Food!

This blog will be a lot shorter than my first one. I just got back from dinner and thought I would write about the one topic everyone loves- Food

The majority of food here is middle-eastern, meaning there are lots of spices used and most meals are served over rice.  And almost every meal comes with a side of hummus and fresh pita bread.  Hummus over here is way better than the prepackaged kind in the states.  Additionally most of the meat consumed is lean, such as lamb and chicken.  The Islamic culture forbids the eating of pork, so almost all restaurants do not serve it.  No pork hotdogs either. Common meat dishes are shwarma (sliced similar to the meat in Gyros) and kababs.  Mango juice seems to be a popular drink, which makes sense because it is delicious.  Because this is a Westernized culture (at least, compared to other countries near here), you can still find American fast food chains, even ice cream places like Coldstone and DQ.  They even have Subways, but for some reason “23 dirham footlong” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.   There are also restaurants from all other cultures as well.  I was eating at a Russian restaurant my third day here and after we ordered, the waiter walked to our table and handed us a pile of magazines.  If that doesn’t seem strange, the selection of reading material was all gentlemen and car related.  Guess it’s a Jersey thing.  (Opps I mean Russian).