This time I will include pictures of our most recent visit to Jerusalem’s famous marketplace Machane Yehuda on the busiest day of the week (Friday).
It was a great blend of sounds, sights, smells, tastes & conversations.
History Museum
You can’t miss this store. At first it looks like the museum of modern Israeli history because of the pictures of all the prime ministers, politicians and even rabbis. However once inside you’ll see it’s really an underwear store, yeah that’s right, what better place to hang a picture of a former prime minister but on top of a rack of tighty-whities. We chatted for several minutes with the store owner (on picture) who had very strong opinions about every single one of the personalities on the pictures that by the way he said he has met most of them.
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
Healthy Food?!
The sign in the front of the Falafel stand reads “Falafel - Calorie Free”. Yeah right…..
I did not try the Falafel given the time of the morning however we did buy some delicious fresh goods from one of the many bakeries. That smell of freshly made pastry is just irresistible.
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
Location, Location, Location.
The sign reads “For Sale”. If you are interested in this property please talk to me before, there are some things you need to be aware of regarding the location. :)
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
Urban Frescos
Isn’t it beautiful and original? These are all paintings on walls and on the phone company boxes.
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
Strolling around the marketplace. (Click to look at all photos)
Lessons on Memulim sourcing.
Lesson #1: Definition: Memulim = Stuffed food
Lesson# 2: Price: Memulim le 40 shekel, as repeated over and over and over again by one of the sellers trying to attract people (just like us) and distributing the plastic plates to fill up
Lesson #2: Grab plate and identify target (if opponents allow you to do so)
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
Lesson #3: Very important: If next to the stand and with tongs on hand, DO NOT LEAVE THE STAND regardless of the pressure of the opponents
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
Lesson #4: For beginners, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Once the stand is empty you can proceed to collect your food
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| From Machane Yehuda Jan 2009 |
Lesson #5: Enjoy….. They were actually very good.
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1 comment:
Se me hizo agua la boca de ver los diferentes alimentos exhibidos en las fotos....extrañamos cuando nosotros haciamos nuestras compras los jueves y la de la verdura me decia...Motek ma at rotza hayom?
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