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Aroundtown is an App that helps you knowing what's going on in and around Amman. It features Restaurants, Events and Promotions that are currently ongoing. You can search by location, by type of cuisine or aspects like shisha friendly, alcohol-free or family friendly locations or events. The Design of the app is pretty good and …
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Craving for home-cooked, tasty food but feeling too lazy or being too busy to actually cook is something utterly common! Fortunately, there are apps that can solve this problem. I have tried and used one of them several times, Bilforon (meaning litterally: In the oven). Besides combining home-cooked meals with a digitalized ordering system and (home) …
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The Young, the Old, the West, the East - it seems chocholate is a common treat everywhere in the world and enjoyed by all kinds of people. No matter the occasion, or even if there isn't an occasion, chocolate can heal the soul and bring a smile on your kid's face. There are plenty of …
Arabic Cuisine These are my favorite Arabic restaurants as they do not only feature great, typical Arabic food but have a great location and/or nice atmosphere. Some of them are a bit outside of Amman but when you live here, you will be happy to see something different for a change. These are also nice …
The most common Arabic/Jordanian sweets are probably Kunafeh, Baklawa, Warabat and Ma'amoul of all kind. There is probably much more and it is usually really good. Kunafeh Kunafeh is a mix of cheese, sweet fried rice noodles, sugar syrup and mixed nuts. The best Kunafeh is to be found at Jabri, Habiba, Nafisa or Sahel Al-Akhdar. All of …
Here is a list of my favorite bakeries in Amman. Some of them are traditional as Sufra Bakery in Swefiah, some more experimental such as Foronex or Boutique Bakery and some international (German Bakery, Crumz) as well as a mix of local and international offers (Bakery at Centro Supermarket). I do really like the local …
