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North African food comes to the Shires
February 8th, 2009
Went for a great lunch at Ayoush in
Bourne End, Bucks on Saturday. It calls itself North African. We decided to have
the three course set menu. To maximise our choices we went with the Egyptian and the
Moroccan choices. The decor was fun. Part Eqyptian and part Moroccan. It was a bit
cold to try the outside tented area but it looked nice for BBQ’s in the summer.
The picture above does not do justice to what the Moroccan main course was. The menu
said ‘Lamb Tagine – tender chunks of lamb with traditional Moroccan sauce, sweetened
with prunes & apricots, topped with almonds and sesame seeds’. It was all of that.
Hard to see in the picture but it was in a bowl so was very filling. The mixed grill
from the Eqyptian menu (see top of the picture) were two big skewers of pork and chicken.
Wonderfully marinated with rice and grilled vegetables and flat bread. A warm
bread basked of seeded bread was tempting too especially as it was re-filled between
courses.
The starters (choice from the set menu) were nice. Of the two puddings we found the
couscous one from the Moroccan menu rather boring. That was no fault of the restaurant.
We just did not like it – but you never know till you try!
At just over £20 for two it was great value.
On a Saturday evening and on some weekdays they even have belly dancers. We had to
make do with the guy below dancing with the tea pot on the table.
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