(This venue is closed.) Rfissa (ruh-Fee-sah) — a weekend special at this Moroccan restaurant, meaning that it's available Friday and Saturday only — boasts heaps of lentils, strips of onion, and a goodly portion of chicken meat. These long-simmered, turmeric-tinted ingredients are presented atop a layer of shredded bread (one protruding edge is shown in the photo below). Most recipes allow for day-old bread, in keeping with a tradition of thriftiness, but it's more likely that this rendition employed fresh-made msemmen. Bab Marrakech has plenty of that flatbread to spare, with or without honey. (At our table, with.) For more photos of a lunch headlined by lamb, see the EIT page on Facebook.
H/T Eat The World NYC, which also documented the celebration of Morocco's upset victory that secured its place at the 2018 World Cup
Bab Marrakech
7317 Fifth Ave. (73rd-74th Sts.), Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
718-491-6000
www.Facebook.com/BabMarrakechNYC
