Comments on: Mahane Yehuda, Jerusalem, Israel http://www.tastingmenu.com/2008/02/04/mahane-yehuda-jerusalem-israel/ Focused on food. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anthony Silverbrow http://www.tastingmenu.com/2008/02/04/mahane-yehuda-jerusalem-israel/#comment-4415 Anthony Silverbrow Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:51:21 +0000 http://www.tastingmenu.com/2008/02/04/mahane-yehuda-jerusalem-israel/#comment-4415 I love Mahane Yehuda. There's a fantastic vibe which I think is down to a combination of the food, and a certain spiritual element because Shabbat is so close - even for people who don't observe it. It's also always a mad dash. When I was there in December I did wonder whether all that food tasted as good as it looked. From the sampling we tried - pitta, baklava, olives, falafal - it was good. And if that holds true for the rest of the food, why aren't there more really good restaurants in Israel? I would have thought MY would have been an inspiration. I was walking around almost in tears that I wasn't able to take this stuff home and cook it. http://tinyurl.com/378n6s I love Mahane Yehuda. There’s a fantastic vibe which I think is down to a combination of the food, and a certain spiritual element because Shabbat is so close - even for people who don’t observe it. It’s also always a mad dash.

When I was there in December I did wonder whether all that food tasted as good as it looked. From the sampling we tried - pitta, baklava, olives, falafal - it was good. And if that holds true for the rest of the food, why aren’t there more really good restaurants in Israel? I would have thought MY would have been an inspiration. I was walking around almost in tears that I wasn’t able to take this stuff home and cook it.

http://tinyurl.com/378n6s

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