PrintOff to Israel. Advice on places/dishes? St Peters fish lunch?
Our one and only two week holiday to Israel. We'd like your advice on value restaurants and must try dishes in Jerusalem. Anyone ever have a good St. Peter's fish lunch around Galilee at a place that wasn't serving 300 tourists at one time? We're on a tight budget too.
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I went to this place in Tiberias when I was last in Israel (about 3 years ago): http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/israel.html, but it was probably on the pricey side... I did, though, have "moosht," which I'm pretty sure is St. Peter's fish (also known as tilapia?).
emily20008 at 8:39AM on 07/13/07
Actually, it's John Dory, I believe.
lemons at 10:25AM on 07/13/07
This may seem obvious, but eat as many cucumbers and tomatoes as possible. I don't know how they do it, but their veggies always seem to be unbelievably delicious. Enjoy the trip!
capndesign at 11:07AM on 07/13/07
In West Jerusalem I highly recommend the main food market, MAHANEH YEHUDA, between Jaffa and Agrippas. It is one Israel's largest markets and has a wonderful cafe, MIZRAHI (12 HaSheziff Street). MORDUCH for Kurdish food (70 Agrippas St), Rahmo for Middle Eastern (5 Ha'eshkol), HAKUBIYA for Kubeh soup (10 Beit Ya'akov St)
The Aroma and Hillel coffee chains are excellent. I highly recommend going to the CINEMATEQUE, which has amazing views of the old city, a movie theatre, of course, and excellent restaurant. It should be reopened following a wintertime renovation.
For falafel in West Jerusalem: Yemenite falafel on 48 Hanevi'im; Shalom on 34 Bezal'el.
Don't miss the garden bar at the American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem, 10 minutes walk from Damascus Gate. Not exactly a bargain stop, but have one drink in the evening in the garden.
flip at 11:33AM on 07/13/07
Thank you all. I'm taking notes and hope to be able to report back somehow. Emily, I had to delete the final comma in your link but found the site finally. It is a well known good restaurant, I was hoping to find something off the beaten path. Capndesign, we'll be staying just fifty meters from the Damascus Gate and understand the veggies and fruits are abundant right there. You can bet we'll be spending NIS there aplenty. Flip, you've given us information that hits the spot; specific locale and dish recs. None of you have wasted your time or experience, we will try as many as possible. Any others...?
czken at 3:46PM on 07/13/07