Chef Mohamed’s Moorish Hometown

Just recently the New York Times sent the communal beating heart of Adelaide aflutter with their props to our fine city, including a shout out to our street food prowess, described as a:

robust dining scene that encompasses everything from street (Fork on the Road) to posh (Hill of Grace, atop the redeveloped Adelaide Oval)

Check out the full glory of #RADelaide or otherwise adjust your bucket list accordingly here.

IN ADDITION, The New York Times also recently gave Chef Mohamed’s Moroccan hometown a beautiful write up:

Chefchaouen, known for its blue-painted walls - Ben Sklar for The New York Times

Chefchaouen, known for its blue-painted walls – Ben Sklar for The New York Times

Of course, Chefchaouen — or Chaouen, as it’s sometimes called — is already famous as an outrageously picturesque blue-walled city. Inside the ancient gated medina nearly every building is painted an arresting shade of cerulean or azure, the sky blues juxtaposed with white trim and terra-cotta rooftops. Twisting cobblestone paths lead up and up, around the ocher-colored casbah, past a crumbling cemetery where goats graze, to a landscape of green hills and mountaintops, uninterrupted sky extending beyond. It’s like being inside a Chagall painting.

We can’t wait to go back on our next food safari and to bring back even more exciting flavours and Moroccan artisan products to our ‪‎#moorishflock‬ of Adelaide!

If you want to lose yourself for a few minutes in a beautiful pocket of Morocco, read the article and then Google “Chefchaouen” and prepare for a serious case of wanderlust.

Otherwise check back in for our upcoming series of posts on Mohamed’s life in Morocco, Moroccan food, travel and culture.

That’s a (Poccadio) wrap for 2014!

Photo by Nick Coutts - lawyer, brewer, all round nice guy

Photo by Nick Coutts – lawyer, brewer, all round nice guy

PHEW!

In less than three short, crazy months we have been at:

PLUS weekly #moorishlunch trade in Victoria Square, Light Square and Hindmarsh Square

AND private functions that saw us chug up the freeways to Hahndorf and McLaren Vale (apologies motorists!)

Fork on the Road, Whitmore Square (photo by David Walsh http://www.weekendnotes.com/pictures-at-our-port/)

Fork on the Road, Whitmore Square (photo by David Walsh http://www.weekendnotes.com/pictures-at-our-port/)

We’d like to say a big THANK YOU to all of our #moorishbites foodie followers who have supported us, given us the nicest of compliments, shared/liked/retweeted us and to those special few who have tracked us down and made a beeline for the van no matter rain, hail or shine!

Special mention must go to:

  • Moorish Mamma Jan McFarlane who thought she’d retired, but alas thought wrong and has pulled many a shift in the van
  • Papa Peter McFarlane for his wisdom and supervision of all the technical/regulatory stuff
  • Ali & Samra, Jacqui Forte & Robb Muirhead and Leon Budden for being the best of friends, helpers, instructors and supporters
  • Bowen Ellames for an amazing van design (and who is now being fabulous whilst designing spaceships in Qatar)
  • Nick Coutts for being our ‘on call’ photographer no matter the hour of the night

And also:

  • Splash Adelaide for their commitment to making Adelaide = #RADelaide and running an amazing mobile food vending program
  • AND our #adelaide #foodtruck comrades for their advice, food swaps and loaning us of the occasional spare change/cooking oil/petrol/cutlery/rubbish bin/car jack
Chef Mohamed Bensaid. Cooking up Moroccan spice and all things nice!

Chef Mohamed Bensaid. Cooking up Moroccan spice and all things nice!

Happy Holidays to all and if you have not already, make sure you check back, like us, follow us and/or download the Street Eats app for trading times in 2015!

Moorish Mo’ and Meg x

Trading times – how excitement!

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Catch us this upcoming week for your fix of Moroccan spice and all things nice:

Moorish Bites @ Movies in the Square – this weekend!

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We had a great time at the Semaphore Music Festival and had some amazing feedback about our food!

What’s next? Movies in the Square brought to you by Splash Adelaide.

Catch us in Victoria Square this Friday 10 October and Saturday 11 October evenings serving up our rockin’ Moroccan souk street food.

Friday will see us a part of our first Fork on the Road, with the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Saturday night’s movie will be Frozen.

Movies are FREE and start at sundown, but we will be serving from 5-10pm on both Friday and Saturday.

We can’t wait to serve you!

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