Like many Middle Eastern countries, food is taken extremely seriously in Jordan; no celebration be it a birth, wedding, or religious festival, is complete without an endless succession of delicacies. Very similar recipes and ingredients to Lebanese cuisine, you should expect rich salads with tasty and fresh vegetables, a sizzling array of grilled meats and specialities such as mansaf, slow-cooked lamb with crunchy bulgar wheat. If your previous experience of shop-bought hummus or tabouleh in the UK has left you cynical, then fear not as “the real thing” in Jordan is a different world. For those who want to learn more than just what it tastes like, we can arrange cooking classes in Petra and Amman.