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| - I was debating whether or not to write a review about this place as I didn't know how to word it because I didn't want to be 'mean', but since eating there a few days ago I've been having daymares about it so I felt like I should. I don't really have anything good to say about my experience except that the waiter was friendly. It was both my friend and I's first time trying Ethiopian food. I've been wanting to try it for some time and the reviews convinced me but I'm not really sure what all the good reviews are about. Disappointing.
My friend and I decided to share so we ordered a chicken dish and a vegetarian dish, one with rice and the other with injera bread. Before going there I assumed the injera was supposed to be gluten-free as it's usually made with teff flour, which it is, but here it's also mixed with rye flour. Good thing I asked the waiter ahead of time. So I only ate the rice with my meal and I don't want to speak for my friend, but he didn't seem that keen on the bread since he seemed to want more rice and still had quite a bit of bread left at the end of it. He's much nicer than I am and more tolerant though, I think.
They waiter came out at least 10 minutes after we had ordered to tell us they were "out" of the first chicken dish we ordered....? The restaurant wasn't even that busy and how do you not know you don't have anymore when we ordered? Meanwhile, other people who came in after us, got their order, ate, and left before we even started eating. Sorry, I digress...anyway, the waiter suggested a different chicken dish but it had the same spices and sauce that the vegetarian dish we ordered and we wanted a different flavour to have a bit of variety especially since it was both our first time trying this type of food. Then he suggested another one on the menu that was made with beef but he said we could have it with chicken.....sooo we know they had chicken, which is why I was so perplexed as to why we couldn't have the original chicken dish we ordered. It's just made with different spices. I even asked him (nicely, I might add) after he said they didn't have the one we originally wanted if they couldn't just make it? He said no. Ok...so we went with the second one he suggested.
Well, our food finally arrived....The vegetarian dish was decent. It was a spicy chickpea stew. The "chicken" on the other hand is what I had the problem with and can't get out of my mind (as much as I want to). It makes me cringe when I think about it. It was very tough and hard to chew. I've never had chicken like that before, and I'm no gourmet chef but even I have never made chicken that bad. I didn't even know it was possible. The flavour was not good either. The more I've thought about it since then I'm thinking that chicken had to have been pre-made and re-heated and possibly...*gasp*...microwaved. Ick! Really, how could it have that consistency and texture? Again, ick...yuck..eww! The salad that came with it was not what I was expecting in a simple salad. I was looking forward to at least eating that as I thought it might be a nice, refreshing balance to the spice of the rest of the meal. Not the case; that too was spicy so I didn't finish eating that either. :(
A friend once told me that you should try everything twice, just in case I guess...but I just can't...well, maybe a different Ethiopian restaurant...one that's highly recommended by someone I trust...after I erase this experience from my memory. I won't be back to Marathon anytime soon....or ever. And I won't be recommending it to anyone either.
Sorry for the long review, but I felt like I needed to explain my reason for the low rating.
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