Harira

I had some of the best harira since I left Morocco today at the City Place Cafe at 17th and L, N.W. in Washington, D.C. The restaurant and sandwich shop, which is Moroccan owned, occasionally whips up a mean bowl of Fassi style harira, which I am told sells out in record time. One thing that was different for me was that the soup contained rice rather than soup noodles. It was so good, I bought two bowls for lunch, and only regretted that I did not have lemon, dates, and shebakya to go with it. (And yes, I know it is not Ramadan!)