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Rukab’s is in Ramallah, in the West Bank. It looks tasty, and stretches like taffy. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/08/438473615/gooey-goodness-ra

Rukab’s is in Ramallah, in the West Bank. It looks tasty, and stretches like taffy. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/08/438473615/gooey-goodness-ramallah-s-stretchy-ice-cream-delights https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/08/438473615/go...

hnick 6y ago
Looks like Turkish ice cream (I don't know who invented it, it's what I've seen people call it). The article mentions this a bit. There is a place in Sydney in Newtown that makes a great tasting one, and I had some from a theatrical man in a stall in Singapore once so something similar can be found around the world.
- s_Hogg 6y ago
  Hakiki is amazing. Get the chocolate baklava flavour, or the rose water flavour
  - hnick 6y ago
    Yes that's the one, I think I tried some kind of chocolate/hazelnut but it's been a while. I strangely detest rose flavour unless it's also mixed with chocolate in which case I love it (and will devour a bag of chocolate coated Turkish delight).
eyelidlessness 6y ago
I don’t in any way want to diminish the many good spirits here. Just to add a little fire under western readers’ butts. It’s good to know when talking about Palestine whether you’re geographically talking about the West Bank or Gaza. They’re separated by not a lot of distance but a lot of different kinds of restrictions. A lot of the rule over the West Bank vacillates between heavy lockdown and expansion of Israeli urban development. Most (not all) Gazans don’t get to experience even that flux.
ascorbic 6y ago
The generic name is "booza", and it's popular in lost of countries in the region. The most famous comes from a shop in the souq in the Old City in Damascus, which is also the most efficient shop I've ever seen. The number of people they serve per minute is quite a sight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booza

hnick 6y ago

Looks like Turkish ice cream (I don't know who invented it, it's what I've seen people call it). The article mentions this a bit. There is a place in Sydney in Newtown that makes a great tasting one, and I had some from a theatrical man in a stall in Singapore once so something similar can be found around the world.

s_Hogg 6y ago
Hakiki is amazing. Get the chocolate baklava flavour, or the rose water flavour
- hnick 6y ago
  Yes that's the one, I think I tried some kind of chocolate/hazelnut but it's been a while. I strangely detest rose flavour unless it's also mixed with chocolate in which case I love it (and will devour a bag of chocolate coated Turkish delight).

eyelidlessness 6y ago

I don’t in any way want to diminish the many good spirits here. Just to add a little fire under western readers’ butts. It’s good to know when talking about Palestine whether you’re geographically talking about the West Bank or Gaza. They’re separated by not a lot of distance but a lot of different kinds of restrictions. A lot of the rule over the West Bank vacillates between heavy lockdown and expansion of Israeli urban development. Most (not all) Gazans don’t get to experience even that flux.

ascorbic 6y ago

The generic name is "booza", and it's popular in lost of countries in the region. The most famous comes from a shop in the souq in the Old City in Damascus, which is also the most efficient shop I've ever seen. The number of people they serve per minute is quite a sight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booza