Restaurants and Moroccan dishes

In Morocco, there are plenty of restaurants both in the city and its surroundings. There are French restaurants, Italian, Oriental and, of course, Moroccans.

Moroccan food is very unique and reflects the culinary traditions of both Arab Berber although French cuisine is widespread evidence of a strong domination of France suffered in the past from Morocco. If you are not attracted by the cuisine of other countries, there will still be possible to eat in different places that serve western cuisine.

Widely used in Moroccan cooking spices like cayenne pepper, saffron, cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, paprika and chilli. The Ras el Hanout is a mixture of spices, between 10 and 30, which each store prepares own recipe traditional and which can also be an idea as a gift to friends and family travel. In Moroccan cuisine are also used mote fresh herbs such as garlic, coriander, mint and parsley.

Beware of the type of restaurant you choose, because of poor sanitation or a particular sensitivity of the stomach can be suffering from diarrhea. The fear of getting sick must not hinder the ability to try different foods.

Beware the water you drink, the better in the bottle, and remember that the cost of the restaurant does not necessarily reflect its quality.

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Couscous, a wheat semolina end, traditional dish of Morocco, served with lamb.
Pastilla or bisteeya, is a dessert of filo pastry filled with shredded chicken or pigeon, mixed with eggs, cinnamon, raisins and almonds.
Tagine is a stew traditionally cooked on a coal fire smoldering in a clay pot: are available in many combinations such as beef with prunes, lemon chicken, lamb with dates, kefta, ie meatballs, eggs, seafood, or just vegetables.
The Tanjia consists of beef or lamb spiced, paper and tied with twine and brought the local hammam, the oven, where the pan is buried in the embers and left to simmer for a couple of hours.
Harira soup is a traditional Berber served as a starter, and consists of tomatoes, lentils, onion, Moroccan spices and chickpeas.
Along the Atlantic coast enjoy fresh produce and choose between bream, oysters, shrimp and lobster.

Moroccan cuisine, what and where to eat in Morocco

Moroccan cuisine is characterized by numerous influences that tell, through food, the long history of the North African country made up of settlers and immigrants with flavors that evoke the Middle East, Andalusia and France. The Berber cuisine is still alive in dishes such as couscous and tagines: the first is a plate of beans semolina grains served with vegetables and meat while the latter is a stew that takes its name from the terracotta dish that is cooked on embers and composed lamb, fish or vegetables.

In Moroccan cuisine play an important role also olives, citrus fruits, coffee and of course spices, such as cumin, turmeric, ginger and pepper that are used in each dish and who approach cinnamon, paprika, to chiles Sahara and saffron. Very often you will taste dishes enriched with cardamom, in this case we speak of sweets, sesame seeds and cloves. What about the parsley and coriander, always purchased together in the Moroccan souks, and the Ras el Hanout, a 20-40 mix of different spices mixed by shopkeepers own recipe traditional and widely used for cooking.

Also, dates and dried fruits are an integral part of the Moroccan diet, especially in the tagine, and are essential during Ramadan, introduced dall'harira, soup largest in Morocco, tomato with chickpeas, meat, lentils and small noodles.

The Moroccan salads can be cooked and raw. The salad consists of raw tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green pepper and coriander while zaalouk, the bakoula and choukchouka are made of different combinations of vegetables and spices cooked together in a pan.

If you are wondering where to eat in Morocco know that you can choose from various types of restaurants, including the classic ones and those on the grill where you can sample tasty and inexpensive. In markets you will find many stalls selling bread, preserved lemons, dried fruit, but also soups, stews and meat skewers. The new towns offer a wide variety of restaurants, from Moroccan to international, from pizzerias to fast food.

The Mohamed VI tower

The tower will be built in Casablanca Mohamed VI, 540m high and 114 floors and will be a financial hub and economic and trade in the city of Casablanca.

The tallest tower in Africa and Europe. A tower that will change the future of Morocco and Africa, Morocco as a crossroads of the meeting of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and Europe. A decisive encounter, still seems fate. a fate that brings global rays of Morocco and Africa, a fate that pays tribute to all their peoples.

Ouarzazate

Ouarzazate, old history

Ouarzazate is an ancient city built around 1300, even befor was a small berber village, right now it's grows into becoming a giant open-air cinema.

Ouarzazate modern history

The modern city was Built in 1928, Ouarzazate has gone from astopover city, It is rich of beautiful adobe tan constructions, her most famous ones are the Taourirt Kasbah and the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, both (listed World Heritage Site by the Unesco).

Ouarzazate today

From 1984, Ouarzazate is extreamlly linked to movies. the must famouses movies was “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Asterix and Obelix mission Cleopatra” to “The Sheltering Sky”or “Gladiator”.

Essaouira in pictures

Essaouira formerly known as "Mogador", Its medina has kept its authenticity both in design, shapes, and in terms of materials and construction methods. as you ca see in this those pictures, has retained the beauty and uniqueness of a late eighteenth century fortified city.

