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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 15:32:25 GMT -5
An Ethiopian restaurant has opened very close to my home and I am looking forward to checking it out. I must admit, though, I know very little about Ethiopian cuisine, other than lots of lentils and the spongy injera bread used in the place of utensils in many instances. So, any guidance from our worldly tribe here would be greatly appreciated. boleethiopiancuisine.com/st-paul-bole-ethiopian-cuisine-food-menu |
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Post by theevan on Apr 22, 2021 15:50:36 GMT -5
I want. Never had it.
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Post by howard lee on Apr 22, 2021 16:01:13 GMT -5
I refer you to that Photoshopped picture of flames erupting from that guy's derriere that Evan posted earlier.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 16:29:05 GMT -5
I refer you to that Photoshopped picture of flames erupting from that guy's derriere that Evan posted earlier. Oh, ye of little adventure! |
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Post by howard lee on Apr 22, 2021 16:30:33 GMT -5
I refer you to that Photoshopped picture of flames erupting from that guy's derriere that Evan posted earlier. Oh, ye of little adventure!
Little adventure? How the heck do you think I discovered that in the first place? Personal experience, my friend. Personal experience.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 22, 2021 16:39:18 GMT -5
It's pretty good stuff, though the heat-averse are advised to brace themselves. We tried it decades ago, when civil upset and famine drove a wave of refugees to the US and the inevitable establishment of restaurants. Using the injera (I had to look that up--I'd forgotten the term) to scoop up the meal takes some getting used to, but it didn't interfere with enjoying the food.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 16:40:39 GMT -5
OK, just came home with two takeout dishes (plus rolled up injera, which looks like hand towels), both delicious! This is fasolia, green beans, carrots, tomatoes, onion, garlic:  And also doro wat, bone-in chicken, a dark and spicy slow-cooked stew served with hard-boiled egg on top:  |
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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 17:23:03 GMT -5
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Post by Dub on Apr 22, 2021 17:25:07 GMT -5
Long, long ago I ate at an Ethiopian restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. It was wonderful. I don't remember anything being overly spicy, just flavorful. Don't remember what I ordered but the dishes I chose were served as small individual piles on a big round flatbread that acted as a plate (which I then ate). I've never had a chance to get back there but would love the opportunity.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 22, 2021 17:26:53 GMT -5
Food and music are two-thirds of my reasons for being pro-immigration. Now if only it didn't take war, starvation, poverty, and oppression to drive people to our shores. We've spent the Year of Distancing eating Indian, Thai, Mexican, and Italian take-out. In St. Cloud, MN of all places. (Forty years ago, pizza was about as exotic as it got.)
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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 17:35:23 GMT -5
Long, long ago I ate at an Ethiopian restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. It was wonderful. I don't remember anything being overly spicy, just flavorful. Don't remember what I ordered but the dishes I chose were served as small individual piles on a big round flatbread that acted as a plate (which I then ate). I've never had a chance to get back there but would love the opportunity. I bet that was the Red Sea, which for a long time was the only Ethiopian eatery in Mpls, and is still going strong, by the way. |
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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 17:46:36 GMT -5
Long, long ago I ate at an Ethiopian restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. It was wonderful. I don't remember anything being overly spicy, just flavorful. Don't remember what I ordered but the dishes I chose were served as small individual piles on a big round flatbread that acted as a plate (which I then ate). I've never had a chance to get back there but would love the opportunity. I bet that was the Red Sea, which for a long time was the only Ethiopian eatery in Mpls, and is still going strong, by the way. p.s. Not QUITE downtown, but close, in the heart of the storied West Bank bohemian/college/music/coffee/booze district. Where Koerner, Ray and Glover held forth for many moons. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 22, 2021 18:08:57 GMT -5
I b'lieve it was the Red Sea that I'm remembering from back then. I have no recollection of its location--but I have a vivid image of the big round injera and the islands of eatables scattered across it. And that it was delicious. About the same period, we found an Afghan place in a St. Paul neighborhood--it took some finding, pre-GPS. Before St. Cloud joined the larger world, we spent numerous Saturdays finding eateries all over the Cities.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 18:20:36 GMT -5
I b'lieve it was the Red Sea that I'm remembering from back then. I have no recollection of its location--but I have a vivid image of the big round injera and the islands of eatables scattered across it. And that it was delicious. About the same period, we found an Afghan place in a St. Paul neighborhood--it took some finding, pre-GPS. Before St. Cloud joined the larger world, we spent numerous Saturdays finding eateries all over the Cities. Khyber Pass, I am guessing, where one could/can hear Dean Magraw and lots of other creative musicians play to this day. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 22, 2021 18:31:17 GMT -5
Yes, Khyber Pass. Also Da Afghan and Caravan Serai, both gone now.
We did our best to eat our way across the whole metro area. It's a hopeless job, but somebody has to do it.
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Post by drlj on Apr 22, 2021 18:32:18 GMT -5
No, thank you. Feel free to have my share.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 22, 2021 18:41:08 GMT -5
No, thank you. Feel free to have my share. ... as he heads off in his Buick to Cracker Barrel to pick up his takeout Aryan Plate.  |
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 22, 2021 19:39:52 GMT -5
I had it once in Des Moines, at a hole in the wall that has since closed in the heart of where African immigrants settle in that town. For reference to Dub, just south of Merle Hay Road on Douglass, by the Beaverdale area. They had a menu, but I saw a guy eating something that looked good and asked him what it was, he said it was something he asked them to make. So my order was "I'll have what that guy is having" along with that spongy bread. It wasn't hot spicy, but quite flavorful, sadly the place has closed since then. But other African restaurants have moved in. My favorite now is Taste of Africa, which serves up north African food. Which is fine by me, they have sambusas, which I loved as a kid in Africa. And some really good fresh bread. |
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Post by drlj on Apr 22, 2021 20:08:24 GMT -5
No, thank you. Feel free to have my share. ... as he heads off in his Buick to Cracker Barrel to pick up his takeout Aryan Plate. I never dine at Cracker Barrel as it is far too pedestrian for me. I have never had the Aryan Plate, either. Italian, Greek, and, of course, Polish are my favorites. I am partial to Southern fried chicken with a slight drizzle of honey, baking powder biscuits, a side of grits, and some appropriate greens. The Aryan plate is far too bland. Everything is white. No color. No flavor. I do have a Buick--two as a matter of fact. Of course, I am also better looking than you but it would be crass to mention that so I won't. Still, everyone knows it.  |
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 22, 2021 20:45:16 GMT -5
And a far better dresser. Bill doesn't own a bowling shirt.
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