Hanaot Ktanot. Small Pleasures

Hanaot Ktanot. Small Pleasures
Coffee Shop, Bakery & Catering
13 Oppenheimer Street, Neve Avivim, Tel Aviv
Tel. 03-6420660
Kashrut: Rabbanut Tel Aviv

Open Sunday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Closed Shabbat.

May 2011
Hanaot Ktanot, or Small Pleasures, provides great pleasure to visitors from near and far, whether they come to the coffee shop to enjoy a drink and pastry or to buy from the tempting selection of dairy products on display. Enjoy breakfast, morning coffee, or lunch inside the shop, or indulge yourself at an outside table as you watch the world go by.

The extensive menu offers full breakfasts (NIS 25 – 46), and à la carte soups, sandwiches, toasts, salads, and pasta (NIS 25 – 50), There is a nice selection of hot and cold drinks including beer and wine. Complete your meal with a delicious hot chocolate soufflé, cake, or ice cream.

Hanaot Ktanot cafe will be happy to cater your event, be it a small family affair, a large occasion, or a business meeting. You cannot do better than to have Small Pleasures as your partner. From their reliability, efficiency and adherence to a timetable, to their tasteful and beautifully presented food, Small Pleasures will make your event a big pleasure for all.

Maalot

Last night, Fran and I and our son Yitzi had dinner at Maalot restaurant in Jerusalem.

We had bid on an eluna.com auction and won the dinner voucher valued at 200 NIS. When we called to make a reservation we were told that the regular chef Gad Yaari was away and that it would be worth our while to wait for his return. So a couple of days ago, we called the restaurant and after determining that Gad was back, we made a reservation for dinner.

First a few words about the restaurant and the chef.

Maalot is located at 7 Maalot Street, which is a small side street that runs off King George just north of the Yeshurun Synagogue and just south of the Bezalel/Shatz Friday craft market. Many years ago, the building used to house Agas V'Tapuach (now at Kikar Safra) and is just west of the parking lot for the Red Heifer.

The restaurant is small, with a few tables inside and a few on a fenced patio facing the street. It is simply furnished and has a very relaxed atmosphere. If you were looking for a very elegant place to eat, this is not the place for you. But if you are looking for good food and good service, you have come to the right place.

The hashgacha is Rabbanut Yerushalayim, tho' Gad told us that all the meat that he uses is glatt/chalak, the fowl is all mehadrin, the veggies are all chaslat and it is all bishul yisrael.

See more about this restaurant and take a free 10% discount coupon at eLuna.com

Papagaio Prime

The new Papagaio Prime, formerly Market Arena, is my kind of restaurant.

The restaurant is located in the Arena mall at the Herzlia Boat Marina. Park your car in the underground lot as close to the yellow section as you can and elevator up to the first floor. Parking is free. With the exception of one or two low steps you can consider this a wheelchair friendly restaurant. Rest rooms are on the dining level.

Everything at this restaurant is as you like it, including the seating. There is indoor seating and outdoor seating overlooking the Marina. Inside the tables suit the size of your party, whatever it may be. There are bar stools of every height: standard tall bar stools and more comfortable bar chairs on an elevated platform alongside the bar. There is also a private room with glass doors that can seat about 50 people comfortably. Keep that in mind when you make your next party.

This new restaurant is vintage Papagaio with Brazilian music and atmosphere. The restaurant offers three options: the Brazilian menu, an a la carte menu, and the Juntos, their specialty, which is a mix of meats that you can order by weight. How does the Juntos work? You can order a platter of either 800 grams or 1200 grams (nis 245) of grilled meats. Your order is delivered to the center of your table in a sizzling pan, to be shared by your party. The quality of the meat, they tell me, at Papagaio Prime, is the best that they have ever had. Try it and find out.

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Armando

Fish Restaurant
88 Herbert Samuel St., Tel Aviv
Tel :03-5101601
Kashrut: Rabanut Tel Aviv Rav Lau
Armando fish restaurant on the Tel Aviv boardwalk offers the perfect combination of fresh fish, a rich selection of wines, and an intoxicating sea view. The restaurant's proximity to the Mediterranean sea and the Mediterranean menu which centers around fresh fish and local produce, create a lovely mix of quality Israeli dining.

See more about this restaurant and take a 10% discount
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Cafe Rishonim

Café Rishonim, a dairy restaurant in the Jordan Valley (Emek Hayarden) is located in the Rishonim Courtyard of Kibbutz Degania Aleph. Historically Degania Aleph was the first Kibbutz in history, hence the name, which means the firsts. Degania is the birthplace of several famous Israeli figures among them Moshe Dayan. Founded in 1910, the kibbutz is now 100 years old. I think that warrants a visit.

Rishonim Cafe is a little slice of Israeli nostalgia. The cafe is in a pastoral setting nestled between great expanses of greenery and luscious plants and flowers. This is a very child-friendly restaurant with plenty of outdoor space and menu items sized and priced for the restaurant's young guests.

See more about this restaurant and take a fee 10% discount coupon at eLuna.com

Off the Square

Who remembers Off The Square restaurant when they were located just off Kikar Zion?
If you do remember this restaurant from those days, you must be following the Jerusalem restaurant scene for a while.

About 15 years ago, Off the Square was one of the best kosher dairy restaurants in Jerusalem. It was also one of the only ones. The restaurant had levels, and party rooms, and they were often the venue for bar and bat mitzva parties, sheva brachot, and what not.

Enter the Intifada and exit Off the Square. The restaurant remained closed for almost 10 years. In 2010 this restaurant reopened, this time on Mesilat Yesharim St., at the other end of the downtown area. The new Off the Square is a quaint restaurant with room inside for up to 42 diners. They serve up a wonderful array of dairy and fish dishes, all prepared as they say “ala minute”. The menu is full of soups like French Onion, and Vegetable. Off the square is also known for its fish delivered market fresh every day. They also have many fresh salads, pastas and Italian dishes. The restaurant is now under the hashgacha of Rav Rubin.

Off the Square is happy to cater smachot of up to 42 people.

A full write up will appear here.

Mike's Place Jerusalem

Mike’s Place on Yaffo street in Tel Aviv, is now kosher and bringing you all of their finest menu dishes. From the festive Tex Mex menu, to Mai Tai Mondays, and Ladies Night this is where the party is at every day of the week. They have over 10 big screens so you can watch the game in style. In fact you can watch several games at once. The menu is very detailed and ranges from finger foods to salads, and steaks.

See more about this restaurant and take a free 10% discount coupon at eLuna.com.