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The restaurant On your first night in Marrakech, it's essential to eat overlooking Djemaa El Fna, the busiest, noisiest square in North Africa. And Le Marrakchi is the place to go. On two floors on the north-east corner of the square, the restaurant is dominated by traditional Moroccan mosaics on the first floor and panoramic views on the second.
Discreetly lit and furnished with low, comfortable chairs and lots of candles, the restaurant offers two set menus: the Marrakchi and the Medina. Both menus feature pastilla (meat wrapped in filo pastry sprinkled with cinnamon), clay-baked tagine and the ubiquitous couscous.
The view Djemaa El Fna is an apocalyptic vision: white smoke from dozens of food stalls drifting across the square as snake charmers, drummers and vendors rend the air with their cries.
Among the melee, storytellers and henna artists accost the crowds while above it all rise stately mosques whose towers obey the Almobad proportions, standing five times as high as they are wide. In the distance are the 16th century ramparts of Marrakech and the rooftop of La Mamounia, one of the world's finest Art Deco hotels.
The bill Prices are average for a tourist restaurant in Marrakech. A two-course set meal for two people, plus water, wine and a tip will come to around 55.
Le Marrakchi, 52 Rue des Banques, Marrakech, Morocco (00 212 444433777;
www. lemarrakchi. com)
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