Moroccan food at Marrakech tonight - good but not great. The food was very interesting and had some really good flavors but, all in all, it just couldn't compare to some of the other restaurants we've tried over the last 8 weeks.
We started our meal by sharing an appetizer of ground beef and eggs in filo pastry, shaped like a cigar, called - no surprise here - cigar marocain. It was good, with a nice cinnamony-sweet taste. My entree was chicken tagine, which I enjoyed. It came in beautiful pottery cookware, with a lid decorated and shaped like an upside down funnel. It was cooked in an olive-lemon sauce, which was absolutely delicious. Alan was not as positive about his lamb tagine, which had an odd and unfamiliar taste to him. We shared steamed couscous, light and fragrant.
The best part of dinner was dessert. Alan had a delicious - and very sweet - mocha creme brulee. I ordered the pastilla au lait - rice pudding in filo dough with almonds and condensed milk. It came out looking remarkably like a piece of broiled flounder - very disconcerting. Once I got past the resemblance, I enjoyed it very much - it was the best part of the meal.
I was surprised that the items on the menu sounded so French, which makes sense because of the French ties to Morocco. (Not completely sure of my history, but there was a clear French influence.)
All in all, an interesting, but not great experience. Our biggest complaint: portions too small, chairs and table too small and cramped, but prices high. Not much value for the money.
A highlight of the evening was a new wine that we tried - Adesso, a dry red wine from Sicily. A very intersting flavor and a good contrast to the sweetness of the meal.
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