Dining at Riad Houdou
Upon your arrival at the riad, you will be greeted with homemade pastries and mint tea. You will immediately dive into Moroccan tradition! Breakfast or dinner, you can taste local delights directly in the hotel. Breakfast is offered for each night spent with us. Hearty & composed of a multitude of elements, all tastes will be satisfied! Take advantage of breakfast to order your evening meal. Our teams take care of buying fresh and seasonal ingredients and cooking you a tasty dish in our kitchens. We have recipes adapted to all diets. Find all the information on the meals served at the riad below.
Breakfast
The complimentary breakfast for each night is prepared by our cook. Every day, a new specialty is offered. Upon waking up, you sit on our rooftop terrace & enjoy the first rays of the sun with your hearty breakfast. Composed of fresh and local products, you will find there in particular:
Mint Tea
Coffee
Hot Chocolate
Tea
Orange Juice
Moroccan Specialties
Eggs
Muesli
Jam
Yogurt
Fresh Fruit
Served from 8:30 am to 11:00 am, you can enjoy this wonderful breakfast every morning on the rooftop or in the patio in case of rain. Nothing better to start your day and fill up with energy before discovering the city!
Dinner
Dinners are prepared on request, by Rania, our cordon bleu. Inform her before 11 am, and she will prepare her delicious specialties, with fresh daily products selected at the market.
Once ordered, you no longer have to worry about your dinner. Rania takes care of everything. Our chef draws on her family and local recipes to offer you the best traditional dishes. She brings you all her know-how around traditional dishes: from the essential chicken couscous seffa, to the tajine, a Marrakech specialty, beef or lamb that simmers in an amphora for 6 hours, the little-known rfiisa with chicken and not to mention her delicious tajine creations. We also have a range of delicious vegetarian recipes. We are at your disposal and will adapt in case of specific needs such as food allergies or special diets.
Our Specialties
We create a unique menu every day, which can be adapted to your requests. The following dishes are examples of possible menus:
Appetizers
- Spiced cooked vegetables (tchoutchouka, zaalouk, zucchini, broad beans...)
- M'hancha (vegetable pastilla twist)
- Trio of briouates (meat, cheese, and vegetable) on Moroccan salad
- Candied eggplants
- Harira soup with dates
- Creamy eggplant soup
- etc
Main Courses
- Lamb M'rouzia
- Chicken tajine with dates
- Chicken R'fissa
- Tanjia Marrakchia baked in the hammam oven
- Makhfoul beef
- Seafood or chicken pastilla
- Green couscous
- Lamb tajine with fresh figs and walnuts
- Stuffed chicken thighs
- Herring meatball tajine
- etc
Desserts
- Milk and almond pastilla
- Ouarzazate tart and fresh mint granita
- Creamy dried fruit crepes
- Basboussa with fruit granita
- Carrot salad with orange blossom
- Seasonal fruit tajine
- etc