Order a meal and 'always easy.
The menu 'is an abstract concept.
The dishes are always the same: Tibbs, zighini ', Scire', Scire 'fried, ... always on a large piece of injera (more' or less gray and more 'or less acidic depending on how many days has it).
For us Italians are accustomed to an incredible variety 'regional' s a bit alienating =)
If you and your 'lucky you can have a dish seasoned with saffron (alicia', but then 'you must specify that you want to put it on alicia '), or You can order zighini '(beef with onions), of wat (stew), doro wat's (chicken stew) and even in some corner of Tigray in the "golden roast (roast chicken).
Their dish "delicious" but I've never tasted it for hygienic reasons: and 'raw ground meat, the kitfo. Before
menus' are found only in expensive restaurants, in all other
ask "what do you have?" throws the waiter in a panic.
begin 'to look with eyes staring and stupid smile without a word in edgewise.
try to spoon-feed: "Do you have Tibbs, Scire '... and?"
will cause 'a grin and immediate order these dishes ..
"ok, just stop .. adeh (" and "in amarigno, 1) Heat of the Night. "If it is not 'fasting (fasting, held almost 50% of the year) go on Tibbs safe, provided that the liver can stand the fat of dubious origin are drowned when the pieces of meat (lamb, goat, cow, camel
...). The best Tibbs I ate at a restaurant for truckers to Adaitu, a village 30km south of Mille. Andinet The restaurant is called and is' run by a lady who pulls tostissima bottle waiters drifters.
of meat you can throw on Scire ', or chickpea. Of course, spicy. If you ask me holding the "met mita", a powder whose very sight causes skin. However, if the waiter
pecking uncompromising will refuse 'to bring Scire' or other "fast food" if not 'period digiugno .... and we 'happened to discuss' cause they wanted to force us to eat meat ("Not' fasting!" we repeated).
If the acidity 'dell'injera torments you can ask for "bani" (bread) instead dell'injera, 80% of cases will satisfy you with a smile of understanding.
If you love spicy food, bring some cookies.
the idea of \u200b\u200bnot put the Berber 'or other spicy ingredients and' out of the reach of the cook Ethiopian.
I imagine the scene ... with his right hand trying to stop the desperate left hand pouring berere 'in the pan ...
and 'more' stronger than them.
Even our cook, who understands perfectly Italian, does not stand in front of his ingredients, even though he knows very well that we should not cook spicy.
The worst 'when hiding the pieces of green pepper from the salad leaves.
not feel it until 'is not too late.
traumatic experience.
"Otherwise it has no flavor" is justified with a smile.
Our cook and 'a treasure, but it' s a real Tigrigna, hard as a rock there 'to make them change their minds or change a recipe.
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