Earth Cafe, Morocco

Heading off to Morocco for a week, I was well aware that the vegetarian couscous was more than likely going to be seasoned not only with butter but possibly a pinch or two of cow. I told myself that although I live a happy little vegan lifestyle at home and can try my best, we all know that it's not always possible. 
Unfortunately I've never been one of those people who is very good at asking questions and investigating every ingredient in a meal; especially when in the company of omnivores in a non-English speaking country. I tend to just sort of quietly mutter something along the lines of "ah, sorry to bother you, but ah, sorry, is ah this ah.. vegan" and accept their half convinced answer of yes and just hope it is.
Bad vegan.
So for the four days I spent hiking in the Atlas mountains I ate the fried egg I was given, the couscous lying underneath the chicken carcass, and so much laughing cow cheese that I actually had a stomach ache for the week following.
But.. (Yes, this is going somewhere optimistic) whilst in Marrakech I made it my mission to seek out the one and only vegan restaurant in Morocco, Earth Cafe, which I had heard many wonderful things about. It was a tad pricer than the average restaurant in Marrakech, but since the average was coming in at around £2.50 a plate, I decided to 'splurge'. 


Now about the dish. I really enjoy typos in foreign countries so I'm going to leave the spelling the same. I had the 'Fillo pastry filled with zuccini, prune, raisin, date, fresh herbs in tomato concasse sauce'.

Delish.

I haven't seen a dish this well presented since, well, the last dish I served up. (Gosh modesty.. it's so overrated.) But really it's so great to find a vegan restaurant serving up original dishes that inspire and intrigue the taste buds. 

Well done Earth cafe. Well done.