Doro Wat

Having eaten Doro Wat at several restaurants over the past year, I can say this version is the best. The richly buttery quality is more pronounced here than anywhere else I've tried. mitmita bird's eye chilli is handled with real knowledge — you can taste the difference. This is proper a communal i…

I grew up eating Doro Wat and have strong opinions shaped by memory. The version here triggered that recognition in the first bite — the richly buttery was right, mitmita bird's eye chilli was handled the way it should be. the Ethiopian coffee ceremony is a formalised ritual that can take hours. Gr…

I spent three months trying every version of Doro Wat I could find locally. The variation in quality is extraordinary. The best version handled fenugreek with genuine knowledge and the intensely spiced and complex result was noticeably superior. the Ethiopian coffee ceremony is a formalised ritual …

You can taste history in Doro Wat if you know what to look for. the Ethiopian coffee ceremony is a formalised ritual that can take hours. The tangy from fermented injera character reflects those layers — niter kibbeh spiced clarified butter doesn't appear by accident; it came from a specific traditi…

Doro Wat rarely gets the international recognition it deserves. The richly buttery complexity is genuine, not simple, and the technique involved in using berbere spice blend correctly takes real skill. the Ethiopian coffee ceremony is a formalised ritual that can take hours. I encountered it first …

Some dishes exist to comfort and Doro Wat is absolutely in that category. The deep and earthy quality works on something almost primal — you feel the warmth of it immediately. berbere spice blend does work that no substitute can replicate. the Ethiopian coffee ceremony is a formalised ritual that c…

I took a cooking class specifically to learn how to make Doro Wat correctly. The instructor explained why mitmita bird's eye chilli is used the way it is — something I'd never understood from just eating it. The deep and earthy result when you make it yourself is different. Ethiopian communal eatin…

I first ate Doro Wat on a trip five years ago and have been searching for a version this good ever since. This restaurant finally delivered the richly buttery quality I remembered. teff injera was handled correctly — something most restaurants here get slightly wrong. the Ethiopian coffee ceremony …

I was looking forward to Doro Wat here based on the reputation. The reality was disappointing. The richly buttery character that makes this dish special was muted — either from shortcuts with niter kibbeh spiced clarified butter or from scaling up production at the expense of quality. Ethiopian com…

Doro Wat at this place was fine. The richly buttery flavour was there but not distinguished. niter kibbeh spiced clarified butter was present in the right quantities but without the care that makes the difference. You can taste when something is being made to a formula. Ethiopian communal eating wi…