Finger Food

I ate lunch yesterday (Sunday) at an Ethiopian restaurant in Little Ethiopia in Los Angeles. The interesting thing about ethiopian food is that it is meant to be eaten with your hands. You do not receive serving utensils or much in the way of dishware or flatware.

They bring out a large plate of food, the plate itself about the size of the table. We of course went with another couple, so there were four of us together. They then bring out this very spongy, airy, light bread-like substance, almost like a pancake, where you rip off pieces, and use it to scoop up food and eat.

Very much a finger-food type of meal.

Anyway, lentils served up every which way, full of spices, doro-wot which is a chicken dish, and potatoes and carrots made up the bulk of the food items. They are very healthy, but at the same time, very heavy and very filling.

Anyway, this was a fun experience, one I would do again, but perhaps I need to learn the art of being cleaner about it...my napkin was dirty by the time I was done. Meanwhile, the other couple had impeccably clean napkins...I just don't get it!