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La TerrasseBen Youssef
Couscous served in its blue ceramic dish on a terrace table

The menu

The prices have always been on the wall.

This is the board exactly as it hangs at the door and on the terrace — in dirhams and in euros. You will know what you are paying before you climb the stairs.

Lamb tagine mid-simmer, lid lifted, on a table on the terrace

Tagines

Cooked on a slow flame, served in the dish.

  • Tagine kefta — tomato sauce, kefta and egg80 DH · 8 €
  • Tagine makfoul — beef with cinnamon, or lamb90 DH · 9 €
  • Tagine kabab maghdour90 DH · 9 €
  • Tagine of beef with prunes or apricots90 DH · 9 €
  • Tagine of fresh vegetables — vegetarian berberVegetarian60 DH · 6 €
  • Tagine of seasonal vegetables with meat90 DH · 9 €
  • Chicken tagine with candied lemon80 DH · 8 €
  • Chicken tagine with olives80 DH · 8 €
  • Chicken tagine mhamer80 DH · 8 €
Royal couscous, semolina heaped into a dome, vegetables and meats around it

Couscous

Hand-rolled, steamed.

  • Couscous with t'faya — chicken or meat80 DH · 8 €
  • Vegetable couscous — chicken or meat80 DH · 8 €
  • Vegetarian couscousVegetarian80 DH · 8 €
  • Royal couscous120 DH · 12 €

Tanjia

The Marrakchi dish: meat sealed in a clay urn and cooked slowly.

  • Beef tanjia90 DH · 9 €
  • Lamb tanjia90 DH · 9 €
A plate of charcoal-grilled skewers with garnish and sauce

Skewers & grills

Over charcoal.

  • Meat kababs80 DH · 8 €
  • Chicken skewers80 DH · 8 €
  • Turkey skewers80 DH · 8 €
  • Kefta skewers80 DH · 8 €
  • Mixed grill95 DH · 9,5 €

Fish

  • Fish tagine with courgette and carrot120 DH · 12 €
  • Fish marinated with egg and breadcrumb120 DH · 12 €
  • Grilled or marinated fish fillets120 DH · 12 €
  • Fried fish120 DH · 12 €
Chicken pastilla, golden pastry dusted with sugar and cinnamon

Pastilla & briouates

  • Chicken pastilla80 DH · 8 €
  • Vegetable pastillaVegetarian80 DH · 8 €
  • Briouates, mixed100 DH · 10 €
A steaming bowl of harira, the Moroccan tomato and lentil soup

Salads & soups

To start with, or to share.

  • Harira, Moroccan soup30 DH · 3 €
  • Vegetable soupVegetarian30 DH · 3 €
  • Cream of vegetableVegetarian30 DH · 3 €
  • Moroccan saladVegetarian30 DH · 3 €
  • Darna salad40 DH · 4 €
  • Terrace salad — carrot, cucumber, tomato, potato…40 DH · 4 €
  • Green saladVegetarian40 DH · 4 €
  • Mixed salad45 DH · 4,5 €
  • Rice salad45 DH · 4,5 €
  • Warm salad, seasonal vegetablesVegetarian50 DH · 5 €
  • FriesVegetarian20 DH · 2 €
Beghrir under a pour of honey — the Moroccan thousand-hole pancake

Desserts

  • Fruit salad, orange and yogurt40 DH · 4 €
  • Caramel cream40 DH · 4 €
  • Honey pancake40 DH · 4 €
  • Orange with cinnamon40 DH · 4 €
  • Chakhchoukha60 DH · 6 €
A silver pot pouring mint tea into a decorated glass

Drinks

Tea arrives in its pot, poured from a height.

  • Mint tea20 DH · 2 €
  • Verbena20 DH · 2 €
  • Coffee with milk20 DH · 2 €
  • Black coffee20 DH · 2 €
  • Hot chocolate20 DH · 2 €

Breakfast

Four set breakfasts, served on the terrace while the medina is still waking up and the light is still low.

Served 07:00 – 12:00

Ftour Ben Youssef
90 DH · 9 €
Illan millet soup, omelette of your choice or hard-boiled eggs, batbout, avocado, jben, cheese, ham, amlou, mixed olives, honey, hot drink of your choice.
Merrakchi
85 DH · 8,5 €
Bissara, msmen, beghrir, harcha, khlii with eggs, fruit salad, honey, butter, cheese, olive oil, jam, black olives, orange juice, hot drink of your choice.
Beldi
75 DH · 7,5 €
Moroccan soup, khlii with eggs, msmen, harcha, batbout, black or green olives, butter, hot drink of your choice.
Toubkal
70 DH · 7 €
Berber soup, white beans or lentils, Berber mqila, Berber bread, Berber tea.

Each breakfast is accompanied by three complimentary fresh juices.

The board itself

Nothing has been retouched: this is a photograph of the board that stands at the restaurant door.

The menu board at the restaurant entrance: dishes and prices in dirhams and eurosThe printed breakfast card, four set breakfasts from 70 to 90 DH

Transcribed from the restaurant's own board and card. Prices may change — the board at the door is what counts.

Choose it up there, not down here.

Just tell us when you are coming up and how many of you there are. The rest gets decided at the table, with the view.

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