What to eat in Jerusalem
Jerusalem eats at Mahane Yehuda: meorav, hummus in a hummusia, knafeh, musakhan, kubbeh, burekas, limonana and sabich.

[ ] Eat hummus in a hummusia
    Warm chickpea purée with tahini and olive oil in a deep bowl, with a topping and pita. Hummusias open early and close when the pot is empty.
[ ] Try meorav Yerushalmi
    Chicken hearts, liver and meat fried on a flat-top with onion, turmeric and spices, served in a pita or on a plate. A dish invented in this city.
[ ] Eat knafeh
    Stretchy cheese under crisp pastry, soaked in syrup and topped with pistachio, served hot straight from the pan. The Nablus school is the benchmark.
[ ] Try musakhan
    Chicken roasted with a great deal of onion, sumac and olive oil on taboon bread, scattered with pine nuts. The Palestinian national dish.
[ ] Try maqluba
    Rice with meat and fried vegetables cooked in layers in a pot and turned out onto a platter in one piece. The name literally means upside down.
[ ] Try kubbeh soup
    Dumplings of bulgur or semolina with a meat filling in a sour beetroot, lemon or pumpkin broth. An Iraqi and Kurdish legacy, served in market canteens.
[ ] Get burekas
    Flaky pastries filled with cheese, potato or spinach, served with a boiled egg and a pickle. The shape tells you the filling.
[ ] Eat a sabich
    A pita with fried aubergine, boiled egg, potato, salad, tahini and amba. An Iraqi-Jewish Shabbat breakfast turned street food.
[ ] Eat shakshuka
    Eggs poached in a thick tomato, pepper and spice sauce, served in a cast-iron pan with bread. A North African dish and the default local breakfast.
[ ] Walk Mahane Yehuda
    A market of spices, halva, dried fruit, cheese, fish and a dozen places cooking on site. Trade by day, bars in the same lanes by night.
[ ] Buy halva at the market
    Sesame halva in dozens of varieties — pistachio, chocolate, coffee — cut from a huge block with tasting encouraged.
[ ] Try baklava and maamoul
    Pistachio baklava and maamoul, shortbread filled with date or nut paste and marked with a pattern. Sold by weight in the Old City's confectioners.
[ ] Try malabi
    A milk pudding set with cornflour, topped with rose syrup, coconut and crushed peanuts. Cool and un-cloying, from street counters.
[ ] Drink limonana
    An iced blend of lemon juice and mint whipped to a slush. In summer it is sold at every kiosk and market stall.
[ ] Drink cardamom coffee and mint tea
    Cardamom coffee in small cups and mint tea in a glass: what the Old City drinks all day. Sweetness is stated when ordering.
[ ] Try Judean Hills wine and local beer
    Wines from the Judean Hills, dry reds and whites off the limestone slopes around the city, and Israeli craft beer. The market bars pour both.

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