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| - I decided to go out for Ethiopian food recently, which I haven't done as much since moving back to Scarborough, as most of the places that I used to go are either along the Danforth or downtown. I have been to African Palace 3-4 times before, always later in the evening as they are open until 11pm every night. This was the first time that I had visited during dinner hours, and they were much busier than previous visits, but I didn't have to wait for a table, although the wait for food was longer but still ok. It's usually dark when I go late, but it was also a little dim inside this time. The restaurant is thin and deep, seating maybe 30 people, with not a lot of decoration up front, mainly mirrors along the walls, with a small bar by the kitchen in the back.
For food, I generally have either the vegetarian platter or meat-veg platter (which is a smaller vegetarian platter with beef tibs). The platters have small portions of different dishes on one piece of injera, with a green salad, and there is also more injera on the side. The vegetarian dishes will vary a little, but I usually get red lentils / chick peas / split peas / cabbage and carrots / collard greens, all in various spices. The meat-veg platter that I had this last time had 4 vegetarian dishes plus a good-sized portion of the beef tibs, which were tender and spicy. Overall the food is very good and very filling. With one bottle of beer, my bill was $18, cash only.
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