Batata (finally!)

Lonely Planet writes of this joint, "do one thing and do it good." I've wanted to visit Batata, on Jebel Amman, for quite some time now and Nancy and I finally went! Batata means potatoes in Arabic, and this restaurant only serves what I would imagine to be the most common product made from potato - french fries! Along with your serving you can choose several innovative sauces. The seven sauces were honey mustard, garlic, oregano, rose chili, and black olive. We ordered the last three to accompany our serving of family fries flavored like falafel (barely.) Our total bill was 3JD: 1.80 for the fries, 0.10 for each sauce, and 0.90 for two bottles of water.

Next to the counter, which was too high for the chairs we were on, was a huge bean bag. Graffiti colors the walls and the waiter plays fun music from his computer.

I've decided to open a business modeled around Batata with founding locations in DC and NYC. It'll be open from 2pm until 4am, have music, beer on tap, and lots of bean bags. Let me know if you want in!

How good do those fries look!!!

It was great and I'll definitely go back again after a long day of walking.