Ethiopia, like any poor state, suffers from poor quality of food; service in local restaurants does not exist in our understanding. Nevertheless, at the same time in very expensive restaurants, if you are lucky, you can try and even get pleasure from local food.

However, even when you are in a restaurant, you should understand that local cooks and chefs have an interesting habit: they warm up yesterday's dishes. That’s why tourists and guests of the country have the impression that in the restaurants they have dry meat, wet, dehydrated vegetables, etc.

If you are lucky to receive a dish in the necessary condition, you can be sure that you will be satisfied. In Ethiopia they put a baked scone made of teff flour on the bottom of a large flat plate, and then they put the main dish over this scone. Pieces of this scone serve as a knife and a fork; in fact, you should eat this dish with your hands.

What’s interesting is that most residents of Ethiopia are Christians, but they do not eat pork. That’s the reason why dishes of domestic poultry meat, mutton, beef are common there.

The most popular dish is a piece of lamb in a spicy sauce. Kitfo is another popular local food. It is made of raw meat minced meat with acrid condiments. There are few tourists who can eat it.

Beets, greens and potatoes are used as side dishes there.

As you have already understood, all local dishes are very spicy and it is difficult and even dangerous to eat them if you are not accustomed to such kind of food. There local chefs use an amazing mixture of unknown ingredients to prepare different dishes. The mixture is a thick paste of dark color. It is spicy and has its own scent. Once you try it, you will never forget it!

Maybe it will surprise someone, that Ethiopians cook very tasty and delicious beer. So all the guests of the country should try it.

As for coffee from Ethiopia, its quality is considered to be the best in the world, but still it is not the most popular for some objective reasons: it can not be promoted properly in the world markets.