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This time for Africa
Updated On: 21 June, 2019 07:42 AM IST | | Suman Mahfuz Quazi
The Consulate General of Ethiopia in Mumbai confirms that a new restaurant serving his country's cuisine passes the authenticity litmus test. The food is pricey, but delicious and familiar
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Bayanatu with shiro, kayseer tibs, kay missir wot, fasolia and diblik. Pics/Shadab Khan
Food Review
Food/Authentic
Ambience/colourful
Service/warm
Cost/high
Verdict/
On the TV screen inside Maharsh, the city's first Ethiopian café, a local channel is broadcasting the video of a young pop artiste from the country. The visuals are emulative of the hip-hop videos that emerged out of the ghettos in the US in the 1990s featuring shiny cars and attractive women. It was art that alluded to affluence as a far-off dream. Perhaps such a theme features in Ethiopian popular music even today as the country continues to grapple with financial woes. "You know girlfriend? He's appreciating his girlfriend," Demek Atnafu Ambulo, the Consulate General of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in Mumbai, explains with a lilt. Who could have better helped gauge the mark of authenticity in a restaurant of this nature?
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