Foods I Eat

Injera
I don't really understand people who say they don't like injera. I
agree it doesn't really taste very good by itself, but you don't eat
it plain. I think people who say they don't like injera just aren't
putting enough spicy food on it. It really goes well with spicy food.

Sambusas
I have been eating a lot of sambusas recently. People sometimes get
sambusas confused with samosas (or even with samusas for all the Burma
Superstar fans), because they are fried triangles of goodness, but
sambusas are clearly the best. I prefer the lentil ones, though I'm
told the meat ones are quite good as well (thankfully the lentil ones
are more prevelent here). They have protein and are delicious and are
the perfect 10cent snack.

Bananas
Bananas here are much tougher their del monte cousins. They can have
quite a few black marks on the outside and the inside remains
unscathed. They are a little daunting at first, because they look a
little beat up, but they are basically good normal (aren't I
enthocentric) bananas once you get past the lack of aesthetics.

Good Restaurants
I have been eating at quite a few good restaurants recently. I am
really realizing my time in Addis is wrapping up, and I am trying to
get everything in. Therefore I have splurged at little recently.
Eating at classy restaurants in the developing is still a good deal
comparatively, dropping 20 dollars gets you a five star meal. This one
restaurant, Castelli's, is evidently Bradgelia's and Bill Clintons
favorite restaurant in town, and I would tend to agree (though a
couple places I have been to have really good homemade pasta). However
the next day I am defintely an easy target for the beggars as it's
hard not to feel guilty for spending what people make in a month on
one meal.