Please note that this is a sample menu, and subject to change. We are committed to serving only fresh and local ingredients curated from farmers and purveyors we know and love, and therefore our menu changes daily. That’s where the magic begins. It just happens to be kosher.
Malka is a kosher restaurant located at 161 W 72nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. After years of waiting, Malka will be Eyal Shani’s first kosher restaurant in New York City, and the first Malka outside of Tel Aviv.
For Eyal Shani, “opening a kosher restaurant is the most natural thing in the world. Every day I bow to the divine creation in my own way - sometimes it's called zucchini and sometimes it's called lettuce. But there were many people who could not eat my food - food that I have been making for years - for kosher reasons. They would look at it from the side and would like to lick it. In Judaism they say that kosher is a limitation, but this limitation produces wonderful forms of food.”
ABOUT EYAL SHANI
Chef Eyal Shani was born in Jerusalem in 1959. His culinary passion was first instilled in him by his grandfather, an agronomist and a dedicated vegan, who exposed him to local markets, fields, and vineyards from a young age. In 1989, he opened his first restaurant "Oceanus" in his home town of Jerusalem. There, he developed a unique culinary language based on regional Mediterranean products: olive oil, fish, tahini, fresh seasonal vegetables and of course, the tomato.
Joined by his partner, Shahar Segal, the duo operates HaSalon, North Abraxas, North Miznon, Lilienblum, SHMONÉ, Bella, Miznon, Port Sa'id, Romano, Mirage, Malka, Dvorah and their sister restaurants around the globe.
