Western/NW suburbs food blogger dinner
Posted: December 18, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment »
Abesha Ethiopian Restaurant & Bar, 327 Barkly St, Footscray.
Phone: 9687 0564
Roll call:
Lauren of Footscray Food Blog
Billy of Half-Eaten
Penny of Jeroxie
(plus Penny’s mum, Lynn, and partner Henry)
Deb of Bear Head Soup
Bryan of Let’s Get Fat Together
and … Kenny.
And a good time was had by all.
How could it be otherwise, when the conversations ranged through the whole gamut of the world’s most fascinating interests and topics – um, restaurants, cafes, coffee, cooking, recipes, noodles, naff food habits of nearests and dearests, groceries, supermarkets, markets, dirt-infested eateries (not Abesha!) and much more.
The food was Ethiopian and pretty good, even if on this social occasion less attention to detail was paid than might otherwise be the case.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the lamb tibs – first time I can recall having this dish with rosemary seasoning. Maybe an Australian influence?
The ful, too, was particularly toothsome – a coarse mash of beans attended by sliced hard-boiled egg and green stuffed olives.
Thanks for the company!
I think the rosemary may be either a local adaptation of a particular herb indigenous to Ethiopia or it is a mistranslation of the herb name itself. I have had it as part of a coffee ceremony where it is steeped in the brewed coffee – at that particular event it definitely was not rosemary. I asked what it was called but they said they did not know in English (I wanted to know in Amharic/Oromo anyway but it was a busy event and the chance was lost). I have had tibs before though with straight-up regular rosemary. Interesting!