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| - Despite the many people telling me I had to go try Ethiopian food, I kept avoiding it due to the lack of cutlery - the idea of eating an entire meal with only my hands really wigged me. However, my sister insisted she take me here for my birthday, and so off we went. We went on a Monday night and got there pretty early, probably around 5:30pm, and were able to get a table right away. I was shocked to see that after only 20 minutes or so there was a lineup out the door! She tells me you can wait a loooong time if you come on a Friday or Saturday night, be warned!
It's a great atmosphere, super tiny with a great looking bar and the decor was pretty ace. Fake vines fill the whole place and lots of interesting art, fairly dim lighting which was nice because I feel like I must have looked like a cavewoman eating here. My sister said she orders the vegetarian platter every time which suited me just fine as I'm a veg! I ordered a glass of house white wine and water (it was crazy hot in there) the drinks took a while to come, but the server seemed to be the only one working so that may have been part of it. The aroma hits you as soon as you go in and I was getting pretty excited to see what the meal would be all about.
Despite the slow drinks the meal came not too long after, and it looked sloppy, but delicious. We had a large platter that essentially was just piles of veggies lined up with the injera bread beside, and each of us got our own piece of injera as well. My sis had tried to describe injera to me but I really had no idea what to expect. I assumed it would be a little more pita-like to make it easy for scooping the food up, but it's more like a crepe - very floppy and spongy. This means you more or less have to use it to pinch up the food in your fingers and somehow get it in your mouth. I felt like a monkey and was a little embarrassed but after a few scoops I couldn't stop. I'm still not entirely sure what we ate, but the flavours of everything were tremendous. It's impossible to not end up mixing the different types of food but everything works very well together. The injera has a sourdough flavour but you don't really notice it unless you're eating it on its own, I found. It's texture soaked up the flavours and spices perfectly, so each bite is super tasty and different. The veggies ranged from spinach, chunks of potato, beans, lentils, and probably loads of other things I didn't even notice... the best way I can think to describe it is like a deconstructed stew. They give you some iceberg lettuce and diced tomato alongside the veggies which is nice since everything is more or less sauteed or pureed so it all ends up being fairly mushy and warm so to have something cooler and crunchy to add some texture was great.
We had to order one extra piece of injera to finish it all off, but all in all our bill was $16 and we were stuffed - I think I've paid more for a coffee at Starbucks than for this dinner for two, so I was super impressed with that.
If you're open to try something a little different and don't mind getting a little messy, this place is a must-try! I've heard amazing things about M&B Yummy in Parkdale so I think I'll try that next to see how it compares.
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