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| Angelica - romantic ambience |
The restaurant can accommodate
around 70 guests with regular seating, bar area, and a private room. The bar is
open and a glass window to the kitchen gives the feeling of an open kitchen but
without the disturbances of the kitchen hassle.
The restaurant is owned by chef Marcos Gershkovitch and the menu is the work with chef Jonathan Sharvit. The menu is not wide and changes
with the season as it includes many fresh ingredients. While the main courses
are mostly European (grill), there is a fusion of different tastes, including
Mediterranean and Asian. The cooking is a mix of traditional and modern (e.g.,
Sous-vide) techniques. There is a business menu at lunch time.
As we sat down we were served
with warm bread and dips: tomato, eggplant, and aioli. We loved it but tried
not to eat too much of it before the real food arrived!
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| Bread and excellent dips |
Starters
We started with Endive salad, Qatayef,
and the host picked an additional ‘surprise’ plate from the menu for us – Fish
Kibbeh Nayyeh.
Endive Salad
Salanova lettuce, glazed beets,
candied pecans, orange fillets and balsamic vinegar (NIS 52). This salad does
not only look wonderful – it is wonderful. We enjoyed every bite!
Qatayef
Filled with veal ribs, oyster
mushrooms and demi-glace sauce (NIS 56). It was full of tender meet and yummy
with the mushrooms! It was more than a starter (quite big) but we shared it.
Fish Kibbeh Nayyeh
Asparagus and green curry cream,
cucumber and green herbs (NIS 58). This was our ‘surprise’ starter. I had to
think twice before eating it; it was so beautiful that it was a shame to ruin
it! Like a garden! The Kibbeh itself was a shaped pile of fish, wheat, quinoa
and onion and reminded me of ceviche. The sauce was a bit spicy so I had to get
around it, but from what I tasted – it was full of flavors!
Main Courses
Entrecote 300 gr
Potato puree, bone marrow and
red wine sauce (NIS 162). The meat was well seasoned and fresh herbs were felt in the
food. The mashed potatoes were quite fine for non-dairy ones. I enjoyed the
bone marrow that was dotted with coarse Jewish salt.
Grilled Beef Fillet 200 gr
Root vegetables cream, broccolini
(replaced by crunchy broccoli flower), sweet potato, chestnut and shallots demi-glace
(NIS 168). This plate was very inviting
and colorful. It had everything in it – meat, carbohydrate, vegetables and good
sauce. But the treat here was the truffle spread on the mashed potatoes that
upgraded it to gourmet!
Desserts and Drinks
We had one fruity dessert, wine
and a cocktail.
Fresh Strawberry Soup
The restaurant is kosher so the
desserts are a tricky part. We had a fresh strawberry soup, vanilla panna cotta,
raspberry macaroon, strawberry toile and berries powder (NIS 48). This dessert
is beautifully plated – wonderful colors of white, red and green, and decorated
with a nasturtium flower. While the panna cotta wasn’t quite what I expected (it was firmer and not of jelly texture) the
rest was satisfying - a crunchy macaroon, balanced strawberry soup, dotted with
blueberries and the tuile was wonderful!
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| dessert |
The restaurant has a small menu
of cocktails and a wide offering of wines. I started with a cocktail Peach
Margarita – cuervo tequila, triple sec, cardamom, peach (NIS 45). A mix of
sweet and savory, a pinch of spiciness and saltiness, decorated with
pistachios. Very refreshing and interesting!
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| Cocktail |
With the meal we had Psagot Angelica 2015 Red by the glass. It is the restaurant’s signature wine, which is a blend of
cabernet sauvignon, merlot, sira and petit sira that was aged 12 months. It is
a very fresh and fruity wine that goes well with the meat cuts we had.
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| Psagot Angelica Red 2015 |
The service here is elegant; the
barman (actually bar-lady) took our drinks order, while they called her
sommelier, she wasn’t one, but she seemed to know her way around the drinks
offered, and served the drinks elegantly.
Summary
In summary, Angelica is a good
choice for an elegant kosher meal or to celebrate a special
occasion.
Information
Angelica, 4 George Washington st.,
Jerusalem 02-6230056, Kosher
Disclosure: I was a guest of the
restaurant
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