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Floka Restaurant$$$
SEAFOOD
( 2030860; An-Nahda St; mains JD8-15; 12.30-11.30pm; )
Choose from the
catch of the day (which normally includes sea bream, silver snapper, grouper and goatfish)
and select how you would like it cooked. Service can be a little slow but it's a friendly,
unpretentious establishment. There's indoor and outdoor seating.
Formosa Restaurant$$
( 2060098; Aqaba Gateway complex; mains JD5-10; noon-midnight; )
For an
excellent Chinese perspective on seafood (and with plenty of meat and vegetable options
on the menu too), you couldn't better this cosy, intimate restaurant.
CHINESE
Syrian Palace Restaurant$
( /fax 2014788; Raghadan St; mains JD3-10; 10am-midnight)
As the name implies,
this is a good option for Syrian and Jordanian food, including fish dishes. It's next to the
Al-Amer Hotel.
SYRIAN
Al-Tarboosh Restaurant$
PASTRY
( 2018518; Raghadan St; pastries around 200 fils; 7.30am-midnight)
This is one of
two neighbouring pastry shops that offer a great range of meat, cheese and vegetable
sam-
bousas.
Order a bag for takeaway or sit and eat them straight from the oven at the tables
outside.
Eibal Coffee
( 2035555; As-Sadah St; 1kg nuts from JD8.500; 10am-midnight)
For upmarket
nuts scooped from wooden drawers, this is the place to come
.
Try the smoked nuts: the
mixed pistachio, cashew and almonds are irresistibly moreish. Ask for a kilo of nuts to be
bagged in 250g bags to avoid them going soft in the humidity.
NUTS
