The Bold Italic today takes a look at the state of hummus in San Francisco. Mission Street’s Old Jerusalem gets an honorable mention:
“I came here and I wanted to make a restaurant exactly like home,” the chef told me. His recipe uses no garlic and he looked offended by the mention of lemon juice. “Lemon salt,” he clarified. “The process is very important, that it’s timed, how long to soak, how long to grind, like a dance done to music.” The hummus was covered with lakes of olive oil, scattered clusters of paprika, and finely chopped parsley. It was slippery, disappearing down my throat quickly, but very filling when served with warm pita, and thicker than the summer humidity of Tel Aviv’s beaches.
Read on for lots more hummus.
Wow, no comments? I’m impressed by how significantly the passion levels of the MM audience vary when “best hummus in SF” is the topic instead of “best burrito in SF.”
By the way, IMHO the best hummus is the stuff a family hand-makes and sells in the little corner store, Chenery Market, at the corner of Chenery & Randall.
You start a Glen Park blog.
That’s mostly what my blog already is.
The kids don’t know from hummus.
Worst is Trader Joe’s, hands down.
Holy cow, Old Jerusalem’s website. I hope they didn’t pay money for this giant pile of shit.
http://www.oldjerusalemsf.com/
Oh dear… that’s absolutely awful.
WOW, I feel like I’m somewhat a connoisseur of terrible restaurant websites, but that is a whole new level of horrible. For extra fun, just TRY accessing the site on a mobile browser. No seriously, try.
Old Jerusalem kicks ass. Every time I go there I am reminded of just how amazingly delicious their food is.
i agree with the doktor – Old Jerusalem is always delicious!