It’d been quite a while since I wrote something. Actually I was ruminating as to what’s the limit of craziness and incidentally I found it. His name is Nikhil Parekh whom I detest as well as respect for certain reasons. He claims to be posting over 60 messages EACH day for the last one month and has already reached a mark or 13lac words. To put things into perspective, he has a “Limca book of Records” record to his name apart from numerous other achievements as claimed in his website. Check his blog and website and decide for yourself!!

St. Augustine once said “The World is a book and those who do not travel read only a page“. True to his words and even treading beyond, I wonder if I will ever get bored or even ‘get used to’ getting to know different culture, people, cuisine, traditions etc. It’s altogether an ineffable experience; you have to be there and live with the people to understand. The more you travel, the more it intrigues. Although this was my second trip to morocco and naturally I didn’t expect many surprises, I was wrong; for not only did my outlook broaden and opinion change (more about the people than of the place per se), I was convinced that there is always something about which you don’t know. Unfortunately, you seldom know what you don’t know.

Well leaving the philosophy behind and coming to the point, I got to know, interalia, something very peculiar of morocco - Moroccan cuisine. In particular the Tagine. The name might not interest you much, but the dish will certainly leave you longing for more. It’s chicken/lamb/beef stew made with olives, lime, and spices. It’s somewhat hot but simply irresistible and awesome. Interestingly, it’s not the dish that was traditionally called Tagine, but the pot (somewhat similar to a tureen) itself in which it’s served. Another such delicious typical Moroccan dish is Couscous about which I have already wrote a lot in my previous posts of May2006. All in all, I think Moroccan dish resembles typical Lucknowi style non-vegetarian cuisine – Yummy!!