Arabic Food in Jordan - HUGE MAQLUBA (مقلوبة) Upside Down Chicken Rice Platter!
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On Day 5 of our trip to Jordan we traveled outside of Amman, first to Dana Village in the Dana Biosphere Reserve. We had an incredible local lunch, and were served a dish called muqlaba, which literally translates to upside down - it was an incredible local meal. Finally, we moved onto Petra, and after checking into our hotel, we went to Petra by Night.
00:23 Breakfast and Leaving Hotel - To begin the day, I had a quick breakfast as the hotel in Amman, and then we packed everything up and headed off to do some traveling around Jordan. Driving towards the Dana Biosphere Reserve, we took our time, stopping off at a variety of different rest stops. One of the things I grew to love immensely while traveling in Jordan was Arabic coffee, and the good news is that coffee was available at every rest stop along the highway.
1:41 Maqluba (مقلوبة) at Dana Biosphere - The Dana Biosphere is a nature reserve in Jordan. The reserve is home to a variety of different natural environment, and starts on a plateau and descends all the way down in the Wadi Rum valley. The views of the valley were incredible. We continued driving until we reached the Dana Village, located on a hill overlooking the valley - it’s a historic town in Jordan, and they are trying to renovate certain areas of it - it’s an amazing little village. They had set up for us to have a local Jordan food lunch at a home within the village, so after walking around for a little while, we went inside to have lunch. There’s a famous Middle Eastern, Arabic dish, that’s also very common in Jordan called muqluba (مقلوبة), which directly translates to upside down. The reason it’s called upside down, or flipped over, is because the dish is cooked in a big pot, with meat and spices, or in this case chicken, topped with rice all in the same pot. When the dish cooks, all the flavors start to mingle and blend to create another incredible dish. When it’s finished cooking, the pot is flipped over onto a tray, so the rice goes to the bottom, while the meat stays on top - that’s the upside down part. After the rice and chicken was flipped onto the tray, it was then topped with lots of chopped up parsley, fried peanuts, and finally some lemon slices for decoration. The dish was incredible, the r
11:08 Wadi Musa, Movenpick Hotel, Musakhan for dinner - After our incredible lunch at Dana Village, we continued driving. Along the way to Petra, we stopped at Wadi Musa, which is said to be the place where Moses struck the rock and water came out. There was a rock there, and extremely clear water was flowing out. We drove to Movenpick Hotel at Petra, and we checked in. For dinner, we ate at the Movenpick buffet restaurant, and they had a good selection of both Western and Jordanian food. The dish I was most interested in eating was the musakhan, a Jordanian and Palestinian food of bread, chicken and spices, all cooked in lots of olive oil. It was my first time to try it, and I enjoyed it - and I can only imagine how much better it would be home-cooked.
14:58 Petra By Night - Petra is the most famous attraction in all of Jordan - some people will visit Jordan with a specific purpose to visit the historical city. One company decided to set up candles in paper bags and open Petra by Night, so you can visit the main Treasury at night. Ying and I took the walk, and it was pretty cool, but it was still so dark, that honestly I couldn’t really see anything, and my camera couldn’t really pick up anything as well. So stay tuned for tomorrow’s video where we visited Petra for the entire day!
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The way you respect other cultures is amazing man...mad respect for you.
Who doesn't respect other cultures? In Australia we also respect all cultures. Never heard of anyone disrespecting other cultures. But then Australia is very multi cultural.
If you've seriously never heard of anyone disrespecting other cultures I envy your ignorance.
Rick Terscale nice joke Rick. Maybe you are live in caves. Haven't you heard about Pauline Henson, John Howard and Jackie Lambie
U understand but dont follow
I totally in love with your videos. I love your positive and open mind thinking to look things differently.
Notice how he was given the biggest piece of chicken. Theses people are truly gracious. I love this! Beautiful food. Gracious people.
