Kus-Kus In Palermo

We visited this restaurant last September and had the fish and vegetable couscous. The Trapani-style fish couscous is something that, almost a year later, I still remember as delicious (and I miss it). Friendly staff and fast service. Average prices. The restaurant is nice inside, but we sat outside.

We had lunch at Kus-Kus. We ordered the couscous with vegetable and beef meat and busiate pasta with fava beans and shrimps. Both of them were very good and the portion was huge. Especially, the pasta was very filling and super tasty. I loved the velvety texture of the bean sauce all absorbed in the busiate pasta. The price is fair and the waiter was friendly. They also have an English menu.

Couscous is excellent with both fish and meat.

The food is good and the staff is friendly. Trapani cuisine. Generous dishes. The place is small but has a few tables outside.

Nice place and edible food if you don't have particularly refined palates. They use salt as if there were no tomorrow....but why??? Fair prices

Una conferma. Ampia scelta, prodotti di qualità (carne, pesce, vegetariani), ottima cucina, servizio gentile ed efficiente.

Simply EPIC. High quality dishes, one better than the other. Unmissable

Complete Trapani-style menu that ends with cassatelle with ricotta. Efficient service, average price

Arriving in Palermo late at night, we began our breathtaking culinary journey, and decided to have our glorious first meal of couscous. Couscous, which means small pasta shaped like millet, is a traditional dish from North Africa. Since it is close to North Africa, it is also enjoyed in Sicily, and in the case of Sicilian couscous, the geographical characteristics combine to use fish as the base. Originally, meat such as lamb and beef were used. I found the couscous shop introduced by ‘Spuppa’, which gave me this knowledge about couscous, and there are two stores in Palermo. I went to the main store, but ‘Spuppa’ has a branch store that is a bit far from the city center. I ordered the signature Trapani-style couscous, and the price was not bad at 15 euros per person. The wine list was mainly Sicilian wines, so I paired it with a bottle of Chardonnay. Couscous comes with the stew, and the stew is served separately in a large pot, so you can scoop out a little bit according to your taste and put it on the couscous. There was a fish, presumably sea bass, in the pot. I took the fish meat and put it on the couscous, and the meat was well seasoned because it soaked in the stew. Since the couscous was already mixed in the stew, I tasted it without the stew at first. It looked like powder, but when I put the couscous in my mouth, I felt a thick texture and a subtle savory taste reminiscent of breadcrumbs. Because of the stew, the texture was like mixing rice in spicy stew. The stew also tasted like spicy stew like couscous, but the difference was that it wasn't spicy and had a strong tomato flavor. Still, it was refreshing and had a fishy taste, so I wanted to eat it smoothly. Unfortunately, I didn't have a spoon, so I tried to eat it on couscous, and it became saltier and gradually became a drinking snack. Even though I kept adding stew, the couscous absorbed it and the soup didn't stick well. Overall, it tasted better than I expected, but it was a couscous that didn't fail, and I think it's hard for it not to suit the taste of Koreans. I drank a glass of the digestif that I received as a service and left feeling good.

Piccolo ristorante, ottima cucina! Piatti generosi e saporiti. Prezzi onesti e personale gentile. Consiglio i cous cous e le bruschette miste!