Kosher Chinese Restaurants · 洁净中国餐馆 · מסעדות סיניות כשרות

There is now a silly tradition that many Americans hold Christmastime each year… to indulge in Chinese cuisine. Since the Chinese do not celebrate Christmas, like us Jews, their restaurants have no need to take a hiatus on Xmas day.

In honor of this wacky tradition, we’ve compiled a list of Chinese restaurants (both sit-down & take-out) for your convenience.

• NORTH AMERICA
  Annie Chan’s Restaurant
  190-11 Union Turnpike
  (off 190th Street)
  Fresh Meadows, NY 11366

  
  Bamboo Garden Vegetarian Cuisine
  364 Roy Street
  Seattle, WA USA 98109
  www.bamboogarden.net

  Chai Peking
  2205 Lavista Road Northeast
  Atlanta, GA 30329
  www.chaipeking.com

  China Bistro
  3565 NE 207th Street
  (The Waterways)
  Aventura, FL 33180

  China Glatt
  4413 13th Avenue
  (Between 44th & 45th St.)
  Brooklyn, NY 11219

  Chopstix
  172 West Englewood Avenue
  Teaneck, NJ 07666
  www.chopstixusa.com

  Chopstix
  478 Pleasant Valley Way
  West Orange, NJ 07052
  www.chopstixusa.com

  ChoSen Garden
  64-43 108th Street
  (Bet. 64th Rd. & 65th Rd.)
  Forest Hills, NY 11375

  ChoSen Island
  367 Central Avenue
  (Cor. of Central Ave. & Frost Lane)
  Lawrence, NY 11559

  ChoSen Village
  505 Middle Neck Road
  Great Neck, NY 11023

  Dragon Inn Glatt Kosher
  7638 Castor Ave
  Philadelphia, PA 19152

  Eden Wok Manhattan
  43 East 34th Street
  (Bet. Park & Madison Ave)
  New York, NY 10016
  www.edenwok.com

  Eden Wok Westchester
  1327 North Avenue
  (Northfield & Quaker Ridge Rd.)
  New Rochelle, NY 10804
  www.edenwok.com

  Ernie & Ellie
  6900 Decarie Blvd.
  (Decor De’Carie Square- enter through Venezia)
  Montreal, QC
  H3X 2T8, Canada

  Golden Chopsticks
  7000 Bathurst Street
  Vaughan, ON L4J, Canada
  www.goldenchopstick.ca

  Grand Bamboo
  106 Route 59
  (Corner Route 306)
  Monsey, NY 10952

  Hunan
  557 Kings Highway
  Brooklyn, NY 11223

  King Solomon’s Table
  3705 Chesswood Drive,
  North York, ON
  M3J 2P6, Canada
  www.kingsolomonstable.com

  Mr. Chopstik
  4020 Royal Palm Ave
  Miami Beach, FL 33140

  Royal Dragon
  4832 Boiling Brook Pkwy
  Rockville, MD 20852
  www.royalkosherrestaurant.com/royaldragon.htm

  Shangchai
  2189 Flatbush Ave
  Brooklyn, NY 11234

  Shanghai Diamond Garden
  9401 West Pico Blvd.
  Los Angeles, CA 90035

  Singapore Chinese Vegetarian *
  1006 Race Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19107-2306
  www.singaporevegetarian.com
  (*this place is vegan / vegetarian and is open on Shabbat)

  Tein Li Chow
  2485 Howard
  Evanston, Illinois
  www.teinlichow.com

  Wok ‘n Take Out
  455 Route 306
  Wesley Hills, NY 10952
  www.wokntakeout.com

  Wok Tov
  594 Central Avenue
  Cedarhurst, NY 11516

  Yi-Tzi Peking
  145 Montgomery Avenue
  Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
  www.yitzipeking.com

• EUROPE
  Blue Lagoon
  Lange Herentalsestraat 70
  2018 Antwerp, Belgium

  Kaifeng
  51 Church Road
  Hendon, NW4 4DU
  England, UK

  Missada
  45, rue Laugier
  75017 Paris
  France

• ISRAEL

  Canton
  The Tayelet Hotel
  6 Gad Machnes Street
  Netanya , Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)
  www.chinese.co.il

