Ibn Battuta
工体东路2号中国红街大厦4-103
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This Moroccan restaurant serves a stand out zaalouk eggplant dip and tasty tagines, but there are definitely some kinks in culinary execution and service. While the pink metal flooring doesn't mesh well with the rest of the decor, the second floor dining area is nicely swathed in terracotta and decorated with North African accents.
A Matter of Cous Cous
The newest addition to the China View, Moroccan restaurant Ibn Battuta has some kinks in its culinary execution and service, but it’s still worth a visit for those in search of something new or a comparative study with neighborhood competitor Argana.
The winding first floor entrance leads to a small, second floor dining area swathed in a terracotta and mustard palette and decorated with North African accents. The bizarre pink metal flooring doesn’t do much for the décor, though.
The small menu only features half a dozen starters and a handful of entrees. The harira lentil soup (¥25) is delicately spiced, but more brothy than hearty. The zaalouk eggplant dip (¥28) is a silky, smoky rendition of baba ganouj served warm and complemented with pita. The lamb cous cous (¥65) is artfully served with bright chunks of carrots, zucchini and turnip and topped with succulently tender chucks of lamb in a tagine pot, with a side of turmeric-spiced broth for saucing the cous cous. Unfortunately on our visit, the overcooked platter resigned the dish to less than the sum of its parts. Although we ordered and were charged for the chicken tagine with green olives (¥68), we actually got the koftka tagine (¥65). It was a tasty rendition of lamb meatballs in a savory tomato sauce topped with a fried egg. The pita accompaniment is handy for wiping the tagine clean of the luscious sauce.
Ibn Battuta scores points for reasonably priced beverages, but we were slightly perplexed with the vanilla Coke (¥10) that was served in place of a regular Coke. The service here sometimes misfires orders, but it’s hard to fault friendly servers in a town full of under-paid, under-trained and under-motivated waitstaff.
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