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Mémé's Moroccan tacos
This past Saturday afternoon, David Katz over at Mémé started cranking out Moroccan tacos, so obviously we had to swing by and try a few of these out.
Mémé's Moroccan tacos
This past Saturday afternoon, David Katz over at Mémé (2201 Spruce St.) started cranking out Moroccan tacos — house-pressed tortillas topped with traditionally Moroccan ingredients — so obviously we had to swing by and try a few of these out. Katz, who's Moroccan-Jewish by heritage, says this bit of casual culinary fusion came to him awhile back when he realized just how many base ingredients Mexicans and Moroccans share. "It's just a full-on crossover — they use a lot of the same stuff," explains Katz of the veggies/herbs (tomato, cilantro), meats (chicken, beef, lamb) and spices (cinnamon, coriander) both cooking traditions rely heavily on.
Katz did two Moroccan tacos — ta-roccos? — one mimicking the ingredients of a chicken tagine, with braised leg meat, green olives and lemon, topped with a dice of cilantro, parsley and mint; and a kefta taco, filled with chopped-up grilled beef/lamb and dressed with harissa and a pico de gallo-like cold pepper salad of jalapeno, tomato, onion and cilantro. Ice-cold Modelo to wash it all down and a vinegary cuke-and-onion salad on the side. Though this was a one-off, on-a-whim special — pressing those Mexico City-style tortillas to order is a bit laborious — Katz says he's toying with the idea of hosting occasional Moroccan tacos on Sunday or Monday, when the restaurant is closed for dinner service.
Photo: Drew Lazor
I may be naive, but this sure looks like one dem polish tacos. You know the ones you eat with the hummus as the taco shell and not a taco shell.— chefruben
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