Race towards the end of the year!

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First, our Mea Culpa for the lack of website posting. Please forgive us!

If you’re interested in what we have been up to over the last year please check out our Facebook.

First update – our Moorish Baby Mo is now one year old and will soon commence working in the van:

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Adorable Baby Mo

(joking Department of Communities, Fairwork etc!)

Secondly, we’ve added Pastilla Cigars to the regular menu!

Pastilla – crispy pasty filled with shredded chicken, egg and onion cooked in delicious spice combined with a layer of roasted ground almonds and cinnamon – are normally reserved for special occasions and our busy Fringe/WOMAD season.  But now, we have all the flavour of the Pastilla, packed into handy snack size:

Pastilla – sweet and savoury pie and oh so satisfying!

They have been quite the hit. Get yours at our next event!

 

Lastly, here’s your list of upcoming events for the rest of 2016:

Tonight! – The Adelaide Night Market – 4-8pm along North Terrace, city.  A really lovely evening.

Next Friday 16 December – Forkmas!  Fork on the Road‘s Christmas instalment. 5-9pm, Victoria Square, city.  Food trucks, craft beer/wine/cider, awesome tunes, kids activities and a massive water balloon fight! Don’t forget to bring a gift or book for the Smith Family Appeal.

Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 December – Bay Sheffield carnival at Glenelg.  You can “race” to find us, serving both days near the Rotunda, Colley Reserve, Glenelg!

Saturday 31 December – Official Adelaide New Year’s Eve 2016, Elder Park city.  See the New Year in with a BANG with some Mo’rockin good food and fireworks! Also live music, beer gardens, children’s entertainment including family fairground.

 

And first up in 2017 we have:

Saturday 7 January – The South-East’s Wangolina Wines‘ annual Saturday at the Station, Cape Jaffa.  Great family day of quality food, wine, tunes and family activities. Buses running from Robe and Kingston.  Make the most of our fabulous South Australia and join us!

 

Friday 13 January – Beachfront Twilight Markets, Seacliff – the second instalment for the summer season.  A unique shopping experience on the beachfront aimed at families on a beautiful, balmy twilight evening. Lots of yummy food, family fun and entertainment.

Lastly, we wish you a lovely holiday season and hope to see you van-side at an upcoming event.

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And we promise it won’t be another year before you hear from us again!

Love,

The Moorish Team

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Our newest team member! Plus some upcoming dates.

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We’ve been a bit busy welcoming the birth of our first child, Moorish Mo’ Junior:

Our newest team member.

Our newest team member.

Not long until he’s put to work in the van – just joking Mr Fair Work Ombudsman!

But no rest for the Mo’rockin Chef Mo – get your #moorishbites fix at these upcoming events:

THIS WEEKEND Sunday 14 November 2015 – Whistler Wine Down – Whistler Wines, Seppeltsfeild Road, Barossa

Join Whistler Wines to ‘wine’ down and catch up with friends before the year is out in the beautiful Barossa.

We’re serving up our #moorish meals, plus great wine and music by Free Genie – event runs from 11am to 5pm.

Contact the cellar door on 8562 4942 for more information.

Moorish Bites @ Whistler Wines

Moorish Bites @ Whistler Wines

Friday 20 November – Crafty Beer Fork – Light Square, City

Join Fork in Light Square for dinner between 5pm and 10pm for all your favourite food trucks and all your favourite local South Australian micro breweries. Further details here and here.

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Sunday 29 November 2015 – Adelaide Night Market – North Terrace, City

From 4-8pm along the North Terrace park.  Great food, drink and atmosphere, perfect for sharing with family and friends. See here for more information.

Crowds join Moorish Bites @ the Adelaide Night Market

Crowds join Moorish Bites @ the Adelaide Night Market

Busy times ahead!

Mo & Meg

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Get your Moorish Bites on!

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Craving some Mo’rockin’ taste sensations?

