Thursday, November 27, 2008

New experience in dining

Ben and I went to this restaurant with our friend Al. He eats there often and told me it was excellent, and he was right.
I'd never had Ethiopian food before, but I will most certainly be having it again. Everything on the review website I linked to is true, nice atmosphere, really friendly staff, delicious Ethiopian beer, and amazing food.
We ordered 2 of the vegetarian combinations (one had spicy red lentils, stewed yellow split peas and spinach, the other was the same but with greens and carrots, and a portion of cabbage), some curd cheese, and some stewed chicken with hardboiled eggs. The food was served with a huge plate (at least 50cm across) of flat bread, which had a texture a lot like crumpets and flavour remeniscent of buckwheat and sourdough. The bread went in the middle of the table and the vegetables and stews were put on it in heaps, which are scraped up with torn off pieces of bread.
Everything was absolutely delicious, and the amount of food ordered fed 3 of us with no problem. The bill was £39, including drinks, which we all thought was a bargain considering how good and plentiful the food was.
If you're in London this place is highly recommended. We will definitley be going back. It's also very much vegetarian and vegan-friendly.

2 comments:

Rosie said...

Ethopian bread is teh yummy!

narfette said...

Mmm. Ethiopian food. Injera makes my imaginary dick hard.