I am always looking for new Restaurants here in Cologne, a friend of mine told me about an
Ethiopian Restaurant and that a couple of colleagues already recommended it to
her.
A word and a blow! We reserved a table for three and wanted see it for
ourselves…..
The "new" place was called Injera.
Named after the Injera, a yeast- risen- flatbread with a unique,
slightly spongy texture.
A national dish in Ethiopia
and Eritrea
and used instead of cutlery.
So we arrived at the restaurant and were greeted with a big smile.
Soon after we have been seated the menus arrived and you could see in
our faces that we had many questions.
Our Ethiopian waiter was more than happy to help us, telling us about
spices and the Injera and recommended that he could do a platter for three
containing different dishes from the menu.
Brilliant!
We ordered a bottle of South African Sauvignon Blanc from Stellenbosch
and waited for our dinner.
Then we saw what we ordered, the "host" (rather than waiter) arrived back with a huge plate.
On that plate several Injeras were spread, on those Injeras was a small
pile of lettuce, carrots and tomatoes in the middle.
Around that were small piles of different dishes, spicy lentils, spicy
chickpeas, a stew made of cabbage, carrots and potatoes, a stew made of beef, a
stew made of onions, another small plate with chicken and egg and a second
small plate with fried beef in a cayenne pepper paste.
Now our "host" told us how to use the Injera as cutlery, he told us
about the ingredients, about the spices and that the spices were all imported
directly from Ethiopia.
We started to tuck in!
It was delicious……
So many unknown flavours. All of the dishes were spicy, but not too hot.
We even ordered a second helping of the fried beef in cayenne pepper paste.
Which came with another helping of Injeras.
After we had finished we were full and very happy.
A nice evening with good company, great food and pleasant service, in a lovely atmosphere.
Injera – Afrikanische Lounge & Restaurant
Lindenstrasse 86
50674 Köln (Belgisches Viertel)
Telefon: 0221 – 9984942
Opening hours:
Monday -Thursday: 6pm- Midnight
Friday/ Saturday: 6pm- 1am
Sunday: 3pm- Midnight
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