Too far east is west, Maghreb^^

salam^^
ana^^; Lee from far east, Korea.
Luckily I got to know this site by chance
and very glad and excited^_^

…my blind love^.^ for Maroc has been since 2004
when i’d travelled there.
and as i wrote above,
I felt we have lots of cultural things in common,
even if it may be seemingly quite different from each other.
it would be very*100 nice if i can speak moroccan arabic
so that I can feel and understand all(?) in Maroc.hehe

nice to meet you all again
and hope you, guys help me to be spurred^^

m’a ssalama~

Hello Lee, we are just as excited to have you with us! And wow, Korea! It’s very nice to see someone from a far away country interested in our country and language.
Tell us about your trip to Morocco, and why didn’t you come back since 2004? And what about those cultural similarities. As a Moroccan that has never been to Korea (nor Asia in general) and who doesn’t know anyone from there, I can’t detect any similarities.
Hope to read you often around :).

:welcome:

thanks for your warm welcome^^
you know what?
you need to know there are some korean ppl who are very interested in Maroc
and they have their own internet communities^^
my very close friends, korean ones came to see me and to feel Maroc in '06
(I was in Maroc in '06 again^^)
and they did understand me why i adore here
and enjoyed their staying in Maroc.
After coming back to Seoul, we sometimes go to moroccan restaurant
and do miss there as enjoying couscous and tajine^^

cultural similarities?
If you ask me, what I can say first is that…
we have …as well…
sebbakia^.^ haha, funny but it’s true.
we have another name in it, though.
and as side dishes, we eat serdeen with batatas^^(I don’t know the exact name of the food)
of course with boiled rice, not with khoobz.

and about ppl…
we have a great attachment to our family
and love to dance and to sing like moroccan.
…and so on^^
umm…maybe I need to make notes of it
so that publish a book^^

hv a lovely weekend!

Oh yes, that will be interesting: Korea and Morocco, two twin countries!
There, you got the title to start, now you have no excuse to get that book written. Ha 7na ka ntsnnawk (here we are, waiting for you!) ^^.

And mr7ba bik m3ana (welcome among us).

How do you call shbbakiyya in Korean? I want to look that up to compare :D.
And did you notice how much bread we eat? Bread is almost always present in every meal. And we eat less rice.

[quote=Bnita]Oh yes, that will be interesting: Korea and Morocco, two twin countries!
There, you got the title to start, now you have no excuse to get that book written. Ha 7na ka ntsnnawk (here we are, waiting for you!) ^^.

And mr7ba bik m3ana (welcome among us).[/quote]
^^thanks for your encouragement^^
(yes, it may be a valuable one. Inch’Allah^^we will see.hehe)
and for your kindness.
If you didn’t write them in english,
I might cry out for not understanding them(>.<)
I have a long long way to go~^^;

[quote=SimplyMoroccan]How do you call shbbakiyya in Korean? I want to look that up to compare :D.
And did you notice how much bread we eat? Bread is almost always present in every meal. And we eat less rice.[/quote]
we call it
both yak kwa and shbbakiyya are very good with honey, you know^^
and yes, I did.
I remember looking around some public stoves(what is the exact name,pls?)
and I liked to eat beghrir(actually I have no idea it is a right name)
which is a bit thin, soft and has some holes in it.
but whenever I missed rice, I went to Marjane to buy lots of rice^^hehe

[quote=flower hues][quote=SimplyMoroccan]How do you call shbbakiyya in Korean? I want to look that up to compare :D.
And did you notice how much bread we eat? Bread is almost always present in every meal. And we eat less rice.[/quote]
we call it
both yak kwa and shbbakiyya are very good with honey, you know^^
and yes, I did.
I remember looking around some public stoves(what is the exact name,pls?)
and I liked to eat beghrir(actually I have no idea it is a right name)
which is a bit thin, soft and has some holes in it.
but whenever I missed rice, I went to Marjane to buy lots of rice^^hehe[/quote]
Is this the ‘yak kwa’?

It looks so much like shbbakiyya, only the shape changes. Does it taste all the same?

And a public stove is frran. But I guess that since you mentioned bghrir (yes, that’s correct, you wrote it right), you mean in cafés where there are women outside preparing bghrir, msmmn, and such.
Did you stay in Morocco for long? What cities did you go to?

yes, right^^ but it doestn’t look delicious in the pic^^
yak kwa are smaller and less sweet than shbbakiyya.
I feel the taste btwn two are same, though.

so, that’s frran. thanks^^
is bghrir a light yellow color? whatever^^ I enjoyed it.

in '04 I’d stayed for a couple of months
and travelled here and there(tanger, fes, rabat, casa, marrakech, merzouga and so on)
and in 'o6 most of time I’d stayed in tanger^^

still I have lots of places to want to go
and things to want to do in Maroc^^
Inch’Allah, next spring, I may go there again^^

:welcome: flower hues
I find it interesting that we both coutries shares sames culturs :^^: and I like the Yak Kwa it look delicious two, especially the one without sesame hihi (I like shebakya of course but without sesame :D)

[quote]so, that’s frran. thanks^^
is bghrir a light yellow color? whatever^^ I enjoyed it.[/quote]
Yes it is. And as you described it, it has many holes in it :hap:.

[quote]in '04 I’d stayed for a couple of months
and travelled here and there(tanger, fes, rabat, casa, marrakech, merzouga and so on)
and in 'o6 most of time I’d stayed in tanger^^[/quote]
Oh, so those were really long trips :). No wonder you fall in love with the country ;).

Cool! That’s for pretty soon! Any cities in mind to go to after all those you visited and “lived” in?

[quote=devanymix]:welcome: flower hues
I find it interesting that we both coutries shares sames culturs :^^: and I like the Yak Kwa it look delicious two, especially the one without sesame hihi (I like shebakya of course but without sesame :D)[/quote]
thanks for your warm welcome^^
yep! what a coincidence!^^
instead of sesame, it’s very nice to put some sliced chestnuts on it.
you may love it more^^

SimplyMoroccan

I’ve travelled here and there,
but only Maroc attracts me so strong^^
maybe by destiny~hehe

I’d rented a kinda flat only in Tanger.
Tanger comes to me very special^^
If a chance again, Tanger again.
I love Rabat as well where is not brilliant but very comfortable in it with me^^

there are any places for you to recommend me to feel free?^^

[quote=flower hues]instead of sesame, it’s very nice to put some sliced chestnuts on it.
you may love it more^^[/quote]
yeah i think it would go with Yak Kwa, but with shebakya :unsure: I never even imagine it but I think it deserve trying :smiley: