 Last time on Shem Shonid's Jerusalem, a YouTube series. I claim this is the best falafel in Israel. The main special thing about them is they do it course and they make it green falafel which means it's got cilantro and parsley and lots of other things. Full of flavor and it's a recipe from the grandmother 95 years old, Ayesha. So I'd say fantastic. Hey guys, welcome back to my YouTube channel. This is Daniel Rosal. I'm here today at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem. It's one of the big hotels. At the entrance to the city. I'm here tonight with Jerusalem's favorite viral food influencer, Shem Shonid Leshinsky. We're checking out tonight what is the true story about the Jerusalem soup wars. Two hotels in the city, the Ramada Hotel and the Inbar Hotel, are running simultaneous competing soup festivals. Which is better? Shem Shonid is going to give us the answer. This is Shem Shonid Leshinsky. We're at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem. And here we are. Let's see how the soups are to that. We've had them all with the delicious. They're interesting. The chestnut mushroom soup. This I have to say was amazing. Full of flavor, full of color. I enjoyed it. Then we had the pumpkin squash soup. I would say it had a bit of a kick to it. It was a bit of ginger in there as well. That was quite nice. Come and have a closer look inside what we've got here. And then we went, we tried the split peas soup here. They served it actually with couscous. The couscous is finished now. It had split peas and rice. It has a lot of good things in here. That was a very wholesome soup. I think that was great. Then they had a vegetarian vegetable soup here. This was also possible with couscous. That was just a very ordinary soup. I really can't go overboard on this one. It's a nice one, but it's not the best. And this one I didn't even have. My friends had it. It was a very ordinary onion soup. Nothing too exciting about. It may even have a bit of wine in it. And then come this way and see all the things that we get with it. So we've got all these different things. Nice breads. The breads are crusty with some butter. We have all these things. This was interesting. I don't know if you've ever seen before. Pink Trina. That was a very interesting idea. It's got a bit of beetroot in it. So we had a lot of interesting things here. And the whole deal is 65 shekels, which is $20. Which is a good deal. We're scanning without looking at people. There's two parts of the main lobby here. There's the soup festival. And there's the Shiduch matchmaking on the other side. With about 15 couples meeting. Coily talking to each other. And we've got some intense dating going on in the religious community. And Thursday night is a big night for that. So this hotel, the Ramada Hotel, a lot's going on here. We're at the soup festival. Shimon is the chief chef of the soups. Not only the soups. Okay Shimon, we have to ask you the first thing. What is the secret of a good soup? People really need to know. Nice seasoning. A lot of salt. Salt? Salt. Oh, salt, okay. Yeah. If you put your salt, you've got a beautiful soup. And how long has this soup festival been going on at the Ramada Hotel? How many years? I think we started when I came here at 2011. It was already running. Okay, so it's a tradition? So it was, yeah, it is a tradition. Much longer than many other places. And I just want to say, I want to go through the soups very quickly. The pumpkin soup, I thought it was fantastic. It had a bit of ginger in it. Is that right? It's had something spicy. A bit of ginger and coconut. Yeah, so that sounded like an Indian style. That was great. The mushroom one, that was interesting. Almost with the chestnuts. The mushroom chestnuts, that was great. It seemed like shimshun and chimon were getting on great. But then shimshun dropped a bombshell. The rest of them, nothing interesting for me. The onion soup, it sounded like a very boring soup. It wasn't? Yeah, it was like, it had a lot of, it tasted to me like it had chicken soup powder in it. And it didn't really have chicken soup in it. Clearly taken aback by shimshun's verdict that the onion soup was boring and contained soup powder. Chef Shimon insisted that the two try it one more time. Yeah. Really? That's what it tasted to me. Yeah, I understand. I'd like to taste it with you. Again. So that felt a bit boring. And I felt the other bit, well, really? Yeah, it's our signature. So you know what? I'm going to go now with you and have some more because I didn't taste it. Absolutely. They tasted it, my friends. Can I trust my friends or can I not trust my friends? That Daniel Rosehill and that other guy Moses, can I trust them or not? You tell me. We'll find out now. I trust what I see and what I taste. I didn't taste it. Now I'm going to taste it with you. Let's go ahead and taste it. Let's do the action. Let's go. Okay, the onion taste now. Shimshun's attempts to diffuse the tension in the room seem to have worked for now. The two set off to try the infamous onion soup. One for you, one for me. No. We're both going to taste it. Oh, okay. The amount of hotels' credibility is on this. Just to taste? A little bit of cheese. Does it have any wine in it? Yeah, I'll have it. It is. It's got some wine in it. Yeah, yeah. Wow. White wine. A lot of white wine. Okay, we'll taste this. This is very... And we'll give additional... Justice to the onion soup. There's been nasty things said about it at our table. After Chef Shimon worked his charm on the food influencer, Shimshun suddenly seemed to have a change of heart. Hot. It's good. No, it's good. People at my table, I don't think I'll be able to hang out with them anymore. I found it excellent. It's got some red wine in it. Get in. Having tried the soup, Shimshun decided to offer a heartfelt apology to the chef. Apologize to Shimon and the Ramada Hotel. The soup is delicious. A little bit too peppery, but maybe that's what a good soup needs a bit of pepper. Correct. It's got a bit of a kick to it. Correct. Everybody should come to the Ramada Hotel, the soup festival. Having buttered up the soup man with some good old-fashioned flattery, Shimshun even wings an invitation to the hotel kitchen. Guys, I've got an exclusive Shimon's lens coming to the kitchen. Will you come in with us? Will you stay in the lobby? You decide. Okay. Ooh. Wow, this is going to be the... Wow. This is the restaurant. Wow. Coming to the kitchen here. Shimshun desired. Come, call in your Shimshun. Yes, Shimshun. Yes, Shimshun. That's Shimshun, but not Shimshun. We've got two Shimshuns. One, two. So I'm going to have to get my Shimshun T-shirt in the mix. Not the Shimshun T-shirt again. Now, here is our friend Moses. Come and see the video. Moses, look what's going on here. Shall we? Sell me soup. Wow. Wow. Amazing. With a lot of wine. While Shimshun was busy getting the very enthusiastic staff to take a Shimshun-style T-shirt photo, we were getting ready to meet Shimshun's dining friend, Moses Newman, who's also a member of the Secret Jerusalem Facebook group. It's worth adding that Shimshun and Moses don't always see quite eye-to-eye about food. I want to thank the people who came to join me tonight. Daniel Rosehill, he always brings a lot of interesting comments, intelligence and charisma to the table. Thanks, Shimshun. Could we say that we've become from foes, we've become friends. Is that possible? Yes. Oh yeah. Okay, we've made peace. Shimshun has made peace with his number one critic. And now we're online, now looking for a better future. Having turned around another sourd relationship this evening, Shimshun and Moses decide it's time for a hug. Thank you very much. That was only slightly awkward, but the fun's not over yet. On his way out of the hotel, Shimshun runs into a group of fans from the Dominican Republic. Guess what? Shimshun has his T-shirt, which could mean only one thing. It's time for another selfie. Shimshun TV. How do you say we love you in Spanish? Yeah, yeah, yeah. They look awfully confused. Speaking of love, we hope you love this video, and if you'd like to get more videos from me, please consider subscribing to this YouTube channel.