Ethiopian in NYC
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I think part of the problem is a larger problem for NY restaurants: you can't have economical restaurants in most areas in NY anymore sue to high rents. So, unless some big name chef decides to open up a "high end" Ethiopian spot, you won't see any. now, i don't know how they comapred to the one's in DC, but tehre used to be several (what i thought was )good places in NYC (Blue Nile on West 7x? St, another down on Grand and ?Thompson?). but with rents what they are today, you just can't have a place which is priced "correctly" for that type of food and stay in business.
Em: there are lots of Eithiopian Restaurants in Kenya, where I have been going for business the last few years. I like the cuisine a lot, especially the injera, the sourdough bread that everything is served over (on). I wish there were some places in NYC, but alas, I have yet to find one other than the one you mentioned on the East Side. You said it is inconsistent, I believe.
Hope you are doing well,
Chels
Hope you are doing well,
Chels
Thanks for the suggestions.
I will try the 80's and York place only because it is very convenient. The Harlem restaurant sounds promising too.
It does seem amazing to me that there aren't better choices in NYC but I suppose the immigration patterns have a lot to do with it.
I do hope to get back to DC this month so maybe I will wait until then for my fix.
I will try the 80's and York place only because it is very convenient. The Harlem restaurant sounds promising too.
It does seem amazing to me that there aren't better choices in NYC but I suppose the immigration patterns have a lot to do with it.
I do hope to get back to DC this month so maybe I will wait until then for my fix.
I hope they are on a good day when you go. When the young guy is there everything runs smoothly, the food has always been good but the service varies. They have an back garden and I have never been ill even afterwards even when I order Kitfo. I have to stay away from spicy food otherwise I would go more often. I am normally not a sweet wine kind of person but try the honey wine, it just works well with the spiciness.
I miss the Blue Nile, a really great NY day would be in the fall going to Natural History followed by a romantic Blue Nile early dinner down the block. I am sure the best Ethiopian food is in Africa like Chels wrote (it's just sounds s exciting and exotic). I don't think there is more because it is a complicated cuisine and some dishes need to be made to order.
This thread has put in the mood to listen to my Muhammad Ahmed CD.
I miss the Blue Nile, a really great NY day would be in the fall going to Natural History followed by a romantic Blue Nile early dinner down the block. I am sure the best Ethiopian food is in Africa like Chels wrote (it's just sounds s exciting and exotic). I don't think there is more because it is a complicated cuisine and some dishes need to be made to order.
This thread has put in the mood to listen to my Muhammad Ahmed CD.
Hey Chels, I'm well and hope you are too.
I have been watching the No 1 Ladies Dective Agency and just put Botswana on my places I want to see list. Kenya just seems like a refreshing change to the construction, commercialism and noise of NYC. I love Injera, the place on the UES just has questionable service at times, they often get the order wrong, forget drinks, stuff like that. If you go just make sure you have good company and plenty of time because you often have to wait and deal with mistakes. I only have the Blue Nile to compare but it is as good and there were times great.
I have been watching the No 1 Ladies Dective Agency and just put Botswana on my places I want to see list. Kenya just seems like a refreshing change to the construction, commercialism and noise of NYC. I love Injera, the place on the UES just has questionable service at times, they often get the order wrong, forget drinks, stuff like that. If you go just make sure you have good company and plenty of time because you often have to wait and deal with mistakes. I only have the Blue Nile to compare but it is as good and there were times great.
I think you this type of cuisine is acquired taste. My first love had spent time with his father traveling Africa when he was really young and he took me to The Blue Nile since he loved Ethiopian food. I don't know if it were the lighting, eating out of baskets, eating with our hands or the beautiful art especially the painting on animal skin of the last supper but I fell in love with him and with Ethiopian food from my very first experience. It's a great first date cuisine, primal, spicy, unique and experimental and if your bored with each others company you can always talk about the food.
http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/newyork/dining.html
http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/dc/dining.html
wow. sometimes you really can find anything on the internet.
And the real answer is:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/17/AR2005051700677.html
because Washington has a "Little Ethiopia".
"The Washington region, with its 200,000 people of Ethiopian descent, has the largest Ethiopian population outside of the country itself, according to an unofficial estimate by the embassy."
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/07/nyregion/famine-in-africa-grieves-ethiopians-in-new-york.html
They are a small community of perhaps 3,000 people clustered mainly on the Upper West Side of Manhattan,
http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/dc/dining.html
wow. sometimes you really can find anything on the internet.
And the real answer is:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/17/AR2005051700677.html
because Washington has a "Little Ethiopia".
"The Washington region, with its 200,000 people of Ethiopian descent, has the largest Ethiopian population outside of the country itself, according to an unofficial estimate by the embassy."
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/07/nyregion/famine-in-africa-grieves-ethiopians-in-new-york.html
They are a small community of perhaps 3,000 people clustered mainly on the Upper West Side of Manhattan,
