Moroccan cuisine is delicious.
A mix of smells and tastes completely different from those we are used to.
They are so brilliant using spices, and they are able to put fruit in any kind of dishing, with a perfect natural result!
In Fez there are so many places in which you can choose to eat. Just be careful, cause a negative aspect of Moroccan (probably the only one!) is that they always try to take advantages from tourists, in souvenirs shop as in restaurants.
For your breakfast you will have a lot of chooses: in the Medina most of the restaurants offers good food for a fixed price. The Cafè Jnan Sbil, for example, just at the door of the Medina, offers a very good breakfast for a very low price.
If you want to have lunch or dinner sitting in a quiet place, you will find so many “relaxing” restaurant, and they will seem all the same. Moroccan people don’t have the habit to eat in restaurants, so all the places look pretty tourist, with waiters out in the street trying to “catch” you, proposing the delicious “dish of the day”, or the opportunity to eating in a terrace with a gray view on the city.
The kind of kitchen is always typical, so it’s important to choose well.
In Thami’s, for example, the hospitality will be so friendly, almost festive, and the quality of the food will amaze you. Choose Hakim’s restaurant, instead, if you want to dine under the moonlight on a terrace, with a magical panoramic view on the Medina.
But, if you want to experience the real typical food moment and to eat just like Moroccan people do, so you have to chose one of the many kiosk that you will find on the street. You will recognize them thanks to the smell of meat and (let’s face it) the hygienic condition not completely perfect. You will seat in common tables and you will eat using only your hands. The most common dish in these places is the “Panoche”, a sandwich (in kebab style) stuffed with the typical moroccan meat mix and sauces (sooo yummy!). But you can also find meat dishes with potatoes or moroccan salad. I think that are very good choices for fully living the traditional cuisine on a budget. Panoche costs 10 DM, less than 1 Euro, while for a plenty mix they may ask no more than 2 Euros.
Even Moroccan pastries are not to be underestimated.
Mainly based on almonds, honey and nuts, you can found them in every corner of every street, in typical pastries shops (which are small kiosk, often on wheels).
Very important: don’t be intimidated by the number of flies buzzing around the food, everywhere, otherwise you will fast for the entire stay in Morocco. Just close one eye, put yourself in Moroccan “shoes”, and enjoy their wonderful flavors!
