We left Jerusalem on this morning but before we left, we visited the Machane Yehuda Market. It’s the largest market in Jerusalem with over 250 vendors. It covers two streets, many aisles, and many small walkways. Parts of this market are outside and other parts are inside. It’s a traditional market and like many markets, the experience is greatly enhanced by the sounds and smells that go with the sights.

This market was loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and dried fruits, olives, fresh juices, beans, coffee, seeds, breads, cheeses, meats, pastries, clothing, as well as bars, restaurants, specialty foods, coffee shops, and on this day, even some right-wing Zionists protesting something. We had it all! We also managed to sample our way around this market and mind you, this all comes on top of our regular three meals a day.

I love the stores like the first one. We ate lots of dates, dried apricots, and prunes, and lots of nuts and spices while we were in Israel, so I enjoy just looking at all these food items.

In the 2nd photo, Vicky is sampling a shooter of a ‘Yemenite shake of Uzieli’, whatever that is. It was green and very interesting but also hard to describe.

I don’t know if everything in the 3rd photo is baklava, but I can say that it all looked good.

Coffee was very popular in Israel and in this market. We purchased coffee on multiple occasions.

Vicky is sitting at Azura Restaurant in the last photo. It’s an iconic eatery in the market. It’s in the Iraq section and known for its hummus and other North African dishes. The owner/cook is standing behind Vicky to the right. These dishes were Iraqi Kube. It remined me of stuffed dumplings except that the dough was different.