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Rabat — Vice, a premier lifestyle-focused magazine, has celebrated Morocco’s rare culinary heaven where tradition persists despite the impacts created by social networks, including TikTok. Marrakech has been listed among the eight destinations featured among the World’s Best Food Cities that “have not been ruined by TikTok yet.”
On Monday, the magazine acknowledged how the city continues to draw massive visibility with its stunning colors, rooftop restaurants, luxury hotel lobbies, and more.
“Marrakech as a whole is a veritable feast for the senses,” the magazine wrote – stressing how the most memorable food dishes in the city are often the most quiet ones.
While luxurious destinations and food take priority over trends, authentic dishes known in the city, like tagine and tanjia, are largely untouched, according to the magazine.
“The steaming comfort dishes like tagine, tanjia, and couscous are largely untouched and, more importantly, unbothered by what’s trending at the moment on TikTok,” according to the magazine.
Vice might be right in how the TikTok algorithm still hasn’t affected the dishes. But, the authenticity of the food and the delicious smells already did the task of making them viral among tourists and locals alike.
Tanjia is among the most famous dishes in the city. The meat dish takes its name from the clay pot, an urn-shaped terra cotta cooking vessel where the magic happens.
It is known for its unique taste and spices and for the rich, delicious meat-based flavors.
Ingredients also include chopped onion, olive oil, cumic, coriander seeds, ginger, paprika, salt, black pepper, and pickled lemon in addition to smen, or hee.
The tanjia nestles overslow hot ashes in the traditional oven outside for at least four hours. Some use a pressure cooker instead, but don’t expect the same result.
The secret to the mouth-watering taste is definitely in the slow cooking process and the clay pot.
This delicious food attracts tourists not only to the city, but also across Morocco. Marrakech’s charm also plays a crucial role in attracting tourists from across Morocco and around the world.
Morocco attracted at least 20 million tourists last year.
Vice’s other mentions on its list of authentic food spots unbothered by TikTok include Istanbul and its breakfast spread, Japan’s Tokyo and its tonkatsu, and Indonesia’s Jakarta with its soto betawi.
Mexico City is also on the list, with its famous tacos al pastor; Hong Kong, with its decadent dim sum; and Lima, Peru, in addition to Montreal, Canada.
