So one of my favorite things about Jerusalem is the Shouk Makhane Yehuda. It’s the local market and on a Friday before Shabbat this place gets crazy. It is jam packed with people buying food for the weekend and trying to get last minute chores done before the week ends. I’ve discovered so many treasures in this place. Like Azura this amazing hole-in-the-wall Iraqi restaurant with delicious meatballs and this small juice stand where you can get a plethora of varieties including fresh squeezed passiflora juice. I’ve already learned who has the best dried fruit and the best halvah. Halvah is incredibly delicious. It’s made from toasted sesame seeds and I don’t know what else. But my favorite flavors are coffee and chocolate. Basically you can get everything here fruit, veggies, cheeses, olives, challah…But the most beautiful thing about the Shouk is going early in the morning and buying a fresh hot pita dripping with olive oil and zatar and eating it right then and there….It’s so delicious.
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