Food news in a summer edition

Here is an excellent excuse to cut out of work early and choose the sunset: Chef Aner Ben Rafael's Treysar restaurant is launching a super affordable aperitivo, bringing the restaurant's local seasonal kitchen at a super accessible price that does not weigh heavily on the pocket.

On the menu – 4 precise and intensely flavored bite–sized dishes, which rely on Mediterranean and local raw ingredients. The list includes: A seared bread cube with fermented mustard, chili aioli, cornichon combined with mint, pumpkin seed praline and coriander blossom; sea fish grape leaf nigiri; and sea fish fricassee with shushka matbucha, burnt eggplant and olive salsa. All this goodness for NIS 44 per diner, and there are also drinks that go well with the sunset, also at an accessible price of NIS 48 per glass or NIS 168 per bottle.

In addition, during the aperitivo hour, a 15% discount will be given on the rest of the full menu (not including the aperitivo). Worth an early escape from work, we already said.

The pioneer of konjac noodles (the ones with 9 calories per serving) is stepping out of the retail chains and launching its first factory store in a pop–up format, which will operate at the Renanim Mall in Ra'anana throughout the entire month of June.

In the new complex located on the food floor, one can find all the brand's products intended for keto enthusiasts, gluten avoiders and weight watchers, alongside ready–made meals, cooking blends and discounted savings bundles for those who buy this and that and more.

A Hummix hummus joint will operate on site – an Israeli start-up with the culinary consultation of Chef Avi Levi, which enables the preparation of fresh hummus within minutes. On the menu: A protein–rich hummus plate, pickles and a choice of two warm pitas (gluten–free, spelt or a protein pita) at a price of only NIS 20. Kits for home preparation, raw tahini and olive oil are also sold on site.

If you are into burgers but less interested in getting out of your pajamas (we are the last to judge), this is for you: The Moses Shop chain (from the BBB Group) is stepping outside restaurant boundaries and launching a kosher burger kit for home preparation across all its 16 branches, which wraps up a meal solution for four people.

In the kit are four beef patties, four buns, half a kilo of fries and four sauces of choice so it will not get boring. The list includes: Truffle aioli, herb aioli or pepper ketchup. For NIS 109, you will receive the option to eat in pajamas, without waiting for a courier or, heaven forbid, leaving the comfortable couch.

Take the excellent doughs of Bukharian cuisine, match them with techniques from Asia and the Levant, and you get the next hot meal, which walks the entire length of the Silk Road and makes a final stop at the Noema restaurant on Nachalat Binyamin.

Between June 8–9, the talented Chef Moshiko Avraham will host two special evenings, built with inspiration from the trade routes of the Silk Road, which will connect the Bukharian cuisine upon which the chef grew up with influences from Levantine, Chinese and Japanese cuisines. On the agenda: Handmade doughs, charcoal cooking techniques, emphasized acidity and plenty of kicking spices.

On the special menu, you will find a variety of dumplings and skewers at relatively accessible prices (starting from NIS 38 per dish), and just the names of the dishes make us drool. The list includes: Bichak (a baked pumpkin dumpling with ricotta and s'chug), lamb–stuffed cheburek, dushbara in clear chicken broth, chicken and fatback gyoza, and also charcoal dishes like Bukharian kebab or entrecote in a black garlic glaze. In the dessert arena, you will find: Labneh mousse with chak–chak and caramelized peach.