Ras Dashan Dining 12 Feb 2005

We went to a restaurant tonight. Murphys, Powers, and us.

RAS DASHEN Ethiopian Restaurant5846 N. BroadwayChicago, IL 60660(773) 506-9601

The food came in round metal plates like a deep dish pizza pan.
A thin spongy bread covered the bottom of the pan and the food was put on top of the bread in different areas of the pan.

No utensils but sponge bread to scoop up the food. There was extra bread rolled up like a flour tortilla. We unrolled it and tore it into small pieces as scoops.

I enjoyed it and sent them an email saying so.

I'll include my email to them. And their web page
jim

http://www.rasdashenchicago.com/index.html

Hello,
Tonight, Saturday February 5, 2005, we visited your lovely restaurant.

One of our group likes to try different ethnic restaurants.

We had made reservations for 8 and were seated at two little colorful tables.

At first our thoughts were negative until the food actually came. Then we were pleasantly
surprised at how comfortable we were in the soft chairs and in conversation with each other.

Our waitress was obviously new but so pleasant she made our night out successful.
The red-head.

We changed our order completely and she just flowed with us.

We ordered the multi plate meals. Lamb, beef and chicken. The egg caught us by surprise.
I don’t know if anyone took a bite out of it. I’m sorry I didn’t but eating that egg just
didn’t seem like an easy thing to do for 2 of us with fingers and sponge bread.

The bread was not like anything we had before. It was tasty and yet because we weren’t
used to that type hesitated. Fortunately, I didn’t and jumped right in with the bread.


It was spongy like advertised. I wish I had a spoon to pick up the bread that was on the
plate and covered with juices from the meats.

A young woman came around our table to ask how we liked our dinner. She said she was an owner with her mom.
She had such a beautiful smile and again a sincere friendly personality. She
pointed out her mom who was in the kitchen cooking.

Their web page was excellent. I like photos and the one of mom was excellent.


There was a nice group of musicians playing. I was waiting to use the restroom to wash up.
As I stood in line, I had an opportunity to listen to their soft music.

Then while at our table near the front we could hear them clearly and not loud.
The music just added to the lovely feeling of your restaurant.

We are from Edison Park and go out often. We call ourselves the Edison Park Restaurant Reviewers.
We couldn’t come up with a better name. It changes every week.
Our aim is to start a review column. Unfortunately, we haven’t done much reviewing just eating.

In summary: we enjoyed your restaurant.

Thank you very muchJim