We ate the same things throughout the whole trip. Our meal usually started with a soup, then a Moroccan salad (first pic) which is quite good. Then Tajine. What is Tajine?
According to the definition in Wikipedia, "A tajine (tah-zheen) is a Moroccan dish as well as a special pot for preparing this dish. The traditional tajine pot is formed entirely of a heavy clay which is sometimes painted or glazed. It consists of two parts; a bottom which is flat and circular with low sides, and a large cone or dome shaped cover that rests inside of the bottom during cooking. The cover is so designed to promote the return of all condensate to the bottom. With the cover removed, the bottom is open and shallow for easy serving at the table."
The shape of the special pot is shown in the third pic, but usually it is made of clay instead of metal. The one in the pic is just a modified one for serving bread. And you can see the second pic for the uncovered tajine.
Basically, it can be chicken, beef or lamb. No pork, coz Morocco is an Islamic country. I love dipping bread into the sauce. Tastes very good.
The bad thing about Moroccan dishes is that it's cold... ok, Tajine is hot, but bread is cold, salad is cold... Tajine gets cold quite quickly (maybe it's because of the weather). And when we're cold, we don't like cold food. We'll probably feel different if we are in Morocco in summer.
If you're going to Morocco, there's no need to bring cup noodles. The food is acceptable. Don't bring ten packs of instant noodles and end up giving them to the local tour guide (that's what people in my tour group did, haha!!)
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