Le Petit Amandier - Review - 6th Arr. - Marseille - The Infatuation

"Much of Marseille’s character comes from being a port city with a huge North African population, and this is reflected in its cuisine. The best Maghrebi food is found behind closed doors, but short of being invited to someone’s house, Le Petit Amandier delivers with fragrant tajines. Order family-style, starting with a refreshing vegetable dish like taktouka—a grilled pepper and tomato salad/dip—and a plate of their briwat, a crispy filled triangle of puff pastry, before moving on to the main event: a tajine or a couscous. The former comes in its namesake earthenware dish with a side of couscous, and the latter with a side of semolina bread and additional broth. End the meal with a silver tray of mint tea and a few of the tempting biscuits in the glass case by the door, like fekkas (Moroccan-style biscotti) and ghoriba, a crackly almond shortbread." - Sophie Friedman