April 17, 2010
What the @(*$^(!&#@^ is wrong with the weather?
I was so sure that it was summer, and now this... You need to take out your parka if you walk outside late at night =S.
Yesterday I walked to Guu, which is some amazing Japanese bar that I've been hearing good things about. I almost froze to death... plus the wait was over an hour. People, don't go on Friday or Saturday evenings...ended up going to Just Desserts for a martini instead.
Anyway, before the weather became like this, I went on a culinary adventure to a Ethiopian restaurant on Yonge, near Wellesley.

The lights are quite..interesting inside. Dim, yet very strong red, blue, and yellow lights cast colourful shadows on the food. Not really sure why, it's not such an appetizing colour...

Other than the fact that it was Ethiopian food, the reason why this was an adventure was because...

There are NO CUTLERY...I've heard about this place that allows you to eat with your hands right in downtown toronto and kinda doubted it, but really, no spoon, no fork, no nothing. I think it said that they won't give you cutlery even if you ask for it on the menu.

We ordered some random food on the menu, and the server probably read the confused looks on our faces. She asked us if it was our first time, and suggested some dishes for us. lol.
Here is the result...

It was kinda like a sampler plate of all the popular items in the menu. The dish is really really huge.
It was hard to get used to the spices, they are quite strong. I guess you could grow an appetite for them. But it's definitely not for everyone. If you tried and loved Indonesian food, you could give this a try.

It comes with these sheets of...forget what it's called. You rip off pieces of this and use it to pick up the food. We observed and learned while waiting for the food to come.

Like Zis! yea...doesn't look very appetizing with that light...
The taste? Well the bread thing looks chewy and tasty like crepe, right? Well it's not. It doesn't have much of a taste, it tastes like it's empty of nutrients or ingredients. And It was steamed, so it kinda has no texture to it as well.
But...it's worth an experience - eating something other than fries with your fingers. You always see it on tv, right. To warn you, earing with your fingers is one thing - but watching someone else scrape things off the plate with their hands is another lol. I wouldn't take your honey here for your first date .gif)
Wow it ended up being a very long story...
I was gonna post about a new nail polish shade, but I guess it'll wait until next time.
Good luck to anyone still wrapping up exams =D!


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