  Chai Tai
  Moshav Hutzot Hagolan
  Katzrin, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  The Chinese Wall
  26 Mikve Israel St
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  China-Lee
  7 Montifyori St
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Glatt Kosher)

  Korussin
  Malha Shopping Center
  Jerusalem, Israel
  (Kosher Mehadrin)

  Lemon Grass
  Azrieli Shopping Center
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  Lemon Grass
  22 Even Gvirol St
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  Ming Ling
  12 Herzel
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  Pikansin
  Azrieli Mall ~ 1st floor
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  Tokyo Bankok
  40 Ainstain St
  Ramat Aviv Shopping Center
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  Tuch Food
  48 Menahem Begin Road St
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

  Yosi Pekin
  15 Keren Kayemet St
  Jerusalem, Israel
  (Kosher Rabanut)

• CHINA
  Dini’s Kosher Restaurant
  Nuren Jie Xingba Lu Jiuba Jie
  Beijing, China

And now here is a funny video about Jews, Chinese food, and Xmas for you to enjoy.

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Open for Passover 2009 in Eilat, Israel

Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover):

Note: Israel is an interesting place on Pesach since many will eat Kitniyot (maize, rice, peas, lentils, and beans). Below, “Non-Kitniyot” describes a restaurant not serving Kitniyot on Passover, and “Kitniyot” describes a restaurant that does serve Kitniyot. YeahThatsKosher.com takes no responsibility for the Kitniyot status of the restaurants.

Eilat

Brasserie
The King Solomon Hotel
08-6363439
Non-kitniyot

Halleluya
Tourist Center
08-6375752
Non-kitniyot

Lawrence
Herods Vitalis Hotel
08-6380115
Kitniyot

Ranch House
The Royal Beach Hotel
08-6368989
Non-kitniyot

Wangs Grill
The Royal Beach Hotel
08-6368989
Non-kitniyot

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Open for Passover 2009 in Northern Israel

Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover):

Note: Israel is an interesting place on Pesach since many will eat Kitniyot (maize, rice, peas, lentils, and beans). Below, “Non-Kitniyot” describes a restaurant not serving Kitniyot on Passover, and “Kitniyot” describes a restaurant that does serve Kitniyot. YeahThatsKosher.com takes no responsibility for the Kitniyot status of the restaurants.

Northern Israel

Arnold’s (Naharia)
Moshav Netiv Hashayara
04-9522211
Non-Kitniyot

Casa Barone (Zichron Yaakov)
4 Tzahal St.
04-6290390
Non-kitniyot

Makom B’Sejera
Moshav Ilaniya
04-6766801
Non-kitniyot

Ben Ezra Fish (Atlit)
71 Hazayat
04-9842273
Non-kitniyot

HaBayit Bagalil
Birya Forest, Hatzor Haglilit
04-6808200

Han Restaurant (Safed / Tzfat)
Ruth Rimonim Hotel
04-6994666
Non-Kitniyot

Pinat Ochel (Rosh Pina)
Old Customs House
04-6936222
Non-kitniyot

Psanter
The Artists Colony, Moshav Aniam
04-6821855
Kitniyot

Mon Cherie (Kiryat Shmoneh)
Nechamya Mall
04-6959887
Non-kitniyot

Esh Besh (Kiryat Shmoneh)
95 Tel-Chai
04-6902330
kitniyot

Galileo
Derech Hamirchatzot
04-6725123
kitniyot

Sheinfield
Kfar Vradim
04-9575226
Non-kitniyot

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Open for Passover 2009 in Central Israel (Petach Tikva, Ramat Gan, Gedera, Modiin)

Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover):

Note: Israel is an interesting place on Pesach since many will eat Kitniyot (maize, rice, peas, lentils, and beans). Below, “Non-Kitniyot” describes a restaurant not serving Kitniyot on Passover, and “Kitniyot” describes a restaurant that does serve Kitniyot. YeahThatsKosher.com takes no responsibility for the Kitniyot status of the restaurants.

