Addis has long been a favourite of mine. I was originally introduced to it by Jean, who lives just around the corner but i suspect would travel miles for this food if she had to! it was my ex-partner's favourite, and one of the few places where he could eat meat and i could eat decent vegetarian. Decent is an understatement, this food is really really good. It has spice, without the burning heat of some indian or thai food. Vego choices: Misir Wett (red split lentils cooked in spicy berbere sauce - this one does have a kick to it!), Yekik Alicha (yellow split peas cooked with onion turmeric and herbs - my personal favourite), and Fosolia (beans with carrots, garlic, ginger and onion). All of these are served with injera - Ethiopian bread made with fermented rice flour that has the texture of a crumpet but big and flat for scooping up the lentils and veg with a delicious tang to it - but this can be an acquired taste, particularly as it's unexpected and not a taste often found in western diets; it reminds me of sourdough bread.
The restaurant is expanding it's catering for vegos and vegans with a monthly vego/vegan banquet. I went last month with kirrilly, jean and carol for a feast of seven exclusively vegan dishes with injeras for $25 each. You don't have to worry that it might not be vego - everything is. The restaurant was packed - this place has great word of mouth. You can get emails on upcoming banquets by joining the Addis Ababa group on Facebook. At the banquet, there were the three standard vego offerings, a spinach dish, another spicy berbere dish this time with veg, a cabbage and potato dish, and a green lentil dish with hints of cardamom spice. We got a huge take home bag - take your loosest pants with you, there's no shortage of food! No desserts, i don't think these are part of the ethiopian food culture, but ethiopian coffee or tea for afters is delicious.
Sign up for the banquet notices, or call the number below for info, and take your friends, this is truly a vego delight!
462 Port Road, West Hindmarsh, 8241 5185
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