Region

Essaouira

The Atlantic port — argan country, fish-grill country, the wind.

Signature dishes

Signature ingredients

Essaouira sits on the Atlantic coast where the argan forest meets the sea. The cooking here is doubly anchored: fish from the harbour, argan oil from the inland groves, and the residue of a once-large Jewish-Moroccan community whose flavours still thread through the local kitchen.

Neighbourhood