Bagel Breakfast Board — avocado-cheese and amlou-fruit bagels, boiled egg, olives, dips and bread. A vegetarian spread built for sharing.
Some breakfasts are meant to be eaten alone with a laptop open beside them. Others are built for the opposite — a table covered in small plates, nobody in a hurry, conversation stretching out as long as the food does. The Bagel Breakfast Board is firmly the second kind: a full vegetarian spread designed to be shared, priced for one or for two, and varied enough that everyone at the table finds something they'd order again on its own.
The board centers on two different bagels, which is really two different breakfasts in one: an Avocado-Cheese Bagel for a savory, creamy base, and an Amlou-Fruit Bagel for something sweeter, built around amlou — Morocco's traditional almond, argan oil, and honey spread, sometimes described as the country's answer to peanut butter, though the flavor is its own thing entirely, nuttier and slightly toasted from the argan oil.
Around those two anchors sits a full supporting cast: a boiled egg finished with onion sauce and butter, a baked tomato slice alongside fresh cherry tomatoes, a paprika-cheese dip, cucumber, olives, and bread to round it all out. It's built the way a good mezze spread is built — no single component asks to be the star, but together they cover sweet, savory, creamy, and fresh in a way a single plate never could. The board comes with your choice of Americano, Cappuccino, or Moroccan Mint Tea, so the drink is part of the order rather than an afterthought.
Amlou: The Ingredient Worth Knowing
If there's one component on this board worth slowing down for, it's the amlou. It's made from roasted almonds, argan oil, and honey, ground together into a thick, nutty paste — a specialty of Morocco's Souss region, where argan trees grow almost nowhere else on earth. Traditionally it's eaten with bread for breakfast, often alongside mint tea, and it carries a flavor that's hard to compare to anything outside Morocco: earthy and roasted from the argan, sweetened just enough by the honey, with the almonds giving it body. Pairing it with fresh fruit on a bagel is a small piece of fusion — a Moroccan pantry staple meeting a format most people already know how to eat.
Built for More Than One Person
Most items on our breakfast menu are priced and portioned for a single order. The Bagel Breakfast Board is different by design — it's priced at 90 DH for one person and 140 DH for two, which makes it one of the more natural things to order if you're not eating alone. It's the kind of breakfast that works well for a couple easing into a Saturday, friends catching up before a walk through the medina, or even just one person who wants a genuinely varied spread rather than a single dish.
That said, ordering the 1P portion solo works perfectly well too — the variety is still there, just scaled down, and it's still a full, satisfying breakfast on its own.
A Slow Morning, the Essaouira Way
Essaouira's whole rhythm leans toward this kind of unhurried breakfast. Mornings here are mild and often a little misty near the coast before the fog burns off by early afternoon, and the city is famously calmer before its Alizé trade winds pick up later in the day. It's a place built for sitting outside with good light and no particular urgency — a sharing board like this one fits that pace far better than something meant to be eaten in five minutes on the way out the door.
If you're making a morning of it, the medina itself is an easy follow-up once the board is finished — a short walk from most parts of town, laid out on an unusually orderly grid for a Moroccan medina, and a genuinely pleasant place to wander before the souks get busy later in the day.
At Noqta Space
The Bagel Breakfast Board fits naturally with how people actually spend time at Noqta Space — not everyone here is heads-down working the whole visit. It's a good order for a weekend morning, a catch-up with a friend, or a slower start before settling into the coworking space for the day. And since it's fully vegetarian, it's an easy recommendation regardless of anyone's dietary preferences at the table.
FAQ
What's included in the Bagel Breakfast Board?
An Avocado-Cheese Bagel, an Amlou-Fruit Bagel, a boiled egg with onion sauce and butter, a baked tomato slice, cherry tomatoes, a paprika-cheese dip, cucumber, olives, and bread, plus your choice of Americano, Cappuccino, or Moroccan Mint Tea.
Is it vegetarian?
Yes, fully vegetarian.
How much does it cost?
90 DH for one person, 140 DH for two.
Is it meant to be shared?
It's designed as a shareable board, though the 1P portion also works well as a solo breakfast.
What is amlou?
A traditional Moroccan spread made from roasted almonds, argan oil, and honey — nutty, earthy, and lightly sweet.
What drink comes with it?
Your choice of Americano, Cappuccino, or Moroccan Mint Tea, included in the price.
Come Share a Board
This is the breakfast to order when you actually have time for breakfast. Bring a friend, order the 2P board, and let the morning move at its own pace — or browse the rest of our breakfast menu if you're planning your next visit.
