Food+Drink

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• Lunch is eaten in the early afternoon at around 2:00 or 3:00pm. It is usually the largest meal of the day whilst dinner is eaten late and is a similar size to breakfast. --NH
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• You must go for Bekdash ice cream in the Hamadiya market in the old city of Damascus! With Pistachios and 'Ushta (Custard Apple) on top. --Isham
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• If you are sitting on the food table and having a food plate next to you it's would be very nice of you to ask others if you would give them some of it. --NH
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• We eat most of the food in bread and with a spoon. --NH
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• If you are having some kind of wrap like shawarma eat it with your hands not using a fork. --NH
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• If you are invited in ramadan it's very nice of you to start with water / dates just like the fasting people. --NH
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• Kawaj is a casserole-like dish that features flavorful meatballs, potatoes, pepper, onion, and tomatoes. It’s healthy, filling, and accompanies rice beautifully. --NH
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• A very famous sweet in ramadan is halawet al jebn. It is a cheese dough stuffed with cream and decorated with pistachios and rose jam and then covered with syrup. --NH
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• Bills at restaurants and cafes are never divided. Men customarily pay for women’s meals and fight over paying the bill with each other. --NH
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• If in the middle of eating when encountering someone, it is courtesy to always offer them some of that food. The person is then expected to politely decline the initial invitation regardless of whether they actually would like to eat some or not. --NH
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