Buying Baklava in Amman
![Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman](https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/IMG_20160810_160953_hue9c9eb159adf1c1cbb2a9ccd4cd603e5_1382793_800x0_resize_q75_box.jpg)
Everybody likes baklava!
There’s a shop in Amman’s main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I’m not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.