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| - Fantastic meal here with friends and family, celebrating my wife's birthday. Don't let this small storefront shop's appearance fool you...they are cooking up some seriously wonderful in their back kitchen!
Six of us decided to share a family-style meal (our favorite thing!) in order to try as many dishes as possible. We ordered a slew of appetizers and then several each of the meat and vegetarian main dishes. Each of the mains came with a side and plenty of injera to sop up the various meats, veggies and sauces.
Our appetizers consisted of the sambusas and the tima fit fit. The sambusas were stuffed with whole lentils, onions and peppers served with a spicy sweet chili dipping sauce. The pastry exterior was crunchy and the insides warm and filling. The tima tim fit fit consisted of chopped injera bread mixed together with herbs, onions, tomatoes and jalapenos giving it a real kick!
On the meat side of the entrees, we ordered the lamb special tibs, mild chicken stew and the quanta firfir. The lamb had a bit of fatty pieces in it (to be expected) but was grilled nicely with peppers, onions and spices. The mild chicken stew was the best dish on the table...slow simmered in a turmeric-laden sauce along with a boiled egg. Absolutely delicious! Last was the quanta firfir consisting of injera pieces mixed with dried, shredded beef and cooked in onions, herbs and spices. good, but not our favorite dish.
On the vegetarian side, we ordered the chickpea stew which was served in a crock so hot that it literally looked like a boiling cauldron! The chickpeas were turned into a consistency similar to refried beans and the spices added made for a unique and addictive blend of flavors.
We were so full that we did not make it all the way to the traditional coffee ceremony. Oh well, guess we'll just have to go back! ;-)
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