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Food / Drinks and Nightclubs
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The cuisine varies, although most restaurants have a mixed menu which includes both Arabic and European dishes.
- Dishes include meze (small starters such as humus, fool, kube and tabouleh);
- A variety of kebabs;
- Mahshi Waraq 'inab (vine leaves stuffed with rice, minced meat and spices);
- Musakhan (chicken in olive oil and onion sauce roasted on Arab bread);
- and the Jordanian speciality mensaf (stewed lamb in a yogurt sauce served on a bed of rice), a dish which is normally eaten with the hand.
Sweets are very popular and include:
- Baklava (pastry filled with nuts or honey);
- Kanafa (pastry filled with nuts or goats cheese);
- Ataif (small fried pancakes filled with nuts or cheese and traditionally eaten during Ramadan);
- and mohallabiya (milk-based pudding perfumed with rose water or orange).
Drinking Arabic coffee is a ritual. Coffee tends to be very strong and is served in small cups (with plenty of coffee grounds at the bottom).
Local beer, wine and other types of alcohol are served in most restaurants and bars, except during the fasting month of Ramadan (non-Arabic nationals can drink alcohol only in hotels during Ramadan).
Nightlife:
There are nightclubs, theatres and cinemas in Amman, while some other major towns have cinemas. Often clubs will only admit couples or mixed groups.
Many of the four- and five-star hotels have popular clubs and bars.
Special Events:
For a complete list, consult the Jordan Tourism Office. The following is a selection of special events in Jordan during 2003.
Mar-Apr Amman International Festival for Independent Theatre, Amman. May Jordan International Rally, various towns. Jul-Aug Jerash Festival for Culture and Art (two weeks of Jordanian and international folklore groups, artists and musical performances), Jerash. Oct Amman Dead Sea Ultra Marathon, Amman.
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