Nona - Mufleta in the market
One of the surprising places that recently opened in the Mahane Yehuda market is "Nona" - a special stand serving mufletas full of goodness established by chef and restaurateur, Itzik Levy. Around the place are colorful carpets, on which stools and low tables are placed. "We created a slightly different corner of the market," Levy says, noting: "Nona is my grandmother's name. Mimouna in our family was a crazy hafla and from my grandmother I took quite a few things, especially those related to making dough and the technique of making mufleta."
Levy decided to open the place while in Belgium, where he was part of setting up a restaurant. "At lunchtime, when restaurants in Belgium are closed, I would stroll through the streets and find a quarter where a lot of immigrants from Morocco live. I connected with them, I would sit in cafes until one day I found myself starving, went into the grocery store, bought a crispy, pale pastry, and then suddenly I had a brilliance. I returned to Israel and started developing the dough. I researched the world of mufletas." At Nona, the place he opened, entire meals are served inside these mufletas, and each dish takes visitors to another world.
Itzik Levy's Mufleta,
One of the dishes, for example, "Maakoda" (named after the Moroccan pie), is an homage to a dish that Grandma Nona used to prepare and served with small airy pancakes of potato, garlic, carrots, seared eggs on the pan along with matbucha, eggplant and lettuce Lalik (NIS 38). The signature dish of the place is "We arrived at Mahane Yehuda" with mozzarella cheese, Bulgarian cheese, coriander pesto, roasted peppers, onions, dried tomatoes, cherry tomato jam, lettuce Lalik and honey (45 shekels). Alongside them you can enjoy Grandma Nona's special tea because in Jerusalem it is cold almost most months of the year or, for example, almond rosette with dried roses and arak - a fun drink that opens the sense of taste before the mufleta.
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Nona at Mahane Yehuda Market // Photo: Oz Ohayon
Meat Time
Restaurateurs Gilad Stern and David Eliyahu recently established the Meat Time restaurant in the heart of Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, where they express their passion for meat in every dish that comes out of the kitchen. In the new restaurant they offer quality meat experiences. Alongside the 15 types of salads you will receive, you will find on the menu, among other things, aged entrecote skewers, Jerusalem mix, chicken skewers, kebabs and more. In the sandwich segment that also comes out in deliveries, you can enjoy dishes such as: Burekas Meat Time with real Jerusalem mix, tomato mix leaves and onions sumac or Minut Steak Philadelphia sandwich - Jabetta, Minot Steak, Tomato, Leaf Mix, Pickled Jalapeño, Fried Onion, Mustard Aioli, Tomato Spread, and Garlic Confi.
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Burekas with a real Jerusalem mix, photo: Oz Ohayon
Barbara Cafe
At the heart of the market, a kosher boutique café called Barbara Cafe recently opened. The place with about 40 seats offers a variety of rich breakfasts, tabun dishes, special desserts and fine coffee. "The café was opened in light of the great demand from market goers who are looking for a café and a dairy restaurant," they explain. Barbara Coffee's dishes combine fresh ingredients and you can also enjoy cocktails and wines.
On the breakfast menu you can find: Jerusalem Barbadikat - two brioche breads roasted in hyssop oil, sour cream, poached egg, za'atar cream sauce and refined Bulgarian on top, which comes with leaf salad (62 shekels); Vegan Shakshuka - a colorful and rich shakshuka sauce of onions and tomatoes in colors with a basket of house breads, tahini and roasted hot pepper, which comes with hot or cold drinks (55 NIS).
Barbadikat Yerushalmi, Photo: Hanna Taib
In the snacks you can find, for example: "Cheeky cauliflower steak" - baked cauliflower with parmesan carvings on a hot and cheeky bar blanc sauce of kiwi and chili (45 NIS) or "Mrs. Capsicum Popped in for Visit" - two red peppers stuffed with red rice and vegetables with tomato butter and gouda sauce (55 NIS). In the tabun sector you will find, among other things: "Pizza Barberita" - of tomato and basil sauce with toppings of corn, black or green olives, tomatoes, caramelized onions and spinach (55 NIS).
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Maritozzo, Photo: Barbadikat Yerushalmi
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