Sqala

Orientation week involved a lot of learning new things, but it also included an introduction to the cuisine in Casablanca. Wednesday night, the bus dropped us off at Sqala, an old Portuguese fort turned into a Moroccan restaurant.


These dishes were served to us with bread. To eat this assortment of goodies (octopus, sardines, carrot salad, lentils, red pepper salad, lettuce and jam, and goat cheese) just pick it out of the bowl with your hand (right hand, of course). Use bread if you want.

This is a traditional pot used for cooking in Morocco called a Tanjin. Tanjin is also the name of the food cooked in the pot. Food is placed inside and the pot is placed in a bed of coals to cook for awhile. There are many varieties of tanjin - this one was chicken with dates and apricots.

Ewww! Hot fruit! The chicken, however, was quite delicious!

Dessert. Most desserts/cookies in Morocco are made with almonds. This dessert was a creamy, almost yogurt like texture, tasting of a hint of almond. It was topped with peach slices and almond slices and was quite delicious!

Now that orientation week is over, we are in charge of our own meals. I'm excited to try some of these things in my local neighborhood!