Taste of Ethiopia

Taste of Ethiopia – Taste

About us I started Taste of Ethiopia 4 years ago in Station Market in Brixton and since then the business has come a long way.

Cooking Ethiopian cuisine has always been a passion of mine and I wanted to show people what Ethiopian food is all about and hope they love it as much as I do.

The food I serve is fresh and quick street-food for people to enjoy instantly.

You can find Taste of Ethiopia in Brixton Station Market on Fridays and Saturdays, Herne Hill Market every other Sunday.

http://tasteof-ethiopia.com

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From left to right, the caramel cups are topped with Almond 'Buttercrunch', Candy-coated chocolate pieces, and Peanut 'Buttercrunch'.

The journey these blue boxes made from the supermarket shelves, into the multi-purpose (yes, hanging on to the handles and riding on it IS a purpose) transportation vehicle of The Trolley, momentarily hidden in one of the many white NTUC plastic bags like a cursed shell game , tucked out of reach in the cupboard, and magically appearing in a bowl the next morning next to a carton of PURA milk – all of this was ritualistic and sacred, and I treasured every aspect of these events up until the woeful year of 2007, when Post stopped producing these Oreo Os.

Like how you dunk Oreos in milk, this moreish cereal also goes well in a bowl with milk.

The deep flavour of the O's is complimented so well by the milk, but don't expect any special taste in the leftover milk.

You can have Oreo O's in a bowl with milk, you can have it in a box with a spoon in hand – I just wish you could have it for under £3 a box from the local supermarkets.

Kaffa Coffee brings a taste of Ethiopia to Dalston

The original coffee drinkers hailed from the Ethiopian province of Kaffa.

The plantation and business are owned by Markos Yared, who founded Kaffa Coffee in 2004.

Kaffa is very much a family-owned business, and Yared’s wife Haile serves homemade injera and wat, typical Ethiopian cuisine, every Thursday and Friday.

With the shop open till late, Yared also enjoys sharing his taste for Ethiopian jazz, reggae and blues, turning Kaffa and Gillett Square into a very lively and vibrant place to be.

Kaffa Coffee serves probably one of the best Ethiopian coffees in town.

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The latter sadly means that there are types of cuisine that you might never get to experience unless you go there.

Fortunately, London is such a big melting pot of cultures where there is an excellent variety of food and the foray into this exotic cuisine did not disappoint.

Lalibela is an Ethiopian restaurant.

My ignorance with this type of food almost made me miss the injera – a tangy pancake where you soak/wrap your main food with – as I ordered rice to go with my lamb stew.

A fitting finish to this wonderful experience is the coffee, which is, as a coffee-lover, about the only thing I knew about Ethiopian cuisine.

Lalibela review – a taste of Ethiopia in Tufnell Park | The Picky Glutton

North London has a relatively large number of Ethiopian eateries, but Lalibela in Tufnell Park stands out due to its kitsch-filled decor and because it comes recommended by The Flame Haired Squelchie, one of my most trusted and articulate dining companions.

It’s no surprise that the Squelchie is fond of Ethiopian food given the number of vegetarian and vegan dishes.

I returned to Lalibela on a weekday night with the help of The Lensman, Veal Smasher, Porn Master and Happy Buddha.

The Lensman and Happy Buddha got the ball rolling with the Ye-stom Beyaynetu, a combination of lentils and split peas in a spicy sauce.

The lamb wasn’t any better in my lamb and pumpkin wot, but the pumpkin chunks were better than last time – sweet as well as tender which went surprisingly well with the thin, garlicky tomato sauce.

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Blue Nile’s injera is somewhat less tart than Lalibela’s, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as the taste of injera can sometimes drown out the taste of the stews.

One of my favourite dishes at Blue Nile, aside from the injera and doro stebhi, is the kitcha fit-fit.

Its nutty flavour and firm texture is delicious though and livened up further by toppings of tomatoes, green chillies and onions as well as a dash of cardamom and helpings of pitta on the side.

The lasagna was underwhelming due to the lacklustre meat and excessively soft sheets of pasta, but the umami tomato sauce and creamy melted cheese prevented this dish from being a completely joyless experience.

Flavoured with green chillies for a hint of spiciness, topped with sharp onions and sweet tomatoes and served with pitta on the side, it is at least far better than the scrambled eggs you’d get from a local caff.