The short answer
Often, yes, with bread doing the work of a spoon. At a shared tagine, tear off a piece of bread with your right hand, scoop from the part of the dish in front of you and keep the left hand off the food. Restaurants aimed at visitors give you cutlery, and soups come with a spoon.
In more detail
Much Moroccan food is eaten from one shared dish. The habits that matter are few: right hand only, and eat from your own side of the dish. At Mechoui Alley, the lamb is eaten with your fingers from brown paper at a bench, with cumin, salt and round bread.
Breakfast breads are hand food too. Msemen is torn and dipped in honey or melted butter; baghrir is sticky by design, and licking your fingers is not frowned on. At the Jemaa el-Fnaa stalls, bread is the spoon for salads and grills, and harira is drunk from a bowl with a wooden spoon.
If you are unsure, watch your host or neighbours and follow their lead. Nobody expects a visitor to be perfect, and asking for a fork is fine. What people do notice is the hand you use.
Good to know
- Use your right hand for food, bread and glasses.
- Eat from the part of the dish in front of you.
- Follow your host's lead on when to start.