The Shuk!

My family has been to Israel many times after we lived there for a year when I was 12, but we haven’t been back in 3 years due to Covid. Now we are back and will be enjoying all of our favorite places and friends.

After a little bit of recovery time from the flight, we went into Jerusalem. We drove to the שוק (shuk) and went to dinner at a local restaurant  אישטבח (ishtabach).  https://www.tabitorder.com/?siteName=ishtabach#/start

This is a well known restaurant with unique food and a close-up view of the food they are making. They have all of the ingredients laid out and take a piece of dough and fill it with everything you pick. It is then slid into the pizza oven. When it comes out they serve it to you with a bunch of Mediterranean dips and salads.

https://www.deliciousisrael.com/blog/2016/7/12/ishtabach-jerusalems-kurdish-hot-spot#

After our amazing dinner we went further into the שוק (shuk) to explore what was still open after Covid and pick up some snacks.

The shuk is a big local market, maybe what you would think of as a bizarre, but the closest thing we have to it in America is a farmer’s market.