Esfandiar B. wrote: > If you like > to try something new and different, and don't mind eating with you hands > (!!!) and like to share -- try out an Ethipean restaurant with friends. I'll second this. For anyone in the Boston area, there's an Ethiopian restaurant named Asmara, just northeast of Central Square in Cambridge. (northeast of the 6 Indian restaurants). > Also the only time that I ever had a bad > experince was in a restaurant in Berkeley on Telegraph ave. Hopefully that > incident was an exception. I've only been there once, but thought it was OK. I hope your experience was the exception, not mine. (Asmara is better anyway :-).
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Tom F. wrote: > >I'll second this. For anyone in the Boston area, there's an Ethiopian >restaurant named Asmara, just northeast of Central Square in Cambridge. >(northeast of the 6 Indian restaurants). > I haven't been there in a while, but there used to be an Ethopian restaurant right near Symphony Hall, on the corner of Mass. Ave. and Huntington, I think, called LALIBELA. Super!
Well, since we are championing our favorite Ethiopian restaurants, let me recommend Ras Kassa's, just south of Boulder on CO 93. A teeny-tiny place with a large following by the looks of the line. The food is just wonderful and the atmosphere is as if you had been invited into someone's home. The smells in this place are heaven. If you are ever near Boulder, Colorado, try to get in. Expect a wait, though. Sharon Badian [email removed]
There are several good Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurants in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul).
My favorite is Odaa, on Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis, one block from the West Bank campus of the U of M. Most, if not all, of their dishes are all-you-can-eat, and are served on a communal tray covered with budeena. I like to order the combination dinner, because I can never choose just one dish! My favorite is the yellow lentils - they're cooked with such wonderful spices...
Other restaurants include It's Chili Time (which serves Cinncinati chili and Eritrean food!!!), the Red Sea, and the Blue Nile.
Yum! I think it's time for dinner!
Anne Chenette
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..!I know of two Ethiopian restaurants in Portland: Jarra's at 1435 SE Hawthorne Nice family run place. New larger location. Papa makes his own spice combinations for the wats. They can be quite fiery. Red Sea at 318 SW 3rd downtown Haven't been here. They also have music at night. Terri Huggett [email removed]
Eric H. wrote: >But I've eaten at two, one in Georgetown, and another in Alex-Morgan, and Adams Morgan (around 18th St. NW and Columbia Road) >I know of a third, and I don't even live in DC. Anyway, I recommend both >places. One was called the Red Sea, I don't remember what the one in >Georgetown was called. It was kind of a hole-in-the-wall place, but very >good. Zed's Ethiopian Cuisine is the one in Georgetown DC has a whole bunch of Ethiopian restaurants, mostly in Adams Morgan. My favorite one is Meskerem, mainly because of the atmosphere (the food is quite good as well). Zed's and Red Sea don't quite match up in the atmosphere department, but you can't go wrong with the food at any of them. I just moved back to central/south NJ (Red Bank area) and I really miss the Ethiopian food in DC. Any pointers ? - Mad Srinivasan ([email removed])
Someone wrote: > >Zed's Ethiopian Cuisine is the one in Georgetown > >DC has a whole bunch of Ethiopian restaurants, mostly in Adams Morgan. >My favorite one is Meskerem, mainly because of the atmosphere (the food >is quite good as well). Zed's and Red Sea don't quite match up in the >atmosphere department, but you can't go wrong with the food at any of them. > I ate at Zed's last weekend, and it was really good. It was the first time I tried it. Though my favorite is Meskerem. There are several others that I haven't tried yet. I have a friend who works at the World Bank in DC, and she says that the Ethiopians at the World Bank go to Meskerem. I think that's a hint. Happy eating --Steve-- This disclaimer provided by Disclaimers-R-Us.
