Pocketful of Kefta

Our next dinner stop was the Morocco kiosk. On our last trip to Epcot together, we had gone to the casual restaurant at the Morocco Pavilion for lunch, and thought the offerings were excellent. M had also gone before with her parents to the sit-down restaurant with the bellydancers and thought the food there was good too. So we had high hopes for the Morocco kiosk.


We weren't sure exactly what a harissa chicken roll would be (maybe like a wrap?) but we were excited to see kefta, which we love.


Here's what we tried:

Kefta pocket (ground seasoned beef in pita bread) ($5):

Kefta sandwich
Sandwich cross-section
M's take: Kefta (also, kofta) consists of ground meat mixed with herbs and spices and sometimes also onions. It's incredibly flavorful. This one wasn't bad. It was like a giant flattened meatball. It wasn't as flavorful as a lot of the kofta we've had before (especially the kofta from Comme Ci Comme Ca that we somehow still haven't written about), but it was decent.

A's take: This was a little hit or miss. The kefta wasn't bad, but it wasn't as flavorful as most other kefta I've had in the past. I thought the dish as a whole was a little dry even with the vegetable mix in there. It was still a tasty dish, though.

Harissa chicken roll ($4.75):

Chicken roll
Roll cross-section
M's take: The harissa chicken roll was like a giant deep-fried egg roll filled with chicken, some vegetables and spices. It was an interesting concept. I wasn't a fan of the deep-fried part of it, but the flavor was good.

A's take: M's description is apt. This looked and tasted like a giant chicken egg roll. Good flavors, not that spicy considering it was harissa, but decent flavor. It was oily and heavy, though, because it was fried.

Baklava ($2.95):


Baklava is a traditional Mediterranean dessert. As described on the mobile site, this baklava consisted of "a fluffy pastry made with layers of phyllo dough, chopped nuts and sweet syrup."

M's take: The baklava was fine. I have had plenty of baklava over the years and this wasn't the best I've had, but it was decent. It did have a nice sweet nutty flavor.

A's take: I've had better, but it's hard to go wrong with baklava. The overall flavors were there, and I do like the honey-like sweet syrup.

Favorite dishes at the Morocco kiosk:
A: Kefta sandwich
M: Harissa chicken roll