Fasika
I know that it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Damn laziness…
Anyway, today’s post is about Fasika. I really like this place, but most comments that I read on chowhound give it not so good marks. I don’t get it… And, I find that many like Addis Red Sea for Ethiopian food. I find Addis Red Sea to be pretty bland (and quite a bit more expensive) when compared to Fasika.
Anyway, 3 of us went with a restaurant.com coupon. We ate a lot, drank a bit, left a very good tip, and spent about $16 each.
Our favorite dishes were the Ayeb Be-Gomen (homemade cottage cheese w/ collared greens, herbs, & spices), Kitfo (raw minced beef in spices), Ye-Beg Alicha (cubed lamb in a turmeric sauce), & Doro Wot (chicken in a berbere sauce). All the vegetable dishes were enjoyable, but, on that day, the lamb and chicken really stood out.
Somerville, ethiopian\
It has been over a year since Fasika left its South Huntington location and relocated to Somerville, and it was not until last month that I finally made it out there.
Even though I am still sad that they moved, I was glad to find out that the food is still delicious and cheap. We started with a Ayeb Begomen (homemade cottage cheese with collared greens, herbs, and spices; $3.50) and a few Sambosas.
Three of us split the two person combination platter ($20.95) which consisted of four vegetarian and three meat dishes. Stupidly, I can’t find the piece of paper where I wrote down what we ordered. (I do remember that we did have the Kitfo, spicy lamb, chicken with tumeric…) It doesn’t matter since almost everything was fantastic. The only item that was left virtually untouched was the lentil dish.
Verdict: New location, same delicious food.
Somerville, ethiopian\