El Kef Restaurants

After walking around the town for a while during the afternoon and not really finding anywhere that looked all that good to eat at, I found this place near to where I was staying that looked OK from the outside. The food is very cheap and I had lambs liver and a coke for TD7 with some kind of beans as an appitiser. There's also a good looking bakery opposite.

Restaurant Andalous is a typical small local Tunisian eaterie with chickens roasting on a spit outside and three or four tables. What makes it special is the quality of the food.

Often the chicken in these joints is dry and stringy: here it was succulent, and the frites were abundant , crisp, and piping hot. Likewise, the couscous was the best I ate in Tunisia. I'm not a great couscous fan, largely because it's often stodgy. In fact, in my prior experience it's invaribly been stodgy. But here it was light, all the grains separate; for the first time I could understand why people like the stuff. Even better, the vegetables actually had a bit of bite to them. Couscous royale it says on the menu. I'd have to agree.

And as a digestif, a cup of shai with I don't know what in it, certainly not the mint I was expecting, but excellent.

Rather more than some of these places but still under 8 TD a head. Not the cheapest but excellent value. And the woman who runs it is charming and friendly. Go to El Kef and eat there!