I certainly wasn’t expecting it, but it seems that Morocco also has excellent pastries. Given the French influence though, I probably shouldn’t have been surprised.

On our first walk through the medina (old city) in Tetouan, we passed stall holders with tables piled high with an assortment of sweets and pastries.

The first was a custard. A bit like a creme brûlée, but not as full on. It had to be eaten standing up, and was served on a metal plate. We didn’t have the camera with us, so no photos. Trust me though, it was good! And for the princely sum of 30 cents.

I was so excited, I immediately went to the next stall holder to order more to take away. I thought he said 30 dirham (the equivalent of 3 euros) which seemed reasonable for two pastries and three biscuits. However, he meant three dirham, and promptly handed me my money back, and patiently took a smaller coin out of my hand. And we were expecting to be ripped off!

They were good too! The large ones have a coconut coated marshmallow like filling surrounded by a crispy, buttery biscuit. Not so sweet that you couldn’t eat a few a day. They weren’t the pastry highlight of the trip, but given their simplicity, the difference from anything else I’ve had and the fact that they cost around 15 cents, I’d have to give them 4 stars.