Big breakfast
I overheard two Americans bemoaning the expense of breakfast in Jerusalem. "40-60 shekels," they said. I disagree.
You can get what they call the "Israeli breakfast" (boker yisra'eli) for under 40 shekels at many smaller cafes and restaurants. For example, Marzipan on Rakhel Imenu (just off Emek Ref'im) charges 38 shekels for two eggs, mixed salad, two cheeses. bread ,butter, pickles, olives, tampenada, natural juice, and tea or coffee. Ta'mon on King George charges 37 NIS for a similar meal. Ta'amon's sign and menu are in Hebrew only but the staff understands the English you need for ordering breakfast. It is between the Mahogony dress shop (sign in English) and a pharmacy on the corner of King George and Hillel Streets (http://g.co/maps/wrwnj ). Marzipan also offers granola or waffles. The menu of La Cuisine in Beit Avi Chai -- farther up King George on the other side -- lists breakfast for even less and a special discount for two.
Ta'amon is an old-fashioned cafe with two or three tables outside, a few immediately inside, and a loft with more. You will be having a pleasant, nontourist experience if you go there for any meal.
Hotel rates all include breakfast, though that could change, and the breakfast at all but the cheapest is a buffet of eggs, cheese, bread, butter, jam, salads, juice, salads and -- at medium-price and higher hotels -- fish. The more expensive the hotels the more lavish the choices of eggs, salads, fruits, pastries, and cheeses. I once stayed at the King David and once at the slightly less expensive Prima Kings. Both breakfast buffets included American offerings such as waffles and cereal.
Copyright Jane S. Fox 2012
You can get what they call the "Israeli breakfast" (boker yisra'eli) for under 40 shekels at many smaller cafes and restaurants. For example, Marzipan on Rakhel Imenu (just off Emek Ref'im) charges 38 shekels for two eggs, mixed salad, two cheeses. bread ,butter, pickles, olives, tampenada, natural juice, and tea or coffee. Ta'mon on King George charges 37 NIS for a similar meal. Ta'amon's sign and menu are in Hebrew only but the staff understands the English you need for ordering breakfast. It is between the Mahogony dress shop (sign in English) and a pharmacy on the corner of King George and Hillel Streets (http://g.co/maps/wrwnj ). Marzipan also offers granola or waffles. The menu of La Cuisine in Beit Avi Chai -- farther up King George on the other side -- lists breakfast for even less and a special discount for two.
Ta'amon is an old-fashioned cafe with two or three tables outside, a few immediately inside, and a loft with more. You will be having a pleasant, nontourist experience if you go there for any meal.
Hotel rates all include breakfast, though that could change, and the breakfast at all but the cheapest is a buffet of eggs, cheese, bread, butter, jam, salads, juice, salads and -- at medium-price and higher hotels -- fish. The more expensive the hotels the more lavish the choices of eggs, salads, fruits, pastries, and cheeses. I once stayed at the King David and once at the slightly less expensive Prima Kings. Both breakfast buffets included American offerings such as waffles and cereal.
Copyright Jane S. Fox 2012
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