I kiss you beauty
Miss Rattray
hi
We are known by our hospitality and graciousness Muslim arabs 🌹
So delicious love hummus
try some pakistani food too
Thanks Mark. The media often portray middle eastern countries in a negative way but your video shed light to us all on their culture and food.
My wife is jordanian and her parents made this meal for us the first time I met them. Sweetest people ever. I really love their culture, how family oriented and social they are, their kindness and generosity…and they do drink hella mint tea. And it’s delicious.
Jordanians are known for two things bravery and hospitality! I miss you Jordan 🇯🇴 ❤️ Love from Canada 🇨🇦
What blows my mind about middle east is the hospitality of the people, you can actually see that they are so so
happy to have him as the guest.
True, we raised to value and serve our guests as must as we can, even if we don't have resources, we have to find a way.
Being hospitable and sharing food is one of the values we learn as kids. Am a Jordanian living in the US
They have been paid for that
The Procrastinator Cook I’m half Jordan 🇯🇴 and Palestine 🇵🇸 living in Australia 🇦🇺
There is so much hatred and sadness in the world, but the moment I watch your Videos Mark everything vanishes into thin air, your happy face after the lunch was incredible thank you so much for making my day Mark & Ying we need more People like you who spread positive Energy like that :)
El Nino u
did you see how giving the small villiage people were... i bet its hard to get as much as that grocery/food but they still welcomed him and offered all that they had ..bless them
Every house in Jordan, no matter how poor, have a dedicated room to host guests. And it's a tradition to invite any passer by to free dinner (typically Mansaf meal) and many people would race to get the guest first.
Aameen
As always
👍
Arabs r generous everywhere i think!
salute to my brothers and sisters in jordan from a Lebanese American
Zach B thank you brother ❤️
Thank you Zach :)
Goos imak
is there such a thing as lebanese american... never heard of jordanian saudi.. or uae saudi or qatari saudi
I am in love with Jordan ❤️lots of love from Pakistan ❤️❤️😍😍🇵🇰🇵🇰
*والنعم بالأردن واهله.. اهل الكرم والطيبة والمواقف المشرفة. وتحياتي لمارك*
*اخوكم من السعودية*
You can tell how tasty the food is by how much Mark leans to the side. The farther the lean the greater the taste.
Hahhahaha so true
+1Amiel1
I commented that, "I'm waiting for Mark to fall off his chair, but he's saving that for a 10."
(Then I didn't want Ying to take it the wrong way and deleted it.)
Bwa Haha 😂 get a life peeps! We are all jealous!! Haha
If he can lean his head upside down,that will be paranormal...XD
1Amiel1 فق
You were so lucky to be hosted by the locals and get to experience that authentic food!they are such warm and giving people!
God bless Jordan and their people!
Thank u for these words ..respect.
Yvonne velhuco Ameen
Yvonne velhuco
aww thank you god bless your country too
Yvonne velhuco thank you from jordan 🇯🇴
Try iraqi Bacha!! Go to north Iraq and try it pleaseeee. We love your vedios especially when you try our food
the house was very small but the people and the food they prepared with love and the hospitality shows how big hearted they are.loadsss of love from TamilNadu 😍god bless Jordan😍
No one can beat Arabic food..its Amazing
noone can beat pakistani food
Afghan food is better lol
STN COOKING PASSION what the heck is “Pakistani food?” U guys just eat Indian food
@Safaa Safaa huh? Afghans are not Persians lol, and wtf is “Arab food” wtf do u guys even eat? Lol
@Safaa Safaa LOL look at this dumb aye-rab bimbo saying Afghans have no food lmaoo. Listen fool, Afghan food is known around the world but NOBODY knows wtf is Arab food. Y’all eat shawarma and falafel when it’s actually Turkish and Egyptian food.
