For my departing breakfast we ate at Cafe Smadar in the German Colony, which is also a cinema. It was Saturday and quite busy with both restaurant and movie patrons.
The food was fabulous. As always, an array of spreads including hummus, pesto, sun dried tomato, olive, butter and the lovely cherry jam that I adore,
accompanied by some of the best focaccia I've ever had. It was thick and flaky, topped with course salt and was really just quite perfect in every way.
We had a salad of young greens and bell peppers,
really nice ceviche loaded up with parsley,
the standard cream cheese spread, tuna and yogurt with muesli--this time drizzled with silan, or date honey.
I also ordered polenta--the sweetness of which was complemented beautifully by sauteed bitter greens, tomato, cauliflower and tangy, shaved parmesan. Overall, the food was stellar.
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Later that evening we walked into Jerusalem to Focaccia Bar, where we ordered a limonana and focaccia with garlic, fresh mozzarella, arugula and really ripe and flavorful tomatoes. It was quite stellar, but so huge and filling and wasn't even the main course!
Then came salad, Israeli-style topped with shredded mozzarella and delectable fried goat cheese.
For the main course we had linguine with almonds, garlic (and more garlic), herbs and olive oil.
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