The kasbah. years living in tangier, unknown. bianca hamri, an american. she s been here forever, led many lives, i gather, and occasionally translates books from maghribi to english. and the dashing and mysterious baron de coqueiros gondareus, an artist from chile who s been living and working in the kasbah since a hasty exit from puerto rico for reasons never fully explained. [ laughter ] on the menu, bastilla. a meat or often pigeon pie, as traditional moroccan as it gets. today, made by gibbs full-time cooks, jamila and fatomah. in bastilla, the meat on this particular day is chicken, which is slow-cooked in broth and spices, pulled or shredded and then folded into an egg mixture, cooked in the reduced stock from the boil. this is layered with blanched almonds, powdered sugar, and cinnamon.
You can still find the magic. anthony: the market, or souk, in tangier, is one of the best in all morocco. the food stalls and vendors are still pretty impressive. wander the markets long enough and you re sure to stumble across the unexpected. hooves? sure. how about a lamb s head? here, nothing goes to waste. charbroiled to crispy burnt perfection, the meat is scraped off and served on a crusty lunch bread. not so adventurous? the grand socco s indoor market offers a variety of smoked, cured, and fresh meat. it smells good in here. this stuff looks good. oh, i ve heard this cheese is amazing. cherie: it s good, yeah. anthony: could i have one? a berber favorite, fresh goat cheese wrapped in palm leaves. cherie: yeah, they re beautiful, aren t they? anthony: it s good?
bachir: i heard you have the greatest taste for food in the world, man. anthony: i love good food. [ laughter ] bachir: yeah. anthony: after dinner, some fruit, some mint tea and let the music begin. for centuries, the master musicians of jajouka have been the musical choice of the royal families of morocco. excused by the country s rulers from manual labor to devote themselves to musical training.
Wow. it became something of an obsession. now his artifacts from morocco and all across northern africa are bought by collectors from all over the world. carpets, antiques, wood carvings, jewelry and old doors. wow, these are incredibly beautiful. tell me about that. abdelmajid: amber, coral, shells. these used to be currency, these shells. anthony: how old is this? abdelmajid: this is, uh, early 20s, late 19th. the amber is millions of years old. anthony: how much are you selling this piece for? abdelmajid: this is priced by, by weight. anthony: by weight? abdelmajid: it s quite a heavy piece, this one. 429 grams. so it comes like, uh, 42,000 dirhams. anthony: so that s how much in dollars? abdelmajid: like, uh, like almost $5,000, $4,500. anthony: about $5,000. abdelmajid: yeah. almost. anthony: shall we look at another floor? abdelmajid: oh yes, follow me. yeah, there is a nice collection
Bags. anthony: right. nosaeri: there, today, we have so many investments going on here in tangier. thanks to our king investors are here, have been attracted. tourists are attracted. but the most important part of it is that we should keep the old parts of the city intact, the kasbah, the medina. anthony: the medina. nosaeri: that s what s hard to do because when you have, european purchasing power coming over here to tangier anthony: they come. well, like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we it all up. will tangier s unique character survive? nosaeri: i hope so. [ laughter ] i really hope so. anthony: tangier is morocco. always was morocco.