Yossi, the restaurant owner, has spent the last 37 years traveling between Israel and India, living a month here, and several there. He has learned all about the Indian culture, and since he loves restaurants, he also learned all about their food and how to make it.
My main course consisted of lasagna with layers of spinach and meat covered in bechamel sauce while my companion ordered the fresh grey mullet fillet with spicy cherry tomatoes, white wine and black olives.
When I found myself in front of Hayam Hasini (literally, the ''Chinese Sea'') I didn’t know what a treat I was in for. Don’t get me wrong, you can find stereotypical Chinese food here, but what they have to offer is so much more.
Limonim is a Kosher restaurant, specializing in Israeli gourmet food, the idea is the serve delicious, well balanced, presentable dishes, while keeping the original local taste.
Boya restaurant combines a love for good food and art and takes part in the Tel – Aviv’s culture scene. These days there is an exhibition called “The last decking” which symbolizes the beginning of a new era in the city and a start of a clean and a better year.
While the majority of restaurants in Tel Aviv close after a year or two, Pastis recently celebrated 7 years of business marking it as an institution on the restaurant scene. Rightly so.
To whom that was an expert in Poyka, was glad on the import, so I brought him all the way from Jerusalem to visit the “Poyka Bar” in Jaffa to taste how the city people do the Poyka. Not to discriminate but to give it a chance. The experience of the city Poyke that we were about to embark didn’t resemble to nothing we know.
The salmon fillet was expertly cooked, soft, succulent and full of flavor with a touch of garlic and presented on a bed of either mashed potatoes or green beans.
After sampling many Chinese dishes, both in Israeli restaurants and abroad, we decided to broaden our horizons. Thai House is a recommended Oriental food house, located in the midst of Tel-Aviv.
Boccaccio hasn't followed the d?cor of many trendy restaurants; instead, its magic is in its simplicity which gives a romantic setting. This is a modest restaurant whose main focus is on the food
Lets start from the end. As we stepped out of "mika's", wondering how we wasted eight years of our life not dining this excellent restaurant which felt like it was made just for us.
"Oh, the Brostiqo", moans longing , for three days to the man beside me. "Oh, the Crazy Brostiqo"... What caused this excitement is what is known to happen occasionally in restaurants: one special dish which conquers your senses and overshadows the rest of the dishes, those preceding and those which will follow, as good as they might be.
The first time we ate at "Ying Yang", over ten years ago, it set inside an eclectic building in Rotshild St; which seemed as it was dropped with the restaurant itself directly from some Chinese Canton straight to the heart of Tel Aviv.
There is not one television channel that will not jump on the opportunity to shoot a programme in the Diva, the hottest dragqueens club around.
They say that behind every big mam there is a big woman. In our story there are two people involved with a mysterious woman that's common to both.