Steve S. wrote: >Someone wrote: >> >>Zed's Ethiopian Cuisine is the one in Georgetown >> >>DC has a whole bunch of Ethiopian restaurants, mostly in Adams Morgan. >>My favorite one is Meskerem, mainly because of the atmosphere (the food >>is quite good as well). Zed's and Red Sea don't quite match up in the >>atmosphere department, but you can't go wrong with the food at any of them. >> > I ate at Zed's last weekend, and it was really good. It was the first time >I tried it. Though my favorite is Meskerem. There are several others that I >haven't tried yet. > I have a friend who works at the World Bank in DC, and she says that the >Ethiopians at the World Bank go to Meskerem. I think that's a hint. > >Happy eating > >--Steve-- This disclaimer provided by Disclaimers-R-Us. Well, I'll throw in my two cents, since Ethiopian is one of my favorite cuisines available in this area. Here's my rule of thumb on the DC-area Ethiopian, in 25 words or less: OVERALL, I think that Meskerem has the best flavored and composed pulses, with average-to-good injera; Zed's is almost as good as Meskerem, but has GREAT injera (they use Teff, which Meskerem and the others do not), so being a bread lover this makes it a tough choice; Red Sea doesn't have the bread, or the flavor and texture, of the others, but the portions are huge and it's cheap (the Mesir Wat will burn your socks off, also); also tried Asmara, up Columbia past 18th -- pretty good food, terrible service; Mesob, in Clarendon (Arlington) -- great atmosphere if you like truck stops (it was a greasy-spoon joint bought by an Ethiopian couple, and still has an alternate burger menu), only fair food. That was a lot more than 25 words, sorry. OH -- also, there's a new place in Crystal city off of 23rd st. with live Jazz, but I can't remember the name. Hope this helps somebody. Jeff
Bill R. wrote: > Bill R. wrote: > > What's good for Ethiopian in DC these days? I believe when we were there > > a few years ago we ate at Meskarem which I recall was the acknowledged > > best. Transmedia has 2 listed, Fasika's and Zed's (I think they had > > Meskarem the last time I looked a month or so ago, but like Red Sage, it > > is now gone from the directory). Are either of these others as good or > > should I forgo the 25% discount and go to Meskarem? > > Bill > Update: turns out that Meskarem is on Dining a la Card, which is good for > me, too. They also have Zed's.. > Bill Well, I would say go to Meskerem. Fasika's is not bad, but I like Meskerem better. Their food is better, especially the bread!! As for Zed's, I can't comment, as I don't often get over that side of town, and when I do, I never seem to end up at Zed's. Enjoy your trip... Sarah
Bill R. wrote: >What's good for Ethiopian in DC these days? I believe when we were there >a few years ago we ate at Meskarem which I recall was the acknowledged >best. Transmedia has 2 listed, Fasika's and Zed's (I think they had >Meskarem the last time I looked a month or so ago, but like Red Sage, it >is now gone from the directory). Are either of these others as good or >should I forgo the 25% discount and go to Meskarem? Zed's has long been our Ethiopian restaurant of choice. Meskerem I recall as quite good too, but I would go there instead of Zed's more for the atmosphere, which Meskerem has and Zed's doesn't. Zed's used to be (supposedly) unusual in that they used the traditional tef instead of wheat for their injera. I don't know if anyone else is using tef now.
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 13:16:39 EDT Organization: DIGEX, Inc. - Beltsville, MD - http://www.digex.net Xref: dc.dining:15156 On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Harlan M. wrote: > Zed's has long been our Ethiopian restaurant of choice. Meskerem I > recall as quite good too, but I would go there instead of Zed's more > for the atmosphere, which Meskerem has and Zed's doesn't. Zed's used > to be (supposedly) unusual in that they used the traditional tef > instead of wheat for their injera. I don't know if anyone else is > using tef now. Most of the Ethiopian restaurants in the DC area use tef, or have tef as an alternative for people who are sensitive to wheat. I like Meskerem and Fasika. My last time at Zed's was a while back -- I wasn't pleased that the vegetables still had ice crystals on them, i.e. frozen solid. As I said, that was a while back, and things might have changed, but there are other restaurants I like better. Kit [email removed]
Bill R. wrote: > > What's good for Ethiopian in DC these days? I believe when we were there > a few years ago we ate at Meskarem which I recall was the acknowledged > best. Transmedia has 2 listed, Fasika's and Zed's (I think they had > Meskarem the last time I looked a month or so ago, but like Red Sage, it > is now gone from the directory). Are either of these others as good or > should I forgo the 25% discount and go to Meskarem? > > Bill Both Fasika's and Meskarem are good. Meskarem is fancier. I like the vegetables at Fasika's better. Zed's is in Georgetown which I dislike, so can't give an unbiased opinion of restaurants there. -John