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An East African Royal Feast at Blue Nile
Victoria's long-running Ethiopian-Eritrean room, where dinner is one shared platter by hand and the closing act is a from-scratch coffee ceremony.
Douglas Street, Downtown
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Victoria's long-running Ethiopian-Eritrean room, where dinner is one shared platter by hand and the closing act is a from-scratch coffee ceremony.
Douglas Street, Downtown
More infoThe Blue Nile has served Victoria for nearly two decades and reopened freshly spruced on Douglas Street. The family still runs the coffee ceremony themselves: beans imported from Ethiopia, roasted the traditional way, the whole slow ritual carried out at your table. Dinner before that is a shared platter of injera and Ethiopian-Eritrean stews eaten by hand. Rated 4.7. Order the combination platter and let the evening breathe.
Order a combination platter, it lands as one shared round of injera under Ethiopian and Eritrean stews and spiced meats, all eaten by hand, so put the cutlery aside and scoop with the bread. The thing not to skip: ask for the coffee ceremony, where the family roasts the beans tableside and pours three slow rounds, it's the signature here and turns dinner into a ritual. They open evenings only and close Sundays, so plan for a weeknight or Saturday, take a table in the airy room, and budget close to two hours.
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