MOROCCo

This was the first leg of a trip & it was such an amazing start. Firstly, Marrakech is hands down the craziest city I’ve been to so far. It’s incredibly incredibly busy and there just so much going on. If you’re at the main square, Jemaa el-Fna, you’ll get a first hand look at just how busy it actually is. Vendors of all sorts, restaurants, pomegranate juice stands, snake charmers, monkeys doing tricks, donkeys, taxis…you get the point. Stroll around and you’re bound to get lost in the mazelike Medina.

Meals here are so special. Starting with the best breakfasts spreads you can think of: breads, cheeses, jams, eggs, juices, and a very delicious almond + argan oil butter called amlou. Tagines are also outstanding. The two that we saw and ate the most were lamb with prunes and almonds and chicken with preserved lemon. Mkaoura, a meatball tagine with soft scrambled egg on top was also super memorable. Bastilla and bessara also remain high on my favorite dish list.

Two recommendations I would give are to: take a trip out to the Agafay desert as well as the Atlas mountains. Both experiences were amazing! We were able to glamp in the desert & visit + cook with a Berber family in the mountains.

PS. Drink all the mint tea that you can!