If you've never had Ethiopian food before, you'll be in for a treat and a surprise.
No forks or chopsticks, you eat with your hands, using injera, which is a spongy pancake-like sourdough, to pick up the food. It's served "family style", everyone grabbing food off a platter in the middle of the table. (If this all seems overwhelming at first, yes, you can ask for a fork and individual plates.)
The food uses a lot of spices; berbere, garlic, ginger, turmeric, fenugreek, cardamom, coriander, cloves, and others. It's not "hot spicy", but very intensely flavorful. It's like an orgasm for your taste buds!
We usually order the sampler platter because I can never choose just a few items! For drinks, the honey wine or the spiced ice tea are my favorites.
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| Sampler platter & honey wine |
Wow, I'm going to have to try some Ethiopian food now. I have a few friends in Kansas City, so now I have even more of a reason to go visit =)
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