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Meskerem Ethiopian Cuisine

Dine at Meskerem for an Ethiopian flavor experience.

Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant located at 2329 Cheshire Bridge Road NE serves great traditional Ethiopian food.  Last week, A few friends and I used a 50% off Scout Mob discount to try a few exotic dishes.

Ethiopian cuisine generally includes meat dishes and spicy veggies served with injera – sour dough flat bread made from fermented teff flour.  Everything is eaten with the hands (it’s custom to eat only with your right hand – merp – found out too late) by using injera as a kind of mini taco to house yummy protein.

Our dishes included:

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Lamb Tibs – Sautéed cuts of mean, blended with vegetables served with HOT green chili sauce.  My favorite of the night.

Kitfo – Raw or rare (we we’re too timid to go raw) ground beef marinated in mitma, a very spicy chili powder.  Striking and tangy.

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Prime Rib  -- Grilled cuts of beef rib serve with an earthy dipping sauce.  A bit overdone; would have been better if wasn’t cooked as long. 

They also have a cool traditional coffee ceremony I wish we could have tried.  Check out the demonstration video of a ceremony! (video not from Meskerem)

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Meskerem Ethiopian

BRIARCLIFF

2781 Clairmont Road NE

Atlanta, GA 30329

(404) 417-0991

 

Scout Mob Deal

Expires: 07/23/2011

$15 max discount. 1 per table. Dine-in only. Can't combine offers

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