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+++ date = "2016-09-23T11:15:16+03:00" title = "Buying Baklava in Amman" slug = "buying-baklava-amman" aliases = ["/2016/09/buying-baklava-in-amman/"] categories = ["Food"] tags = ["Baklava", "Amman"] description = "Buying baklava from a jovial young Jordanian at the market in downtown Amman." images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg"] author = "Alan Orth" +++
{{< 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 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.