Jordanian Cuisine: A Tasting Guide

Jordanian food guide: the national dishes, street food, herbs, spices and the rituals of the table.

Jordanian cuisine is generous, fresh and unmistakably Levantine: slow-cooked meats, flatbreads, grilled kebabs, vivid mezze and perfumed rice dishes define the table. Meals are communal, often eaten with everyone dipping into shared platters.

Signature flavours draw on olive oil, sumac, thyme, garlic and fragrant rice made to welcome guests. Desserts turn on syrup-sweet pastries. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan make food a route in itself, and full package tours to Jordan build tasting stops into the itinerary.

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