Everything is closed here after 6pm except restaurants.  Dimly lit restaurants do not offer takeout food.  They sell ambience and not convenience.  Bright lights signify a takeout joint.  In the US, pizza and chinese takeout are very popular.  In the UK, fish’n’chips and indian curries are dominant.  In Switzerland, or at least the parts that I am living in, it is Turkish kebab or Tunisian takeout.  I had Moroccan couscous in NY and France before, but not Tunisian couscous.  At the risk of insulting people from those two countries, I have to say I cannot taste the difference.  The other night I got this from my local Tunisian takeout for dinner.  The chili sauce they gave me (not shown here) is one of the freshest homemade sauce I had – it was very flavorful, pungently spicy but not overly hot.  I have to try some more North African cusine.

Couscous Aux Meguez Tunisienne