Nadia: from her restaurant in Morocco to your table on the Costa del Sol
The story behind every pastilla, every tagine and every sweet that comes out of my kitchen in Coín.
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From my restaurant in Morocco to my kitchen in Coín
For many years I ran my own restaurant in Morocco. There I learned that cooking isn't just about following a recipe: it's about looking after whoever sits at your table, caring about the details, never taking anything for granted.
When I arrived in Coín, in Málaga, I still missed that way of cooking: unhurried, with real ingredients, for specific people rather than an endless menu. That's why I started cooking to order: it lets me give every order the same time and the same care I used to give my customers at the restaurant.
I don't have a place open to the public, but I cook with the same seriousness as always: every order, however small, I treat as if it were for someone in my own family.
My family recipes
I don't improvise: I cook the recipes I learned at home, the ones passed down from my grandmother to my mother, and from my mother to me. When I make a pastilla, a tagine or sweets, I follow the same steps I learned as a girl, not a simplified version to save time.
Ingredients from Morocco and from the Málaga countryside
Some ingredients simply can't be replaced with local ones. So whenever I can, I bring directly from Morocco:
- Authentic spices (ras el hanout, cumin, saffron, cinnamon)
- Real honey for the sweets
- Almonds for pastillas and pastries
- Homemade harissa, the traditional way
And what I don't bring from Morocco, I buy from the Málaga countryside
The vegetables, greens and fresh fruit are all locally sourced: from the Guadalhorce Valley market gardens, bought straight from local growers.
- Seasonal vegetables and greens
- Fresh fruit from the area
- Everything bought from local growers in the Guadalhorce Valley
I cook the same day, nothing frozen
I don't prepare anything in advance or keep frozen food. I cook every order on the very day you collect it, without rushing and with good ingredients.
"I treat every order as if it were for my own family."
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You can message me in Spanish, Arabic or French — I'll understand you just as well in any of the three.
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