Petach Tikva

Cafe Cafe
36 Shacham St.
03-721 2227
Non-kitniyot

Cafe Neto
18 Hasivim St.
03-9233131
Non-kitniyot

El Gaucho
37 Gissin St.
03-9191425
Non-kitniyot

Ramat Gan

El Gaucho
134 Jabotinsky St.
03-7518937
Non-kitniyot

Gedera

Badolina
7 Habiluim St.
08-8680463
kitniyot

Modiin

Ristretto
Solomon Center
08-9268101
Non-Kitniyot

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Open for Passover 2009 in Ra’anana, Herziliya, Netanya

Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover):

Note: Israel is an interesting place on Pesach since many will eat Kitniyot (maize, rice, peas, lentils, and beans). Below, “Non-Kitniyot” describes a restaurant not serving Kitniyot on Passover, and “Kitniyot” describes a restaurant that does serve Kitniyot. YeahThatsKosher.com takes no responsibility for the Kitniyot status of the restaurants.

Ra’anana

Borochov 88
88 Borochov St
09-7442203
Non-kitniyot

Bread & Breakfast
Giron Center
09-7728340
kitniyot

Capitello
Renanim Mall
09-7612644
kitniyot

Coffee & Friends
88 Ahuza St
09-7419003
Non-kitniyot

Cup ‘O’ Joe
128 Ahuza St
09-7400056
Non-kitniyot

Dabush Dagim
267 Ahuza St
09-7741313
kitniyot

Hataboun V’Hamangal
128 Ahuza St, Raanana
09-7442799
kitniyot

Herziliya

Bistro56 (Herziliya Pituach)
Arena Mall
09-9565181
Non-kitniyot

Columbus
4 Abba Eban St
09-9589880
Non-Kitniyot

Lobbystro (Herziliya Pituach)
Daniel Hotel
09-9528282
Non-kitniyot

Mifgash HaSteak (Herziliya Pituach)
7 Shenkar St
09-9511177
kitniyot

New York, New York (Herziliya Pituach)
32 Maskit St
09-9542014
Non-kitniyot

Papagaio (Herziliya Pituach)
Arena Mall
09-9564000
Non-kitniyot

Tarabin (Herziliya Pituach)
5 Bareket St
09-9562117
kitniyot

Netanya

Cafe Del Mar
10 Gad Machnes St.
09-8842418
Non-kitniyot

Lucullus
8 Nitza Blvd.
09-8617831
Non-kitniyot

Zazoo (Pardesiya)
27 Haerez
077-2042205
Non-kitniyot

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Open for Passover 2009 in Tel Aviv / Yaffo

Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover):

Note: Israel is an interesting place on Pesach since many will eat Kitniyot (maize, rice, peas, lentils, and beans). Below, “Non-Kitniyot” describes a restaurant not serving Kitniyot on Passover, and “Kitniyot” describes a restaurant that does serve Kitniyot. YeahThatsKosher.com takes no responsibility for the Kitniyot status of the restaurants.

Tel Aviv

Badolina
2 Yordei Hasira
03-5449449
kitniyot

Bariba (Yaffo)
3 Hataarucha St, at the port
03-6025026
kitniyot

Blackout (Yaffo)
NaLaga’at Stage
03-6330808
Kitniyot

Caffe Yaffo (Yaffo)
11 Olei Tzion
03-5181988
Non-Kitniyot

Casserole (Neve Tzedek)
3 Lillienblum St.,
077-5448004
Kitniyot

Einstein Kitchen Bar
Ramat Aviv Mall
03-6421122
kitniyot

El Gaucho Tel Aviv
20 Rothchild St.
03-5104777
kitniyot

Goshen
37 Nachalat Binyamin
03-5600766
Non-kitniyot

Mazzarine
17 Gordon St
03-5221050
Non-kitniyot

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Open for Passover 2009 in Jerusalem

Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover):

Note: Israel is an interesting place on Pesach since many will eat Kitniyot (maize, rice, peas, lentils, and beans). Below, “Non-Kitniyot” describes a restaurant not serving Kitniyot on Passover, and “Kitniyot” describes a restaurant that does serve Kitniyot. YeahThatsKosher.com takes no responsibility for the Kitniyot status of the restaurants.

