From Bukharan Cuisine to Yemeni Saluf: A Culinary Tour of HaTikva Market

Want to get to know the Hatikva Market up close? Taste the delicacies the neighborhood has to offer? Join my fascinating and delicious tour!

Hatikva Market is not trying to impress anyone; it exists to host and feed the neighborhood’s residents with the food they love so much. With great talent, Hatikva Market has created an underground impression for outsiders, while placing itself in the hearts of the neighborhood’s residents.

You’ll be surprised to discover just how much the market has to offer, from indulgent plates of beloved local food to refreshing tastings at Bukharian delicatessens and long-established Yemenite bakeries. Alongside a shot of ouzo and a glass of chilled wine, we’ll taste saluf, kubbeh, and kubaneh—just some of what the tour offers.

You’ll wander through the market that has embraced Jewish immigrants from North Africa and Central Asia, thereby becoming a center of flourishing culinary heritage. You’ll get to know the restaurants and stalls that fill up with people from the early afternoon onward and bring the Hatikva neighborhood to life—a neighborhood that never stops honoring Middle Eastern food.

A few suggestions:

• Come hungry.
• There is walking during the tour, though it isn’t too long—1.5 kilometers in total. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
• Vegetarian? Vegan? Sensitive to lactose or gluten? Talk to me as soon as possible!