Shwarma, Hummus, Pitta e Falafel
Images by Niv Shimson© in Tel Aviv | Img. 1-3 Devuchka | Img. 4-9 Hakosem | Img. 10-12 Hameorav | Img. 13-21 Hamiznon | Img. 22 Itsik and Ruti | Thanks to Stefano Citi
While Jon and Lauren carry around grandmother’s recipes Pearl and Madame Bubbles aka Amelia Nahman rides US on her fifties three wheels named Egg Cream Cart, spread the word of the Jewish street food, Niv, has took some photos of street food in Tel Aviv.
We’re not explaining now the complexity about kosher food, but simply talking on Tel Aviv street food: the habit of eating on the road is very common. They are not stuck on exhausting tables of cities of sun as the nearby mediterrean country, the population enjoys good weather and walking with food 24 h/d.
Falafel or falafel red (made with turmeric), typical arabic food adopted by citizen since 50es, served in pita bread with peppers, salad, hummus, tahini sauce and harif.
Shwarma: pieces of meat – mutton originally – potato salad and rolled up like a taco in a laff – Iraqi pita-like flatbread and rolled as a wrap -
Sabih: or Sabich is a warm pita stuffed with fried eggplant and hard boiled eggs.
Niv is from Israel. He worked as a chef in a restaurant for many years but has studied photography and digital media in Jerusalem. Three months ago he decided that his way of the present was the food photography and devoted himself entirely to this. Proud to be born and based in Israel he told us that Tel Aviv is the place where you can find the best quality of food and catering as good as street food. Two years ago here in Tel Aviv started a trend: the great chefs, coming from the most important restaurants, have opened a road version of their places where you could eat with the same quality food but pure and easy Israeli street food .
These are the food shop descriptions chosen by Niv shots:
Itsik and Ruti are husband and wife, they opened their restaurant even before I was born. They make the sandwiches in the same way they always did and with all kinds of salad. They open at 4:00 am and close when there’s no more bread and salad: around noon!
At Hamiznon you eat with the same quality of a restaurant and everything is served in a pita. The Pitta is the the most common hallmark of Israeli street food, it is a type of bread that can be opened and filled as desired. Traditionally used for hummus, falafel and shuarma but here they put into everything.. from fish to meat or cauliflower.
Meorav yerushalmy in Hebrew means “mix of Jerusalem,” is to indicate chicken entrails, as the heart and liver cooked on a “plancha” with spices such as cumin.
Hameorav is instead a new place that serves Jerusalem dishes.
Karen, the owner of Deivochka has a twist in the preparation of dishes, it caters to the nearby market, spices, fish, olives and herbs. It ‘a place where the food is always fresh.
Hakosem specializing in falafel, classic street food of Israel. Here Arik, the owner, creates dishes pop inserting in pitta or a laff (sort of like a pita wrap stretched and wrap) shuwarma, shakshuaka, schnitzel and hummus.
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