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Voted Best Top 30 Restaurants by Journal Sentinel 2009
One of the Top New 8 Restaurants in 2008
Out of Africa (JS Online} 2008
Ethiopian Cottage provides a warm, intimate dining (On Milwaukee) 2007
A One-of-a kind dining option in Milwaukee 2007
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Ethiopian Injera With Wat and Spices
Dinnertime at the Ethiopian Cottage
Wat is a traditional Ethiopian stew, and Almaz Bekele, co-owner and chef is always happy to provide some insight into cuisine and traditions
The Moseb is a traditional Ethiopian basketweave table which is wonderfully suited to enjoying -- and sharing -- your meal. Rip off a bit of the Injera flatbread to scoop up a combination of flavors. Eat with your fingers and nothing comes between you and these wonderful slow-cooked flavors.
From left, St. George, Bedele and Bati
A typical meal might include (counterclockwise from top) Dinch Alicha (carrots and potatoes), Doro Wat (chicken), Ybeg Tibs (marinated sauteed lamb) and Gomen (collard greens) on Injera. (See other photo for spices.)
Way ahead of the green movement, Injera serves as eco-friendly plate and eating utensils. Not only tasty and useful to keep your fingers from getting messy, Injera has a pleasant, appetizing feel and allows you to have a very direct experience with your food that cold, metallic utensils simply can't match.
From left: Enat Tej and Nigest Honey Wine (both Ethiopian honey wines), Sebeka Shiraz, Bear's Lair Merlot and Beringer White Zinfandel. See wine list under "Dinner Menu" for details.
Ethiopian coffee beans are among the best in the world. The Ethiopian Cottage brings in the beans unprocessed, and roasts and grinds them freshly every day. Coffee is served in a clay Jebbena pot so you can experience the complex flavors.
The Injera is a crepe-like flatbread. It is soft and tasty, and used both as plate and utensil to scoop up the salads and entrees served to you. Injera is made of teff, a traditional grain of Ethiopia. It is a very small grain harvested from an annual grass, with very good nutritional value, providing dietary fiber, iron, protein and calcium
The container makes the difference: the traditional clay coffee pot best keeps flavors and temperature intact
Easily step into another world from the bustle of Farwell Avenue. Warm hospitality and a new experience are surprisingly close. Read a review, choose something you haven't tried before, and put your usual dining habit on hold.
Ethiopian cooking can be either mild or spicy. Pick dishes that include "alicha" for mild versions. From left: ground chick peas, cinnamon sticks, berbere (Ethiopian spice mixture), jalapeno peppers, lentils, red lentils, green whole cardamom, yellow split peas.
This is a place where you will want to try every dish on the menu, and then start over...
Ethiopia has a long coffee tradition, and produces some of the best coffee beans in the world in its highlands that are known for ideal climatic conditions
Owner Yigletu Debebe and his wife and chef, Almaz Bekele are happy to explain the history or intricacies of the cuisine
As your meal is served, be prepared to take in a variety of new and delightful aromas, and dig in! Although you will be familiar with most of the ingredients and spices, your taste buds will appreciate having an exciting new challenge.
Diners enjoying the flavorful cuisine
A short wait pays off -- Ethiopian cuisine isn't "fast food", nor is it "slow food", since the traditional Wat stews are slow-cooked to be ready just in time for dinner.
From left: Red Stripe, Tusker, Bati, St. George, Bedele, Heineken, Miller Genuine Draft, Samuel Adams, Miller Lite
Good food seems to bring people together
A practiced hand brings out the soft, appealing texture and flavor of this delightful crepe-like flatbread
Wat is a traditional Ethiopian stew, and Almaz Bekele, co-owner and chef is always happy to provide some insight into cuisine and traditions
yigletudebebe@gmail.com
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HOURS OF OPERATION
Tue - Thu: 11:30am - 2:00pm
Tue-Thurs 5:00pm-9:00pm
Fri:11:30am-10:00pm
Sat: 1:00pm - 10:00pm
Sun: 1:00 pm - 9:00pm
Monday: Closed
CONTACT INFO
Tel. (414) 224-5226
E-mail: yigletudebebe@gmail.com
Address: 1824 N. Farwell Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
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