Do You Know The Muffin Man?

Today I will tell you about our neighbors at Beit Leni. Next door to our apartment building is this amazing bakery. Despite the title of this entry, I have not actually seen a muffin. I'm totally okay with that. The breads and pastry selection is so vast that I could eat a different one each day if I wanted to...but of course I don't venture too far from what I know. Also, the prices here are phenomenal. I can get a mini loaf of challah for 1.90 shekels... or 50 cents. They're also opened rather late! So last night I bought one of those mini challahs, "grilled" up the chicken, and made a delicious sammich. Great...now I want a chicken sandwich.

This morning Sarah and I were feeling adventurous, so we opted to test a new (new to us) pastry. We weren't sure if it had cheese inside...but whatever it was, it was deeeelicious. (Upon further pondering, we decided it had a custard filling.)The man is so nice. He works with us on our Hebrew numbers. In the beginning he just pointed at the register, but now that he sees us everyday, he has become friendlier.

Artistic rights belong to Nina Baker. Not to confuse with Pastry Baker.

Not only does this bakery carry pastries galore, they also serve savory pizza/sandwich/bread (for lack of better term) things. Jenn prefers the pizza rolls - they look like cinnamon buns but instead it is a pizza. If I am starving - we work up quite the appetite in Ulpan class - I would get a piece of bread with cheese, onions, and zucchini (or tomato) on it. I don't pick all of the tomatoes off, Mom. The cheese breads are hefty, so I have only had it when I didn't pack a snack for class. Most of our classmates go down the street for 6 shekel felafel. (It's not my thing, but they love that stuff!)

The cheese/onion/zucchini bread on the right. The rolls on the left look like they could be from District 4 (you know what I mean, Amanda)

Molly Piccione and I are enjoying our pizza breads during break.

Tomorrow we are leaving bright and early for our weekend trip in the Negev. We will partake in a multitude/smattering/excess of hikes (one of which will be at the atrocious hour of 3:30 AM)... so I will write aaaaaallllllllll about our desert fun when I get back.