Eating out is one of the giant attractions of Morocco. Morocco’s traditional, elaborate haute cuisine dishes are excellent, healthy and good good value.
It is easy to see why Robert Carrier, celebrated cook and food writer, once described Moroccan food as among the most inspiring in the world.
The variety of ingredients and spices used is impressive. Morocco’s wealth of fresh, locally grown comestibles creates a surplus of a meat, fish, fruit, root veg, nuts and savoury spices, so integral to classic Moroccan cuisine.
With Arab, Berber, Roman, African, French and Spanish influences, the Moroccan food definitely reflects the state’s rich cultural heritage.
Moroccan Specialities :
Harira - a rich soup made with chick peas and lentils
Pastilla - a pigeon-meat pastry made of many different layers of thick flaky dough, almonds and cinnamon
Couscous - a dish primarily based on steamed semolina that can be mixed with egg, chicken, lamb or vegetables
Tajine - a slow stew, regularly rich and fragrant, using marinated lamb or chicken. It is named after the conical-shaped earthenware dish it is cooked in
Hout - fish version of the tajine stew
Djaja mahamara - chicken full of almonds, semolina and raisins
Mchoui - pit-roasted mutton
Kab-el-ghzal - ( gazelle’s horns ) almond pastries in crescent shapes and covered with icing sugar
.. Are your tastes tingling yet?
Moroccan drinks :
Mint Tea - an integral part of Moroccan life. It is intensely refreshing and made with green tea, fresh mint and plenty of sugar
Coffee - Arabic style, is extremely powerful, thick and black
Freshly-squeezed fruit juice - from local oranges or lemons
Local lager - 3 regionally produced lagers are Flag Special, Stork and Casablanca
Local wine - this is wonderful. Labels to look out for include Guerrouane, Beau Vallon and Gris de Boulaoune
restaurants : usually serve French, Italian or Spanish cuisine as well as characteristic Moroccan dishes. The three-course fixed menus are inexpensive.
Bars : can have either waiter or counter service. Laws on alcohol are liberal for non-Muslim visitors and in most tourist areas bars will stay open late. Wines, beers and spirits are widely available, while the Moroccan versions offer the highest value for money.
many of the souks have stalls selling kebabs ( brochettes ) regularly served with a piquant sauce. Other Moroccan dishes can be eaten in tiny, basic restaurants in the souks or medinas. They are cheap, simply served but mouth wateringly heavenly.
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