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I just saw this thread.... Can't believe no one else has responded! Maybe a lot of people aren't familiar with Ethiopian food. I have a good friend who is from Ethiopia and I just loved having dinner at her house. Yum, yum, yum! The flavors are so unique and delicious. Thanks for the heads up.
In general, it's meats and vegetables in sort of stew/cooked arrangements that are sloppy/semi-liquid. It's served with a soft,bitter flatbread that you use to pinch and eat the stews - no utensils.
I had Ethiopian food a couple of times in Little Ethiopia in LA and really was not a big fan at all. It was disappointing, too, because picking up food with bread sounds so appealing to me as a concept (Love bread, love sloppy/saucy food) but I just found the food to be a little bland and the spices a little too odd, and the bread was VERY bitter at both restaurants.
It is, however, a very fun group dining experience...kind of like how people who don't really like sushi sometimes like to go out for sushi with a group just because it's kind of fun.
In general, it's meats and vegetables in sort of stew/cooked arrangements that are sloppy/semi-liquid. It's served with a soft,bitter flatbread that you use to pinch and eat the stews - no utensils.
I had Ethiopian food a couple of times in Little Ethiopia in LA and really was not a big fan at all. It was disappointing, too, because picking up food with bread sounds so appealing to me as a concept (Love bread, love sloppy/saucy food) but I just found the food to be a little bland and the spices a little too odd, and the bread was VERY bitter at both restaurants.
It is, however, a very fun group dining experience...kind of like how people who don't really like sushi sometimes like to go out for sushi with a group just because it's kind of fun.
The bread is called injera and although the sauces CAN be sloppy/semi-liquid, many are not. Many are also very spicy. There is a huge variety of what goes on the injera--it sounds like maybe you were not at a good restaurant.
I've had Ethiopian food many times in the U.S. and in Ethiopia and although it is not my favorite cuisine, I would really not describe the bread as bitter nor most sauces as sloppy...give it a try, you might like it!
ps--I read that there is also a West African restaurant opening in the area. It will be run by Senegalese and feature food from various parts of W.Africa (they vary a LOT by ethnic group/culture/country). My favorite (of what I know) African food is Senegalese so if you go to the restaurant try the Yassa Poulet or Maffe Gerte. Delicious!! (and if you like fish, ceeb u gen is great).
I had Ethiopian food several times while in D.C. and I have to say that I didn't find the bread to be bitter at all. Maybe there are regional differences in preparation?
Does anyone know if this restaurant moved or if closed and then reopened? Just wondering why it closed in the first place!
I know that it is in the location where the Dreamcatchers Cafe used to be in the Timberlyne Shopping Center on Weaver Dairy in Chapel Hill. The restaurant opens tomorrow. There was a sign in the window saying that they were accepting reservations. The OP said something about it reopening so I assumed it had moved from a different location.
I've had Ethiopian food a number of times at various restaurants all across the US. I've really enjoyed it every time. Many of the items are spicy, but others are mild. The spongy flat bread - injera - seemed a little odd to me at first, but it grew on me.
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Originally Posted by Korillian
Does anyone know if this restaurant moved or if closed and then reopened? Just wondering why it closed in the first place!
The original location was closed because the owner of the building wanted to redevelop the land into some sort of multi-use project. I heard that they were more than happy to have Queen of Sheba occupy the first level of the new building when construction was completed, but the restaurant owner could not afford to go that long without working (and there were additional costs involved, too? Maybe? I'm fuzzy on some of the details.).
They used to be on one of those side streets between Franklin and Rosemary downtown. They're building condos there now.
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