cooking holiday in morocco - Dar Na Cafe.


A fillip in the cooking holiday week - Dar Na Cafe.

Focus on our Wednesday lunchtime slot and our favourite cafe.

Wednesday's is a rest day from the cooking holiday workshops so we head to souk Idagouard for the morning market where there's the chance to see the Argan forest and photograph donkeys and the vast array of fresh fruit and veg.  Afterwards we take a 30 minute drive to the beautiful location of Sidi M'Bark on the coast where Said and Helen run a cafe & restaurant.  Located 35 km from Essaouira, Morocco, in a traditional Berber village, Dar Na overlooks the river valley, oasis and the sea to make your lunch spot truly idyllic. Salads, freshly grilled sardines and Tagines are all extremely well prepared and presented.  We've been coming here 18 months since the cafe first opened and it's one of the most satisfying things to do in Essaouira...simply very little once you arrive at the peaceful spot.

The cafe is a green design dream, an eclectic mix of recycled materials assembled and painted by Said himself.  No formal training he'll modestly venture. Afterwards we normally take a pleasant walk down the valley along the river to reach the waterfalls next to the sea but not before enjoying what Said can rustle up for you.  Dar Na's website can be seen here.http://www.darnacaferestaurant.com/index.htm




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Cooking Holiday in morocco





Filo pastry is overlapped to fit the dish. 

a egg based mix is applied.

shredded chicken is added.

a further layer of the spice mix is added
  
Beautifully wrapped up


And the result with a honey glaze.

removing all the chicken bones is important!





Cooking Holiday

Sian on holiday in Essaouira.

Sian Billington came out for a combined cooking holiday photography week and took two cooking classes with Naima & Aicha.  She's a food writer and keeps a blog from her base in Melbourne, Australia.  International cooking holidays are her ideal pursuit and you can find out all about her quests on her blog here.  

After an introductory day making a classic Essaouira dish: fish Tagine,  day 2 was a treat;  zaalouk, harira soup followed by chicken pastilla.  It's a time consuming dish but one that has a beautiful finish to it. You can see some of the stages below.  For a cooking classes in Morocco get in touch with us at: info@photomaroc.o.uk.


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Chaat magazine orders a fish dish.


Chaat magazine orders a fish dish.
We're featured in The British Curry Club's monthly magazine, Chaat for August 2012. Both Essaouira and Naima's recipe for sardine kefta get star billing in the travel zone section. Otherwise in the news here, it's been a busy summer for cookery workshops.  Several yoga attendees are getting into cooking with Naima during their week long courses staying at Riad Maison du Sud, our chosen hotel for the cooking 


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