Grand opening Ethiopian restaurant

[antenehg]

Grand opening Queen Sheba Ethiopian restaurant & bar
On October 30Th 2009 at the new location at
10214 Atlantic Blvd
Jacksonville, Florida 32225
serving lunch and diner

[Sportmotor]

I am not(for once) trying to be a smart ass, but what kinda food IS Ethiopian food exactly? Or like what does it consist of or usally have in it?

[Juker777]

This is great.  I will be there within 36 hours.  A nearby Ethiopian rest. closed about two years ago on 103rd and I really miss it.

[Atari007]

I am not(for once) trying to be a smart ass, but what kinda food IS Ethiopian food exactly? Or like what does it consist of or usally have in it?

I thought all they had was rice?     

lol, sorry... i couldnt stop myself...

Here is some Ethiopian cuisine:   

[thelakelander]

You've been watching too much American TV.

[Cricket]

Is steak tartare on the menu?

[Cricket]

tartare would be russian

Not necessarily.

http://www.recipezaar.com/Ethiopian-Steak-Tartar-Kitfo-353928

[Sportmotor]

I thought all they had was rice?     

Hell that is more then I thought they had! 

[Sportmotor]

If you are adventurous, ethiopian is one of the coolest cuisines there is.

I am, I just still dont like going alone, and its VERY hard to find anyone to go with me lol

[Cricket]

lol.  not to be a technical freak, but thats ketfo.  Its like steak tartare, but not the same.

Ok, it's only semantics ... ketfo (or kitfo) and steak tartare are all the same ... raw minced beef.

[Cricket]

yeah.  Like baked polenta and cheezy grits.

LOL!!! We're talking meats here.

[Ocklawaha]

The effects of this low rainfall were exacerbated by lack of adequate government preparations, as well as the increasing drain on government revenues by various insurgencies. In the north, the insurgency of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front and the government's counterinsurgency was the ultimate cause of the famine, though the failure of the short rains in 1984 was the proximate cause.

In the south, a separate and simultaneous cause was the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) insurgency. In 1984, President Mengistu Haile Mariam announced that 46% of the Ethiopian Gross National Product would be allocated to military spending, creating the largest standing army in sub-Saharan Africa; meanwhile, the allocation for health in the government budget fell from 6% in 1973/1974 to 3% in 1990/1991. Although an estimated death toll of over one million from this famine is often quoted, this figure has been challenged due to "scant empirical evidence". Nevertheless, the magnitude has been well documented, and in addition to hundreds of thousands of famine-related deaths, millions of people became destitute.

I doubt they did know Stephen, at least not the date or the cause. This is Jacksonville, and one of the things that pisses me off about my hometown north, is a sort of Hooterville, attitude. Even funnier because then the usual minds behind these thoughts, will dismiss it as a "Southern Thing." They're little realizing that a large part of the old South was much more traveled and educated then any other part of our country.

Bottom line, Ethiopia, a World War II occupied allied country, beat the shit out of the great Fascist Dictators Italian Army, with wit, spears, arrows, and knowledge of the land. By the time the Italians, got help from Germany, and marched into the capital, it had been a costly campaign! One of the Worlds Great Leaders of the twentieth century, as well as one of it's great Christian religions came from Ethiopia.

No one in the States has even seen a large sectional disaster such as that famine, Katrina, was just a taste of one. Now imagine a COUNTRY, the size of Louisiana and Mississippi, having to deal with Katrina by themselves... How big would it have been then? They'd still be dragging the bodies out and starving!

Jacksonville, broaden your vision, become a WORLD CITY, go down to JaxPort and board a freighter for Africa or Asia or South America. Walk the walk, smell the scents, taste the flavors and you will find a new degree of liberating freedom! Trust me!

SMILE 

OCKLAWAHA

[Scarlettjax]

The tastes are awesome - if it's like what I've experienced before in other cities a bit more, uh, diverse.  Try it before you knock it, especially the coffee. 

[heights unknown]

It looks delicious, and, the appearance reminds me of some of the traditional black or African American foods or cuisines.  Looks like some collard greens on there too. Next time I'm in Jax I have to go over there and give it a try.

Heights Unknown

[Overstreet]

lol.  not to be a technical freak, but thats ketfo.  Its like steak tartare, but not the same.

Ok, it's only semantics ... ketfo (or kitfo) and steak tartare are all the same ... raw minced beef.

You mean like Kibe?  Raw minced lamb?