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“Villa Mediteranno” Celebrates Northern Italian Cuisine
at the Amman Marriott Hotel

Amman, Jordan, February 2005 – “Villa Mediterrano” restaurant at the Amman Marriott Hotel is promoting the Northern Italian cuisine during the months of February and March. It will be serving traditional dishes and wines from this renowned area. Liguria, Piemonte, Lombardy, and Tuscany are among the regions that make up the famous fertile area.

The food of Northern Italy is a straight-from-the-garden flavor with herbs that are always fragrantly fresh. Its cooking begins with careful attention to the selection of raw ingredients of the best quality and is prepared with a minimum of sauces and seasoning. It is simple and tasty . “Villa Mediterrano” will be serving some if the best and most famous dishes of Northen Italian cuisine which will include carpaccio, traditional risotto with saffron, veal shank served with herbal polenta (Osso Buco), homemade linguine and many other appetizing delights.

Most of the dishes are derived from ancient farmhouse recipes, and all of them seasoned with an extraordinary extra-virgin olive oil of local production. O live oil is one of the main ingredients of Italian cooking particularly in this region. Dipping the variety of freshly baked breads in olive oil is a tradition at “Villa Mediterrano” which will continue throughout this promotion. So join us for a taste of Italy and discover the Northern Italian cuisine.

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MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading worldwide hospitality company with over 2,600 lodging properties in the United States and 68 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Ramada International brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club International, Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., has approximately 128,000 employees, and was ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best places to work for by FORTUNE®. For more information or reservations, please visit the web site at www.marriott.com.

 

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