If there are two things Amman is good at though it’s food and shisha (the Arabian water pipe also known as a hookah, nargila, or hubbly bubbly). There are plenty of cafés serving up decent local cuisine and Arabian ambience. The “Shmeisani” district has an entire street of restaurants and shisha cafes and proves to be a comfortable place for a solitary traveller (man or woman) to kick back with a bit of munch, a water pipe, and a good book.“Reem El Bawadi” is probably Amman’s largest restaurant, and while the food is not bad, this place could be a tourist attraction in itself. Hundreds of circular tables, Bedouin tents, elaborate water features, and a small man made pond and bridge to boot, all play host to hundreds of wealthy locals, and visiting Arab sheiks from the gulf. It’s a great spot for people watching and seeing how the locals “get down” in a wild frenzy of food, dips, and non-alcoholic beer.