Seafood & fennel soup

You don’t see lots of seafood in Jerusalem. The distance from the sea and kosher rules make it a rare find. However, many of Jerusalem’s culinary inventions aren’t necessarily ‘natural’ to its surroundings or population. The restaurant Machenyuda, which became famous for its little Kilner jars of polenta topped with asparagus and truffle, is the current trend-setter. Just as influential in the 1990s was Occianus (Ocean), where Eyal Shani,