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🇲🇦 Tangier-Tetouan
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Every Place Bourdain Visited in Tangier-Tetouan
9 placesCafé Tinjis
Rue Khatimi
Tony had espresso with Jonathan Dawson, British journalist
Saveur de Poisson
Rue de la Liberté شارع الحرية
Restaurant serving tagine. Tony had fresh olives; roasted walnuts; warm bread; tagine with baby shark, calamari, and monkfish with fresh mountain spinach; shark kebabs; strawberries, pine nuts, and honey
Café Baba
Rue Amrah
A cafe serving hashish. "There is one particular cafe in the heart of the kasbah that's drawn in foreign dignitaries, rock stars, aristocrats, and artists since it opened its doors in 1943," Tony explained. Afterward they went directly across the street to a vendor selling spanish omelets filled with potatoes, eggs, ketchup, and mayonnaise.
Grand Socco
Tony met with photographer Cherie Nutting and went to this outdoor food market. Tony bought fresh goat cheese wrapped in palm leaves and some flatbread for breakfast.
Boutique Majid
Rue Al Mouahidines
Antique shop Tony visited and bought a mortar & pestle style tool from the Gond tribe in Mali for $300.
Restaurant Andalus
Rue Khatimi
Tony ate lunch at this locals only place, with Majid, the owner of Boutique Majid. Tomatoes brushed with local olive oil, garlic, and coriander; beef liver kebabs grilled over charcoal; swordfish; orange roughy.
Tangier
Rue Zayzafoune
Tony visited Christopher Gibbs' house (antiques dealer and expat) for a garden dinner party with other expats.
Bocadillo Abdelmalik
Avenue du Prince Héritier
Tony had a tuna bocadillo here: Spanish style sandwiches with tuna, veggies, and hard-cooked eggs, a healthy wad of mayo, and a crispy layer of french fries in the sandwich.
Meal with locals
Tony visited this small village town at the base of the Rif mountains and had dinner family style with Bachir Attar, leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka and his family. Braywine (handformed dough filled with seasoned beef, baked until golden, then crisped in oil); chicken tagine; a wild mountain spinach dish with garlic, cilantro, hot and black peppers, lemon, and olive oil; dessert of fruit and mint tea.
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