There’s a part of Jaffa souk that feels more like a neighborhood. You can see that the shop owners are all friends and that the clientelle feels more like this is their second home. Pua is in the center of that warm ‘family’ district.
Pua is actually a restaurant – a restaurant where everything you see is also for sale.
I didn’t take pictures of the furniture because every table and chair was occupied and I didn’t want to disturb anyones meal.
The food there, by the way, is mixed. I’ve been there for breakfast and lunch. My husband had the spinach burrakas for breakfast and the dough was light and flakey – this was not something brought in from the outside – it was brilliant. I had shukshuka. Not highly recommended because the yokes were hard by the time I got it and in my opinion shukshuka isn’t shukshuka without a soft yolk.
The ambiance, however, can not be beat. It’s warm, cozy, and funky. The patrons range from young ‘hipsters’ (love that phrase, even if it makes me sound like a grandma) to the Israeli version of ladies who lunch.
Curio cabinets are filled with fabulous items for the kitchen (like those great glasses, above).
Lighting is a large part of what makes a space and Pua is filled with soft, romantic lighting that warms and creates a more intimate space.
Pua, the hottest restaurant in Jaffa souk – that is also a pretty neat shop.
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Thanks for the review. You know, I have eaten here many times and never realized that the stuff around was also for sale!
I also go more for the ambience than the food. 😉
BTW, I took a trip to Kfar Vitkin to visit Backyard based on your review in July. It looked as though it had closed down – we couldn’t find anyone around (about 11 on Thursday) and no one answered either phone number. Too bad. It looked like fun.
Keep up the good work!
Backyard is closed? It was so full of stuff, but it looked like it was on a family farm. Never know about those places, not all are like Turquoise (which is really close to Backyard – I really hope you made it there on the same trip). Of course, since it was 11 on a Thursday it could simply had been they needed to go somewhere (since it’s a family business) and couldn’t be bothered to open…
-s