maple syrup i felt like maple syrup was healthier than that i understand why
we call this the national dish of jordan i think that bad was just double checking that i'm not his
long-lost son that was strange hey everyone in the last video we spent the day exploring amman
and getting a nice feel for the city but today we're gonna switch gears and get
a little bit more in depth into the food of jordan yeah so we have made our way down to
downtown amman there are lots of really good restaurants are really close to one another here
so are going to spend the day exploring the cuisine yeah and i'm starving i don't know
about you it's lunch time perfect time to do a food tour so let's go get some food let's go
we actually got a table we waited for someone to leave it but we have no idea i don't know i
think maybe you go up there's like not a menu i don't know what we're asking for it's definitely
one of those times where having a guide would be very helpful fortunately we're just soloing it
um can we get maybe some falafel and what else is
okay
what do you want to order i don't know
roasted mashed eggplant with spices sometimes tahini olive oil lemon juice
and it's served with veggies a waffle can look at this
it's crunchy on the outside and soft and new
this
i think it makes the hummus better but that's just me personally
it's tasty
oh thank you thank you
oh that was okay a stranger just gave us some traditional bread
this is like spongy
thank you
gotta find our waiter waiter knows what we ordered how about good news
bread okay
that was super good it was so good all right okay maybe dessert
they're so neat to be here oh my gosh it's just so different than anywhere we've been
and there are tons of restaurants yeah we don't exactly know what they're all selling because
it's in arabic yeah i can't quite understand and read it we'll just wing it
how are you good
for
no idea what we just bought look at that oh my god this looks so good holy deep fried
is it sweet no it's good it's super sweet it looks like something you would love
super sugary it's like drizzled with something grease happiness
that's dangerous oh wow i don't know what it is but i know it's not good for you
it is sopping wet inside that's like sugary glaze like sticker water or something
oh wow you don't eat a lot of them you don't need any you probably could do with half
it's like it's like i just drank a little shot of sugar and water but mostly sugar syrup maybe
maple syrup i felt like maple syrup was healthier than that because this leaf is not deep fried
this is this one
it's very good
thank you the locals were so excited that i was trying it
so much all right that's that's our new favorite store right there i don't know
what it's called but man that is some good sweets
gets dark so early here i mean it is november but at like 3 30 it feels like the sun is setting and
it's down by like quarter to five it's so it's so early it's prompting us to have dinner yes but
we weren't that hungry for a while but now we're starving now we're starving uh maybe starving
feels like a stretch yeah these food tour days can be really tough on the stomach sometimes
we are doing dinner at elf cuts but it's a really popular restaurant just found it online apparently
i've got lots of great jordanian dishes so that is where we're going to have our dinner
thank you so much so tabula is a salad
common in the region and it's actually pronounced made of parsley and burger
lemon juice i've had this like in canada before i like kind of like almost like fast food places
not this sour this is yummy this is the mansao this is the national dish of jordan
and it's a lamb cooked in tangy yogurt sauce like like this yes like that perfect thank you
man
that was really good it is so soft and it's so juicy the sauce i think
is helpful like the yogurt sauce so it keeps it from being like too dry kind
of gives it a bit more flavor i understand why we call this the national dish of jordan
if i had a country i would probably make this my natural dish too that is so good
so because there was no fried lamb ring we improvised the waiter suggested we get
puff pastry stuffed with rice meat and vegetables this sounds so good
nutmeg
christmas to me
i think the meat is lamb that's gone most likely the pastry is so good like filo pastry
it's just lightly seasoned it's not like overbearing none of those spices are preparing
delicious great recommendations from our waiter the pastry is really good yes yes
i was born in the philippines but i grew up in canada what's your name
yeah you are oh michael no you're not my sister
yes it's mikko is here what's wrong your mother named susan no okay
i think that bad was just double checking that i'm not his long-lost son and his son's name
is michael and i'm i mean that's pretty close and your mom's name's not suzanne
and my mom's name is not suzanne so i mean i feel for the guy i mean that would have been an insane
one in a billion shot if that if i was his son just sitting in this restaurant in mon jordan
and he just found me because he looked at me and thought hey that nice filipino maybe he's my kid
that was strange do you even know me poor guy i sincerely hope he finds his son
the last dish is a dessert and it's called canoe it's a i guess traditional
slash famous last popular jordanian dessert cheesy at the bottom and sugary on top oh
wow that was good because right it is cheese it's cheese on the bottom
and then it's just like a pastry on top which i guess is different depending on
the region you're in sometimes it looks very like nasty like noodly um and then oftentimes
like pistachios and nuts on top that's what we have here and of course like a syrup
oh my gosh
it's like the melted mozzarella and dipped it in syrup maple syrup we've seen people walking
around these all day i can just walk around the streets and eat these locals well that's so good
running off on a high note with some very sugary cheesy delicious dessert this canoe is
oh my god unreal it's so good so we're going to leave you here we're going to just enjoy this
and roam the streets of amman a little more and uh we'll catch you in the next one where we will
no longer be in the mom we'll see you there thanks for watching oh my god is not megan
nice catch it is the national dish of georgia
and actually mikko's gonna eat it but it's in front of me jordan
how do i do that kind of tastes like just like sugar crystals i don't know got cheese
you