In the center of the “Fresh Brasserie” restaurant in Rehovot stands a mulberry tree. The waitress, who serves us faithfully, reveals to us in embarrassment that she has never seen fruit on the tree, she only knows that the tree is 120. A tree in the center of a restaurant is an unusual sight, and it catches our attention throughout the meal. Are there strawberry-based desserts here? We wonder. The answer is no.
But there are quite a few dishes here – not to mention, a rich and impressive variety – that make up for it. 12 starters, six main courses, four types of pasta, three salads, three types of pizzas. The selection on the menu is stimulating, the detail is satisfying, and the feel is of a proper brasserie.
As expected, the dishes come out as they look meticulous, even if the cooks seem to have an over-enthusiasm for their preparation. The artichokes on the plancha were hidden by the wide rocket leaves (whose name, by the way, was not included as a raw material in the menu). Whoever digs, finds the hidden loot – well-made artichoke hearts, generously seasoned and juicy (NIS 52).
A quarter of the cabbage also manages to make us happy: here you burn the edges of it in the oven, and sprinkle them with butter, tomato sauce and garlic aioli. This is a dish that can be prepared at home, but it will never be as tasty as the one prepared in restaurants. It seems to us that Eyal Shani would also like her (NIS 48).
The waitress insists we choose the burger in red wine. “It’s a dish you don’t eat anywhere else,” she says. The table is served with a patty weighing 300 grams, made from meat that has been aged for three weeks, they say, without a bun, swimming in a red wine sauce. tasty? tasty. A dish we have never eaten? Well. Maybe a novelty for those who are used to eating a hamburger with fries at a fast food chain. We, seven battles and restaurants, who have already seen in our lives a hamburger or two without a bun, are already more skeptical.
Fresh Brasserie Fresh brasserie artichokes in plancha are covered with rocket leaves (Photo: Private)Admittedly a high level, but one should not get excited; This is the feeling that surrounded us while spending time at the foot of the fresh branches in the brasserie: the restaurant is good, but we did not find in it an exceptional culinary line.
“Terry Brasserie”, Herzl 194, Rehovot, 08-947-3850
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