Review
- Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant is easily overlooked (I’d driven past many times without noticing it), but you should find it if you’re looking for excellent East African fare at reasonable prices.
Our Ethiopian Feast
Our kids love eating with their hands, and Ethiopian food is the perfect opportunity to scoop up everything with Injera – the spongy, tangy Ethiopian flat bread. Lalibela’s version is one of the best we’ve tried. A fresh salad of lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, green pepper and onion (Lalibela Salad) served on a platter of Injera is an excellent first course. Also very good, the Sambusa appetizer – a flaky Ethiopian “empanada.” The entrees and sides (each entree comes with two “veggie” sides) are served family-style on a huge Injera platter. We sampled two meat entrees - Lalibela Tibs (beef marinated in spicy sauce) and Yebeg Tibs (sauteed lamb cubes). Each was intensely flavored and made for perfect bites wrapped in the bread. Add the delicious collard greens (Goma) or the spicy lentils (Misir Wot) and it’s a feast.
This tiny South Orange storefront has about eight tables, with eclectic Ethiopian decorations on the walls and brightly colored fabric covering the windows. Service is friendly and fast, and Lalibela seems to do a brisk local take out business. There weren’t any take out menus available when we visited, but our server happily offered to print one out from the website for us. Eat in or take out, more people should try Lalibela’s food.
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