Get a culture then talk lol
اخوكم من مصر , احلى تحية للشعب الاردنى الشقيق المحترم وللعائلة الكريمة اللى بيتها كله كرم واخلاق العرب
Ayman Mohamed حرام شفت كيف بيتهم، وكيف مبسوطين
عن جد كنتم خير امة اخرجت للناس
تحيه من الاْردن لام الدنيا ❤️
يسعد دينك
Jesus Christ is The King of kings The Lord of.lords.
Not Muhammed
تحيه من الاردن ل قدع ناس . مصر ام الدنيا واهلها اطيب ناس
That is exactly what traveling is all about. While seeing the touristy places and eating at the restaurants is wonderful. When you get out of the mainstream and share a home cooked meal with the locals THAT is traveling. What wonderful delicious food.
Am in saudi and I met somany joradanees here believe me their the best human beings I ever seen,it's my dream to visit Jordan especially Petra hope dream will come true one day
Rithesh Shetty thx and u r wlc
😍😍welcome to Dana and me cooking maklube ok I'm living in tafelah 😊😊
Ride on camels
You're very veryyy welcomed, if you ever came contact me and I'll be more than happy to host you .. on fb "basel zamel" ..
Sadly Saudis sucks. Specially I hate the stupid racist government of your country. They are mortally corrupted.
Wow. Arabic food is really delicious👌👍
And it's really healthy too. 💜
Lol I’m from Jordan but nope ur wrong out food is not healthy at ALL 😂 but it is very delicious
Some foods LOOK healthy but aren’t that much they just so good
@@Owinalkharabshe it is indeed healthier than most food that we nowadays eat especially junk food and fast food 😂 we can make the dish more healthier by using olive oil, or bake the chicken, lamb, or vegies instead of deep frying it. Or maybe can just pan fry it. I've tried the healthier way to make this, and it tastes similar 😁
Hi by the way, I'm from southeast asia, Brunei Darussalam 🇧🇳 my ancestors came from Saudi-Yemeni root and because of this I'm so attached to middle eastern dishes even though i am really bad at cooking 😂😂
The candle light in bags and traditional Bedouin music towards the end of the video (Petra By Night) are truly amazing.. I'm having goosebumps here!
This is by far my favourite series or country you've been to. The beauty of the place and food is just beyond me
VintageRose
mark you are so lucky to eat at a local persons home the food is just divine and these people are so friendly
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I find myself smiling throughout the video. I'm really enjoying this series. And I'm amazed by your pronunciation. Arabic is a hard language.
ألف تحية للأخوة الأردنيين من سورية
Mmmm, that looks so good. The hospitality was very generous, what a wonderful family to welcome you into their home.
Arabic, Caribbean, Indian foods are well done and perfectly seasoned.
True ! Iam indian muslim ...we love our food ...
تزنن
Not Caribbean sorry... All Mediterranean food is the best and most known: Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco, turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.
@@yusray.a3470 The sunshine helps food taste and grow to the best. Mind you, with my family coming from Scotland, we would say that the Scottish raspberries, salmon, Arbroath smokies (fish) and Ayrshire bacon are just fabulous and need those colder climes. The food your family cooks, from whichever part of the world, feels like coming home and the best tasting food, as it is made with love and joy in feeding those we love.
@Jimbo Slice lol. Two different climates, continents, different ingredients, seasoning...etc. Say whatever.
I can't Waite to get back to Jordan! My favorite vacation spot in the world. Love the people, food and wonderful hospitality. Jordan is such a welcoming country. Greetings from the United States to all the beautiful Jordanian people that always makes me feel so welcomed. Plus, food is absolutely incredible!!
Adam David ... thank u
I see you everywhere too!!!!
No, I'm actually Israeli . My best friend is Jordanian
What nationality are you?
I've visited Jordan several times and was treated very well, even being known as Israeli I was treated well. For that reason I commend Jordan for being tolerant and civil . Most of my friends are Jordanian Christians and Muslims.
