The 5 Shekel Cup of Coffee and More

It's getting more and more common to see signs like this one in Jerusalem. Yes, a NS5 five shekel cup of hot coffee.

There are also a few small ns5 restaurants, like the one in the middle of Ben Yehuda Street in which I got a filling meal for ns10 a couple of months ago.

Since then, there has been a price revolution in Israel. Yesterday I had some carrot juice in the veteran juice bar on the corner of Histadrut and King George. They now sell their smallest carrot juice for just ns5, too. Since I was buying the juice to sub for lunch I splurged on the medium for all of NS8.

The roll is barely the

size of my palm.

Just a small warning. The quantities are smaller in most cases, so beware. But considering the well-known fact that obesity is mainly caused by eating portions that are too large, I recommend going to these five shekel restaurants if you're on a diet or just want to keep the weight off. You'll pay less, eat less and won't waste food that you've paid for.

More Five Shekel Food in Jerusalem

For some strange reason, the only five shekel food places mentioned in the mainstream media here in Israel are those in Tel Aviv.  The day of municipal elections the television stations kept comparing the lines for ns5 coffee with the empty polling stations. I don't get to Tel Aviv much, so I can't say much about it, but I do get to Jerusalem at least once a week.

The first ns5 food place I know of in Jerusalem is by the main entrance to the CBS- Central Bus Station.  I haven't yet had a chance to see if the low prices have influenced the various food stands inside, but I did notice that one of the nosh places on Rechov Yaffo in the direction of Center 1 has begun offering five shekel food items.

Ken yirbu, may the trend spread.

PS I like this menu, very suitable for the people who pass by and don't read Hebrew all that well.  I've always been in favor of this sort of pictorial advertisements that require very little brainpower.

Reviews are welcome in the comments, thanks.