Every Where You Turn Tzfat Restaurants are all around. The many stairs and hot summer climate give many an apetite for the flavors and culinary delights of Tzfat. It comes down to three questions what should we eat in Tzfat? Where should we eat it in Tsfat? and when or how soon (now) can we be enjoying a meal there?
We are human and we have to eat, meaning every day and most of us three times a day. But on vacation some times we settle down for a coffee in between meals and also enjoy a late night ice cream or other bite to eat before bed. In Tzfat, many of the best restaurants are tucked away out of site and have very little promotion or publicity. Many of them are not even listed in the phone book. Being a town of Oral Torah Tradition the restauranteurs believe that those who need to find them will find them as is understood by the knowers of Kabbalah. And if you are not the master of Kabbalah that will follow the spiritual stream to these places of kosher delicacies, not to worry Tsfat.org is here to put it into perspective and make your restaurant selection easy and accurate according to what your taste buds are looking for. In the Tzfat Restaurant section the best Pizza, Shnitzel, Steak, Falafel and Coffe House have been selected for you so that if you want the best you will know where to find it. EDITORS DISCLAIMER: be certain that these are not paid advertisements but top selections from broad reviews and comparitive analysis.
The first thing that pops into a person's mind when they here food and Israel in the same sentence is something about falafel, Humus and Shwarma generaly accepted as the ultimate Israeli fast food. Picked up standing in line, hot falafel balls or juicy hot Shwarma is served stuffed into a pita or lafa bread. Hard to chose for some people between the chick pea mixture rounded, fried golden brown, slightly crunchy with the a creamy green center smothered in tehina sauce or the melted fat dripping off of the roasted lamb with some hummus, salads and fries stuffed inside.
Not every falafel place is a good falafel place but most of them do it right. Some falafel places change the oil often and offer there own fresh baked lafa bread. Some places have a higher standard of koshrut which may mean they have a better meat roasting. The cream of the crop in falafel places will present a dish that is a world class gastronomic event for lunchtime or dinner.
In Tzfat and in Israel in general the falafel and shawarma are made out of cut lamb or beef and less usually turkey and chicken. The Jerusalem mix adds liver and spicy fried onions, peppers and garlic. Are you hungry yet? If so and your around Kikar Maginim the sqare in the middle of the Old City stop by MEATBAR for the absolute best fallafel and shwarma in town.