Comments on: Le Cordon Jew: Kubbeh for Soup

By: gali

gali — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:00:50 +0000

Funniest recipe I ever read

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:14:02 +0000

I’ve been living in Tel Aviv for the last three years and have been lucky enough to live just down the street from what is called the “Kubbeh Bar”.
I’m sadly leaving Israel again and didn’t know what I would do when one of my favorite dishes would no longer be available in grocery stores and just a few blocks away. Thank you for posting this, now I have no reason to worry!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:03:20 +0000

I made the soup for Shabbos dinner this past week. Still haven’t found a kubbeh soup dealer in Be’er Sheva. Only about half of the people I ask even know what it is. Sad. I used the frozen kubbeh, but they were not up to the standard of the soup. I forgot to get the chard, so I left that out. I put in some kishuim, which got nice and soft and tasty. I also added a little mint (saw it in some other recipes and thought it complemented the sweet/sour tomato/beet flavor. Not perfect, but it have me hope for the future.

By: sharon

sharon — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:58:30 +0000

Someone had made this soup for me once many years ago and i fell in love.Now i am attempting to make it myself, I cant find semolina anywhere. Is there something else i can use or can i just leave it out?

By: michael

michael — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:49:39 +0000

Oh, I used to hit up HaFinjan too (I lived around the corner from Mordoch on HaEshkol, right above Rachmo). Good masbacha. A pretty shitty place to live, but great food in every direction. And cats. A lot of cats.

Still, if you are in Be’ersheva, I can’t imagine you would have much trouble finding kubbeh soup. I mean, it’s…Be’ersheva. If not in Be’ersheva, then where? At least you’ll be able to find frozen kubbeh in the supermarket (ahh, Israel). But then again, it’s always fun to be your own Kurdish grandmother.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:20:13 +0000

F*ing brilliant. I could have used this recipe for the past 5 years in San Francisco. Folks there heard me rhapsodize about the magical powers of kubbeh soup, especially for lunch on Friday after a game of ultimate in Gan Sacher and before shopping for Shabbos at Machane Yehuda. Mordoch was always AMAZING, though I’ve also enjoyed HaFinjan (also on Agripas). Just moved back to Israel (Be’er Sheva), but I haven’t found a kubbeh soup dealer yet. This recipe may yet come in handy.

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:39:20 +0000

Just had my first bowl of kubbeh soup at machaneh yehuda and had to find out how to make this myself. I’ll have to stop laughing from your description first, though, before I get started. Thanks!

By: Pieter van Houwelingen

Pieter van Houwelingen — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:14:52 +0000

Writing recipes is an art. You’re an artist.

By: cindy

cindy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:17:05 +0000

This is amazing — my husband used to eat at Mordoch every Friday and has been dying for me to make him some hamousta here in NY. any chance you have a soup recipe for hamousta to share?

By: michael

michael — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:18:04 +0000

I wasn’t really paying attention to the kibbeh-making process that night. But if I had to guess, I would assume it was mostly due to you being the worst wife ever.