a in M - food

i didn't really expect to like the food in Morocco. but then, the only times i'd eaten couscous was at the high school cafeteria, and it was really bad, as is all food prepared for 3,000 students. as it turned out, though, i loved it. LOVED it!

i started by sampling tajines, and that's what i had most while i was there. tajines are really more a way of cooking: whatever food you've chosen is cooked in this closed and very funnily-shaped dish that is set over a grill, and sometimes the top of it, which is open, is covered with a tomato (to stop the air from going out or to check how the cooking's coming along??). then we of course had grilled meat on the Jemaa el Fna square, most of which was fine, but the best grilled meat we had was in a small diner and a cafe (grilled lamb chops and merguez sandwich respectively). it was really good. on my last day i also, finally, tried couscous, and yep, it was just as delicious as everything else i'd eaten.

funnily enough, i didn't have a single stomach problem while i was there, but upon coming back, i did: maybe there's something wrong with the food i eat here??