& mdash; Be sure to be vigilant with & nbsp; raw vegetables, & nbsp; & mdash; instructs me in & nbsp; Hurghada travel agent Lyudmila , working with & nbsp; local hotels for 20 & nbsp; years. & mdash; & nbsp; They are fresh, from the & nbsp; market. But & nbsp; in some kitchens, tomato cucumbers are poorly washed, and & nbsp; and & nbsp; and & nbsp; the tap water itself in & nbsp; Egypt leaves much to be desired. See the iceberg lettuce leaves? Definitely don't & nbsp; eat. Careful with & nbsp; ice in & nbsp; cocktails & nbsp; & mdash; even in & nbsp; five-star hotels it is not made from & nbsp; mineral water. Ignore mayonnaise salads, try not to & nbsp; there is nothing containing mayonnaise & nbsp; & mdash; in the & nbsp; heat, this environment is simply ideal for the growth of bacteria. Remember & nbsp; & mdash; you & nbsp; after all, not & nbsp; at home, but & nbsp; in & nbsp; Africa.
31 & nbsp; October this year at & nbsp; five-star hotel AMC Royal in & nbsp; Hurghada during & nbsp; lunch time on & nbsp; system “ buffet '' poisoned with snacks and & nbsp; ended up in & nbsp; hospital 29 & nbsp; Russian tourists. Fortunately, there were no severe cases & nbsp; was & nbsp; & mdash; most of our people were discharged from the hospital in a couple of days. The Egyptian authorities closed AMC & nbsp; Royal, and & nbsp; at the same time and & nbsp; 18 more resort hotels in Hurghada and & nbsp; Sharm el-Sheikh, revealing unsanitary conditions in & nbsp; kitchens. Why is this happening, and & nbsp; how not to go on & nbsp; rest in & nbsp; Egypt, so as not to thunder from the & nbsp; beach to & nbsp; resuscitation? From & nbsp; personal experience, the AIF columnist tried to find out.
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“All inclusive” for & nbsp; 550 rubles
… & mdash; You cannot stay in & nbsp; hotels where ONLY Russian tourists live! & mdash; & nbsp; explains travel agency owner in & nbsp; Hurghada Mohammed Shabir … & mdash; & nbsp; Why? Unfortunately, tour operators from & nbsp; RF are not & nbsp; very willing to check the living conditions of compatriots. In & nbsp; hotels, where citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany are accommodated, sometimes operations are carried out, as in a detective series: a special agent arrives and & nbsp; secretly tastes food all week. Your & nbsp; same tourism figures are always concerned only with the fact that the hotel “ bend '' a & nbsp; lower price, and & nbsp; better & nbsp; weld. I once saw a man measure with a “ centimeter '' in a hotel for Finnish tourists. pillow (!) & mdash; Does it fit the size you want? I lay down on the & nbsp; bed, felt the blanket. At & nbsp; you & nbsp; no one & nbsp; worries that the supposedly “ five-star '' the hotel, like AMC & nbsp; Royal, sells accommodation for & nbsp; 15 & nbsp; dollars (1 & nbsp; 100 rubles & nbsp; & mdash; Aut.) for & nbsp; night. This means that for & nbsp; food and & nbsp; alcohol under the & nbsp; all-inclusive system spent … 550 rubles per & nbsp; day. And & nbsp; what can you feed for & nbsp; that kind of money? Only rubbish. It's good that people are still alive.
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Why fish and & nbsp; chicken are dried
… This is African specific: 'five stars' one hotel in & nbsp; Egypt may differ from & nbsp; another, like heaven and & nbsp; earth. Let's say the hotel received a rating 20 years ago & nbsp; for a bribe, and & nbsp; since & nbsp; then everything has remained in & nbsp; place & nbsp; & mdash; although the quality of the food has deteriorated and the rooms are dilapidated. I & nbsp; in & nbsp; Hurghada visited & nbsp; different levels of the “ housing stock '', and & nbsp; well noticeable & nbsp; & mdash; in & nbsp; one “ five-star '' the hotel can be fed with frozen chicken and & nbsp; dried vegetables, the & nbsp; other will already serve baked lamb, salmon, fresh fish. The price, of course, differed by & nbsp; three times. You should pay attention to & nbsp; when booking a trip: do not & nbsp; be naive and & nbsp; do not & nbsp; count & nbsp; & mdash; Egypt is a cheap and & nbsp; impoverished country, so everything here costs a penny. Once upon a time it was really so and & nbsp; was, but & nbsp; now times have changed & nbsp; & mdash; In the & nbsp; era of the coronavirus, food prices have risen considerably, and & nbsp; individual hotels are openly “ cheating '' by purchasing food of the lowest quality. In this case, problems with the & nbsp; stomach of tourists are inevitable. Naturally, hoteliers try to comply with certain security measures & nbsp; & mdash; a scandal out of the blue is not needed by anyone. You will prefer not to & nbsp; serve medium rare meat (that & nbsp; is with & nbsp; blood) & nbsp; & mdash; little & nbsp; is that. Similarly, do and & nbsp; with & nbsp; fish & nbsp; & mdash; that's why she's at the & nbsp; buffet pretty dry & nbsp; & mdash; after all, seafood in & nbsp; in case of insufficient heat treatment is a dangerous thing. A similar story and & nbsp; with & nbsp; chicken, turkey: did it strike you & nbsp; eyes that the dishes from & nbsp; poultry in & nbsp; hotels are dry, overcooked? & Nbsp; Egyptian chefs have instructions & nbsp; & mdash; don't & nbsp; leave nothing raw.