Aromatic Souk Street Food! Served fresh at our Food Truck.

Nom nom nom.

You can catch us at these upcoming events in October & November:

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October 2015 – Adelaide Motorsport Festival – Victoria Park Sprint – Victoria Park, City.

Victoria Park becomes Classic Car Central for two days in the Adelaide Parklands.  Grand Prix Circuit Sprints. Fancy cars on show. #Moorishbites to much on. For further information see here and here.

Sunday 25 October 2015 – Adelaide Night Market – North Terrace, City

The first Adelaide Night Market of the 2015/2016 season! From 4-8pm along the North Terrace park.  Great food, drink and atmosphere, perfect for sharing with family and friends. See here for more information.

Friday 31 October 2015 – Halloween Fork in the Port – Harts Mill, Port Adelaide

Truck or treat!  Get dressed up and come and join Adelaide’s food truck scene for the first ever Halloween Fork. From 12pm serving lunch AND dinner – bonus! Further details to come – check out here and here.

Sunday 8 November 2015 – Walk 4 Brain Cancer – Harold & Cynthia Anderson Reserve, West Beach

A great cause to get involved in – there’s still time to participate and/or donate too!  Walk commences from 5pm, we’re serving from 5pm to 8pm(ish). Please see here and here for more info and to participate/sponsor/donate.

Sunday 14 November 2015 – Whistler Wine Down – Whistler Wines, Seppeltsfeild Road, Barossa

Join Whistler Wines to ‘wine’ down and catch up with friends before the year is out in the beautiful Barossa. 11am to 5pm.  We’re serving up our #moorish meals. Music by Free Genie. Contact the cellar door on 8562 4942 or email katelin@whistlerwines.com for more information.

Friday 20 November – Crafty Beer Fork – Light Square, City

Join Fork in Light Square for dinner between 5pm and 10pm for all your favourite food trucks and all your favourite local South Australian micro breweries. Further details to come – check out here and here.

Sunday 29 November 2015 – Adelaide Night Market – North Terrace, City

From 4-8pm along the North Terrace park.  Great food, drink and atmosphere, perfect for sharing with family and friends. See here for more information.

Fork on the Road, Whitmore Square (photo by David Walsh http://www.weekendnotes.com/pictures-at-our-port/)

Fork on the Road, Whitmore Square (photo by David Walsh http://www.weekendnotes.com/pictures-at-our-port/)

See you out front of the Mo’rockin’ Moorish Bites van!

Chef Mo’ x

Post of Shame. Remedied with Content Overload!

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We have been bad, bad bloggers. Please forgive us?

We will now reward you with CONTENT OVERLOAD!

We had a great time in the Garden of Unearthly Delights over four weeks of the Adelaide Fringe – we got to share our love of Moroccan street food, meet some lovely people, feel a bit chuffed about so many nice comments and reviews & soak up the atmosphere that only the GOUD brings to Adelaide one special time a year.

The Moorish Bites Family

The Moorish Bites Family

Just one of a few very nice reviews.

Just one of a few very nice reviews.

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Some of our very popular Meloui – home-made pastry grilled and filled with spinach, rocket & feta. Optional fillings chicken, lamp, pumpkin, eggplant, mushroom and capsicum. Now we’re hungry just writing that sentence. Excuse us while we go whip a batch up…

And then we were exhausted:

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Note: Moorish Bites not actually operated by cats.

We managed to rally and:

  • Served up a storm at the last (and as usual fabulous) Adelaide Night Market for the 2014/2015 season – fear not good Adelaide folk, it is back for a new season!
  • Took the Mo’rockin’ van on a jaunt to the Barossa to celebrate Easter with Whistler Wines – a beautiful cellar door and people who know to put on a very good show.
The good folk of Whistler Wines celebrating the Easter long weekend.

The good folk of Whistler Wines celebrating the Easter long weekend.

