Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Marrakesh Mayhem

In Washington DC over the weekend on business. Friday night before our event we went to a Moroccan restaurant called Marrakesh.

Jina, Redis, and Kelly in front


Erin, Kelly, Jina, and I at our booth


Hand washing was a must, since our eating utensils were attached to our arms.


I took before and after shots of the 7 course meal.
Course #1: Cold salads of eggplant, carrot, and a cucumber-tomato-pepper mixture that I loved.



Course #2: A sweet phyllo dough pot pie of chicken and egg



Course #3: Whole chicken with potatoes and green olives.



Belly dancing intermission


Back to the food.
Course #4: Lamb with almonds. Having watched my share of cooking and travel shows, I took the chance to suck out the bone marrow. Not bad.



I was a little late on the draw with course #5: couscous with squash, carrots, garbanzo beans, and raisins. It was pretty before our fingers went to work.


Course #6: Fruit



Peppermint tea break. Wow was that good.


Course #7: Baklava. The best kind of lava really. "Hot Lava" from The B-52's coming in a close second.


Junell and I, one step away from a food coma.


Stay tuned for more trip photos.

2 comments:

  1. sucking the marrow out...wow..what to say to that?...cool!..I think.

    That looks like so much fun and the food looks yummy! I'm sure the belly dancing wasn't too horrible either! :) Tell me the truth, wasn't it just a little hard to take more than a couple bites after everyones fingers were scooping and stuffing and then scooping some more? I just don't see you LOVING that part...

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  2. Honestly, I didn't have any germ issues. There's no rhyme or reason to my germaphobia.

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