Wok Republic on Ben Yehuda

WOK Republic on Ben Yehuda, brisk business on a Saturday night |

Tel Aviv's fast food restaurants are popular, especially at night.Where you find young couples and singles, you will cheap fast food. Cheap in Tel Aviv is 30 to 50 shekels (US$ 8 - 13) for a meal. Wok Republic on 177 Ben Yehuda is one of the many fast food restaurants dotting north Tel Aviv. The place has a gritty graffiti design style with funny urban characters and scenes on the wall. On this particular Saturday night (after the Sabbath) - about half of the orders were called in to go. A few tables in the back are packed most nights and give the feeling of a "hole in the wall" somewhere between Hong Kong and Beijing. Despite the high-rent (fairly upscale) location, you can find enough on the menu for a one dish plus drink for 50 shekels. Chicken curry on rice was well seasoned, the portion small with lots of fresh hot steamed sticky rice filling half of a takeout Chinese carton. Noodle dishes are popular, served in an interesting flat cardboard box that "opens up" like a plate. If in the neighborhood and in need of a quick meal, it's worth it.