https://picturingjordan.com/categories/food/index.xml Recent content on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen/ Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:59:44 +0200 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen/ <figure > <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/IMG_20161110_220626.jpg" alt="All the multi-colored rice you can eat" /> <figcaption> <h4>All the multi-colored rice you can eat</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>You haven&rsquo;t lived until you and your friends have eaten seventeen different colors of rice, meat, and sauces while sitting on the floor at the <em>Bab al-Yemen</em> restaurant in Amman. If my experience is anything to go by, every item on the menu is downright delicious — including the humongous, flame-kissed flatbread that would be almost as fascinating to see being made as it was to eat.</p> <p></p> https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/ Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:15:16 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/ <figure > <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman" /> <figcaption> <h4>Everybody likes baklava!</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There&rsquo;s a shop in one of Amman&rsquo;s downtown markets that sells traditional sweets. I&rsquo;m not sure who was more excited about this half kilo of <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> <p></p>