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'We recruited staff from the & nbsp; street'
… & mdash; I & nbsp; guess the difficulty in & nbsp; next, & nbsp; & mdash; considers the manager of the Fort Arabesque hotel Nabil Kama … & mdash; & nbsp; After the terrible terrorist attack in & nbsp; Sharm el-Sheikh in & nbsp; 2015 and & nbsp; the termination of flights from & nbsp; RF closed hotels that worked only with & nbsp; Russian tourists. Now flights from & nbsp; Russia have suddenly resumed, and & nbsp; personnel for the “ Russians '' hotels were recruited urgently & nbsp; & mdash; literally from the & nbsp; street. This is probably what caused chaos in the & nbsp; kitchen. Out of nowhere they got people, it is not clear who was engaged in products & nbsp; & mdash; the situation is very predictable. & Nbsp; we have fifteen hundred guests in the & nbsp; hotel, and & nbsp; we & nbsp; will never & nbsp; do & nbsp; & mdash; there is always a special approach to & nbsp; food. People eat every day, you need to feed them & nbsp; varied, good products. Caution should be observed, everything should be checked ten times, not be lazy. You can't relax. It will turn out to be & nbsp; the whole dinner a single stale chicken, and & nbsp; its & nbsp; meat will go to & nbsp; salads & nbsp; & mdash; dozens of people can get poisoned at once.
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Demand compensation
… The main Egyptian resorts & nbsp; & mdash; and & nbsp; Hurghada, and & nbsp; Sharm el-Sheikh are actually in the & nbsp; desert: from & nbsp; large settlements it takes about three hours to get there. To bring tons of food, you need large suppliers with & nbsp; large refrigerators, serious companies & nbsp; & mdash; their & nbsp; services are not cheap. It happened that the owners of inexpensive hotels buy food from dubious traders, only those & nbsp; would give the food at a bargain price. Despite & nbsp; checks from & nbsp; by western tour operators, they are poisoned at & nbsp; & quot; buffets & quot; and & nbsp; European tourists & nbsp; & mdash; in & nbsp; 2017, 17 & nbsp; British holidaymakers were in & nbsp; hospital after dinner at the & nbsp; Jaz Aquamarine hotel. Having filed with the & nbsp; court, the British received compensation: 60 & nbsp; 000 pounds sterling (almost 6 & nbsp; million rubles & nbsp; & mdash; Auth.) However, I & nbsp; have not yet & nbsp; heard that money for spoiled vacation was paid to our citizens. “ A detailed analysis of the purchased products is required, & nbsp; & mdash; sure hotel manager & bdquo; Premier le & nbsp; Roar & ldquo; in & nbsp; Hurghada Fuket Zakaria … & mdash; & nbsp; We & nbsp; personally check each item, and & nbsp; there was & nbsp; there was & nbsp; a single case of suppliers trying to deceive us. Otherwise, we & nbsp; will refuse & nbsp; cooperation, and & nbsp; competition in & nbsp; Egypt is high. Our kitchen employs 60 & nbsp; employees, with & nbsp; compliance with high security measures & nbsp; & mdash; overalls, masks and & nbsp; gloves. You need to feed 800 people & nbsp; & mdash; we bake lambs, we do themed evenings: seafood, Indian or Chinese cuisine. Poorly fried meat or fish, we & nbsp; on the & nbsp; table do not & nbsp; let & nbsp; & mdash; it might not be & nbsp; so tasty, but & nbsp; but safe. I & nbsp; advise Russian tourists not to be negligent about & nbsp; their vacations, but & nbsp; carefully read reviews about & nbsp; hotels that they & nbsp; recommend. If there are frequent complaints about & nbsp; food & nbsp; & mdash; please select another hotel '.
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… In conversations with & nbsp; me, tourism workers in Hurghada often scolded the “ short-sighted '' vacationers from & nbsp; RF & nbsp; & mdash; they say, they buy a tour for & nbsp; a week for & nbsp; 17 & nbsp; 000 rubles in & nbsp; any hotel, and & nbsp; then poison: how short-sighted. Better to stay in more expensive hotels, there is less risk and & nbsp; food is much better: just something and nbsp; business. “ In & nbsp; us in & nbsp; regions it is & nbsp; someone's monthly salary, & nbsp; & mdash; answered & nbsp; me. & mdash; & nbsp; To save those & nbsp; seventeen thousand for & nbsp; vacation, you have to cut yourself every month, save money. '' Read reviews, and & nbsp; be picky about the choice of hotel you really need. But & nbsp; and & nbsp; large Russian tour operators should carefully check the kitchens of Egyptian hotels, and & nbsp; knock out financial compensation for tourists in the & nbsp; case of “ jambs ''. You & nbsp; actually sell people a vacation, and & nbsp; not & nbsp; a voucher for a & nbsp; hospital bed.
Food in Hurghada hotels
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Food in Hurghada hotels
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