Chris Pearrow
Eat like the Locals!
As I've mentioned before, your best bet for eating in the bustling Djemaa El Fnaa is to avoid the aggressively-pitched mixed grills and head where the locals go: this means orange juice, roast lamb, snails, and warming lentil soup. Near the snail vendors, you'll see a stand ladling out steaming bowls of lentil soup, and it's packed by locals.
For a mere 50 cents, you get a soul-satisfying bowl of noodle-lentil soup served hot.
It's not high-cuisine by any means, but it's authentic, cheap, and tasty. It's the perfect second course between your snails and that roast lamb. Yum!
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