Buying Baklava in Amman
![Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman](/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.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.