>> FIONA: SALUTE.
UNIQUE COCKTAILS TO UNIQUE
CUISINE.
JENN TAKES US INSIDE A MOROCCAN
RESTAURANT GETTING NATIONAL
RECOGNITION.
>> A LOOK INSIDE THE RESTAURANT
>> WHERE CAN YOU FIND MOROCCAN
FOOD IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA,
ONE PLACE, MOROCCAN BITES.
TAKING A LOOK INSIDE, AND, OF
COURSE, WE HAVE TO LEARN THE
STORY BEHIND THIS UNIQUE AND
DELICIOUS RESTAURANT.
LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK INSIDE
NOW WE ARE INSIDE MOROCCAN
BITES.
I'M JOINED BY NADYA.
YOU HELL NOTARY PUBLIC THE
BAKERY.
YOU HELP YOUR MOM COOK.
>> I AM THE BAKER.
I HELP MY MOM COOK.
AND A FAMILY OWNER HERE.
>> TELL ME, NADYA, WHAT MAK
MOROCCAN BITES SO UNIQUE.
>> ALL OF THE FOOD IS MADE FROM
SCRATCH.
SO AS COUSCOUS MOROCCAN BREAD,
SHISH KABOB, YOU DO THE CASE
HERE, THE MEAT HERE.
>> YOU READY TO GO COOK.
>> YES, MA'AM.
HA WE DO IS WE PUT THE OLIVE OIL
INSIDE.
>> SO NEAT.
WHAT ARE YOU COOKING ON.
>> THIS IS TRADITIONAL -- THAT'S
WHAT WE COOK IN IN MOROCCO.
REALLY AMAZING.
SO ONCE YOU PUT THE OLIVE OIL,
YOU'RE GOING PUT THE PIECES OF
THE MEAT INSIDE.
>> IT SMELLS SO GOOD.
I WISH YOU GUYS HAD
SMELL-A-VISION.
IT COOKS ABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER
ADDING ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS.
THIS IS OUR FINISHED PRODUCT.
>> THE BREAD AND SAFFRON RICE.
WELCOME.
>> PAIRED WITH THE TRADITIONAL
MOROCCAN HOT TEA.
THE FOOD KEEPS EVERYBODY COMING
BACK, A DEEPER STORY BEHIND THIS
KITCHEN DOOR.
TELL ME THE STORY ON HOW THE
RESTAURANT STARTED
>> MY MOM MISSING US.
SHE SAID THERE'S NO MEDICINE FOR
YOU.
SGROUS WITH YOUR KIDS.
WE BRING HER HERE IN 2005, SHE
THOUGHT IT WAS AMERICA.
WE'RE GOING TO FW AT WORK ALL
DAY.
NOT LIKE MOROCCO.
SHE'S LIKE I'M NOT LEAVING MY
FAMILY AND COUNTRY TO STAY IN
THE APARTMENT BY MYSELF
SHE HAS A TABLE LIKE THIS
WAITING FOR US.
NOBODY EATS.
>> MOM WASN'T HAPPY.
THE OWNER OF THE SHOPPING STRIP
GAVE HER MONEY AND HER WORD.
NO PAPERWORK.
THIS IS FOR ME, ME, ME.
SHE GOES -- THE WOMAN WAS STILL
FOLLOWING HER.
>> AFTER TWO WEEKS, SHE TOLD HER
DAUGHTERS.
>> WHAT DID YOU GUYS SAY?
>> NOBODY KNOWS MOROCCAN FOOD.
SHE SAID NOBODY KNOWS BECAUSE
THEY HAVEN'T TRIED IT.
WAIT UNTIL THEY TRY IT AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS PLACE.
>> SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE MONEY
SYSTEM.
>> SHE SAID GO, COME BACK WHEN
MY DAUGHTER IS HERE.
>> 5:00 WE CAME BACK TO HELP
MO
>> THEY CAME BACK.
SHE SAID IF THEY LOVE THE FOOD,
THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK.
IF THEY DON'T LOVE IT, I DON'T
WANT THEIR MONEY EITHER.
IT WAS LIKE, WOW, NOBODY WOULD
DO THAT.
>> WELL, SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS
DOING.
MOROCCAN BITES IS A ONE OF A
KIND PLACE FEATURED ON THE FOOD
NETWORK AND A RECIPIENT OF
VARIOUS AWARDS HERE IN TOWN.
>> VERY GOOD START WITH MY
MOTHER, SHE'S AMAZING.
>> FOR "SA LIVE."
>> FIONA: A GREAT START TO THE
SHOW.
WE HAVE THE GREAT MOROCCAN FOOD
HERE.
AFTER WE HAD THE YUMMY DRINKS
AND JENN JOINS US.
THIS PLACE WON A NATIONAL AWARD,
BUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SHE HEARD
THAT SHE WON I
>> CHICKEN AND VEGGIES AND MEAT
BALL RECIPE, FORGIVE ME FOR NOT
KNOWING THE NAME, ANYTHING MADE
FROM SCRATCH IS USUALLY
SOMETHING THAT THE PRODUCERS
FROM DIENERS, DRIVE-INS, AND
DIVES ON THE FOOD NETWORK, THOSE
ARE THE KINDS OF RESTAURANTS
THAT THEY LOOK FOR.
SO THEY CALLED UP MOROCCAN BITES
AND THE MOTHER OF NADYA WHO WAS
IN THE STORE, SHE ANSWERED THE
PHONE AND ACTUALLY HUNG UP ON
GUY.
SO.
>> HUNG UP ON HIM.
DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS.
>> SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS
AND THOUGHT IT WAS A PRANK CALL.
AND SO HER DAUGHTERS WENT
THROUGH THE CALLER I.D. AND
REALIZED WHO IT WAS THAT CALLED.
CALLED BACK.
THEY DID DO THE STORY ON THEM
EVENTUALLY.
BUT HE TOLD THEM THAT THE FIRST