The American magazine Times selected the “Moroccan Culinary Arts Museum” in Marrakech as one of the world’s greatest places for 2024, being the only North African site on the list.
In a post published on Thursday, The Times showcased the museum as a great site to discover Moroccan gastronomy and explore the Moorish architecture at the heart of the Red City.
Upon entering the 3251-meter refurbished riad, guests are transported from the heat and clamor of the medina’s narrow alleys to an 18th-century palace complete with mosaic tiles, sculpted plaster, and hand-painted cedar ceilings.
Visitors can learn about traditional tableware and décor, cooking techniques like hand-rolling couscous, and how to prepare meals such as Tafarnout (flat bread) and delectable kaab lghzal (gazelle horns), a dessert packed with ground almonds and given during the tea ceremony.
The rooftop restaurant serves lunch as well as coffee, tea, and pastries, all with a panoramic view of the old city and the 12th-century Koutoubia mosque.
The shop sells traditional cookware and spices such as ras el hanout, while a modern culinary studio provides cooking sessions with a dada, or traditional cook, who demonstrates the techniques for chicken tagine and zaalouk, a salad of cooked eggplant and tomatoes
Recently, Moroccan cuisine has been crowned as the world’s best cuisine, following a poll by Instagram platform “Pubity”. A staggering 2.5 million users of Instagram voted in favor of Moroccan gastronomy as the top cuisine, the title was announced by British chef and show host “Kitchen Nightmares,” Gordon Ramsay.