  • Celebrated Adelaide’s Muslim community and the amazing multicultural support of Adelaide at the first Al Salam Festival.
  • Shared some tagine with a very large, well-groomed and hungry dog at the RSCPA Million Paws Walk.
Tagine for all!

Tagine for all!

  • Took the van on another outing not once but twice to our other premium wine region, specifically the beautiful Lazy Ballerina at Kuitpo, for their guests to relax in what has to be one of the best gardens around with some great tunes, tucking into our #moorishbites, and sampling some great wine.
The serenity of the back paddocks of Lazy Ballerina. A great view for the day!

The serenity of the back paddocks of Lazy Ballerina. A great view for the day!

  • Helped the next batch of young and eager students get acquainted with Adelaide University – we’re sure a good feed of #moorishbites helped them along!
Uni is better with Moorish Bites!

Uni is better with Moorish Bites!

  • Two most excellent Forks on the Road – one at Harts Mill Port Adelaide & the other at Bonython Park – both had a huge turnout, which warms the heart of humble food trucks like us to see the support Adelaide has for our street food scene.  Good news too – there are many more Forks approaching!
Fork on the Road Bonython Park held 20 September 2015.

Fork on the Road Bonython Park held 20 September 2015.

  • We celebrated Moorish Bites’ First Birthday at the Semaphore Music Festival – one year to the day since we started trading, with Semaphore being our very first event.

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  • The first (and hopefully one of many!) Victoria Square Art Market was held just last weekend – the turn out in support of local artists was amazing and the atmosphere made for a perfect sunny Sunday afternoon in the city.
Sunday in the centre of the city - what Adelaide is all about.

Putting the sun in Sunday.

  • Plus we got to cater a bunch of private functions and share our passion for Moroccan street food in people’s homes, workplaces and schools – weddings, dinners, school fundraisers, birthday milestone celebrations and baby showers. You celebrate it, we cater it!  If you are planning an event and are looking for something a bit different and a lot tasty, don’t hesitate to email moorishbites@gmail.com to make an enquiry about what we can do for you.

We also took time to have a bit of a winter hibernation.  Chef Mo’ took the opportunity to go back to his homeland of Morocco (and get some sun!) and could not escape his love of street food (and posing with it):

Chef Mo' in Morocco

Chef Mo’ in Morocco

So. Again apologies for our lack of website content.  We hope this update has made (some) amends.

Tune in shortly for a rundown of our upcoming events – it’s going to be bigger & better for Moorish Bites over the warmer months of 2015/2016 and we can’t wait to share it with you 🙂

Don’t forget you can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Yours in tasty, tasty goodness,

Mo’ & Meg

Moorish Bites

We’re Mo’rockin the Garden of Unearthly Delights!

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What a spectacular view! The Garden of Unearthly Delights now takes up almost the whole block of Rundle Park, East Terrace.

What a spectacular view! The Garden of Unearthly Delights now takes up almost the whole block of Rundle Park, East Terrace.

What a place to be! And we’ve got our first media mention for the season:

“Moroccan hit Moorish Bites”

Sunday Mail 15 February 2015

Sunday Mail 15 February 2015

We’re all set up and almost through our first weekend of Garden trade for 2015.

Our new digs for the next five weeks.

Our new digs for the next five weeks.

You can find us in the Southern-side food section next to the Umbrella Revolution. We’ve got a FULL menu including a treat for those hot, hot days – fresh iced-mint tea.

Yummy!

Yummy!

Come join us every day (except February 16) until March 15. Usual trading times are: Monday to Thursday – 5:00pm to Midnight (garden open until 1:00am) Friday- Saturday – 12 noon to 1:00am (garden open from 10am and closes 3:00am) Sunday – 12 noon to Midnight (garden open from 10am and closes 1:00am)

What’s next? Last chance #moorishlunch, next stop Garden of Unearthly Delights!

