Having dutifully researched Ethiopian cuisine before my recent visit to RAS Ethiopia, I must admit I was left feeling more than a little excited.
National food staples, so I learned, include rich meat and bean stews known as we’t, stuffed triangles of fried pasty (sambussa), and pancake-like bread made from teff called injera. The culinary culture is equally pleasing - diners sit on squat wooden borchumo (stools) around a hand-woven, hourglass-shaped table called a mesob, and eat from a communal plate with their hands. So far so good.