A Pandemic Friendly Way to Celebrate
As my 30 th birthday was approaching, it became clear that restaurants would not yet be open and my usual preferred way to celebrate – with friends, over good food, wine, and music – was becoming seemingly impossible. As someone who has lived across the street from Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market for the past number of years, I have become a regular at Chef Asaf Granit’s restaurants, particularly his quieter and classier joint, Dekel 3. Lucky for me, one of the chef’s left the hustle and bustle of the restaurant group to venture off on his own, and was willing to create an outstan...