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Happy New Year! What a lovely summer break that was. If not a little noisy – Chef Mo’ took the time off to get out the angle grinder and cut a new servery window for the #moorishvan with the help of Papa Moorish Peter (never a dull moment!)
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Boys and power tools – a mighty bond.

We’ve since hit the Adelaide streets running in 2015, and its about to get even more exciting for Moorish Bites.  Coming up…

TODAY Sunday 25 January – Adelaide Night Market from 4 to 8pm, North Terrace

The wonderful Adelaide Night Market a monthly event held in the warmer months which had its 2nd Birthday in December.

It’s a great collection of both the well-known food trucks as well as smaller, family-run food stalls, plus artisanal craft and food goodies.  It’s also a great use of the usually under-enjoyed, but lovely stretch of garden along the top of Government House.

We’re excited to debut the Tagine Burger – slow-cooked lamb in Moroccan spices, topped with “Tefaya” (caramelised onion, sultanas and fried almonds) on a bed of saffron coleslaw, served on a toasted brioche bun.  Special today only for $10.00

Find us on North Terrace, near the War Memorial and corner of Kintore Avenue from 4-8pm.

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The Tagine Burger!

The Tagine Burger!

The Porch Sessions – 9 February 2015 – gates from 5pm – location to be disclosed (intriguing!)

Our souk street food will be complementing the February, seaside-bound installment of the Porch Sessions.

This eclectic musical gathering creates a musical oasis, bringing the tunes, food and wine, Persian rugs, fairy lights and all-round good times to a secret residential garden once a month across the warmer seasons.

Tickets have already sold out for this and the next one (wowsers!), so if you were not lucky enough to nabs yours this time around you should stay tuned for their later installments here and be very, very quick!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights – 12 February to 15 March 2015

We are pumped to be selected to be a part of the Garden this year in our super stall form.  We’ll be serving our full compliment for the Fringe folk at the original and the best magical oasis of the festival season.

Check out the program here to see a show as well as savoring on our souk street food.

Usual Garden hours are 5pm to late Monday to Thursday and 10am to very late on Friday to Sunday –  look for the Mo’rockin Moorish Bites stall!

#Moorishlunch trade – last two weeks before Fringe!

It’s your last chance to catch us for weekday city lunch before we head into the Garden for February/March.

Trading locations can be subject to change (check Twitter or Facebook for any last-minute announcements), but our plan is:

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  • Tuesday 27 January 2015 – 11am to 2pm – Hindmarsh Square
  • Friday 30 January 2015 – 11am to 2pm – Light Square
  • Tuesday 3 February 2015 – 11am to 2pm – Angas Street (opposite the Magistrates Court & SA Water building, South-West of Victoria Square)
  • Thursday 5 February 2015 –  11am to 2pm – Hindmarsh Square
  • Friday 6 February 2015 – 11am to 2pm – Light Square
Make the most of your lunch break - make it a #moorishlunch

Make the most of your lunch break – make it a #moorishlunch

As always, thanks for your support and we’ll see you street/stall side!
Moorish Mo’ & Meg
xxx

Chef Mohamed’s Moorish Hometown

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Just recently the New York Times sent the communal beating heart of Adelaide aflutter with their props to our fine city, including a shout out to our street food prowess, described as a:

robust dining scene that encompasses everything from street (Fork on the Road) to posh (Hill of Grace, atop the redeveloped Adelaide Oval)

Check out the full glory of #RADelaide or otherwise adjust your bucket list accordingly here.

IN ADDITION, The New York Times also recently gave Chef Mohamed’s Moroccan hometown a beautiful write up:

Chefchaouen, known for its blue-painted walls - Ben Sklar for The New York Times

Chefchaouen, known for its blue-painted walls – Ben Sklar for The New York Times

Of course, Chefchaouen — or Chaouen, as it’s sometimes called — is already famous as an outrageously picturesque blue-walled city. Inside the ancient gated medina nearly every building is painted an arresting shade of cerulean or azure, the sky blues juxtaposed with white trim and terra-cotta rooftops. Twisting cobblestone paths lead up and up, around the ocher-colored casbah, past a crumbling cemetery where goats graze, to a landscape of green hills and mountaintops, uninterrupted sky extending beyond. It’s like being inside a Chagall painting.