The upside down chicken looked so good!! I love this series the food really looks outstanding, and such a beautiful landscape to enjoy it in!! Awesome, absolutely awesome!!
7 June 2018يا الله اشكد احبج ياالاردن اموت على ترابك نفسي اطير واكون في عمان والسلط يا الله اطيب اكل بالكون هو الاكل العربي رمضان كريم وعساكم من عوادة وحشتوني موت
Its wonderful to see Jordan, with Mark, he explains everything so clearly. Plus meeting all the people all along the way. What a great journey!
Maqluba is probably the best thing ever!
Tank Tonka maqluba looks like something I could devour happily every day.
second after Mansaf (the national meal of Jordan).
checkout his video here
ua-cam.com/video/Z6IQ7VTJInM/v-deo.html
The tourism board of Jordan knew what they were doing inviting Mark and Ying to visit. This series is outstanding. 👍
Tosh T u.
Tosh T Food is a peaceful bridge to everyone's heart no matter where you from, bon appetite. ❤️
Tosh T i agree.. the whole series throughout these regions. "Outstanding" ,thanks heaps mark
Tosh T I agree. Outstanding.
yeah its very smart move they make sure he get to the best restaurants sand places
Never been to Jordan, but I'm already loving it!
MoronSoldier you should go it’s amazing it’s beautiful I live where there’s no views I’m Jordanian it’s really amazing
Food is the one thing that brings everyone together 💜
Or divides them
Music too
Mark you are the BEST. You were so lucky to be hosted by the locals and get to experience that authentic food!they are such warm and giving people!
Jordan is a beautiful country, thanks for the videos.
Wow Mark, this series feels more amazing and informative than the middle eastern countries that Anthony Bourdain recorded for his TV shows.
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brozors so true, bordain shows always focused too much on his opinions and not on the food
brozors +can saudi Arabia have rice , all spices and rice comes from India.
yeah you really feel like you are there with him, I'm jordanian and long time didnt go to jordan i was happy to see all his videos about it now i'm really excited to visit it again with my family
brozors I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!!!
The way he eats and closes his eyes 😂i wish I was there
Shukraan for the video 💜❤️
Jordan is my favorite arabic country. Everytime i vitis it, someone always invites me to eat at home, these poeple are soooo nice.
Amazing hospitality ❤️. Muslims always loves sharing food.
Christians and Jews too. Its Not just a Muslim thing.
@@sirob1193 much love to everyone :)
Jewish Muslim Christian Buddhist And Athiest :)
@@Alan-ym6mu Why did you put the Star of David Last if Judaism is the Mother of Religion.
@@sirob1193 glad to hear that u guys do that too.
@@abubakarsiddik3227 We did that and received the commandments from Moses 2000 years Before Islam.
The sight is really beautiful and outstanding. Also the food, you make me want to leave the country right away 😭
an east asian that cares about anything to do with the arabs/muslims? thats knew
Han Pham
yup
I love arabic food specially the lamb with rice...
That chicken dish! My mouth was watering for the bottom crunchy bits :) Family dinners are the best. Looks like your having a great time and eating real good. I'm enjoying the series. Thanks
How spiritually amazing it must be for you to travel the world and seep in cultural experiences. I love what you do. ❤
أتمنى ازور الأردن احبها ❤️❤️❤️❤️ تحية من عُمان
Q: What do Mark and Olympic swimmers have in common?
A: Both can consume 12,000 calories per day and not get fat.
I think one meal is per day- per episode.. so no one will get fat from that
Both are professional
@@sofiah6255 plus he probably keeps moving consistently exploring
I lived in Jordan for two years my husband is Jordanian very hospitable people love Jordan
Ma shaa ALLAH best hospitality...the man was Ma shaa ALLAH so sweet.nd the family too.love to go there.nd i learn frm them a lot.
Md Sharif ,you are so wellcom to Jordan
Mohammad Alatoum .sure we all wanna go..
