Ethiopian Food

For my birthday my mom flew down and took us to dinner. I wanted to go to an Ethiopian restaurant. I wanted Max to start to get used to what we were going to eat over there(to make sure we didn't have to pack more peanut butter). Before this adoption journey I had never been to an Ethiopian restaurant. We went to Cafe Lalibela in Tempe 833 west University. It was great. It is a different style of eating. It is family style. the picture shows what it looks like. It isn't much to look at if you've never had it.
The giant tray is covered even overlapping in a gray cloth looking thing. The cloth looking thing is actually Injera, it is a sourdough pancake like bread, it reminds me of a spongy crepe. It is covered with an assortment of stews etc. We got a extra piece of Injera and ripped a 3 inch piece off and pinched the different samples. It is eaten with your fingers. Traditionally you sit on couches around a table like this one. There was chicken and lamb wat, i think it is called Dora(chicken) wat. Some lentil beans stuff. You do eat the table cloth underneath as well. Max loved it. He would run to different spots to try the different samples. and say "This one is Delicious"