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. 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 come to a place like that, i see there s a few left from the previous customer, i don t take that. i want them to fry them 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. but the question of food appropriation or who ow
food. 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. 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 villa de la rosa, 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 the steps of muhammad, david, or
zucchini that s been grilled. then we use fried yogurt, so that s the sauce. that s the go-to flavor. very typical for palestinian cooking. it s good. i just had this incredibly delicious meal completely oblivious to the fact that it s entirely vegetarian. if any of the vegetarian restaurants in new york served food that tasted like this, i would actually go there. i d consider it. fried zucchini with mint. and little sweet apricots. it s delicious. are you hopeful? of course. i have my children.
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areas. all the food i ve had so far in gaza has been very different than anything else i ve had in the arab world. it s a different flavor spectrum. yeah, totally. it s kind of its own little gast gastronomical bubble. i find that the food has more flavor, i get a better sensory experience. even children, they like to eat with their hands. he s saying god gave us hands to eat with, not spoons. [knock] no one was at home, but on the kitchen table sat three insurance policies. the first had lots of coverage. the second, only a little. but the third was. just right! bear: hi! yeah, we love visitors.