Mealtime: Pasha

Walking around the streets of Tel Aviv, you are inundated with multiculturalism. With that multiculturalism comes a huge variety of dining options. There are burger restaurants, hummus joints, falafel and shawarma stands, Chinese, Eastern European, sushi, kebab joints, Italian restaurants for instance. With a huge variety of food choices at someones disposal in Tel Aviv it is not surprising that Tel Aviv has a restaurant that serves Turkish cuisine. Pasha is located across the street from the Cinematheque on HaArbaa Street. I have a friend on my program that is going to be in Turkey teaching and she wanted to know what the food was like in Turkey. The best value I think is the business lunch. With that comes an array of salads, an appetizer and main course.  For salads  there was zhug, a salsa like dish, beet salad, radish and arugla salad, olives, tehina, and baked and stuffed kibbe. For an appetizer I had lachmajoun, a flatbread with a tomato, parley, onion, and ground meat topping. It is like Turkish pizza. My friend got kubbe hamusta which is bulghar wheat with ground meat stuffed inside and was cooked in a flavored broth with carrots, onion, and parsley. For the main course we both ordered the grilled chicken maluba. The chicken maluba had rice, vegetables, and was garnished with almonds and mint. It was absolutely delicious. the chicken was well seasoned and the rice was perfectly cooked. I would highly suggest going for lunch because of the value you receive. An array of salads and the appetizer would be enough for some people. Besides the dishes my friend and I tasted, it looked like Pasha had a variety of dishes that sounded intriguing and delicious. If you want to try something completely different and delicious in Tel Aviv, Pasha is a restaurant for you. Enjoy!