Spanish Legacy · Baguette Sandwich
Bocadillo
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The name and format come directly from Spain — a leftover of the decades when northern Morocco was a Spanish protectorate — and it still looks nothing like a typical Moroccan khobz sandwich.
A crusty baguette is split and packed with fillings like tuna, olives, tomato, and hard-boiled egg, sometimes with fries or spicy harissa added. Sandwich counters across Tangier and Tetouan turn these out fast for a lunch crowd used to eating standing up.
Why it's made this way: Northern Morocco's decades under Spanish administration left a lasting imprint on the local sandwich culture, and the bocadillo remains one of the clearest everyday signs of that Andalusian influence.
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