Muzita Bistro
4651 Park Boulevard
San Diego, California 92116
(619) 546-7900
I'm no expert when it comes to Ethiopian cuisine, but I do enjoy eating it. For you first timers, don't be scared by the injera. You use the injera as an utensil by grabbing and wrapping up the food in it and eating it like you do with naan. It looks like a flat sea sponge and makes you want to poke at it to see if it's still alive hah. It's not bad, but definitely not something that I crave like a pregnant mama :P
Muzita Bistro is in University Heights and has a nice intimate setting. It's pretty small with a nice outdoors patio seating. The owner was in when I went and at the end of our meal, thanked us for dining there. He was very sweet and I could tell he loves getting to know his customers.
Brille of Mess (Honey Wine) $12
Pretty yummy!
Zigini Beggie $16
Berbere braised leg of lamb, stewed tomato and onion
Side of Alitcha atakilti
Stewed mixed veggies
Yummy!
Shiro $12
Eritrean style seasoned ground chickpeas (left picture; right)
Kantisha Kilwa $13
Button mushroom, zucchini, tesmi stewed tomato and serrano (left picture; middle)
Side of Halmi
Spinach sauteed with spices (left picture; left)
Side of Timtimo
Red lentil stew (right picture)
Okay, being the pigging I am and not being able to decide on what I want, I got two entrees hah. With each entree you get a salata (no misspelling here, I swear they spell it that way) and a side. For those like me who need a kick to their meal, then you're going to want to go for the kantisha kilwa. No way is it crazy spicy, but has a nice spice to it. The shiro along with the halmi were good, but a bit too bland for me. Timtimo was also yummy, but if I had to pick out of the three sides I would get the alitcha atakilti.
Of course I took a doggie bag home and surprisingly I ate the leftovers (I typically don't, yeah call me princess). Anyways, once I mixed it all together (like I do for bibimbap hah the Korean in me) and added Cholula on top, it was freaking amazing! Man, how sad is it that once I add Cholula to anything I instantly love it even more? Pretty sad...oh well :P
Oh, also even though the salata looks like a typical salad, it's sooo good. Their house dressing is amazing. Next time I go in I need to ask what they put in it. Also heard their beet salad is amazing.
2 comments:
They spell it salata because it is pronounced like that :D sa-la-T'a. Its either cause thats just how they say it or maybe because Italian people call salad salata or something, idek. so we took it up to eleven hehe.
also, if it wasn't too spicy, then either thats how they cook it normally or they are going easy on you, because a long time ago my mom learned that if she doesn't get rid of or go easy on the berbere then foreigners (who aren't used to spicy food) can't handle it xD at all. When she brings lasagna to other houses she doesn't add berbere. We tasted it (my sister and I)...it was...weird. 'somethings missing' or in my sister's words 'THIS IS DISGUSTING WHATS WRONG WITH IT' and my mom agreed xD but she said 'what can I do? I made another one with berbere for us' and the people who she made it for totally loved it. Its good its just a shock if you've grown up eating pasta with a lot of berbere/spice.
Sorry for the long story xD hahahaha
Yo, thanks for the comment and the info. I will for sure ask to hook it up with the berbere next time :D Love your long story, so true most Americans can't handle spices. Tisk, tisk hah :P
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