From the 6th arrondissement,
to the west of Cairo.

Chapter one

Camille trained under a Meilleur Ouvrier de France in Paris's 6th arrondissement, spending five years perfecting the fold before moving to Cairo in 2021. The first Lumière bake sold out from a folding table at a Zamalek farmers' market in forty minutes.

Two years later we signed the lease on The Courtyard's ground floor — a room with the morning light the pastries deserved. The oven was lit on day one and hasn't gone cold since.

The room

We designed the café around the sun: east-facing windows for breakfast, a shaded terrace for the afternoon, candlelight when the natural wine comes out at dusk. No screens on the walls, no rush on the tables.

The playlist is French jazz until noon. After that, whatever Camille is in the mood for.