Tag Archives: Souk Street Food

We’re Mo’rockin the Garden of Unearthly Delights!

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What a spectacular view! The Garden of Unearthly Delights now takes up almost the whole block of Rundle Park, East Terrace.

What a spectacular view! The Garden of Unearthly Delights now takes up almost the whole block of Rundle Park, East Terrace.

What a place to be! And we’ve got our first media mention for the season:

“Moroccan hit Moorish Bites”

Sunday Mail 15 February 2015

Sunday Mail 15 February 2015

We’re all set up and almost through our first weekend of Garden trade for 2015.

Our new digs for the next five weeks.

Our new digs for the next five weeks.

You can find us in the Southern-side food section next to the Umbrella Revolution. We’ve got a FULL menu including a treat for those hot, hot days – fresh iced-mint tea.

Yummy!

Yummy!

Come join us every day (except February 16) until March 15. Usual trading times are: Monday to Thursday – 5:00pm to Midnight (garden open until 1:00am) Friday- Saturday – 12 noon to 1:00am (garden open from 10am and closes 3:00am) Sunday – 12 noon to Midnight (garden open from 10am and closes 1:00am)

Chef Mohamed’s Moorish Hometown

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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!

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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

‘Made it’

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You know you’ve ‘made it’ when a superannuation fund blogs about you in an Australia-wide #foodtruck roundup!

Taking its cues from Morocco’s glorious spice filled souks, Moorish Bites delivers tagines, cous cous and meloui -crispy grilled pastry filled with a variety of options depending on your preference. Locally sourced produce meets traditional cooking techniques and the results speak for themselves.

SOURCE: FOOD ON THE MOVE: THE RISE OF THE FOOD TRUCK

Last chance(s) for souk street food in 2014!

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Get in before we give the meloui press a well-deserved rest and we take a short ‪#‎moorishbreak‬ !

WEDNESDAY 10 December 11am-2pm Hindmarsh Square for #moorishlunch

THURSDAY 11 December 5-10pm for Open Night at Adelaide Uni (Maths Lawns)

FRIDAY 12 December 11am-2pm Light Square for #moorishlunch

SUNDAY 14 December 4-8pm Adelaide Night Market (Corner North Terrace and Kintore Avenue)

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So many chances to dine #moorish this week!

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We’re pumped to be out and about A LOT this week commencing Tuesday 18 November!

Tuesday 18 November from 11am to 2pm @ Hindmarsh Square* for #moorishlunch

Thursday 20 November from 11am to 2pm @ Victoria Square* for #moorishlunch – Music in the Square will also be happening thanks to Spash Adelaide – see here for more information.

Friday 21 November from 11am to 2pm @ Light Square* for #moorishlunch

Saturday 22 November from 4pm to 11pm @ Victoria Square – Our grill won’t be the only thing flaming! Square Fire is a free show put on by professional fire spinners from around Australia.  Food, activities and atmosphere from 4pm, the show starts at 8pm.  Also a Spash Adelaide initiative – see here for more information.

Sunday 23 November from 3pm to 7pm @ Unley Swimming Centre – The Fabulous Feast Festival is putting on the Plunge Pool Party for an an afternoon of aquatic delights and party tunes and we’re there to make it #moorish !  See here for more information.

*Lunchtime trade is subject to us bagging a spot but stay tuned here or on Facebook or Twitter for any last minute change of location as a result!

Hope to serve you soon!

M&M x

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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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Sun, Sea, Tunes and Tagines!

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Moorish Bites will be vending at this year’s Semaphore Music Festival, Labour Day Long Weekend 4 – 6 October, 2014, serving up the Moroccan deliciousness.

2014 is the tenth anniversary of the festival proudly presenting three days and four nights of original, alt. country, roots & blues, rockabilly and nu-folk live music. Over 60 local acts will appear in various clubs, pubs and venues around Semaphore and the Foreshore Reserve on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday over the Labour Day Long Weekend.

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