What to eat in Sousse

Sousse eats like the rest of the Sahel coast, with one difference: the fish sits close enough that fish couscous shows up here as a regular lunch. Outside the hotel, a main course at a regular place runs €7.40–11.90, no drink included.

A thin pastry sheet folded around an egg, tuna or potato, then flash-fried until it sets. It's sold at the medina gate and on the quay, €1.50–3 a piece, and eaten by hand while the yolk still runs.

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Chickpeas, day-old bread, cumin and a dressing of oil and harissa — €3–4.50 for a full bowl. In Sousse it's eaten both in the morning before the medina and late at night after the beach, rarely as a proper lunch.

Eggs stewed in a thick tomato sauce with harissa, with merguez sausage as an option, served in the pan it was cooked in, €4.50–7.50. Eaten with bread, no cutlery.

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The Sahel treats fish couscous as a regular dish, not a feast: fish and vegetables steamed over the couscous grain, €5.50–9 at a restaurant. Ordered for lunch, rarely for dinner.

Day tripsThe same dish, a different version, on the quay in Mahdia:Day trips from Sousse →

In the streets around the medina and on the quay a main course at a regular place runs €7.40–11.90, no drink included. The price depends on whether it's fish or meat, and whether the table faces the sea.

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