Jerusalem: Breakfast in Old Katamon and Dinner near the Shuk

Thursday morning we drove to the Old Katamon neighborhood in Jerusalem for breakfast at Shosh Cafe.  

It was quite something with a variety of spreads--pesto, sun dried tomato, olive and labaneh, 

Israeli salad, museli and yogurt, jam, sweet tahini, great bread, a chocolate croissant

(close up of chocolate croissant below).

 

Gilad ordered an omelet that came surrounded with dairy delights and even more olive & pesto spread, plus some really tasty tuna.  

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Later that day Gilad's mother made us Turkish coffee at home with whole cardamom.

A bit after coffee we ventured downtown to Topolino, a kosher Italian restaurant just outside of the shuk in Jerusalem.  We chose to sit outside and it was an intense experience as our table was very close to the street with a nonstop flow of people walking to and from the shuk and busses driving by.

For an appetizer we shared mushrooms filled with goat cheese and Chinese pecans in a cream and brandy sauce.

For our main courses we both chose (one of our absolute favorites) gnocchi, mine with sage and butter and his a beetroot gnocchi in cream with walnuts and spinach.  

Needless to say, we skipped dessert.