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| - Ethiopian food may not be to everyone's liking because of the injera, that spongey, sour-tasting bread that you use to scoop up the variety of veggies (or meat). I fall on the side of being a fan.
It's been a couple of months since my last ethiopian meal so I forgot that you can't shovel the food in like racehorse because that injera is going to expand in your belly and you'll end up exploding like a pigeon eating uncooked rice (is that just a myth or true?).
African Palace is a bit dark inside and when I used the women's bathroom, I'm pretty sure that rubber balloon on the ground was a ribbed condom but I wasn't going to inspect it further. The service though is good.
We ordered a vegetarian platter and a meat & veggies platter. We devoured the veggie platter like vultures. There were lentils, split peas, some dark reddish coloured kind of curry which was spicy & delicious, cabbage, spinach and beets - all unique in flavour and tasty! My friends who were eating the meat platter paced themselves. The lady who served us came around and noticed food still on their platter. She asked if this was our first time eating ethiopian food (it wasn't). She proceeded to show us, regardless of our experience, on how to eat the food. She tore off a tiny piece of injera and then scooped up 3 different "dishes" and fed my friend like a baby haha! i think that was the highlight of the meal.
If you want the coffee, you have to order at the beginning of the meal as it takes time to prepare.
She brought out the coffee beans that were smoking and waved it around us to inhale. It was rich & intoxicating (and made the smoke alarm beep). She then brought out the coffee along with some incense and popcorn. Normally, I'm not a fan of incense because it reminds me of hippy stores and i hate hippies but this shit was good!
So I would recommend this place but just eat slowly and enjoy the meal with some good buds! Another bonus, ethiopian food is gentle on the wallet too!
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