Last day in Morocco

After we got ready to leave the hotel for Marrakesh, we had breakfast. It was almost same as what we had the day before. But we've got mssamen this morning. This is a good opportunity to see if what I made is close to what others make.

Compared to what I made, this is less doughy and fluffier. To be honest, I liked this better. Also, I could feel the layers when I ate it. I really liked their mssamen. I should probably knead a bit less to avoid gluten formation or experiment with softer flour. Anyway, I'll have to make some adjustments because I assume the flour I can get in the US is slightly different (just because I used a regular flour in Morocco doesn't mean I can all replace it with all purpose flour).



Then, we left the hotel. On the way back to Marrakesh, we stopped by a BBQ restaurant. The meat (lamb) was hanging at the front of the restaurant. When it's really hot, I don't know how safe this would be. But it'll be grilled anyway. Do as the Romans do!

We just picked the meat and told them how much we wanted. There were two options for cooking: kefta and chops. We ordered both.

                    For kefta, they ground the meat in front of us and made the kefta right then.

                                     Both kefta and chops were grilled in front of the restaurant.


While we were waiting for the meat to be grilled, we had tea, bread and some appetizers.

                                  This is very refreshing. I would call it Moroccan pico de gallo?

Lamb chops 

                                                                               Kefta


Grilled tomato and onions on top of the meat made it even better. This is not something I can do everywhere. A very precious experience.

On the way to Marrakesh, we had some nice chats. One of the topics was the freshness of ingredients. I rarely saw canned foods while I was in Morocco. Considering the location of Marrakesh (not close to any seaports and the area looks too dry to grow plants), I thought it'd be difficult to get fresh foods all the time. Even in the Atlas, I didn't see canned foods. They do use dried foods a lot, though. The Moroccan driver told me that making foods from scratch is very important in Morocco. I really hope they keep it that way.

I really enjoyed the stay in Morocco. Everything is so different. I believe seeing and experiencing new/different things is the best part of traveling. Morocco was the best place for that purpose.

I'm flying to Marseille tonight then taking a train to Paris tomorrow. That's the last destination of this trip for me.