Monday, November 12, 2012

The Search for Tel-Aviv's Perfect Sandwich: Fleishman's Deli


Me and a few people from work went out for lunch today - to a quiche place I adore.
Yeah, I know, quiche, right? But that place is amazing. Was amazing actually, we discovered that it moved.
Instead of the familiar venue I found Fleishman's Deli, same location, different dimension. 
They were wise enough to place fresh, gorgeous sandwiches in the window display, I fell right into that trap.


BBQ sauce, chipotle sauce, mustard, tomato, lettuce and sliced pickles
BBQ sauce, chipotle sauce, mustard, tomato, lettuce and sliced pickles


I ordered a corned beef sandwich. 
They use fresh frena bread; frena is a Moroccan style bread, named after the frena oven in which it was traditionally made. The traditional way also includes river stones (for thermal reasons).
When compiling the sandwich I asked for: BBQ sauce, chipotle sauce, mustard, tomato, lettuce and sliced pickles.
The sandwich is served with a side of potato chips and sweet pickled cabbage.
There were sauce bottles and various dipping sauces on and behind the counter, it was like a party in my mouth.


the best corned beef sandwich I had in quite a while
the best corned beef sandwich I had in quite a while


I'm gonna stop here cos I'm pretty tired of writing this post, wasn't going to post anything new today but the sandwich was so amazing I just had to share.
Just let me add that they have four special gimmicks that are worth mentioning:
  1. There are self serve taps with various types of soda (no brands but they were all good), you just pay for a cup and drink whatever you want. This concept is rarely used in our parts of the world due to both sides (i.e. business owners and customers) being assholes. People will drink your "free" soda all day and fill up bottle they brought from home - and on the flip-side, if you can charge for extra drinks it's considered a loss.
  2. There are vases with fresh green onions all over the place, just pick 'em and eat away.
  3. They use a machine that keeps the potato chips warm and fresh. The kind of machine you find in cinemas and nacho stands, but the fact that they bothered and that the chips were actually fresh is pretty new in our culinary scene. It's usually stale-ish servings or just factory sealed bags in our areas.
  4. They have really cheap booze! 9nis for a shot of Stoli or Jameson is pretty decent. 

That's all, enjoy the rest of the pictures.
Also, I gotta state again that the sandwich was EPIC.


a display of corned beef sandwich awesomeness
a display of steamed corned-beef sandwich awesomeness


a bowl of sweet pickled cabbage, a side of potato chips, lemon soda
a bowl of sweet pickled cabbage, a side of potato chips, lemon soda


corned beef pleasures
warm corned beef pleasures


a tap of goldstar beer, green onions, bread and a potato chip heater
a tap of goldstar beer, green onions, bread and a potato chip heater

8 comments:

  1. So, how much was this sandwich? :) Looks good

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    1. Can't recall but I'll visit again pretty soon if you wan't a follow up.

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  2. Seriously, this is amazing!!!

    You think you could freeze that beauty and FedEx it to me?

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  3. Why does the cornbeef look like red cabbage salad?

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    1. It's really pink and moist, also rather thinly cut; probably the best cold-cut sandwich in town.

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  4. If only I had the recipe. :P

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    1. Hop on a means of transportation and come grab a bite.

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