Ethiopian Dinner
We enjoyed Ethiopian food so much this summer that we wanted to bring Mombley and Allan back to the Addis Ababa cafe to have the experience!
Enjoying the first course of fresh juices and salad!
Another picture, with Tig in it this time.
The waiter brings the foods out in little cups.
Next, he spoons it out onto the platters. The platter was prepared with injera (Ethiopian bread) with chili sauce on it.
One tray is vegetarian and one tray has meat dishes.
Filling the second platter.
The waiter poses for a picture with Jane.
The cook comes out to see if everything is okay.
Zury really liked the bread. You use the bread to roll up and scoop the food.
Enjoying a super excellent meal.
Getting ready for the coffee ceremony, the cook shows how she roasts the beans. Mombley, a tea only person, eyes the beans suspiciously.
For dessert, we were served popcorn while we waited for the coffee ceremony to begin. It was fresh popped and delicious.
At the start of the coffee ceremony, the cook lit some lovely sort of pine smelling incense.
Lighting the incense.
Getting the cups prepared.
Enjoying the incense and the ceremony!
Jane, Tig, and Lance.
Jane liked this poster.
The cook begins the ceremony. We were joined by an Ethiopian gentleman who was also at the restaurant. The first step is that the coffee is poured into one cup, then from that cup into the other, so that it's shared by all the cups.
Next, the rest of the cups that will be used are filled.
The coffee was very strong, rich, and delicious.
We all had a second cup.
We learned that the cook had come to Kansas City three years ago from Ethiopia, and was sponsored by the Catholic church. We were glad we had invited the gentleman to come join us, since after we were all sitting, the cook said that in Ethiopia, when you make coffee, you invite everyone to join. She said that traditionally, only the women make coffee.
Last edited on December 4, 2003.