The Central District has quite a few Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurants, but one I hadn’t tried before was Adey Abeba ^[1]. Named for the Meskel daisy (አደይ አበባ) which grows after the Ethiopian rainy season, Adey Abega is located at 2123 East Union. Inside you’ll find an interior a step above many comparable restaurants, with warm yellow walls and widely-spaced tables. Check out their online menu ^[2] for a glimpse of the offerings. For those new to Ethiopian food, the food is usually eaten with the hands — a thin pancake called injera ^[3] serves as a kind of edible plate as well as an eating utensil itself. Meat- and vegetable-stews, called wat, are arranged on top of the injera — featuring everything from chicken and beef to carrots and corn. Pictured here is the Adey combination, which at $11 qualfies as one of the city’s best deals in terms of both diversity of flavors and bang for your buck: