No. 22 in the world · November 2026
Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha
No. 22The one to order off the fire
The mechoui, a whole lamb roasted for hours, sold by weight with cumin and salt
What it burns: Wood-fired underground pit ovens
They lower lambs into a deep wood-fired pit in the morning and pull them out by lunch; you eat with your hands at the counter.
Cook it at home
Mechoui-style slow-roasted lamb shoulder with cumin salt
5 hr, 20 min hands-on · 6 people. Marrakech's mechoui is a whole lamb roasted in a wood-fired pit until it falls apart, eaten with your hands and dipped in cumin and salt. A bone-in shoulder in a low oven gives the same tender meat and crisp edges.
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