I was going to write a long, thoughtful post about arriving in Morocco and getting terribly, terribly lost in Casablanca today. I was going to make joyful noises about the realization that my French is still very much there, somewhere under the surface of the usable parts of my brain, so much so that every time we are asked where we are from and I say Canada the auto reply is, oh, Montreal? I gave up on correcting them. I am now from Montreal, just so you know.
Anyway, I’m horribly jet lagged and il fait tres lourd and it’s rather hot and I can’t be bothered to write anything sensible.
So I will torment you.
Here is a brief photo essay of what we ate today.
I won’t even mention how Air France forced us (yes, forced us!) to accept multiple glasses of champagne on the flight and had open bar Camembert.
Let’s start with lunch.
Goat cheese, fresh figs, greens.
Then after a very long period of getting lost and failing to get a taxi driver that knew where he was going, followed by a very jet lagged nap at the hotel, we paused for a cafe au lait up the street.
We paused for a cafe au lait and fresh orange juice while waiting for the restaurant to open at 8.
We went here for dinner.
I suppose it could theoretically be more pleasant.
For starters (gratuit, oui).
Very understated olives. In a good way.
Then we ordered a light salad to share.
When you order salad, this is what you get.
It comes with bread.
Very fresh, chewy, squidgy bread for smooshing up the roasted veggies.
And we shared a lamb and onion tagine.
Does this qualify as food porn?
There was also a very pleasing, very affordable bottle of white wine but I forgot to take a picture as I was too busy drinking it.
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“but I forgot to take a picture as I was too busy drinking it.” As you should have been. These photos look looovely, or should I say, votre photos sont très belles!
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Merci! It’s so nice to be in a country (besides my own) where I totally understand what’s going on and can actually communicate fluently. It’s been a long time.
I WOULD be terribly jealous if I hadn’t spent the last few days in Macau eating amazing food of all varieties… including salted caramel cupcakes. Who’s jealous now?
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Yes, I saw those. Consider the glove thrown down. I’m afraid we must now post pics of terribly yummy things TO THE DEATH!
I cannot wait to eat this food when I go to Morocco in October! How lovely. And you even had wine? Perfect! Looking forward to hearing more.
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And it was good, affordable wine too! Under $20 (150 dirhams, I think) in a fancy place. We were very happy to splurge. Not sure what we’ll have available after this week as Ramadan starts Friday, I think.
Wooooo… I’m jealous! And hungry… I’m on a special diet right now, and I can’t most of that stuff. But I want too!!!! NOM NOM NOM.
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A no fun diet? How awful! Surely you could at least have the salads!
Am officially jealous, esp of the salads and the courtyard of the restaurant.
Have fun in Casablanca.
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The salads and the courtyard yet very well together!