Damascene Food
Mezze, sweets and cardamom coffee
Damascus · Damascus
Overview
Damascus has a distinct kitchen: long mezze tables, slow-cooked stuffed vegetables, syrup-and-pistachio pastry and cardamom coffee, served in courtyard restaurants and street stalls alike.
Why visit
- One of the region's defining kitchens
- Courtyard restaurants in historic houses
- Sweet shops with long reputations
Historical layers
Periods recorded for this place in the DAHAB database. Open any period for its full history.
Things to see and do
Things to do
- · Mezze dinner in the old city
- · Sweet-shop tasting walk
- · Morning coffee in a souq café
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