Kitchen Market, Tel Aviv

There are a few restaurants that I look forward to visiting while in Tel Aviv, Kitchen Market is one of them. I wrote here about our previous lunch at this lovely restaurant located on the upper level of the Shuk HaNamal. This visit was just as enjoyable, even though I was saddened to see that my beloved lamb tortellini dish was not on the menu; hopefully it has not been retired permanently.

The a la carte/lunch special menu is quite extensive and there are usually a few additional specials that the servers explain in great detail.

I like sitting by the kitchen; it gives me a perfect view of all the dishes being prepared and picked up by the staff. Seeing each dish allows me to make some mental notes of what I would like to taste during my next visit.

The bread basket comes with this delicious tomato and olive oil spread; amazing how something so simple but this delicious.

Once the beer arrived, my husband was a happy fellow:)

The hubby started off with the very fresh calamari salad with fresh herbs, roasted zucchini and yogurt.

I got the salmon tartar with Asian aioli, puffed rice and togarashi. I fell in love with this dish last year and was very eager to taste it again.

It is a truly exquisite dish; the fresh salmon coated in the aioli and the crunch puffed rice create a perfect mouth feel.

For the main course my husband enjoyed this sous-vide salmon, seaweed crumble, and eggplant -miso sauce.

My fish was fresh, soft and perfectly seared.

Sea bass with white bean ragout and whipped bouillabaisse sauce.

This lovely dollop of perfectly mashed potatoes made the dish a real standout.

Our son just can't pass a good hunk of meat so this veal fillet with dried onion crumble, beef stock and mustard really hit the spot.

The meat was cooked to perfection.

The dessert at the Kitchen Market is always very special, but after polishing off all of our food, we only had room for treat.

I have to say that we chose well. The citrus ricotta was a true delicacy.

Ricotta and almond cake with merengue and clementine segments.

Loved the sugar crystals on the herb; a beautiful detail that dressed up the dessert.

The Port is usually bustling on a Saturday since there are not that many places open on Shabbat.

Kitchen Market
Hangar 12
Tel Aviv Port

Joanna

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