DC Food: Etete Ethiopian (and the pelvis women)
Swing off of Rhode Island near the Shaw Howard University metro station and you’re bound to his U-Street, where a string of ethiopian restaurants reside. The most famous is probably Dukem, which serves respectable fare. But if you want to taste something a little more authentic, try Etete.
Amazingly good Ethiopian that is served in bowls instead of directly on the bread, the food tastes more like kitchen fare than restaurant. And that makes sense, since the back of the rowhouse appears to be living quarters. (Except for the fancy electronic soap dispenser, you feel like your in your friend’s bathroom when you wash up.)
And as an added bonus, they might fire up the big screen projector and let you taste not only the food, but African music videos with pelvis thrusting women dancing around a hipster grandpa, even if no one else is really there or appears to be watching. It makes it a little distracting to have all that ass shaking around while you’re trying to eat and talk with your girlfriend.
