Benedict, Tel Aviv

There is just something about breakfast, pancakes, scrambled eggs, crunchy toast, and a freshly squeezed orange juice. Very often I find myself craving those foods at inappropriate hours, and that is why Benedict is a most wonderful place. Benedict is a restaurant where breakfast is all they do, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The menu at Benedict is quite extensive and offers a great selection of breakfast foods from Israel as well as around the world.

The bread basket had four different rolls, and it was accompanied by butter, homemade jam and a package of nutella. Anyone offering nutella with the bread basket is alright with me.

We were there on a weekday at about 4pm, Benedict is usually very crowded during the weekend. We once waited over 30 minutes for a table on a Saturday morning.

My friend satisfied his shakshuka (casserole with tomatoes, eggs, and peppers) craving, he liked the eggplant sauce that came with it.

The bagel with avocado and scrambled eggs was huge, but my friend powered through it and finished the entire thing. All the savory dishes came with an Israeli salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumbers and onion.

I needed a sweet fix and these delicious blueberry pancakes did the trick. The sweet dishes were paired with a fruit salad.

These pancakes were so light and wonderful, they deserve three photos.

Benedict
a few locations in Tel Aviv
29 Rothschild Blvd
Sarona Market

Joanna

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