10:20 What you said there made me tear up. I love traveling so much. There's no other experience better than traveling. It's so much better than material possessions. God bless you, Mark and Ying and all the kind people in Jordan who welcomed you and us into their world.
the way you delightfully devoured that amazing food made me nearly faint with hunger! and so respectfully and gratefully! God bless x
Love your videos guys... By far the best travelling combination of food and culture.
This series is simply amazing.
Maj
Jordan looks beautiful and the food amazing
Thank you :) I miss my country's delicious food
been looking for so long for this kind of food on video,finally knew how to make this food with those herbs ingredients,, very natural and no preservatives,, very healthy
The villagers were so kind hearted. I جزاک اللہ وبرکۃ الله
Middle Eastern food looks so delicious ❤
Some of these sceneries reminds me of my times at Crete (Greece), I wonder if youre planning to travel there some time! I would enjoy it as much as these series! I like the combination of culture and food you put into them!
Jordan is really a very beautiful country, thank you very much Mark ^_^
Every emotion you showed when having the maqluba is the truth. The flavors just explode in your mouth, and one can't just stand and guess how to make a description of what is felt. :) One of the best of dishes.
I can't stop watching your show you make me addict, but in the good way.
You so humble, your eyes reflect your soul.Your parent and your wife should be very proud of you.
Really really good guys.
Caro naenda kupika xaxa Kunja lunch they are delicious
Nothing better than Arabic food
Yearrrr
just food?
Have you never eaten a taco before?
J. Nicolouleas yes i ate taco before it was soo delicious 😋 but not like Arabic food
I love this dish. I spent a year in Jordan living with my husbands family. My own family is Italian/Native American so I didn't find their culture and food that different.
Enjoying all of your Jordan blogs, Mark. Closest thing I can have to vacationing. You and Ying be safe. God bless:)
I admit, I had prejudice after 9/11/01, but meeting so many people, and their generosity, has changed that over time. food and understanding, that is the key !! We all want the same , happiness for the children, happiness for ourselves, a better life. Great job Mark, and all your friends !!!!!!
You really are so respectful your respect for different cultures is amazing
a very fresh and local cuisine, wonderful
Welcome from JORDAN✌️🇯🇴✌️✌️🇯🇴✌️🇯🇴✌️🇯🇴✌️🇯🇴✌️🇯🇴✌️🇯🇴✌️🇯🇴✌️
Wonderful series! Can't wait to see more tomorrow.
I really appreciate other cultures. It'd be nice to able to travel around the world doing this! You are the man Mark!!
Great video! Love everything Arabic and especially watching your face when you took the first bite of maglooba!! Arabic food & hospitality ROCK!!!
Mark, the smell you got from the Musakhan was Sumac not Cinnamon, unless they decided to make it in some novel non traditional way. Sumac is a spice that also comes from a tree, similar to how Cinnamon does. But the taste is very different, Sumac is acidic - it's high in vitamin C where cinnamon gives a spicy flavour. Musakhan is traditionally made with Sumac.
God bless Jordan and their people!
God bless whole world
A. Abbas thank you ( I’m Jordanian)
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I'm Jordanian and maqlubah is my favorite :)
I love this video
Luv how mark is kind n pleasing to every culture n ppl ...who agree wit me?
So polite. Thank you. There isn't always this level of respect from people of other cultures when they visit abroad. Awesome.
I hope you enjoyed your trip in Jordan ^^ and welcome again :) thanks for introducing our civil :))
I loved every bit of this video and Soooo wish to visit Jordan, such a beautiful place with such warm, welcoming and beautiful people. I wish I had someone hosting me the way Mark was hosted there in Jordan 😊😊
That guy That made your first meal would be Great in Action movies. 👍🕵️♀️
He look like the bad guy in the movie desparado lol
Lol
Revenge of the pirates!
