Israel is not a cheap country to live, and certainly not a cheap place to travel. If you travel without a group (which is a smart way), you must get to know the nearby supermarket, Israelis call it “super” in short. Do you believe that even if you don’t have cooking utensils nor a stove, you can have fresh food and even hot food? This article will tell you how to do that exactly.
How Expansive is Israel?
See below prices and judge for yourself: Price of rice. Asian tourists might find the price unbelievable.
1Kg rice in Israel cost from $1 and up
1Kg brown sugar, price is also $1.
Now we will show you what to buy in Israeli supermarket to maximize your budget.
- Fruit and vegetable salad
Israel is a full of fruits and vegetables, and you can find good prices for the fruits of the season. If you like vegetable salad, you will find ready shredded mixed leafy vegetable ready in packages, you can take one, buy a bottle of salad dressing or simply add some olive oil and salt to make a healthful Mediterranean style salad.
Israeli apples, unwaxed red apples
2. Instant noodles and soups
Instant noodles first appeared in Israel about 8 years ago, and now takes a big portion in most supermarkets. There are in cups/ bowls and in bags, just add hot water and you have a meal.
There are also instant soups in bags, pour the content in a mug with some hot water, you have hot soup ready to sip. If you like soups, don’t forget to buy a package of “soup almonds“(Shekdei Marak) that many Israelis can’t drink soup without it. There is even a saying goes that “A soup is not soup without soup almonds.” These are crunchy little cookies that float on top of the soup, it can make you feel full like noodles.
Israeli Instant noodles
Instant soups from International brands
This is the famous soup almonds that many Israelis can’t live without.
3. Dairy products
Israel is abundant in dairy products, if you don’t have a fridge, you can still buy and eat right afterwards.
In the dairy cold zone, you can find all kinds of yogurt, cheese, milk and flavored milk. Milk in a bag is something you can only see in Israel, the 1 litter milk bag costs lower than 1 litter milk in carton.
Milk packed in plastic bags. A bag costs 3.5 shekels, a carton of milk costs 7 shekels and above!
Hope this information helps your stay in Israel!
