lunch in marrakesh
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The first time I had heard of tajine was when we visited Luxor. I find it a surprising meal choice for places with hot climates because it's essentially a stew, and I associate stews with cold winter evenings. We were reunited with the dish in Marrakesh and ate a different kind, almost daily.
We planned on another restaurant for lunch but were at Majorelle Garden a lot longer than anticipated, so we just popped into the café that was attached. They let us hang out in this room with a beautiful orange wall. A cute little cat pranced in and whined for some food and stayed for awhile. This definitely will not be the end of cat photos from Marrakesh - they're everywhere. They all looked pretty healthy for strays; they must know to go to the tourists for food. It's kind of ridiculous how many pictures we have of the cats. If we owned one, I would be one of those people who sits around all day taking cat videos and uploading them to youtube.
We planned on another restaurant for lunch but were at Majorelle Garden a lot longer than anticipated, so we just popped into the café that was attached. They let us hang out in this room with a beautiful orange wall. A cute little cat pranced in and whined for some food and stayed for awhile. This definitely will not be the end of cat photos from Marrakesh - they're everywhere. They all looked pretty healthy for strays; they must know to go to the tourists for food. It's kind of ridiculous how many pictures we have of the cats. If we owned one, I would be one of those people who sits around all day taking cat videos and uploading them to youtube.
After we spent a few minutes being entertained by the cat, we ate lemon/olive/chicken/potato tajines, shared a smoothie made of avocado, dates, almonds, and milk, then drank a tea called "mystérieuse médina". We ended the meal with nutella crepes. Needless to say, it was a pretty great lunch.
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oooh. What kind of tea was mysterious medina?
ReplyDeleteI love the colors in these photos, they're really beautiful. And that cat is so sweet... Not helping my urge to get a pet!
ReplyDeleteI love that cat. I would have somehow sneaked it home with me!
ReplyDeleteCat is too cute - these photos are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe cat pictures are very cute! I love how much detail you captured on the woven bowls for the food.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. If I wasn't too flaky to have pets, I would totally have stolen that cat.
ReplyDeleteBeth - It was a blue tea with coriander and star anise.
That cat! Adorable!
ReplyDeleteI'm so in LOVE with your blog, the photos are gorgeous, amazing, lovely!
ReplyDeletethis looks phenomenal. i badly want to visit Maraakesh.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I so envy your ability to travel to so many exciting places! Reading your blog always feels like a mini-vacation. :)
ReplyDeleteStunning pics! I swear that same cat followed me around Marrakech too!
ReplyDeleteLemon/Olives/Chicken tajine is the best one !!!
ReplyDeleteI had so many tajines when i was in Morocco...!
Have fun guys !
I LOVE these pictures! So beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteLiesl :)
Wow, that tajine sounds amazing! I had tea in that same cafe almost four years ago...all of your posts on Marrakech are making me want to go back immediately!
ReplyDeletesuch a gorgeous orange, the colours there look amazing and I love the cat photos too.
ReplyDeleteThomas and I would be those kind of cat owners too haha, we already sit around watching cat videos on youtube as it is :)
The quality of your photos is excellent, and those nutella crepes...oh my goodness!
ReplyDeletei'm planning to go there! really lovely post!!!
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