Moroccan cuisine is hard to find. Eat authentic, flavorful dishes in near Ypsilanti.

YPSILANTI TWP., MI — Mohammad Mohammad’s restaurant Casablanca is one of only a few Moroccan restaurant in Michigan. Mohammad takes pride in that.

“There is Tunisian (cuisine), there is Algerian (cuisine), there is other North African (cuisine), but not Moroccan-style (cuisine),” Mohammad said.

The restaurant located at 2333 Washtenaw Avenue in Ypsilanti Township aims to showcase the distinct Moroccan flavor. The cuisine is teeming with spices due to Morocco’s location at the crossroads of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Casablanca’s dishes have notes of European origin, hints of African and Middle Eastern cuisine and even South American flavors. It all creates a distinct Moroccan taste.

But Mohammad isn’t even Moroccan. Abdul Mani, a Moroccan, founded the restaurant in 2015,