Hi,

Maganda (if it is the one I think) is located in the Yemenite quarter next to the Carmel market. I pass it often on the way to my personal favourite hummus place which is called the Syrian. The quarter is also filled with good and inexpensive ethnic lunch places.

I have never been to Maganda so cannot comment on the quality of the food, but maybe for the wrong reasons it hasnt been on my list as to me this place and Shauls Inn represents old fashion cooking as the restaurants have been around for ages. This of course doesnt mean it won't be good.

Other restaurants I have visited or have been recommended in that immediate vicinty is Hatzelah Hashminit (which is more international) and Habasta (which often gets good reviews and is high on my list to visit).

Tel Aviv is not short of restaurants and I suspect it will take me for ages to try even a small fraction, but many thanks for all the recommendations which I appreciate as I am sure other readers of this section do.

I would like to add another little recomendation of my own and that is Rama's Kitchen in Nataf (the Judean Hills before Jerusalem). Perfect spring time location for brunch (overlooking the green and flowering hills), with not amazing food, but some nice country style cooking. I will add in the next couple of weeks to me blog.

TDD