Jerusalem

Angelica
7 Shatz St.
6230056
Non-Kitniyot

Buffalo Steakhouse
54 Emek Refaim St.
5611325
Non-Kitniyot

Cup O’Joe
38 Keren Hayesod St.
5610555
Kitniyot

Cafe Inbal
25D Ein Karem St., Ein Karem
6446533
Non-Kitniyot

Caffit
35 Emek Refaim St.
5635284
Kitniyot

Coffee Shop
40 Azza St, Rehavia, Jerusalem
5611006
Kitniyot

Dagim Bachatzer
31 Jaffa Rd, Feingod Courtyard
6222524
Kitniyot

Diez
1 Shlomzion Hamalka
6243601
Kitniyot

El Gaucho
22 Rivlin St
6242227
Non-Kitniyot

Gabriel
7 Shimon Ben Shetach St.
6246444
Non-Kitniyot

Grill Bar
1 HaSoreg St
6223761
Kitniyot

Hamishpacha
12 Yoel Solomon
6236886
Non-Kitniyot

Joy Grill & Beer
24 Emek Refaim
5630033
Non-Kitniyot

Korusin
Malcha Mall
6791088
Non-Kitniyot

La Boca
46 Emek Refaim
5635577
Non-Kitniyot

La Guta
34 Derech Beit Lechem
6232322
Non-Kitniyot

Little Italy
38 Keren Hayesod St.
5617638
Non-Kitniyot

Luigi
12 Yoel Salomon St.
6232524
Non-Kitniyot

Luciana
27 Emek Refaim St.
5630111
Non-Kitniyot

Primavera
Sheraton Jm Plaza Hotel
6298666
Non-Kitniyot

Selina
24 Emek Refam
5672049
Non-Kitniyot

Sofia
Inbal Hotel – 3 Jabotinsky St.
6756689
Non-Kitniyot

Spoons
Yemin Moshe
6235778
Non-Kitniyot

Sushi Bar Rehavia
29 Azza St
5667477
Non-Kitniyot

Tmol Shilshom
5 Yoel Salomon
6232758
Non-Kitniyot

Village Green
33 Jaffa Road
6253065
Non-Kitniyot

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Netanya, Israel

Contributed by: Linda Rosenberg Minkow | Last Date of Travel: November 2008

Kosher Info: Obviously, Israel abounds with kosher, delicious choices. All you have to do is make sure the restaurant has a Te’udat Kashrut (Kashrut Certificate) from the city’s Bet Din. Some places go above and beyond that, getting a certificate for Kosher L’Mehadrin, meaning they are held to an even higher standard of kashrut. If you keep Chalav Yisrael, you’ll still have to ask at dairy places and ice cream parlors, but be assured that in Israel, there is no problem with it being kosher milk.

If you’re staying in the north side of Netanya, like we did, the place to go is Kikar Ha’atzmaut (Independence Square), a block off the beach (discussed below in Tourist Info). You can find any type of restaurant you would want there. Some restaurants have menus in Hebrew and English, others in Hebrew and French, still others in Hebrew and Russian. It’s usually fairly easy to find someone who will understand you.

Since we were staying in an apartment rather than one of Netanya’s famous hotels, we did a lot of cooking at home. However, here are some of my recommendations. My apologies for not having names for most of these places, we were always more interested in the menus and kashrut than branding.

As you enter Kikar Ha’atzmaut, there are a string of French/Moroccan grills. They are all very good and offer free, copious salads and pita or malawach with your meal. Be aware that in the Middle East, kebab does not refer to meat on a sharp stick but rather a spiced ground meat sausage without a casing, what American Israeli restaurants might call a kefta kebab.

Some pizza places serve American style pizza, but the best pizza we had in Israel was a small French-speaking restaurant at the first alley intersection in Kikar Ha’atzmaut. The menu is in French and Hebrew, but it’s pretty easy to figure out. The salads are decent, the pasta dishes are much smaller than they appear on the menu, but the pizza is sold by the 1/4 meter and for a few shekels each, you can add any number of toppings. Toppings include mushrooms, onions, olives, pesto, Bulgarian cheese, feta cheese, fresh tomatoes and much, much more. My husband and I would frequently order a 1/2 meter for dinner with no sides and it was very hot, crunchy crust, extremely satisfying.

Across the Kikar from this pizza place is a very large, delicious ice cream parlor called Tony Ice. The flavors range from your standard vanilla, chocolate, mocha to flavor combinations of different candy bars and popular fruit mixes. They also sell small frozen petits fours made from their ice cream as well. They have an extensive choice of cones, ranging in three or four sizes, dipped in chocolate and some had nuts, sprinkles or more coated on top of the chocolate.

