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Eating with your hands is all
it's cut out to be

Review on SA-Venues.com, January 2011

As you have no doubt derived from the rather obvi­ous name of the res­taur­ant, Addis is a bit of Ethiopia bang smack in the middle of Cape Town.

I don't usu­ally do 'theme' res­taur­ants, par­tic­u­larly those aimed at tour­ists. To be hon­est, I don't get to eat out at night much at all – funny how that stops when the 'bundle of joy' arrives, and stays stopped until he's left home, although I'm hop­ing I get out and about before then... another twenty odd years without cul­ture will do my head in. But with mom-in-law down, a night on the town was oblig­at­ory, and Long Street was the obvi­ous choice (Long Street is where the night life is, if Camps Bay isn't your thing, which it isn't). Even if Addis is tech­nic­ally just around the corner from Long Street, on Church Street, it has incred­ible views of Long Street, and blends right on in with the other trendy eateries ...

The other major attrac­tion is that you eat with your hands, and you can order a 100 per cent vegan meal (the vegans amongst you will be pleased to hear). In fact, the menu comes with meat and vegan options. But more on that later.

Addis in Cape is Ethiopian cuisine along the same concept as Addis in Dar, which you'll find at num­ber 35 Ursino, just off Migombani Street in Dar Es Salaam (obvi­ously). It's been touted as a favour­ite amongst tour­ists when in Dar, and des­pite being described as a 'little-known and out of the way res­taur­ant', serves superb food (this is all hear-say, hav­ing never been in Dar Es Salaam).

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