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Dr. Shakshuka Frommer's Highly Recommended

Cuisine Kosher North African
Hours Sun-Thurs 8am-midnight; Fri 8am-2pm; Sat after Shabbat
Address
4 Beit Eshel St
Location Jaffa
Phone 03/518-6560
Prices Main courses NIS 32-NIS 44 ($8-$11/£4-£5.50)
Credit Cards MC, V

Frommer's Review

With its long, shared tables; great food and prices; happy customers; and helpful staff, this is one of the best ethnic restaurants in the country. Shakshuka is a pan-fried casserole of poached eggs and spicy tomato sauce; Dr. Shakshuka's many versions of this dish come from Libya and have been the best in Jaffa for two and a half generations. But there's much more here: Tripoli-style couscous with mafrum (potato stuffed with ground meat, served with stewed beef and vegetable soup); stuffed vegetables; kishke (North African-style intestine stuffed with meat and rice); grilled lamb patties; and fresh grilled or fried fish. Main courses come with a meze of fresh pita and eight Middle Eastern salads. Lemonade is the drink of choice; a la carte, the meze is NIS 15 ($3.75/£1.90).

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