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Top food to try in Amman

6 dishes to eat in Amman, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Mansaf

Mansaf
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Lamb cooked in fermented dried yoghurt over rice and flatbread — the national dish, and a ceremony.

2. Falafel and hummus

Falafel and hummus
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Breakfast, from long-established downtown places with queues out the door.

3. Knafeh nabulsieh

Knafeh nabulsieh
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Cheese under shredded pastry and syrup, cut from an enormous tray.

4. Maqluba

Maqluba
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'Upside down' — rice, meat and vegetables cooked in one pot and flipped onto a platter.

5. Zarb

Zarb
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Bedouin meat and vegetables cooked in a sealed underground pit, served at desert camps.

6. Fresh juice and lemon-mint

Fresh juice and lemon-mint
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Squeezed to order from downtown stalls, and the standard drink in heat.

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