Goldbelly is an on-line marketplace of special foods from special restaurants from around the country.
Zahav in Philadelphia PA is a multi award wining and James Beard award wining Modern Israeli restaurant by James Beard multi award wining chef and co-owner Michael Solomonov. In 2019 Zahav earned a James Beard Best Restaurant in the Country Award.
Years ago I found out about Zahav Restaurant on the Travel Channel watching an Anthony Bourdain show. I knew one day that I would dine there (since I am from Philadelphia) and I did. It truly was an amazing experience. We had so many small plates to share and each and everyone of them was delicious and awesome. It truly was one of the most amazing dinners that I ever had to this day. They were all so nice to me there too. They treated us like VIPS too! We got to sit in front of the exhibition kitchen and watch all the magic. We watched as breads were baking in an Arabic wood oven called a taboon and we watched cooks acrobatics with skewered meats and fish were cooking on live coals. The funny thing is that I didn’t recognize the chef but he looked so familiar to me. I honestly thought maybe he was someone that I used to work with long ago in a restaurant in a suburb not so far away. The chef looked at me maybe because I was looking at him……I was trying to figure out if I knew him. Anyways he sent out some extra food to us and the management and host(s) were very chatty with us.
This is my photo of the salatim (small plates of salads) we enjoyed from Zahav in Philadelphia that you start out with….
www.OnlyInYourState.com also used my photo.
I had gift credit to buy something from Goldbelly and picked the salatim from Zahav that includes their best in the world hummus. ( it’s made with special sesame seeds that are grown and made into tahini for this restaurant.) I measured out the hummus in 2 oz portion cups and figured that I got twelve generous portions of that special hummus. I also got twelve large pita breads that are two servings each for me so I did have a lot of hummus and pita to freeze for latter.
It doesn’t look very attractive when it arrives.
Everything is numbered so you can look up what each bag contains on a cheat sheet.
It looks better in your own dishes. You can eat it after it sits out for an hour to warm up slightly.
I was so anxious to taste the hummus that I didn’t wait for it to warm properly. I wasn’t thrilled as I remembered but then when I tried it again warmed up then it was like 10 times better and closer to what I remember but it still does differ slightly from Zahav. The Hummus at Zahav is made fresh in the morning and doesn’t get refrigerated. It’s made the highest quality ingredients that can be grown and is topped with a high quality olive oil. They did serve the hummus to us with laffa bread at the restaurant. It’s a more delicate thin bread than pita bread we got packaged for Goldbelly.
Our mutual top favorites were the hummus, schug sauce, harissa, twice cooked eggplant, and spicy fennel…..But everything was very good….The beets taste more like the hummus than beets….so I liked them a lot. These dishes brought back the memory of the amazing food from Zahav.
It’s so cool that you can order food from famous restaurants from all over the country on Goldbelly. ……
Goldbelly.com brings you a taste of Zahav – James Beard Award Wining Restaurant.
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