Interesting enough, this is the name of a newly-opened Ethiopian restaurant right here in Gresham. We stumbled on it while going to Petsmart last Sunday. It is almost next door, and we vowed to come back for dinner one of our last nights at our summer palace here in Oregon before returning to Yuma, AZ.
The small, store-front restaurant has only been open a month. It is sparsely decorated with Ethiopian baskets, wall art, and kitsch. The tables have woven cloth tablecloths which then are covered in heavy duty plastic to keep them clean and fresh.
The menu is limited in choices to a few of the usual Ethiopian dishes. Maybe you can read some of these?
We ordered a Lamb Combination platter. and a Beef Combination platter so we could share several different choices. Next time, I would just order the lamb tibs and a vegetarian Combination. The beef wasn’t spectacular, but okay. Included with it was a dish of collards that had strips of beef in it. I would have preferred the collards without beef strips. The injera (bread) was excellent.
This was quite a bit of food. We liked the spicy dark brown lamb choice in the little black bowl the best. It was spicy – but not too much, and it is what I would call Lamb Berbere. The other items were very good also.
All in all, it was a great place to have dinner on a very hot Portland evening. Nothing fancy, but very tasty food. We’d go back. I hope they are still in business next year when we come back. Our total bill for all this food was $26.00 and change. Plus, we brought home enough for our lunch today. A real deal!
If you are in Gresham looking for a great lunch or dinner, stop in and eat with Fitsume and Assefu at TRY ME! 580 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR 97030. They also do take-out 503-661-8078.
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