"DAR NAJAT KITCHEN"

"DAR NAJAT KITCHEN", a photo by Coolest Riads Morocco on Flickr.

One of the most magnificent meals I have ever had was here,from the Dar Najat kitchen! It was our first ever trip to Marrakech and we were not quite sure what to expect,and to be honest our expectations were not very high but we were blown away by the quality and presentation of the delicious feast we had for our evening meal.When I say 'we' I am talking about a mum and a 13 yr old girl,just to give you an idea how well the food travels through generations! The traditional tagine was a treat,the best we had the good fortune to taste on our short 7 day visit. Nowhere else came close in comparison, and we tried more than a few other places. We sat at a beautiful table with hand made mosaic tiles,beautiful lighting and with the most attentive and friendly staff and got spoiled rotten and loved it! All the food was so fresh,the vegetables were out of this world,being from the uk I thought organic veg was the best you can get but now...after tasting the veg from here and the wonderful way it is cooked and presented I am dissapointed in what we produce in the uk!!!
We also sampled the breakfast here,it sounds strange calling it a breakfast as it it more like a 4 course meal! magnificent Moroccan Orange juice is first served to not only cleanse the pallet but to get those gastric juices flowing and the appetite stimulated as you will be served with fresh warm pastries,pain au chocolat,croissants and coffee,you will love these and then lo and behold another course is brought to you....pancakes and eggs....so wonderfully cooked you just have to eat them and just when you thought you were going to burst the most fresh and succulent fruit is presented and it is very hard to resist.....thank goodness the riad has a lot of 'chill out' areas for you to relax and digest in! Thanks to all at Dar Najat for a culinary delight, when in Marrakech We will be eating there morning noon and night. Special thanks to the kitchen staff who let me watch and taught me the 'secrets' of the tagine Karin&Eleni Tinklas