Addis Rea Sea

Last night Hunter and I ventured to Addis Red Sea, an authentic Ethopian restaurant in the Back Bay. We stuffed our faces.

Appetizer:
Sambusa - Pastery filled with:
a. Lentils and green peppers spiced with cumin, garlic, onion, with a touch of nutmeg.

Entree:
Vegetable Combination - Your choice of four vegetarian dishes and house salad.
1. Butecha - Chickpea paste blended with oil, lemon juice, green pepper and black pepper.
2. Tikle Gomen - Cabbage cooked with vegetable oil, garlic, ginger and green peppers.
3. Yesmsir Alcha - Lentils mixed with tumeric, onions, green peppers, garlic and ginger root.
4. Mittin Shuro Wot* - Ethiopian style ground split peas simmered in a spicy berbere sauce.

Beverages:
Royal Mead - Honey Wine
Harar- Dark Ethiopian Beer

Our meal was served on a traditional woven straw table (with a sign instructing us not to "lean on.") The giant platter was covered with a spongey flatbread called injera on which the various dishes were piled. The bread served as our utensils, we just ripped some off (they gave us a big pile of extra bread on the side as well) and scooped up the various flavors. All in all it was a great meal (and affordable!) and I would defintely return to try more dishes.

This is all an elaborate plot for Hunter to get me to like Indian food. I'm onto him.