Jordan Food

Jordan boasts of its diversity in cuisines. There are many restaurants, which include both Arabian and European dishes. With large range of variety, taste and flavor, some of the main dishes of Jordan food comprises:-

• Dishes include meze (small starters such as humus, fool, kube and tabouleh)
• A variety of kebabs
• Mahshi Waraq ’inab (vine leaves stuffed with rice, minced meat and spices)
• Musakhan (chicken in olive oil and onion sauce roasted on Arab bread)
• The Jordanian specialty mensaf (stewed lamb in a yogurt sauce served on a bed of rice), a dish which is normally eaten with the hand.

To complete up the food of Jordan, sweets after the food is quite common. Some of the popular sweets included in the food in Jordan are:-

• Baklava (pastry filled with nuts or honey)
• Kanafa (pastry filled with nuts or goats cheese)
• Ataif (small fried pancakes filled with nuts or cheese and traditionally eaten during Ramadan)
• Mohallabiya (milk-based pudding perfumed with rose water or orange).

Drinking Arabic coffee is considered as a ritual. The strong coffee tends to be served in small cups with some coffee grounds at the bottom.

Except in the month of Ramadan (fasting month), local beer, wine and other types of alcohol are served in most restaurants and bars. Araq, local liquor, is drunk after mixing with water and ice. 10 to 12% service charge is generally added in hotels and restaurants, and extra tips are not included in it.