Oh Mark.....I know your stomach hurt after eating all that food. I know it's so important to show appreciation for the gracious hospitality of your hosts......but the belly only holds so much! Do you ever get sick from eating too much? Well, you have the sweetest job of any human being I know! Wow....the rock faced wall is gorgeous!
amazing ! Such great food with great people ....that is how Iike the show. So many people which are amazing......and the best thing is that the Marks friend the guy with the glasses which is in the newer shows is not here and you can tell how much better the quality of the show has .......it is like a breath of fresh air.....love it......
Everybody seems so nice and hospitable.
i never cared for the middleeast, but you did well on this series and even gained my interest. Solomon and his crew did great, showed great hosting and guiding. keep it up. this is one of few ways we understand each others' cultural differences and coexist. :)
What a superb Arabic traditional meal.
The people of Jordan are so extremely generous ... i love everything about Jordan especially the people and food
Thank you for dispelling rumors and myths about the arabic countries, its really satifying to watch u eat as well
That epic face reaction, nice place.awesome people. Man your just simply blessed.
That looked so delicious, I would have scooped up the rice that spilled onto the floor. Can't waste good food!
Anomie Train ; we Muslims doesn't waste the food we keep leftover food on the roof top for birds ... hope the answer your questions
Anomie Train I thought the same thing. I was like "get that hurry!!!"
When you watching this during Ramadan right before you can break your fast.... Ramadan Mubarak!
Arbetor Darknel true, my family's been doing it for a long time. Never throw your leftovers it's best to feed someone with it.
Muslim pp have big heart
sue young true
sue young
yes 😃😃😍😍
sue young big bombs too
Syndi Cat
I don't have one but I am a Muslim. do you?
+Syndi Cat
u r a brainwashed American
Salivating!! What a family meal. Borders are broken and differences are celebrated as we gather at the dinner table. Southern hospitality is universal when you open your home to another and feed them. What an honor.
NO words can describe how grateful and filled with joy this content makes my soul. Thank, just thank you...the wife, Mikkah, and Joel when he's around....Tytyty
Ugh .... you are really lucky man. i hope i can be like u someday ... travelling arround the world and enjoying food culture in every country i pass
Ghostly Riders I'm living in Jordan 😊😊😊welcome to Jordan and dan me know is cooking maqlube
the maqluba looks sooooo goood...
That meal looked delicious! The Maqluba kind of reminded me of a nice chicken jambalaya!
إنتي مش أردنية ؟
noor the potato speak in english xD , what noor the potato said means (arent you jordanian) ?
+Noor The potato انا من الكويت
I'm cooking the maklube I'm living in tafelah where Dana in
You can tell mark is a good person lucky ying,actually both lucky to have each other..#respect!
Uniting the world through food. You go Mark!
Mark iv been following u for a while and uv really upped your game with this trip!
Mark: I'm pretty full from lunch
Also Mark: loads his dinner plate up like he hasn't eaten all day 🤣
You are absolutely right. He overeats n makes terrible faces. We have to be gracious n respectful as guest by not overeating . He opens his mouth too big when he eats.
@@SC03 he definitely likes the big bites. I don't really mind. Sometimes I think he "plays" with his food too much, moving the food around the plate. But I'm fine with that too. I appreciate what he brings to the table.
I had this in Palestine! 😍 It was amaziiiingggg❤️
It’s a Palestinian dish and Mark knows that.
Yes, we and palestenians share much in common, also each side has it's specific cusine. Love from Jordan to Palestine.
Lol I cant say Falastine without saying Jordan or vice versa we are the closest in blood and culture..Lots of Love for this video from Ramallah, Falastine!♥️
New to your channel and I loovvveee your genuine enthusiasm for all the foods that you're tasting!! Even though a lot of them are strange/ foreign to you, you embrace them with such curiosity. Love it!
I’m glad you had a piece of our culture brotha it’s a beautiful thing to see other people loving the many things are culture have