Usually when my son and I go cheap when we travel together. We stay at hostels and guesthouses. We look for inexpensive restaurants where the locals eat. We take buses instead of planes. This enables to go further on our dollar and puts us in closer contact with more interesting people. We’ve met fascinating fellow travelers at the places we’ve stayed and learned a lot about local mores by people-watching at popular local restaurants.
But sometimes we splurge. And on our first night in Marrakech, we splurged on dinner at the Restaurant Dar Es Salaam. This place was made famous in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 film of The Man Who Knew Too Much.
The entrance was grand, a beautifully tiled stairway leading down toward a fountain.
We headed down a hallway to the dining rooms.
We passed by the room where Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day ate in the movie.
Spencer and I didn’t have our dinner in that room, but the room we ate in was no less elegant.
I ordered way too much food, a lamb dish and a chicken tagine. After I had eaten way more than I should have, the entertainment began with music.
Then there was a belly dancer with a flaming candelabra balanced on her head.
She was followed by another dancer.
It was a great evening. A little touristy, a little chiché, but fun.
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