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🇪🇹 Addis Ababa

3 places across Parts Unknown

Every Place Bourdain Visited in Addis Ababa

3 places
1

Kategna Restaurant

BL_03_680 St

Tony met with chef Marcus Samuelsson and his wife Maya. They had beyaynetu, a platter of various stews including goman (sauteed greens), shiro wat (chickpea stew), tikil gomen (sauteed white cabbage); all served with injera bread.

2

Mesi Grocery store/መጠጥ መሸጫ

Tony had shekla tibs, which are chunks of fried beef or lamb served in a clay pot with Ethiopian skateboarders and Marcus Samuelsson.

3

Local Tej Bet

Dej Beyene Merid Street

Tony, Marcus, and Maya had tej, a light alcoholic drink made of fermented barley and honey

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