North African restaurants in France
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À la Grande Bleue
You’ll find unusual barley couscous (€11.80 to €18.50) prepared in the style of the Berbers (Kabyles) of eastern Algeria, as well as the usual semolina variety (€10 to €17.50), tajines (€13 to €23) and savoury-sweet pastilla au poulet (chicken pastilla; €18.50). The rare crêpes berbères (Berber crêpes; €8.50 to €11.50) require a minimum of four people. We love the blue and yellow décor, the art on the walls and the warm welcome.
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Chez Omar
Once a favourite of celebrity types, Chez Omar doesn’t seem to attract the very rich or particularly famous these days, but the quality of the couscous remains top-notch, judging from the crowds. Apart from the food and the serving staff, don’t expect anything else to be North African at Chez Omar: it looks almost exactly like the corner street café it was a quarter of a century ago.
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Le Souk
We like coming here almost as much for the décor as the food – from the clay pots overflowing with spices on the outside to the exuberant (but never kitsch) Moroccan interior. And the food? As authentic as the decoration, notably the duck tajine, the pigeon pastilla and vegetarian couscous. Be warned: mains are enormous, so this might have to be a one-dish meal.
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Wally le Saharien
This is several cuts above most Maghreb restaurants in Paris, offering couscous in its pure Saharan form – without stock or vegetables, just a finely cooked grain served with a delicious sauce – and excellent tajines. It’s somewhat pricey for North African but you won’t walk away hungry.
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La Mosquée de Paris
Dig into a couscous, tajine or meaty grill within the walls of the city’s central mosque. Or spoil yourself with a peppermint tea and oriental pastry in its tearoom (9am-11.30pm) or lunch, body scrub and massage in its hammam (Turkish bath).
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La Baraka
Fancy a change? This unassuming North African place rustles up just-right tagines, meltingly tender lamb and couscous properly infused with saffron.
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Le Soleil
This North African restaurant - a bold Muslim presence in such a fervently Catholic town - specialises in couscous.
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