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Located in the mall at the Wolfson Tower, this mehadrin dairy restaurant is a welcome oasis of quiet, good people watching, and superior food. The menu at Belinda consists of just about any kind of dairy food you might want to eat. And although Belinda is located in a small mall, you won’t feel as if you are seated in the food court of some large place. Somehow Belinda manages to create a space that feels quiet and intimate.

We have been to Belinda many times, and we have never been disappointed. The food is always fresh, tasty and well prepared.

We have gone for breakfast and enjoyed the two eggs anyway you want them special. The eggs come with toast, chopped veggies and cheese. Butter and jelly round it all out along with juice and either coffee or tea. We asked for scrambled eggs and got eggs that were prepared light and fluffy.

We have enjoyed lunch at Belinda, too. We love the Greek salad and the health salad. Recently we tried the salad of the day which was incredible. We were served a huge portion of Israeli salad mixed with Quinoa- what a sensational salad! Add to that
the hot, fresh, zatar covered foccacia that we were served with it, and it was quite a meal!

The Dragon Bowl is a great choice, too. Featuring a bowl of brown rice topped with tofu sautéed in a wok, with onions, carrots, peppers and bean sprouts all tossed in soy sauce and ginger, this huge portion is a taste bud delight!

We have had the various ciabbata sandwiches, and they, too, have always been fresh and quite tasty. Our two favorites are the fried egg sandwich served with soft cheese, lettuce, tomato and cucumber, and the Bulgarian Cheese made with pesto, roasted pepper and eggplant and lettuce and tomato.

Pasta at Belinda is a special treat. We love the fettuccini alfredo. The fettuccini with salsa rosa is also spectacular.

Baked dishes at Belinda are unique creations of their own! We tried the sweet potato and mozzarella quiche and it was to die for!

Other dishes are on our “next time” list. We want to try Belinda’s famous kasha burgers. We have seen people eating them and when we asked them how it was, they seemed mostly to lack enough adjectives to describe them! We also want to try the Vegetable Plate Pie- a whole wheat pie filled with carrots, spinach, mushrooms, zucchini and onions. Finally, one of these days, we must try the Bruscetta- four slices of toasted garlic bread with your choice of topping. We would go for the fresh, sautéed mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. But there are other choices as well.

Desserts at Belinda are, of course, excellent. What kind of a dairy restaurant would they be if they didn’t have superior desserts? All of the desserts are made on the premises. All of them are killers!! We have had the buckwheat cookies which were to die for. Redolent of halvah, those little babies were so good we ate a plateful in seconds! The brownies are taam gan eden! The chocolate mousse cake should be called death by chocolate! In the old days, we would have gone and just ordered plates and plates of desserts. Sigh!

Belinda is a great place to eat. Needless to say, we go there often. We have eaten in kosher restaurants all over the world Would that we had our own private plane so that we could fly all over the world to our favorite places! Well, add Belinda to the top of that list. Belinda is officially our fave dairy restaurant in the whole wide world! The food there is fresh, portions are huge, and the prices are moderate. Service is quite good also. The wait staff all speak English and they are attentive to your needs throughout your meal.

All in all, we love Belinda, and we think you will, too. Try it out!