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| - I've eaten at Marathon twice, once several years ago when I was a bit underwhelmed, and just yesterday via takeout. We shared the vegetarian platter for 2 both times. As is standard in Ethiopian restaurants, the platter for 2 is served on one communal platter, on top of injera (Ethiopian bread) so I was curious to see what they would do for takeout.
I was sadly disappointed. The meal came in 2 flimsy aluminum containers, with 4 dishes just slopped together. 3 of the 4 were quite runny, which would usually be sopped up by the injera underneath, but this was a real jumbled mess. It definitely was far more mixed together than the usual presentation of the food touching the next dish on top of the injera. It was hard to determine the true taste of each dish because most of the food was blended with its neighbours. The dishes either needed to be shipped in 4 separate smaller containers, or they need serving containers with dividers.
Also, each order had the same 4 items, so we did not get the wider range of dishes offered when you eat in, and there was no salad. (Generally, a lack of green salad would not be a big problem for me - I am one of those really bad vegetarians who isn't a big salad fan - but the hot pepper vinaigrette usually is delicious)
Their berbere wat was the star of the meal (as most are - hard to screw up that spice!), the yellow split peas a bit boring, the greens better than average, and the cabbage/potato/carrot dish was bland (other than the flavours of the 3 other dishes mixing in, that is). The injera was fresh, at least. Not worth my money, though, considering the way the meal was served.
Still hoping to have great Ethiopian food in Calgary again some day; how I wish the Queen of Sheba was still open!
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