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Jordan Experience |
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Jordan Experience
organizes trips
primarily to Jordan.
Next to that we can also
organize overland trips
to Jordan's neighbouring
countries in the
Middle-East. We have
extended knowledge of
the region. We know our
way around Jordan from
our own experience for
years on end. As a
result Jordan Experience
can compose nearly every
program possible,
meeting the customers'
individual needs and
wishes. Travelling to
Jordan with Jordan
Experience will give
travellers an
opportunity to see the
real colourful Jordan.
We take pride in making
every trip we organize a
unique experience for
our clients. We stand
for offering a travel
experience beyond
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JORDAN IN DEPTH |
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FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Food is an important part of the culture
and is used to express hospitality and
generosity. Jordanians are exceptionally
hospitable. Do not be surprised if you
are invited to share a meal in someone's
home... when Jordanians invite you, they
mean it!
Alcohol is forbidden by Islam, but is
widely available in hotels, restaurants,
bars and some shops. Drinking is
strictly prohibited on streets. Islam
also forbids eating pig.
Islam also has a tendency to divide the
sexes, and you might find that many
eating establishments only welcome men.
Most of these will, if asked, show you
to the 'family room', an area set aside
for women.
During Ramadan smoking, eating and
drinking in public is prohibited during
the hours of daylight and alcohol is not
sold, except to non-Muslims in the
larger hotels.
When Jordanians eat out they will
usually order group meals. A selection
of mezze or starters, followed by main
meals to share.
Mezze
- Khobz: Arabic unleavened bread,
round and flat, which is eaten with
almost everything.
- Hummus: a puree of chickpeas
with tahina (sesame seed paste),
garlic and lemon juice.
- Falafel: deep-fried chickpea
balls.
- Baba ghanoush: a paste made from
smoked aubergine or egg-plant and
tahina.
- Foul medames: a paste of boiled
fava beans with garlic, lemon juice,
cumin and lots of olive oil.
- Kibbe maqliya: deep-fried balls
made from meat and burghul (cracked
wheat) with a spicy meat and onion
filling.
- Fattayer and sumbusek: small
pastries filled with minced meat,
sharp white cheese or a mixture of
spinach and herbs.
- Tabouleh: a salad of chopped
parsley, tomato, onion and fresh
mint, mixed with burghul weat and
lemon juice.
Main dishes
- Mansaf: Jordan's national dish,
a Bedouin speciality of lamb served
on a bed of rice and pine nuts, in a
tangy yoghurt sauce. Mansaf is
traditionally eaten from a communal
dish using the right hand.
- Kebabs: pieces of meat roasted
over a charcoal fire. Variations:
shish taouk (boneless chicken),
shish kebab (boneless lamb or beef)
and kofta kebab (spicy minced lamb).
- Farooj: spit-roasted chicken.
- Sayadiya: fried fish cooked with
rice, found especially in Aqaba.
Sweets
- Baklava: thin layers of phyllo
pastry with chopped nuts in sweet
honey syrup.
- Konafa: shredded dough filled
with nuts or goats cheese, baked in
syrup.
- Ataif: a Ramadan treat, small
deep-fried pancakes stuffed with
nuts or cheese.
- Ma'moud: pastries with nuts and
dates, perfumed with rose water.
- Mohallabiya: a milk pudding with
rose or orange-flower water.
- Sahlab: a hot milk drink
flavoured with powdered sahlab root
and served with chopped pistachio
nuts, cinnamon and rose water.
Coffee & tea
- Coffee and tea are important
symbols of hospitality. It is very
common to be offered coffee or tea
in small shops or to be invited in
someone's home. It is good etiquette
to accept.
- Jordanian coffee is strong and
served in tiny cups, often flavoured
with cardamom. Turkish coffee is
also common; don't try to drink the
last mouthful, as it will be full of
coffee grounds. American coffee and
decaffeinated coffee are available
in the cities and larger hotels.
- Tea is served in small glasses
and is usually very sweet. Tea with
fresh mint makes a refreshing
variation.
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