Jerusalem Restaurant Offers Unique Menu Collaborations
Translated & summarized from Makor Rishon by baba
Jerusalem's "Happy Fish" restaurant is testing new menu items through special collaboration nights, allowing diners to influence future additions. A recent event with Finlandia featured a standout salmon tartare and a unique Bamba-garnished cocktail. While some dishes like the tagliatelle need refinement, the restaurant's Mediterranean ambiance and interactive menu approach offer a unique dining experience.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Happy Fish restaurant in Jerusalem is testing new menu items via special collaboration nights.
- Diners can influence the restaurant's future menu by sampling and rating special dishes.
- A salmon, avocado, and citrus tartare was a highly praised dish from a recent event.
- A cocktail garnished with Bamba, a popular Israeli snack, was a surprising success.
- The restaurant aims to create a vacation-like atmosphere in the heart of the city.
The "Happy Fish" restaurant in Jerusalem, located in the Mamilla Hotel complex, is experimenting with a novel approach to menu development by hosting special evenings featuring collaborations with various brands. These events offer unique, limited-time menus and cocktail lists, with the potential for successful dishes and drinks to be incorporated into the restaurant's permanent offerings. This strategy allows diners to actively influence the future menu.
During a recent event in partnership with the vodka brand Finlandia, reviewers sampled several special dishes. A salmon, avocado, and citrus tartare (NIS 86) was highlighted as a standout, praised for its freshness and balanced flavors, with the citrus adding a surprising and refreshing element. The accompanying "Full of Passion" cocktail (NIS 54), featuring lychee and berries, was deemed an excellent pairing for the tartare.
For main courses, the Mediterranean tagliatelle with sea bass (NIS 118) from the special menu was noted as needing more sauce, though the sea bass itself was well-prepared. The salmon fish and chips (NIS 120) from the regular menu was described as a safe and satisfying classic. The "Butterscotch Old Fashioned" cocktail (NIS 54) was noted for its rich, buttery sweetness, with a surprising garnish of "Bamba" (a popular Israeli peanut puff snack) that enhanced the drink's flavors.
The dessert, "Finlandia Tiramisu" (NIS 60), served in a martini glass with alcoholic jelly cubes, was found to be a rich yet balanced and festive conclusion to the meal. The restaurant aims to create a vacation-like atmosphere with its Mediterranean ambiance and is planning further collaborations, including another event with Finlandia on October 29th.