Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007
Subject: TTT - The Trumble Travels - Cultural Restaurant Ethiopia II
Ethiopia was never colonized like most (or all) of the rest of Africa and has many unique cultural aspects that have been retained. Amharic is spoken and written commonly. Injera, a sort of soft bread/tortilla-like thing that is rolled up, is an Ethiopian staple that is commonly eaten. On Wednesday night we visited Yod Abyssinia Cultural Restaurant and enjoyed an Ethiopian cultural experience.
The food, the way it is served, the way the coffee is prepared, the music, and the dance are all very different from what I am used to. Fun stuff.
Several of us at the restaurant
Washing hands.
Big communal thing of traditional Ethiopian food. Injera and a bunch of stuff.
Tear off a piece of injera and use it to pick up some of the meat or cheese or stuff.
Injera
Coffee being prepared
Frankincense being burned
Ethiopian Coffee
Traditional music and dance
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