Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site convex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!holt From: holt@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Re: Ethiopian food (How hot is hot? - (nf) Message-ID: <34100008@convex.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 18:34:00 EDT Article-I.D.: convex.34100008 Posted: Tue Aug 14 18:34:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 00:35:20 EDT References: <2971@ut-sally.UUCP> Lines: 87 Nf-ID: #R:ut-sally:-297100:convex:34100008:000:3736 Nf-From: convex!holt Aug 14 17:34:00 1984 #R:ut-sally:-297100:convex:34100008:000:3736 convex!holt Aug 14 17:34:00 1984 With all this talk of Ethiopian food, we (infoswx!charisse and I) just had to try some. The result? MAJOR YUMM! We sampled the food at the Queen of Sheba restaurant, Lemmon Ave at McKinney, Dallas,Tx. We brought back a take home menu and thought that everyone might be interested in the food names, menu descriptions, and what we tried. By the way, the cook/owner also waited on us, and allowed us to try various small quantities of menu items other than the main courses which we ordered. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone wishing to sample Ethiopian cuisine. The menu: (my comments after ***) 1. Doro Wott, $5.00, Delicious, highly spiced hot chicken stew made with onion, red hot pepper (berbere), pure butter and imported spices served with spiced egg, yogurt or cottage cheese. *** very good, but my least favorite (not spicy enough!) 2. Minchet Abesh, $5.00, Ground beef cooked with onions, red pepper, butter and assorted herbs, highly spiced stew served with cottage cheese. 3. Minchet Abesh Alicha, $5.00, Ground beef cooked with onions, green pepper, ginger roots, garlic, highly spiced butter served with green or house salad. 4. Zilzil Wott, $5.00, Beef strips cooked with well seasoned special home made sauce served with house style salad and cotage cheese. 5. Kitfo, $5.95, Ethiopian style carefully selected lean beef, chopped and prepared with specially seasoned butter, spices and very hot pepper (mitmita) served rare or medium with side dishes of green and cottage cheese. *** YUMM, The cook suggested that I try this dish as it would be eaten in *** Ethiopia, (with the beef uncooked), so I did. Well, I can tell you *** that I loved it, but boy, was this a spicy hot dish! tears ran down *** my face! A real good choice for the adventurous! 6. Lega Tibs, $5.75, Carefully selected beef from special cut seasoned and fried with onion, green pepper and spices served with house salad or shiro woot. 7. Yebeg Wott, $5.95, Lamb stew cooked with onions, spicy red hot pepper (Ethiopian berbere) butter and herbs served with cottage cheese and house salad. 8. Yebeg Alicha, $5.95, Lamb stew cooked with onions, garlic, green pepper, ginger roots and butter served with misser wott and salad. 9. Yatakelt Wott, $4.50, Fresh vegetables prepared with onions, green beans, carrots, potatoes, vegetable oils seasoned with garlic, ginger roots, and green pepper served with house style salad. 10. Gomen, $0.95, Collard greens or cabbage cooked with onions, garlic, green pepper and herbs. 11. Misser Wott, $3.50, A vegetarian favorite lentil stew prepared with fine herbs, onions, hot pepper, served with cottage cheese and Jalapino pepper. *** Charisse's favorite, not as hot, but very entertaining flavor. 12. Azi Fa, $0.95, Lentil, splitpeas and lemmon sauce with pepper served cold. *** A close second behind the Kitfo. Not as spicy, but very, very good! 13. Beyaynetu (Combinations), $6.50, 2,4,9,11,12, cottage cheese and house style salad. 14. Gin Fil Fil (Banatu), $4.00, Diced injera in one of the stews 15. Sambusa, $2.25, Made from dough and stuffed with lentil, ground beef, onions, green pepper (Jalapino) and herbs served with another dish or by itself. 16-20, Italian foods, including Lazagna, spagetti, pasta alfurno, cote leti di polo or di carne, panino *** The bread which the food is served on is "injera", and is very *** interesting in itself. It is eaten just as utsally!riddle says, *** with your hands; you tear off a piece and scoop up some of the *** main course with it. I hope this enlightens a few souls (or stomachs) *** seeking ever new culinary delights. Dave Holt Convex Computer Corp. {allegra,ihnp4,uiucdcs,ctvax}!convex!holt