FUSIONLOCALLOCALFUSION, VEGETARIANLOCAL/SANDWICH SHOPPATISSERIELe Foundouk $$$
Offline map Google map ( 0524 37 81 90; www.foundouk.com; 55 Souq el-Fassi; mains Dh90-160; noon- midnight Tue-Sun) Like a prop from a Tim Burton movie, a spidery iron
chandelier lit with candles sets the mood for offbeat à la carte choices, including beef with wild
artichoke and orange-carrot soup. When the food lives up to the decor, it’s fabulous, and when
not, well, at least you got your money’s worth for atmosphere. Terrace seating is scenic but
sometimes windy; book ahead for downstairs bhous (seating nooks), or take walk-in seating in
the plush, fully stocked bar. It’s near Ali ben Youssef Medersa.
Ryad Jama $
Offline map Google map ( 0524 42 98 72; 149 Toualat Kennaria; mains Dh40-70; 11am-9.30pm) À la carte meals at realistic prices served in a family-run riad restaurant. Fragrant
preserved lemon and lamb tajines with crusty French bread are graciously presented in the
leafy, candlelit garden for only slightly more than you’d pay for a skimpy version shoved your
way in a dusty Djemaa cafe.
Dar TimTam $$
Offline map Google map ( 024 391446; Zinkat Rahba; meals Dh95-250; 11.30am-4pm; )Head through the rug shop under the sign and hang a right into this 18th-century riad’s
innermost courtyard, where you can take your pick of cushioned nooks and the à la carte menu
(you may have to request it). Some menu items are inexplicably overpriced (Dh200 tanjia for
example), but a rejuvenating mint tea and a generous assortment of eight Moroccan salads
(Dh95) makes a fine light lunch amid the songbirds near the Rahba Kedima.
Earth Café $
Offline map Google map ( 0661 28 94 02; 2 Derb Zouak; mains Dh60-80; 11am-11pm; )Now for something completely different: a vegetarian spring roll stuffed with organic spinach,
pumpkin, blue cheese and grated carrot with a sesame dressing, right in the heart of the souqs
off Rue Riad Zitoun el-Kedim. The Earth Café’s sunshine-yellow courtyard is small, but its
veggie culinary ambitions are great – the warm beet salad with goat cheese may make
believers out of carnivores. The name may sound familiar, because Earth Café’s
advertisements were recently scrawled on geological formations across the High Atlas – but
since customers pointed out this wasn’t the most earth-friendly move, management has begun
removing the grafitti ads.
Nid’Cigogne $
Offline map Google map ( 0524 38 20 92; 60 Place des Tombeaux Saadiens; meals Dh45-85;
9am-9pm) Get up close and personal with the storks across the way at the Saadian Tombs
in this rooftop eatery. The grilled kefta (meatball) sandwiches, light salads and tajines are
passable, but the view is memorable and service pleasant.
Pâtisserie des Princes $
Offline map Google map ( 0524 44 30 33; 32 Rue Bab Agnaou; 9am-9pm; ) This is one of