Cliff Farm: The steak made me want to come back, and fast. But I would pay much more for the hamburger - voila! Food

Cliff Farm (Photo: Nadav Margalit)

"Havat Zuk" has been seen since its establishment as a non-standard quality restaurant.

On the one hand, its location in a sort of arcade of shops in the new Ramat Aviv and the lack of manners used in it placed it in the casual spaces.

On the other hand, the quality of the treatment of the food there under the chef Assaf Shenar could not be mistaken.

beyond these, had a unique significant element - it was the home restaurant of Havat Tzuk in Moshav Givat Yeshayahu in the Elah Valley, which was led by Tomer Tzuk.

The Farm To Table concept has turned here from a baseless cliché into a de facto reality.

Apparently, the main interest was meat, but the abundance of vegetables, herbs, cheeses and more, most of them the products of the farm, made this place, carnivorous as it was, one of the best in the area for vegetarians and vegans as well.

In other words: were you looking for a restaurant that is farthest from that boring generic?

Cliff Farm was the address.

Corruption as a rule.

Cliff Farm (Photo: Nadav Margalit)

And so, we went to a place we always liked to return to to eat excellent meat at a reasonable price with stunning farm vegetables, to see what is happening there these days.

We learned that the place has changed its face.

The farm no longer operates at the Yeshaya Farm, and Tzuk has moved to the north and manages the catering events from there.

Tzuk Shanar runs a factory that produces meat products such as hamburgers and hot dogs, which are supplied to many restaurants, including some of the most respected in the sector.

This means that the excellent deli shop, which relied on the products of the farm, no longer operates in that format.

For the restaurant, this means that the farm to table era is over.

It's a bit sad because visiting this place at this time of year used to be an invitation to a feast of the most amazing root vegetables and greens imaginable.

So Havat Tzuk of winter come spring 2023 is mainly a meat restaurant, homely and unpretentious just like it was, with a small menu that includes some appetizers, several salads, various burger options, sausages and cuts.

Given that it is good meat, its pricing compared to the practice in other similar quality restaurants is sane and moderate.

And yet, since these are not small portions, when you come to eat there the order channel splits into two - hamburger, hot dogs and friends as the main will create a meal route that is particularly moderately priced, close to the people.

The shares will take the counter to higher districts.

We just wanted to get home safely

They always knew how to do good business here.

It's not just that this dish costs so much

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So that's it, can.

Cliff Farm (Photo: Nadav Margalit)

Try to remember when and where you last ate a generous portion of beef carpaccio for NIS 58?

Before the flood probably

We started with a beef carpaccio (58 NIS), asado snacks (65) and a fattoush salad (64).

Few of the beef carpaccio dishes in restaurants here do that for me.

Most of the time the meat is not good enough and when it is good, the need to meet the needs of the crowd - which includes too much reduced and sweet balsamic and more - hides and spoils the meat.

Here was great meat, properly touched and tender, with a few slices of burnt bread and some greens on top.

Great and also: try to remember when and where you last ate a generous portion of beef carpaccio for NIS 58?

Before the flood probably.

The asado snacks - thin, warm and plump, in a slightly sweet barbecue sauce - were a proper opening snack and corruption as it should be.

The salad, no longer really based on farm vegetables as mentioned, was very good of its kind.

It's a matter of choosing the right vegetables and using quality lamb pate.

Not that we didn't have a pinch in our hearts, with a moment of slight nostalgia for the glorious vegetable displays of yesteryear, but it is what it is.

All you need.

Cliff Farm (Photo: Nadav Margalit)

This is the best thing meat lovers can do with NIS 54.

Even if it was priced at an additional 10 or 12 shekels, I would write the same thing about this burger

The pricing of the cuts starts at NIS 48 per hundred grams (New York on the bone) and reaches NIS 56 per hundred grams (T-bone on the bone).

There are also long-aged pieces for about NIS 60 per hundred grams.

We chose to go the more modest route and ordered a butchers hamburger (54) and 200 grams of Delmonico (120).

The Delmonico, a cut of beef located close to the entrecote and benefiting from marbling, massiveness and especially great depth of flavor, was really excellent.

It had everything you need in a cut of this type, it was seared medium rare as requested and came well peppered.

This is not a cut for those looking for a degree of refinement in the meat.

Certainly not one that lovers of beef fillet will order.

It is for more experienced meat lovers.

200 grams net of excellent meat really made me want to come back here and this time for a big slice on the bone.

What could be so good about a hamburger, and what's more at the pricing of a griddle or less than that?

So that's it, can.

It was a meatball no less than perfect.

Best I've eaten here in a long time.

It also came from medium rare and the combination between the quality of the meat, its compactness and the way it was grilled made it the perfect burger, but really.

It can also be said this way - this is the best thing meat lovers can do with 54 shekels.

Even if it was priced at an additional 10 or 12 shekels, I would write the same thing about this burger.

Shus.

Valio bomb for money.

Havat Tzuk's account (Photo: ShutterStock)

We shared a bread pudding (48) for dessert and it was also great.

Its decadent base of croissants, the liquid in which it was soaked before baking, a scoop of the excellent Boza ice cream that came on top and the precise and near-perfect salty caramel sauce that came on the side - joined together for a wonderful dessert flavor synergy, without a doubt one of the best of its kind, and again - such a good dessert dish for 48 shekels.

Were you or did I dream a dream?

So we ate a lot of meat at Hav Tzuk - even if not steak on the bone and no farm vegetables like we used to - and everything was very good to excellent, and we closed the deal for only 409 shekels (before drinks and service).

An inconspicuous Value For Money bomb, in one of the most uninflated places there is, which somehow operates a little under the radar mainly because we are not busy with marketing in the media and social media worlds.

We will come back a lot.

If you love meat, don't think twice.

Even once is a bit too much.

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