Balagan at the Carmel Shook - Asian food outlet
Need an exotic spice or flavoring? The Asian Culinary Center, popularly know as the balagan (little mess in Hebrew) is located in the food section at 17 Ha'carmel Street. You may call ahead and speak with Elli at 03-516-7925 (FAX 03-516-7926) or e-Mail: info@eastwest-food.co.il; about what you need.
As you walk into the store you will find mixes and sources from all over the world. They shelve more choices of soy sauce than I thought existed. You will find product from Philippines, China, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, India, South America and North America. Hot sauces, sweet sauces, cheese sauces, noodles abound. There are also frozen foods for the exotic taste, like various sushi fish and calamari.
An enjoyable experience is to wander the aisles of the "Balagan", enjoy the city!
Web site: East West Food go to the English section and call for info, most information in Hebrew.
Fruit stand outside the "Balagan" Carmel open air market
Editor's note: A little background without getting too political, there are a few good things that reflect the current Israeli-Palestinian problem. One is the import of south-eastern Asian workers. What the Palestinian used to do in construction is now done by Chinese, Korean, Filipino and alike. Also, as Israelis are getting older, they need home care, which usually comes from nice Philippine women in their 20's and early 30's. So Asian stores have popped up, this one in the Carmel Shook, the biggest open air market in Tel Aviv.
Oh, one more thing, spices from the east are not new to this market. Just outside the Balagan you will find a few spice merchants, talk with them, some are decendents of merchants from Iran, Iraq and Yemen, the family has been "doing spices" for generations!
As you walk into the store you will find mixes and sources from all over the world. They shelve more choices of soy sauce than I thought existed. You will find product from Philippines, China, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, India, South America and North America. Hot sauces, sweet sauces, cheese sauces, noodles abound. There are also frozen foods for the exotic taste, like various sushi fish and calamari.
An enjoyable experience is to wander the aisles of the "Balagan", enjoy the city!
Web site: East West Food go to the English section and call for info, most information in Hebrew.
Fruit stand outside the "Balagan" Carmel open air marketEditor's note: A little background without getting too political, there are a few good things that reflect the current Israeli-Palestinian problem. One is the import of south-eastern Asian workers. What the Palestinian used to do in construction is now done by Chinese, Korean, Filipino and alike. Also, as Israelis are getting older, they need home care, which usually comes from nice Philippine women in their 20's and early 30's. So Asian stores have popped up, this one in the Carmel Shook, the biggest open air market in Tel Aviv.
Oh, one more thing, spices from the east are not new to this market. Just outside the Balagan you will find a few spice merchants, talk with them, some are decendents of merchants from Iran, Iraq and Yemen, the family has been "doing spices" for generations!
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