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Street Food
What the medina eats standing up. Snail broth at midnight, msemen at dawn, sardines off the brazier.
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Questions
On street food.
- What does the Marrakech medina eat standing up?
- Snail broth at midnight, msemen with cheese at dawn, sardines off a charcoal brazier in the Mellah, and bissara from a small clay bowl in winter.
- What is babbouche?
- Babbouche is the Moroccan name for the small spiced snail broth sold from carts. The broth carries coriander, mint, anise, liquorice, and orange peel — the snails themselves come second.
- Where do you find the best sardine in Marrakech?
- Off a charcoal brazier at the Mellah souk, salted, cumin, eaten with bread and your hands.
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