but the question of food appropriation or who owns the food is massive here. you can go on arguing about it forever. the old city is divided into four quarters. there is muslim quarter. there is a jewish quarter. there is a christian quarter. and there s an armenian quarter. each one functions independently, but people that live in the certain area are all from that religion. right. so here you see these israeli flags over this house. so basically jews have bought this house, although it s in the muslim quarter. that s very controversial because it breaks the separation that people would normally expect in this city. now we re walking in the steps of jesus christ, right? as i so often do. so this is the via dolorosa, which is the last trip jesus did before he was crucified. people feel very emotional. they come here and they feel like oh, my god, i am walking in
but the question of food appropriation or who owns the food is massive here. you can go on arguing about it forever. the old city is divided into four quarters. there is muslim quarter. there is a jewish quarter. there is a christian quarter. and there s an armenian quarter. each one functions independently, but people that live in the certain area are all from that religion. right. so here you see these israeli flags over this house. so basically jews have bought this house, although it s in the muslim quarter. that s very controversial because it breaks the separation that people would normally expect in this city. now we re walking in the steps of jesus christ, right? as i so often do. so this is the via dolorosa which is the last trip jesus did before he was crucified.
she respect my religion, my family. together we can build something for our kids, our future country. that s what we think and that s what we give the message for our customers. part of the attraction of this restaurant, the fact that it actually manages to do what not so many chefs try to do here and that is sort of mix the jewish ethnicity or background with arab food. okay, listen up! i m re-workin the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. [ bottle ] ensure®. you get sick you can t breathe through your nose. suddenly. you re a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone so you can breathe and sleep shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right.
we just have to go for a falafel because it s so much part of the culture here. again, contentious because jews or israelis make falafel their own and everybody in the world thinks falafel is an israeli food. but in actual fact it s been done for generations here. and here, you get falafel that s just been fried. you don t get it any other way. when i go to place like that and i see there s a few left in the bowl from the previous customer, i don t take them. i want him to fry them especially for me. that makes all the difference in the world. a whole different animal, isn t it? so is there a historically provable answer to who invented it? who made it first. the one thing that s very clear in this part of the world, palestine, lebanon, syria, it s been cooked for many, many, many generations. on the other hand, you get jews from yemen coming here they say hey, my great uncle was in syria at the time. hey, i remember distinctly so there is actually no answer to it.
traditionally lamb, in this case chicken. [ speaking foreign language ] they re very concerned that we re being very rude. we re not allowing the others to eat. he says how can you be eating and you re letting everybody sit? wow. for me, being from gaza, being a child of diaspora, i always thought food was an interesting way to be able to tell the palestinian story. being able to discover this lost history, this palestinian past. plus, the food is really dang good. right. that it is. i think it was also important to be able to provide palestinians an image of themselves that they recognize, a very humane image, because all they re seeing in the media, whether here or there, whether on arabic channels or abroad, you know, is this kind of very