi spices, arranged on skewers and grilled over charcoal. Tender with a distinctive flavor.

6. Baladi Sausage

Baladi sausage stuffed with minced meat, onion juice and baladi spices. Grilled and served with tahini. One of the most delicious baladi specialties.

7. Tarb

Minced meat wrapped in mandeel (thin fat membrane). When grilled, it melts and gives the meat a unique rich flavor.

8. Costaleta

A rib cut with the long bone attached — like the tomahawk you see at fancy restaurants, but ours is baladi and over charcoal.

Meat on the bone is 10x more flavorful — the bone adds extra taste and lets it cook slowly, coming out perfectly tender.

At العم مشمش, costaleta is grilled over natural charcoal over slow coals — it needs time to reach perfection.

💡 **Tip**: Order it when you want to impress at a gathering — the look and taste put on a show.

9. Kalawy Mshmsh — العم مشمش Exclusive

Baladi kidneys at العم مشمش are prepared differently — cleaned right and grilled over charcoal over natural charcoal. A unique flavor you won't find elsewhere.

💡 **Tip**: If you've never tried kidneys, this is your chance — at العم مشمش they're done right.

How to Choose the Right Cut?

العم مشمش's Tip

If it's your first time ordering from us, try the mixed grill — you'll taste everything and know what you love most. Then order your favorite by the kilo!