Monday, March 19, 2012

Dinner Time!! Monday 3/19

Tonight we ate dinner at a restaurant in the city called Dar Naji. 
The food was excellent once again!

Getting seated for dinner on semi-traditional Moroccan seats. They are usually closer to the floor, these were like regular chair height.

The menu, printed on leather.


Beautiful traditional Moroccan light fixture.

Appetizer #1 - Each pile is chopped up eggplant, carrots, and tomatoes mixed with herbs like cilantro, onions, and more with an olive on top.

Appetizer #2 - A fried patty of minced chicken, potato and roasted almonds covered with powdered sugar and cinnamon.

Entree #1 
Rfissa - curried chicken with onions over shredded bread. 
The shredded bread was very similar to paratha roti or buss up shut roti that is made in the Caribbean.

Entree #2 - Beef Tagine with prunes and half of a boiled egg. 

The national Moroccan drink is sweet green mint tea. 
Here is the waiter pouring it in the traditional way for us after our meal.
The higher a man can pour tea, the stronger he is supposed to be - or so they say in Morocco.


Entrance to the restaurant.

Leaving with a smile!

10 comments:

  1. luv the lights, and dont forget my souviner (i cant spell)

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  2. did the tea actually get into the cup? it looked like he was trying to spill it on the table

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  3. The tea did get into the cups, even though it does look like it is about to spill. He had a lot of cups to fill for all of us.

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  4. That sure does look like a lot of food, you'll be working out when you get home. How was the curry different than our curry here, was it spicier? No dessert?

    Samantha A

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  5. souvenir, my mom spell it for me (katlin P)lol

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  6. When it comes to lights you could tell that Morocco is very creative

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  7. Did you have an allergic reaction to any of these foods? And I wish our American menus were printed on LEATHER! :(

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    1. Fortunately, I have not had any allergic reactions to the food. I told the coordinator of the trip before hand about my food allergies, so she was sure to ask if there was anything I am allergic to in the food options before I ordered so she could let me know what I shouldn't eat.

      Thanks for asking!

      American menus could be a bit more creative like this.:)

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  8. That was very smart. And yeah, I wish we were as creative... *sigh*

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