its smell was particularly notable to him, including a mix of hashish, seared meat and sewage. tangier before anything else is essentially a port city. with all the things that traditionally come with port cities. it's situated at the choke point between the atlantic ocean and the mediterranean sea. the moroccan coast is a rich fishing ground, and a lot of people make their living from the sea. on shore they use a method called haul fishing. where weighted nets basically drag fish across the bottom of the sea. some of that fish, the good stuff anyway, ends up here. the restaurant populare, or popeye, the place has a lot of names. people have been coming in here for years and say it has the best tangine in town.