African
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All The Goodness of Africa
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RESTAURANT
OF THE MONTH
Addis Restaurant
ETHIOPIANI CUISINE
40-42 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DT
Tel: 0208 7278 0679
h?p://www.addisrestaurant.co.uk/
King’s Cross Sta?on, 5 mins walk.
Our arrival at Addis Restaurant at midday found it quiet
but ready for business. It’s resplendent and authen?c
decor set the mood for what was to be expected. It was
our ?rst ?me dining Ethiopian but our guest has been a
few ?mes. She guided us through the menu, men?oning
that we must try the Injera. We promptly leafed through
the Menu. She being a Vegan - no dairy and also being
vegetarian - no meat, we expected to run out of choices.
Alas, the Addis menu had dishes for both Vegans and
Vegetarians and our server knowledgably described the
speci?c reasosn why they suited both descrip?ons.
So, from the Vegan list, we ordered the Yetesom Beyaynetu
a mild mixed vegetable sauce made with cabbage, potato,
carrots and chickpeas seasoned with our special spices.
My carnivorous palate went for the Ye Beg Alicha Fi?it
Mild spicy lamb stew mixed with piece of injera.
The third member of our party ordered Doro Wot (hot)
Chicken cooked with hot pepper and spices sauce.
We ordered Mango juice and se?led into the becalmng
ambience of this cosy restaurant. Music came through
barely visible loudspeakers with the sonorous voices of
Ethiopian women wa?ing like bu?er?ies ?u?ng their
wings. You felt transported to the ancient lands of the
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THE BILL
Yetesom Beyaynetu
Ye Beg Alicha Fi?it
Doro Wot (hot)
Mango Juice x 3
Bo?led Water x3
TOTAL
£8.95
£9.35
£8.95
£3.00
£3.00
£33.25
great emperors of the Ethiopian past. And we all agreed
that it was easy to have conversa?on without trying to
talk over the music. Good.
The food arrived in good ?me. The Injera was served
piping hot like an unfolded pancake unto which both
Yetesom Beyaynetu and Ye Beg Alicha Fi?it were
served from the bowl that bore it from the kitchen. We
were encouaged to eat with our hands which we did.
Naughty, naughty! The server had omi?ed to arrange
how we’d wash our hands before and a?er the meal!
Anyway, we soon got started and tucked into the delicious
chemistry of ?avours. Not to forget, the Doro Wot (hot)
was astounding. For presenta?on, it scored 10/10. For
?avour, 100%.
We enjoyed ourselves and would certainly do Ethiopian
another ?me. A couple of points to note though, the ?rst
being about the washing of hands as said earlier. The
second point is that the servers served us tap water inba
jug when we ordered water. She did not ask us what we
wanted. But small ma?er.
On the whole, Addis does a fantas?c job especialy with
its Vegan and Vegetarian menu which is something other
African restaurants ought to emulate.
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