Lucy Lounge & Restaurant

Addis Ababa

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Lucy Lounge & Restaurant

This lush garden restaurant is a favourite for visitors concluding their tour of the National Museum, located only steps away. The breezy, refreshing setting is one of the restaurant's main draws, along with a wide selection of local and international dishes.

Dining

At the heart of Ethiopian dining sprawls the injera — a large savoury pancake with a porous surface made from teff, a grain native to Ethiopia and Eritrea. Teff flour is often replaced in the West for rice flour, often at the cost of authentic flavour and consistency. The injera is then topped with a variety of "wot", which are essentially different varieties of curries and stews with an amazing depth of flavour. Go for the vegetarian options on Wednesdays and Fridays, which are fasting days. Many locals abstain from consuming animal foods on these days, so you are likely to get reheated meat from the day before.