Jordan celebrates traditional cuisine at food festival featuring chefs from around the world

Описание: (11 Aug 2024)
JORDAN FOOD FESTIVAL

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amman, Jordan - 8 August 2024
1. Various of food being prepared
2. People eating Chechen food
3. Chechen food on display
4. Jordanian traditional dish called maqmoura on display
5. Jordanian woman selling traditional food
6. Various of people eating
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muna Heina, organizer of Jordan International Food Festival:
"The idea of the festival is to put Jordan on the map for restaurant tourism because the types of tourism have evolved past the ones we know. This is our first experience, and it will be an annual event. God willing, the number of participants will grow larger and larger every year. This year, we have 70 restaurants and 22 food trucks, in addition to local market participants, which all showcase Jordanian heritage kitchens that introduce our guests to Jordanian heritage food from the north to the south, including Palestinian, Circassian, and Chechen cuisines."

8. Circassian food being prepared
9. Traditional Jordanian sweets being prepared
10. Traditional sweets known as ma’moul ontray
11. Various of people gathering at traditional food section
12. People gathering by food trucks
13. People walking in the fast-food section area
14. People eating food at yard
15. People gathering at shop of Jordanian chef Deema Hijjawi
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jordanian chef Deema Hijjawi, Jordanian chef:
"We are very happy to participate because we met chefs from different countries and were able to promote restaurants and people who have been working in this field for several years."

17. People eating
18. Various of sweets being prepared
19. People standing at pizza eatery
20. Pizza slices on display
21. Shawermah being prepared
22. Woman eating
23. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghada al-Hajj, Jordanian visitor:
"I have seen many cuisines, Jordanian, Palestinian, Circassian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese - cuisines from all over the world. Honestly, they all taste delicious, but I prefer our traditional cuisine. Of course, it is the most delicious cuisine I could taste."

24. Food studio, where chefs from different countries and visitors discuss topics related to food
25. Chefs and visitors listening
26. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Leen al-Zaben, Jordanian food expert and writer:
"The purpose of this studio was to invite people from all over the world - chefs, writers, food critics - to talk about their experiences and exchange ideas. We have many nationalities represented, including those from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Peru, India and Italy.”

26. People walking
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Manu Buffara, Brazilian chef:
"I'm glad to be here, speaking, sharing my knowledge and where I come from, my experience and of course eating amazing food that Amman and all Jordan have. And yes, this is incredible. When we talk about food week, and Jordan Food Week, we are talking to get people together, exchanging information, education."

28. Musical performance
29. Various of troupe dressed as clowns playing music
STORYLINE:
A food festival in Amman celebrated the rich flavors and diversity of traditional Jordanian cuisine from every corner of the country.

The food fest aims to promote Jordanian cuisine which draws on Palestinian, Syrian, Yemen and Circassian influences and to boost food tourism and support local production initiatives.

"The idea of the festival is to put Jordan on the map for restaurant tourism," said Muna Heina, one of the organisers of the event.





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