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date = "2016-09-23T11:15:16+03:00"
title = "Buying Baklava in Amman"
slug = "buying-baklava-amman"
categories = ["Food"]
tags = ["Baklawa", "Amman"]
description = "Buying baklava from a jovial young Jordanian in the market."
image = "/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg"
author = "Alan Orth"
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" title="Everybody likes baklava!" alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman" >}}

There's a shop in one of Amman's downtown markets that sells traditional sweets. I'm not sure who was more excited about this half kilo of _baklawa_ — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

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