Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Tunisian gastronomy brings together the influences of the peoples that have passed through it, from the Berbers to the Andalusians, from the Persians to the Turks, from the Egyptians to the French, passing through the Greeks and Arabs.

    Tunisian cuisine uses a lot of vegetables, nuts, lamb, veal, chicken, fish and couscous (where vegetables, chicken or fish can also be added).

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Brik

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    couscous



    In Tunisia, it is traditional to start a meal with a salad that usually has tomato, lettuce, cucumber and brik (dough is used to wrap a boiled egg and vegetables, but can be made with another meat filling, for example).


    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Brik and salad with tuna

    Along the Tunisian coast there is a greater consumption of fish and seafood, and it is also customary to serve chorba, a fish soup with tomato. Also very traditional is Lablabi (chickpea soup).

    As starters, harissa (red bell pepper paste with other herbs) comes to the table with the bread, which can also be used to season meat and fish, for example.

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Grilled fish

    Try the "little fingers of Fatima" which are stuffed with meat and vegetables; meloukhia, stewed lamb; tajines, which are very different from the Moroccan ones: it is a kind of big omelet, with eggs, potatoes, vegetables and parmesan cheese.


    SWEET

    Dried fruits are widely consumed, especially dates. Tunisian pastry sweets consist mainly of puff pastry, honey and almond paste.


    Baklawa has it all: walnuts, honey, almonds and honey; Makrouhd is a semolina cake with honey and dates or almonds, etc.



    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Sweets in the Medina of Tunisia

    Ftayer is a fried sweet, like a heap, served mainly for breakfast, in the form of donut.

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Marry


    We often ate at the hotels where we stayed, but here are some restaurants we tried on our trip to Tunisia:

    Melodies

    - Lunch at La Victoire Restaurant, Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Tunes, Tunisia. Simple restaurant, but good food.


    - In the medina of Tunes, we passed by Café e Restaurant M'Rabet.

    - In the center of Tunes, on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, we found Le Dôme Restaurant. We did not eat there, but the place alone charmed us.

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    The Tunes Dome, Tunisia

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Café e Restaurant M'Rabet, Tunes, Tunisia


    HAMMAMET
    - We dined at Chez Achour, which specializes in fish and seafood (but also has meat dishes).

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Chez Achour, Hammamet, Tunisia

    DJERBA
    - We went to ChickKhan Tea House: there is mint tea with pine nuts or cashew and chichas to try.

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Chick Khan Tea House - Djerba - Tunisia

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Chá Chick Khan's house - Djerba - Tunisia

    OTHER

    - After visiting the Roman amphitheater of El Jem, we stopped (on the way to Djerba) for lunch at Tamaris. It is a hotel, but the restaurant is open to the general public.

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Tamaris Restaurant © Tunis

    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Tamaris Restaurant © Tunisia

    -Sidi Bou Said
    Taste the tea with pine nuts in one of the most typical cafés of Sidi Bou Said.


    Gastronomy in Tunisia - Typical Dishes and Food

    Esplanade of Café des Délices Sidi Bou Said Tunisia

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