Built in Morrocan coast by European (portugal) military architecture of old time. Essaouira is also renowned for windsurfing and kitesurfing, thanks to strong winds that blow almost constantly.

Traditional Moroccan canon on the coast of Essaouira

Essaouira military wall with canons

Old medina of Essaouira

Essaouira medina streeto

Essaouira coast

City center or old medina

Imlil and Toubkal Mountain around Marrakech

Imlil is a small village in the Atlas Mountains, located at 1740 meters above sea level in. The place is best known as the core base for all hikers and climbers in the area. Indeed it is the breakpoint of 90% of hikers seeking to climb Toubkal.

THE MOROCCAN CUISINE

Moroccan cuisine is a cuisine of Mediterranean dishes characterized by Arabs, Berbers and Jews. It 'a North African cuisine that shares with other cuisines of the countries of northern Africa traits but which at the same time has managed to keep its special features that differ from others. We can say that is a kitchen that has undergone various influences, from Asia to the Indian spices and also from Africa. It 'a rich and tasty cuisine. And here are some dishes that you can enjoy by visiting Morocco:

1-Couscous

couscous

2-The Tajine,

Moroccan Tajine

3-Moroccan crepes

Baghrir Moroccan Crepes

4-the Harira

The soup of Harira

5-The mint tea

6-Meat with plums,

7-Moroccan olives

8-The Moroccan pastries

9-The different types of Moroccan bread

Of Moroccan dishes there are so many, I have only tried to give you an idea of the major ones, and in the next post will also find the recipes :).

Erfoud

The town of Erfoud is located in southern Morocco, near the border with Algeria, 280 kilometers from Ouarzazate and 320 south of Meknes, at the foot of the High Atlas, on the road of a thousand Kasbah. Erfoud is located right at the gates of the desert and is often shrouded by heavy sandstorms that creep up to its center.

They are two of the main attractions of the city, the festival of dates and the industry of marble, known for marine fossils dating back 360 million years ago, but Erfoud is also a great base camp for exploring the desert and its extraordinary landscapes and infinite. The marble quarries are many beautiful and only 15 kilometers from the city. Here is extracted a black marble wonderful.

Not far from the city is Borj Est, a hill overlooking the valley and offers an incredible view of the oasis, the palm grove Tizini and desert dunes that turn pink at sunset.

Erfoud to make sure you try a traditional dish called Kalia, a stew of mutton or goat cooked with 40 different spices and served with eggs, vegetables and parsley.

Erfoud is reachable with a rental car by bus and taxi. Coaches CTM connect Erfoud to Merzouga. Near the post office there is a taxi rank. To reach Tinerhir, the city built in the middle of one of the most beautiful oases of southern Morocco, you can take two private lines that start at 11.30 and 15.00

What to see in Meknes

The rich imperial past of Meknes is still easy to appreciate thanks to the many monuments that the city guards. In addition to the souq, not as large as those of Fez or Marrakech but equally interesting and lively, this city designed by Sultan Moulay Ismail, who has transformed from a provincial center for a spectacular imperial capital during the late 17th century, Meknes is full of beautiful palaces, beautiful gardens, houses with balconies of the Jewish Quarter, the narrow alleys of the old mellah and more.

In the western corner of the Medina is the Plaza el Hedim where legend has it that the buildings were demolished by the sultan to make way for this massive square that was to serve as the entrance to his residence built, yet always narratives, with building materials coming from the nearby archaeological site of Volubilis.

Meknes

The imperial city of Meknes is located in the plain of Saiss, between the mountains of the Middle Atlas and the Rif in northern Morocco, 130 kilometers from Rabat. Inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage monuments, Meknes is also known as the Versailles of Morocco or the city of a hundred minarets.

Established in 1061 as a military stronghold, named after the Berber tribe Meknassa that dominated the eastern part of the country since the eighth century. The whole city is a wonderful example of the blending of architecture Spanish and Arabic, and part of the city, such as the large doors were built with materials looted from archaeological site of Volubilis.

The city of Meknes was the first great work of the Alawite dynasty and is now considered an exemplary witness of the fortified towns of the Maghreb. Surrounded by thick walls, 40 km long and with bulwarks that reach 15 feet high, carved from 9 monumental gates, inside stroll through beautiful Spanish-Moorish style buildings dating back to the 1600s.

The fabric of the city of Meknes is unique and is made from the Medina, the Kasbah, 25 mosques, 10 hammams and several barns and buildings.

Do not miss
A 31 km north of Meknes is the largest Roman site in Morocco, Volubilis. The magnitude of this settlement is testified from the Arch of Triumph, the capitol and the house of Bacchus.
The Bab Mansour, incomparable beauty.
The El Mansour palace, built in 1800 and now a bazaar.