Diagonally across from Tony Ice, there is a small schwarma shop that is also very good.

Almost all these restaurants have outdoor seating in the middle of the Kikar, which is very good for people-watching. It’s the social center of the north side of town. People are out walking around until late at night, kids playing, teenagers horsing around…it’s a fun place to eat and try different places every time you go.

Kosher supermarkets, bakeries and butchers abound. Just make sure to check for the Teudah and/or a Hashgacha on the packaged item. Supermarkets get tricky, especially last year with Shmittah. It can be difficult to buy fruits and vegetables now, even after Shmittah is over, because it is hard to tell if they are selling Shmittah produce, Heter Mechirah , or post-Shmittah produce that is fine for use. We solved the problem by going to a very reliable supermarket on Herzog St. that serves the Sanzer community as well as the larger Netanya community. Everything in the supermarket, from produce to fresh-baked pastries to meats, is reliably kosher. A note about meat: some Sepharadi and Mizrachi Jews buy unsalted meat and salt it themselves according to their own diverse traditions so make sure the meat you buy says ‘muchshar’, meaning salted and ready to eat. There are also many, many prepared food products that are tasty and fairly reasonable in price.

Tourist Info: Netanya has some of Israel’s most beautiful sunsets on the beach. Both the north and south sides of town have beaches. There are fantastic parks and playgrounds running along the cliffs that line the beach on the north side of town. There is even a section of the beach that has separate men’s and women’s hours for the Sanzer chasidim who live a few blocks away from the beach in their own neighborhood. However, despite the sign requesting no driving on Shabbat and modest clothing when passing through, this is no Mea She’arim. You can frequently see Sanzer children playing in the playground or skating areas with other children, Sanzer couples power-walking on the sidewalks near the beach and so on.

Netanya has a wonderful shuk behind the bus station, from which you can get buses around town, to Haifa, Ra’anana, Jerusalem and even Eilat. If you are going to Eilat from anywhere, though, book your tickets in advance or you may not get a seat on the bus. Trust us on this one, we’ve been there. Anyways, the bus to Jerusalem can take anywhere from 1.5 h to 2+ h, depending on how many people get on at each stop and traffic along the way. There are many buses from Netanya to Tel Aviv as well as sherut (taxi vans) that can fit about 10 people and cost only a little more than the bus, but stop less frequently. The drive from Netanya to Tel Aviv is about 30 minutes without traffic and stops, but takes longer when both are present. The bus from Netanya to Haifa taks about an hour without traffic and passes by some truly beautiful areas in the North. Haifa is highly recommended to tour around, as it contains the Baha’i gardens among other tourist attractions. North of Haifa is the Ghetto Freedom Fighters and Yad L’Yeladim museums of the Holocaust, as well as Rosh Hanikra, a beautiful cliff on the border with Lebanon that has famous underwater grottoes and the now-blown-up train tunnel to Lebanon used by the British pre-1948.

Netanya is full of hotels, both fancy and not. There is a very famous glass elevator than runs down to the beach from the cliffs behind the Carmel Netanya hotel. There are many activities offered on and around the beach, including surfing, kayaking, horseback riding, paragliding and boat trips. There are a few museums and lots of galleries in Netanya, including the Well House which tells the history of Netanya. There are plenty of tours that run around Netanya or from Netanya to other places. In addition, Netanya has one of the highest concentrations in the world of black/purple irises (see the second tour), which is a major attraction when they bloom in February and March.

Jewish Info: There are plenty of synagogues throughout Netanya. The closest English-speaking one to us was the Young Israel of Netanya. The regular crowd is usually 60+ plus they were very friendly and helpful to us during our stay, especially the Rabbi. A shul we heard about, but did not attend, is the New Synagogue of Netanya, also know as “McDonalds” because it is located on McDonalds St. The crowd here is younger but still English-speaking. These are the main places to go if you have questions about services, classes, mikvaot and other Jewish concerns.

There are multiple neighborhoods in Netanya, and all have a decent proportion of observant Jews from all backgrounds. This is a town full of the entire gamut of Judaism, from Ethiopians to Moroccans to Chasidim and, of course, olim from England, America, South Africa, Australia, France, Germany, Russia and everywhere else Jews live. It’s a great place to be staying on a trip to Israel and we highly recommend it!

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