Mahane Yehuda Market

Mahane Yehuda Market (also called the "Shuk") in West Jerusalem is a truly exciting place to visit if you enjoy food, cooking, or eating. I think that includes all of us! It has over 250 vendors' stalls with every kind of food product imaginable, as well as many restaurants, cafes, and  eateries of all sorts. A friend took me there last week and we rode the City Light Rail a good part of the way. The train stops right outside the market on Jaffa Road. The market includes a large area between Jaffa and Agrippa Roads -- part is covered and part not. This week, Sten and I decided to make the half hour walk to the market.

Because we were hungry, we decided to find the restaurant my friend took me to last week to get lunch since I enjoyed it very much. It's called Nagila and has vegan and vegetarian menus. It's on a cross street just south of the main market area.

I didn't think about taking photos of our food until we had begun eating, so the plates don't look as pristine as when they were served to us. Mine is a chickpea, sweet potato, green bean, mushroom, and broccoli curry with brown rice.

Sten had a stir-fry with peanuts.

Fortified by the delicious lunch, we headed to the market. Here's a sampling of what we saw.

Spices and spiced mixes 

Sweet breads and pastries

 Olives

Fish

 All sorts of flavors of halva (a fudge-like dessert made from sweetened sesame)

Baklava and other pastries

Candy

Breads, including Sten's favorite dark, heavy rye  

Fresh fruit

All sorts of flavors of tahini and halva

Turkish delight

Dried rose buds

Dried fruits

Even macaroons and petit fours!

Sten spied a place selling crepes where we decided to have dessert.

The crepe maker was huge.

We chose a crepe with Nutella, strawberries, kiwi, and whipped cream.

Satisfied customers!

I'm guessing you might want to go get something to eat if you've come this far. Thanks for joining us on this visit to the market. We wish you Peace. Salam. Shalom.