We can’t wait to go back on our next food safari and to bring back even more exciting flavours and Moroccan artisan products to our ‪‎#moorishflock‬ of Adelaide!

If you want to lose yourself for a few minutes in a beautiful pocket of Morocco, read the article and then Google “Chefchaouen” and prepare for a serious case of wanderlust.

Otherwise check back in for our upcoming series of posts on Mohamed’s life in Morocco, Moroccan food, travel and culture.

That’s a (Poccadio) wrap for 2014!

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Photo by Nick Coutts - lawyer, brewer, all round nice guy

Photo by Nick Coutts – lawyer, brewer, all round nice guy

PHEW!

In less than three short, crazy months we have been at:

PLUS weekly #moorishlunch trade in Victoria Square, Light Square and Hindmarsh Square

AND private functions that saw us chug up the freeways to Hahndorf and McLaren Vale (apologies motorists!)

Fork on the Road, Whitmore Square (photo by David Walsh http://www.weekendnotes.com/pictures-at-our-port/)

Fork on the Road, Whitmore Square (photo by David Walsh http://www.weekendnotes.com/pictures-at-our-port/)

We’d like to say a big THANK YOU to all of our #moorishbites foodie followers who have supported us, given us the nicest of compliments, shared/liked/retweeted us and to those special few who have tracked us down and made a beeline for the van no matter rain, hail or shine!

Special mention must go to:

  • Moorish Mamma Jan McFarlane who thought she’d retired, but alas thought wrong and has pulled many a shift in the van
  • Papa Peter McFarlane for his wisdom and supervision of all the technical/regulatory stuff
  • Ali & Samra, Jacqui Forte & Robb Muirhead and Leon Budden for being the best of friends, helpers, instructors and supporters
  • Bowen Ellames for an amazing van design (and who is now being fabulous whilst designing spaceships in Qatar)
  • Nick Coutts for being our ‘on call’ photographer no matter the hour of the night

And also:

  • Splash Adelaide for their commitment to making Adelaide = #RADelaide and running an amazing mobile food vending program
  • AND our #adelaide #foodtruck comrades for their advice, food swaps and loaning us of the occasional spare change/cooking oil/petrol/cutlery/rubbish bin/car jack
Chef Mohamed Bensaid. Cooking up Moroccan spice and all things nice!

Chef Mohamed Bensaid. Cooking up Moroccan spice and all things nice!

Happy Holidays to all and if you have not already, make sure you check back, like us, follow us and/or download the Street Eats app for trading times in 2015!

Moorish Mo’ and Meg x

‘Made it’

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You know you’ve ‘made it’ when a superannuation fund blogs about you in an Australia-wide #foodtruck roundup!

Taking its cues from Morocco’s glorious spice filled souks, Moorish Bites delivers tagines, cous cous and meloui -crispy grilled pastry filled with a variety of options depending on your preference. Locally sourced produce meets traditional cooking techniques and the results speak for themselves.

SOURCE: FOOD ON THE MOVE: THE RISE OF THE FOOD TRUCK

Last chance(s) for souk street food in 2014!

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Get in before we give the meloui press a well-deserved rest and we take a short ‪#‎moorishbreak‬ !

WEDNESDAY 10 December 11am-2pm Hindmarsh Square for #moorishlunch

THURSDAY 11 December 5-10pm for Open Night at Adelaide Uni (Maths Lawns)

FRIDAY 12 December 11am-2pm Light Square for #moorishlunch

SUNDAY 14 December 4-8pm Adelaide Night Market (Corner North Terrace and Kintore Avenue)

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