Asmara

Located along General Mathenge Road; a busy road that many people drive up and down on every day lays Asmara. It was my first book club dinner that took me there, although I didn’t eat the Ethiopian, and opted for veggie lasagne instead; very delicious though I have to say.  I’m not the most adventurous person when it comes to choosing restaurants and I want to change that. So I made another trip to the same restaurant to try their Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.  Between the book club meeting and this trip, I had actually been taken to a different Ethiopian place, so I had a better idea of what everything was.

The restaurant was surprisingly quiet when we got there for a Friday night 20.00. We were seated at a table for four and greeted by a lovely waitress- Beryl. We debated whether to sit outside or not, but it was a bit cold and there were no jikos or heaters that we decided inside would be a better option overall. 

We ordered a bottle of the Ken Forrester Merlot to start with; the flavours of which had blackberries and a hint of coffee. We asked Beryl’s advice on what food we should go for, as spicy was the request from one of the members of the party. We went with the Asmara Vegetables, Chicken Mushroom, Keyh Tibsi, Tsahli Tibsi and with of course njera. The mix of all these flavours together was absolutely delicious. The service was first class, but the ambience needs to be worked on. It was very quiet in there apart from us. Having some background music and more customers will turn it from a good experience to a great one.