Ethiopian Restaurant:

A few days back me and a few local friends decided to explore this Ethiopian Restaurant in the downtown Oslo. A few of my Norwegian friends had been to the land of Queen Sheeba but I was new to the experience.

The most surprising thing was that there is no concept of dinner plates! The food is served on a big platter for the table and we are supposed to eat it from the platter! A traditional bread called Injera is made from the smallest grain of the world – teff. It is a spongy thin flat bread which covers the huge platter and the meat and salad dishes are placed on the Injera. Injera looks somewhat like uttapams but is brownish. We had chicken, beef, a salad and lentils placed on the injera. The food is yummy. Most of the meat was like a stew with variety of spices. The lentils tasted very Indian – it was a masoor dal. Different but tasty (and spicy) food indeed!

Request members to contribute the information that thay might have about Ethiopian restaurants in Pune (I doubt) or Mumbai. Questions are welcome too!

Prasad

13 Sept 06