One of my main concerns before coming to Israel was how I would handle the food for 5 months. After 3 weeks I’ve learned that I will be able to survive here and there are a lot of things in Israel that are better than the U.S. but I would definitely give the edge to America on the food. Most of you who know me know that I love to eat, love to cook and usually have the food network on the TV when not watching sports. When I plan a trip the first thing I usually do is a google search for the best restaurants where I’m going. Of course by best restaurant I’m not referring to the most expensive or classy but the hole in the wall with the greasiest most delicious food in that city. So of course I was excited to get to know another country's cuisine.
The number one food item in Israel without a doubt is the Ice Café. I don’t understand why they don’t have it in America but it’s basically ice coffee that is the thickness of a milkshake sold everywhere. It’s the best thing to beat the constant heat in Israel and just unbelievably delicious/refreshing, even if you don’t love coffee. So what am I eating? I certainly am eating healthier than in the U.S. I haven’t weighed myself but there is not doubt I’ve lost a couple pounds. I honestly don’t think I’ve gone a day since I got here without eating humus. I’m eating a lot of fruits and vegetables (mostly cucumbers, grapes, avocado and mangos), pita/cucumber with humus, and of course falafel, schnitzel and shawarma. You can’t walk 10 feet with out running into a falafel/schnitzel/shawarma stand and I’m definitely starting to be able to tell the difference between quality and bad stands. I haven’t eaten at a lot of nice sit down restaurants because their just expensive and not working for 5 months I need to cut cost somewhere. I think what I’m missing the most is the selection of food items in the US, it’s nice to drive 5 minutes and have 50 different choices of food. Oh well, for 5 months I’ll survive, I’m kind of hungry, think I’ll go grab some grapes!
Favorite new snack food – Peanuts that you eat the shell, not sure exactly what it is but it taste like a salted peanut and you eat the whole thing
Falafel, schnitzel or shawarma? – Close call between schnitzel or shawarma but shawarma is going to have to take it
Item I’m craving the most – Fried Chicken
Mcdonalds count – 1 time so far, not bad for just over 3 weeks in Israel
On an unrelated topic I’ve ordered the NFL game pass so I will be able to watch every Ravens game live. I’ve never been so excited to wake up at 2 in the morning as I am for tonight. I’m also planning on being on Skype during the games if anybody is watching the games home and wants to talk during halftime or commercials. The pics are of a late night hotdog from Florentine with about 25 toppings and per Tapper’s request another pic of Daya and her friend Tal.
The number one food item in Israel without a doubt is the Ice Café. I don’t understand why they don’t have it in America but it’s basically ice coffee that is the thickness of a milkshake sold everywhere. It’s the best thing to beat the constant heat in Israel and just unbelievably delicious/refreshing, even if you don’t love coffee. So what am I eating? I certainly am eating healthier than in the U.S. I haven’t weighed myself but there is not doubt I’ve lost a couple pounds. I honestly don’t think I’ve gone a day since I got here without eating humus. I’m eating a lot of fruits and vegetables (mostly cucumbers, grapes, avocado and mangos), pita/cucumber with humus, and of course falafel, schnitzel and shawarma. You can’t walk 10 feet with out running into a falafel/schnitzel/shawarma stand and I’m definitely starting to be able to tell the difference between quality and bad stands. I haven’t eaten at a lot of nice sit down restaurants because their just expensive and not working for 5 months I need to cut cost somewhere. I think what I’m missing the most is the selection of food items in the US, it’s nice to drive 5 minutes and have 50 different choices of food. Oh well, for 5 months I’ll survive, I’m kind of hungry, think I’ll go grab some grapes!
Favorite new snack food – Peanuts that you eat the shell, not sure exactly what it is but it taste like a salted peanut and you eat the whole thing
Falafel, schnitzel or shawarma? – Close call between schnitzel or shawarma but shawarma is going to have to take it
Item I’m craving the most – Fried Chicken
Mcdonalds count – 1 time so far, not bad for just over 3 weeks in Israel
On an unrelated topic I’ve ordered the NFL game pass so I will be able to watch every Ravens game live. I’ve never been so excited to wake up at 2 in the morning as I am for tonight. I’m also planning on being on Skype during the games if anybody is watching the games home and wants to talk during halftime or commercials. The pics are of a late night hotdog from Florentine with about 25 toppings and per Tapper’s request another pic of Daya and her friend Tal.
looking at that picture makes me want to get another dog. maybe chicken this time
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