Bethlehem is worth visiting for its houses of worship, climate, and good food. The Palestinian food is generally inexpensive and nutritious. Vegetarians will find a huge number of delicious meat-free dishes. The least expensive option is street food and the smaller restaurants which specialize in one dish or type of dish , such as hummus, fuul , falafel, chicken shawerma and Kebab.
Today there are also a number of more internationally focused restaurants and cafes.
To write about Palestinian food is to describe Middle Eastern food. The Arabic names of the dishes vary a little from one countr y or another. Some ingredients such as pork, alcoholic or fermented liquids and all inebriating liquors are forbidden according to Muslim dietary laws. These similarities have remained in spite of the geo graphical , religious, cultural and political differences. It can be replaced by ordinar y butter, margarine and corn oil.