First i should mention that Khalid is Moroccan, and an intern here as well. We've all been hanging out toghether for the last few months and so we were invited to this feast.
Khalid's sister had come to visit him and brought all these goodies with her so that he would have them for Ramadan. What a sister!
I couldn't believe how much he brought! He had said that there wasn't going to be enough for everyone because there turned out to be 7 of us but there was lots!
First he made a huge pot of soup with lentils, chickpeas and a plethora of spices. One thing i noticed with Moroccan food is that everything has a hint of sweet in it. Whether imagined because of my association with cinnamon and nutmeg, or real like anise.
There was a big bowl of of authentic Moroccan dates, much better than the ones at home. He cut up a loaf of bread which we then dipped in a really delicious version of "almond butter" but instead had a mix of a particular type of nut oil, I tried to find the name but I'm incompetent, almonds, and spices. The consensus was we would all be perfectly happy eating it for breakfast forever. Then we moved onto waht was sort of a fried noodle, at least that's what it looked like, but they dipped them in honey and spices and sprinkled them with sesame seeds. Khalid also brought the traditional herbal tea which had a nice sweet lemony flavor. Finally, there were a half dozen "fish rolls" for lack of a better term. The were flaky pastry stuffed with shrimp, squid and fish again with spices and skinny little rice noodle type things. It was actually reminiscent of Vietnamese, which i havn't had in a while.
The whole evening was marvelous, Khalid was so generous with us! I'm glad I had the opportunity to try everything and have every intention of making my way to Morocco at some point to continue my gustatory explorations....
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