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                           Mansaf

Mansaf is a traditional Jordanian dish made of lamb cooked in a goat milk yogurt and served with rice and topped with almond slices . it is very mild taste dish. This yogurt is prepared by the boiling of sheep or goat milk. This sauce has a very distinct fermented and salty flavor. It is Jordan's national dish.

When we traveled to Jordan last year we had a unique experience of Jordanian hospitality while eating this famous dish Mansaf. 

It was a day before we flew back home and me and 2 more friends wanted to eat this famous dish. 

We searched one restaurant in the market area  and went there. One of my friends can talk Arabic so she talked with the cook and asked how to eat this dish and ordered accordingly for us. The yogurt sauce and rice is served separately and we have to take a scoop of rice and then add the sauce and some roasted nuts  on the top in each plate and eat it. 

So we 3 were eating it and speaking in English and having fun. There was a young man sitting on the next table alone and eating and also looking at us every now and then. But we did not really pay much attention to him. After some time he finished his food and came to out table and spoke in very good english to us. He said Hello and asked us if we like the Mansaf . we said yes for sure. He politely asked us if he could give some more details of this dish and explained a bot more. We thanked him and he wished us good time and turned and started walking downstairs and while going down he told us by the way I have already paid for your food. We were so surprised and stunned that we could just say Thank you it is really not necessary to pay for us. But he did not give us chance to say anything more and said you all are our guests and welcome in my country. This is a Jordanian welcome to you and went out. 

We 3 were really speechless. Mansaf tasted even better after that 😃In Jordan we met such nice people many times. We don't even know that young man's name but we thank him from bottom of our heart .

Travel is all about taking different experiences and  I am very lucky that all of my travels till now made me rich with many beautiful, interesting experiences.