Archive for Morocco Food

• Tafraoute – Eating

  In addition to the hotels (of which the Tanger, the Tafraout and the Salama all have reasonable restaurants, the range offering a vegetarian tajine among other dishes), there are a few restaurants in the town: Cafe-Restaurant Etoile d'Agadir. A great little place, serving classic tajines (lamb wi...

• Sidi Ifni – Eating

  There isn't a vast choice of paces to eat in Sidi Ifni, but what there is should suf­fice. Of the hotels, the Suerte Loca has the best restaurant, though you can eat nearly as well and much more cheaply at the Ere Nouvelle. Other cheap options include a spit-roast chicken joint, Snack Les Fle...

• Moroccan Tea

  The national drink is mint tea (atay deeyal naanaa in Arabic, thé a la menthe in French, "Whisky Marocain" as locals boast), Chinese gunpowder green tea flavored with sprigs of mint (naanaa in Arabic: the gift of Allah) and sweetened with a minimum of four cubes of sugar per cup, or four lumps knoc...

• Moroccan Style Eating

  Eating in local cafés, or if invited to a home, you may find yourself using your hands rather than a knife and fork when Moroccan style eating. Muslims eat only with the right hand (the left is used for the toilet), and you should do likewise. Hold the bread between the fingers and use your thumb a...

• Restaurants in Morocco

  Eating in Morocco More expensive dishes, available in some of the Medina cafés as well as in the restaurants in Morocco, include fish, particularly on the coast, and chicken (poulet), either spit-roasted (rotl) or in a tajine with lemon and olives (poulet aux olives et citran). You will sometim...

• Cafes in Morocco

  Eating and Drinking in Morocco Like accommodations, food in Morocco falls into two basic categories: ordinary Moroccan meals served in the Medina cafés (or bought from stalls), and French­ influenced tourist menus in most of the hotel s and Ville Nouvelle restaurants. There are exceptions - cheap...