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a El-Fna Food Stalls
Around sunset, donkeys descend on the Djemaa hauling gas canisters by the cartload and all the makings of 100 small restaurants. Within the hour, the restaurants are up and running, with chefs urging passers-by to note the cleanliness of their grills, the freshness of their meat, produce and cooking oil, and their aromatic spice mixes.
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Ben Youssef Food Stall Qissaria
Just around the corner from the Koubba Ba'adiyn is a labyrinth of qissarias lined with stalls serving tagines, steaming snails, and the occasional stewed sheep's head hot off the Buddha gas burner. Tourists at food stalls in the Djemaa el-Fna may think they're being adventurous, but the qissarias are where the real action is. Eat whatever looks fresh and tasty, even if you have to wait for a free stool.
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Mechoui Alley
Around lunchtime, the vendors at this row of stalls start carving up enormous steaming sides of mechoui , as though King Henry VIII might show up at any moment. Step right up, point to the best-looking cut of meat and ask for a nuss (half) or rubb (quarter) kilo. Some haggling might ensue, but around DH30 to around DH50 should procure you the freshest, most delicious falling-off-the-bone lamb you'll ever have.
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Patisserie Al-Jawda
Care for a sweet, or perhaps 200 different ones? Hakima Alami can set you up with sweet and savoury delicacies featuring figs, orange-flower water, desert honey and other local, seasonal ingredients. Around the corner at 84 Ave Mohammed V, Hakima's savvy son has set up a tea salon featuring his mother's treats plus additional savoury items such as briouats (stuffed pastry 'cigars') and khlii, the seasoned dried Berber beef that's a very acquired taste.
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Samak al Bahria
Another local secret hiding in plain sight, this cheerful sidewalk joint serves top-notch Moroccan-style fresh fish and chips, with perfectly tender fried calamari just in from the coast, generous chunks of lemon, and salt and cumin to season. The sign is in Arabic, but you're in the right place when there's another fish restaurant next door, a swanky café at the corner and a mural of happy fish unaware of their dining destiny over the counter.
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