First Pairing<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"morocco-food-wine-pairing-oct-19-2010-4\"](\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-food-amp-wine-festival\/morocco-food-wine-pairing-oct-19-2010-4.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Beef & Lamb Merguez\n
\n- came to Morocco by way of Jews leaving Andulusia<\/li>\n
- black pepper<\/li>\n
- texture and \u201cchew\u201d similar to North Carolina dried sausage<\/li>\n
- texture similar to a good, non-fatty pepperoni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Zniber Vineyards \u201cAmazigh\u201d Beni M\u2019Tir, Morocco\n
\n- Zniber is a family name<\/li>\n
- Amazigh is the wine name<\/li>\n
- Beni M\u2019Tir is a region of Morocco\n
\n- in the Atlas Mountains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- created by carbonic maceration\n
\n- each grape is fermented separately<\/li>\n
- instead of crushing or pressing the grapes, they\u2019re all put into a large vessel, as the naturally occuring yeast starts to consume the sugars inside each grape CO2 builds up in the grape causing the skins to pop; the juices run free and the resulting wine avoids the bitterness from grape seeds and skins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- fruit flavors in the wine were very quiet until tasting with food<\/li>\n
- nice acidity<\/li>\n
- Nick – not that pleasing, didn\u2019t finish my glass<\/li>\n
- Nora – okay, but seemed a bit chalky to me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Second Pairing<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"morocco-food-wine-pairing-oct-19-2010-5\"](\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-food-amp-wine-festival\/morocco-food-wine-pairing-oct-19-2010-5.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Lemon Chicken with Couscous\n
\n- chicken was dry and overcooked<\/li>\n
- couscous wasn\u2019t very flavorful<\/li>\n
- sauce was okay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Maison Louis Jadot – Chardonnay; Burgandy, France\n
\n- french oak instead of american oak\n
\n- tight grain, flavors aren\u2019t as \u201coaky\u201d as american wines<\/li>\n
- oak barrels are charred<\/li>\n
- acidity of this wine \u201cwashes the palate\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Nick: it was okay, didn\u2019t finish my glass<\/li>\n
- Nora: I like it better with food, the food flavors remove some of the oak and acidity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Third Pairing<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"morocco-food-wine-pairing-oct-19-2010-6\"](\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-food-amp-wine-festival\/morocco-food-wine-pairing-oct-19-2010-6.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Shish Kebab with Hummus\n
\n- came to Morocco by way of Arab immigrants<\/li>\n
- plate was cold, not cool, not room temperature, but cold<\/li>\n
- beef shish kebab wasn\u2019t over cooked, medium rare<\/li>\n
- best flavors overall<\/li>\n
- hummus was good, very \u201ccreamy\u201d – perhaps the olive oil is added in a stream after the chickpeas have been well processed, causing the oils to emulsify<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- J. Lohr Winery & Vineyards – \u201cSeven Oaks\u201d Cabernet Sauvignon; Paso Robles, California\n
\n- raisin grape region\/area<\/li>\n
- all of the grapes for this cabernet sauvignon are estate grown<\/li>\n
- Nick: this was the best of the three, I drank the entire glass<\/li>\n
- Nora: I still like Cabernet Sauvignon, it\u2019s been my favorite red wine for nearly 20 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Final Thoughts, including past experiences at Resturant Marrakesh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- We had wanted to try this food & wine pairing because we\u2019ve really enjoyed the food at Tangerine Cafe over the years (2002 to 2009), we\u2019re only eaten there once in 2010<\/li>\n
- We were hoping that because this was a special event that the food at Resturant Marrakesh would be better – the other three times we\u2019ve eaten here have just been \u201cnot so good\u201d to \u201cdownright horrid\u201d\n
\n- We hear others say good things about the food here on the internet and on various podcasts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- We just don\u2019t see why RM would be popular\n
\n- It\u2019s not a matter of disliking the spices or grains or meats or vegetables<\/li>\n
- It\u2019s a matter of poor cooking or poor resturant management\n
\n- plates or platters that are cold (I mean the actual dishware, not the food specifically)<\/li>\n
- vegetables that are CLEARLY overcooked<\/li>\n
- meats that are reheated (maybe) and are dry<\/li>\n
- staff attitudes have always been a bit iffy as if they don\u2019t reallly care if guests enjoy their cuisine – however, this is also true at times in Tangerine Cafe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- It\u2019s clearly puzzling how the food at the counter-service venue (Tangerine Cafe) can be so tasty and the food at the table-service venue (Resturant Marrakesh) can be so insipid and offputting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Flavors of Morocco <\/p>\n
The Chef at Restaurant Marrekesh (for 23 years) began the presentation by coming out and telling us about Moroccan Cuisine…<\/p>\n
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Moroccan Cuisine now very popular around the world very diverse because of the numerous cultural influences Berber Spanish Corsican Portuguese Moorish & Arabic Andalsian Middle Eastern Mediterranean African not <\/p>\n
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