Haret Jdoudna

Tonight Nancy and I went to Haret Jdoudna (meaning "My Grandfather's Place/Neighboorhood), a great restaurant in Madaba. I've been on several different occasions, but each time is as good or better than the last. In the large home that houses the restaurant are also a few craft stores. They have sweet outdoor seating on the various terraces when the weather's nice.

even though i told myself to bring my camera, and i did, i was stupid and was kindly greeted by a "no memory card" when i turned on the camera. damn.

This meal we had hommus be snowbar (with pine nuts), kishkeh (cheese with walnuts), makdous (picked eggplant), and musakarat sandouka (fried potato with egg), all for only 5JD/7$.

The hommus was great as always, and certainly enough for two people. This is one of the more interesting types of hommus they have, and definitely one of the more filling (it seems to be thicker.) Kishkeh is not my favorite dish as it's simply too heavy to pair with other foods, however it is a nice palette cleanser midmeal. Makdous is delicious - who knew pickled eggplant could be so good! It has sundried tomato as a topper along with olive oil.

Musakarat sandouka is amazing. It transported me to my Singapore days - it looks and tastes just like a dish found at a hawker center. It's completely unhealthy, but in this case, the fact that it's so freakin good won't sway me. It's essentially scrambled eggs with fried potato cubes (breakfast next summer, yessssss)

The service is quick and friendly, and the wait staff's English is generally much better than anywhere else I've been. Tourist groups come here often, and it was surprising this time to not see someone from school.

next time I go I'll get different dishes...IT'S SO NICE NOT HAVING TO SPLIT THE BILL EVENLY BETWEEN 6 PEOPLE WHEN I SHOULD ONLY PAY HALF OF WHAT THE OTHERS OWE...a little vindictive, yes, but someone still owes me 14JD/21$ from the last time we went. damn meat eaters spend so much more money.

(you'll notice I posted this on my other blog - it's a little weird to deformalize this one after writing the other review...i'll work on that problem)