Marrakech Nights, Moroccan Food in Itaewon

This is one of my (Meg's) favorite restaurants in Seoul. We often go on weekends because they put out a great buffet for just 18,000 won. Our group consists of a mish-mash of vegans and carnivores and Marrakech manages to appeal to everyone. There are plenty of meats (lamb, chicken), vegetables and dips (hummus, baba ganoush, zaluk, and teruka) to choose from. The staff are really friendly. Hookahs are available. There's a big screen TV on one side of the wall to catch a game or enjoy some music videos over dinner. While your there take a minute to look at the mixture of family photos and traditional paintings that cover the walls. Not only will your stomach be thanking you for the food but you'll also notice a warm-fuzzy feeling for supporting this family establishment.



(map coming soon)

Directions: Leave Itaewon station exit 3 and walk straight down the street for 10 minutes. Look for the sign; it's on the second floor.

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Sunshine Kebab, near Jonggak Station, Gwanghwamun

Directions: Go out Jonggak station exit 3 and walk straight.

When I stumbled into Sunshine Kebab late one stormy night completely
famished I hungrily gobbled down the chicken kebab I ordered. This
Australian kebab franchise promises authentic Turkish kebab. Although
I enjoyed my kebab it didn't quite cut-it on my kebab scale. The
bread was delicious. They didn't just throw their kebab into any old
tortilla like some places do. However, there was no white sauce! A great kebab has to
have a lot of white sauce, but in this Koreanized
version the meat was heated up on the grill in some sweet brown sauce.

Suspiciously I didn't see the meat out on the spit like at most kebab
places but I'm assuming they had already cleaned up and put that away
since it was near closing time. I'll have to investigate further
sometime during the day in the future. Also, if you choose to enjoy
what this restaurant has to offer don't expect to enjoy the lassi. It
was terrible. Someone should introduce these people to yogurt because
I'm pretty sure they just mixed something with regular maeil milk.

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