Erin and I finally put our money where our mouths were and tried our first (of many I'm sure) daring and dining experience at Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant, located at 1405 Danforth, in between Greenwood and Coxwell.
The restaurant serves Ethiopian food; a true communal experience as we were served a large platter of the Lalibela special; gorgeous chicken curry, lentils, chick peas, lamb tib stew, dorowat, beets and salad on injera bread. Using no utensils, our hands served to bulldoze the spongy bread sopped up in every last drip of the exotic goodness into our waiting mouths.
Here is the Lalibela special at $23, a bargain for mouth-watering goodness!
And the fantastic bread that sopped up every last drop......injera, a sour and spongy flat-bread served with every meal in Ethiopia. For a better explanation, check out this link: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-injera.htm
Here, Erin and I are enjoying popcorn and the coffee ceremony. The beans are selected and roasted on premises, as they're smoking, they're sent out into the restaurant where we see them, they are then brewed together with the water and presented in this gorgeous earthen coffee pot, complete with incense (which Erin is holding). We're served two sets of cups, two ceremonial cups (where we were told it might be too hot to hold as we're drinking) and so two additional regular cups were given... as well as POPCORN?! which surprisingly goes very well with this bold, dark and extra-smooth liquid of the gods! Go to Lalibela, go to Lalibela, did I mention you should go to Lalibela? This location has been open for about 5 months, there is also another on Bloor St. W. Fantastic!
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