Levantine Grilled Quail

Every autumn thousands of quail fly over Alexandria from Central Europe on their way to their winter habitat in the Sudan. The long journey forces the birds to make a pit stop on Alexandria’s coast where nets laid by Bedouin trappers await them. The original quail restaurant in Alexandria was known by three names: Uncle Elias, Malek El Seman and Byasa, the latter allegedly a bastardized pronunciation of the Italian word piazza, where it was located. Once owned by a Lebanese restauran