On rocky ground on the road leading from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, every day hawkers would come and slice their wares. The Nachlaot neighborhood, which was built during the process of exiting the old city’s walls in Jerusalem, was immeasurably far from the Old City in those days, and trade was very important – without the makeshift market at the entrance to the neighborhood, residents had to travel and bring food from the Old City.

The developing food scene in Israel did not skip the Mahane Yehuda market, and among the boutique stalls such as an upscale cheese shop there is also a meeting of cultures and a combination of Eastern and Western flavors, young and energetic stalls and old bakeries, marzipan which is actually chocolate and beer which is actually ice cream, ancient healing recipes and one restaurant that makes sure no one will go hungry.