For my ever so special birthday dinner last year, I took my brother and husband to an Ethiopian restaurant for dinner. We may have a lot of different types of restaurants here in BrisVegas, but this one is actually the ONLY Ethiopian restaurant here.
I have had Ethiopian food in our nations capital when I have traveled there for work a couple of times and I really enjoyed it. So for my birthday dinner I located the only Brisbane restaurant to serve this style of food. Conveniently it was only a few minutes from our house.
The restaurant itself was pretty basic; very hot and humid. It was located at the back of a small suburban shopping mall next to a pool hall.
The food was excellent. The flavors in the meat and vegetable dishes were so different from the food we usually eat. It is made with wonderful blends of spices. While a bit similar to Indian food it is certainly not curry and was not too hot or spicy, just really tasty. The platter we ordered looked a little like this...
Ethiopian food is usually served on injera which is similar to a pancake or crepe as you can see in the photo above. The food is usually eaten without cutlery using the injera to scoop up the meat or vegetable dishes. I went to the restaurant prepared to eat with my freshly cleaned hands but we were given cutlery and crockery and we were glad of that, however I would guess that if we looked African we probably just have been served the platter.
We all enjoyed the meal. I was impressed with Tom and my bro for being such good try-birds.
5 comments:
Looks yummy! More fun to eat with your hands, though!
yeah the eating with you hands thing is great. Very tactile!
I used to share a house with a Pakistani bloke and we often ate with our hands. It's great once you get into the swing of it.
Oddly enough, I tried Ethiopian food from a genuine Ethiopian. It was really good, but the injera had a really strong bitter taste that drowned out the other flavors. Maybe I'll have to try it again, but this time from a restaurant.
Oh, and you're right. It was pretty cool to eat with my hands like that.
Good job try-bird! Looks delicious. And I have been to an Ethiopian restaurant. VERY good.
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