Let's All Share Our Food
JASON SHAPIRO
CORD ENTERTAINMENT
After living as a student in Waterloo for several years, I am still baffled every time a friend from out of town comes down to visit and asks: "Where's a good place to go for dinner?"
You can only go to Morty's and East Side Mario's so many times, and being a vegetarian my choices usually boil down to the Rain Tree or cooking at home.
But all of this recently changed.
On a freezing Friday night, two friends and I accidentally discovered A M African Foods Restaurant on King St. in Kitchener (about 2 blocks south of the Lyric, same side, upstairs).
Now it just so happens that we are fans of Ethiopian food and have made the pilgrimage into Toronto to go to The Queen of Sheba restaurant several times. But this place, right here in KW, makes all that seem pointless.
If you have never tried food from the Ethiopia-Kenya-East Africa area, then you are missing out large. Dinner consisted of a large platter covered with Injera, a local, light, fluffy bread. On top of the injera were variously spiced stews and salads that you scoop up with folded pieces of injera to eat. The idea is that everyone at the table shares a big platter with a few different mixtures and salads. This gives you the chance to taste the different flavours, and enjoy the various possibilities.
There are lots of vegetarian choices as well as beef and chicken options. The food is typically quite spicy, and very filling.
Our dinner for three cost $34.00, which included more food than anyone human should be allowed to consume — and a glass of wine. The atmosphere is casual and friendly, and the food is great.
If you are looking for a new place to go, and you are willing to be a little adventurous then I would highly recommend that you give A M African Foods a shot.
The Cord
(The Wilfrid Laurier University student newspaper)
May 28th, 1997