 Besides for women, Farouk had something of a mania for collecting things ranging from Coca-Cola bottles to European art to ancient Egyptian antiques.Farouk also become addicted to eating and drinking soft-drinks, ordering his French chefs at the Abdeen palace to cook enormous meals of the finest French food, which he devoured and which caused him to become obese.Farouk came to be known as "the king of the night" owing to the amount of time he spent in the exclusive "Auberge des Pyramides" nightclub in Cairo, where he spent his time socializing, smoking cigars and drinking orangeade.