Foodie Experiences
Six or eight tables, Ethiopian art, and a tradition called gursha where you hand-feed each other, which is romantic on purpose.
East Broadway, Mount Pleasant
More infoFassil has six or eight tables, walls hung with Ethiopian art, and the chef often out front talking you through the menu. Dinner is one shared round of injera piled with slow-cooked stews, and the tradition revolves around gursha: hand-feeding your companion a bite, which is somehow normal here and quietly romantic. A Vancouver Magazine silver-winner, rated 4.7. Order the combination platter and linger.
Order the combination platter and let the chef point you toward the spicier wats, it comes as one shared round of injera you both eat from by hand, no forks. The detail first-timers miss: gursha, hand-feeding your date a bite, is part of the ritual here, not a stunt. It's a six-table room, so it fills fast; go early or reserve, grab the corner two-top, and budget about an hour and three-quarters. Don't miss the small strong coffee to finish, it's the proper full stop on an Ethiopian meal.
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