Friday, June 26, 2009

Good Ethiopian Restaurant in PDX

Periodically, I'll just repost stuff I don't want to lose down my Inbox memory hole. Like a personal review of a promising restaurant to keep in mind:

For father’s day the family took me out to a new (to me) Ethiopian
restaurant that we really enjoyed:

http://www.bete-lukas.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/bete-lukas-ethiopian-restaurant-portland

I like Ethiopian food, but it’s normally too spicy for the kids and Tomo. Bete Lukas was not spicy, but extremely savory. We ordered a couple of the vegetarian platters and chicken dish. I had a glass of the honey wine, which was pretty tasty too..

This place is pretty nice compared to Jarra’s or Queen of Sheba: It has full bar, and is vegetarian friendly. (Thought the kids were literally fighting over the chicken dish we got, so we had to order a 2cd plate of it.)

Anyway 4 stars! If you like Ethiopian, or if you have never had it, I highly recommend it. (It would be a good place for a date for you bachelors, or a nice place to take the wife…) It’s on SE 50th between division and Powell. It’s on the 2cd floor of kind of non-descript cinderblock building, so it’s easy to miss, but well worth the effort. Dinner only.

-Morgan