There are a number of cuisines types that are probably more obviously missing in Pattaya now (notably Indonesian and Malaysian) but this topic is about Ethiopian.

I'm curious about the interest and possible demand for a decently priced, reasonably good/authentic Ethiopian restaurant here.

I know that many urban Americans are familiar with Ethiopian food, but I'm not sure about Europeans and other nationalities.

It's my impression that it;'s a kind of food that once tried, the majority will like it enough to want it again.

It's knee jerk thinking that you need a significant national customer base to support any kind of specifically national restaurant. I think that is often true but not necessarily always true.

No, I have no plans to open an Ethiopian restaurant. So even if this poll shows massive interest, it would need to be someone else to take action on that. (Dream on, I know).

To add, based on Bangkok, it's been proven that it IS possible to do good Ethiopian food in Thailand, so that's not the problem.

I always prefer the vegetarian mixed platter.

OK, it couldn't be this good in Thailand, but here's some from Bangkok's own world famous food freak Mark Wiens touring Addis:

Great food, there is a good restaurant on Soi 3 in Bkk

Wiens is a <deleted>. Every dish is so amazing not. He must masturbate a lot.

I had the Ethiopian slop tray once where you eat the little blobs of curries with the fluffy bread which is makes up the tray itself.

I guess it's good enough but it was the definition of 3rd world slop cuisine and you ate it with your hands. Maybe fun once or twice but I don't think it would last long without actual Ethiopian customers. 🤷

1 hour ago, khaosokman said:

Wiens is a <deleted>. Every dish is so amazing not. He must masturbate a lot.

are these kind of comments why you have -1422 heart rating? 😂

Seriously though I've seen that Wiens guy on YouTube and it's so cringy I couldn't stand more than a couple minutes.

Ethiopian food is amazingly good. I used to eat at the old Blue Nile in Berkeley whenever I was over there. I don't get to Pattaya very often, but if there was a good Ethiopian restaurant there I would definitely check it out!

52 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

are these kind of comments why you have -1422 heart rating? 😂

Seriously though I've seen that Wiens guy on YouTube and it's so cringy I couldn't stand more than a couple minutes.

I liked a few videos but after a while you realise he is a <deleted>.

Again, the incontinent, butt sniffing Soi dog has nothing to say on the topic, but RainMan is twitching in his usual autistic manner to remind us all that he is here. He knows nothing of this subject, but he cannot leave it alone.

He must make even North African food solely about him reacting to it negatively. Even though he has never eaten it.

There’s an Ethiopian restaurant near a bum run grad hospital that I’ve eaten in a dozen times. I agree with Northland Ryan, it is all basically similarly tasting glop, soaked up with a spongy brown wonder bread type bread. What makes a great Ethiopian restaurant is whether or not they make their own Berber spice.

Back in the states, Washington DC is renowned for having a whole street of Ethiopian restaurants. They shine best in the seafood department getting a Mediterranean flavor with a lot of olives and preserved lemon like Moroccan food.

If I live near Ethiopian food, I would have it about every other week. Since I lived at the Chidi mansion at the bottom of Soi 11, I had it a dozen times in a month. Not much variance between the dishes, so get the mixed plate.

Mark Weins does have a hard to take presentation manner, but it is memorable, and he does give you the food facts and describe how things taste very vividly

We went to Ginger house in Chiang Mai after watching one of his videos, and the mixed northern appetizer plate was like a college course on the subject. You cannot go wrong going to any place that he recommends.

We also went to the Khao Soi place he recommends since we had a car, and it was definitely a cut above Mai Sai Khao Soy behind the Maya Mall.

16 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Great food, there is a good restaurant on Soi 3 in Bkk

I think you are talking about the place I went to a dozen times. The Taye Restaurant.

I’ve eaten in a dozen Ethiopian restaurants around the world, mostly in Washington DC, New York, and Paris.

This is in the top three such restaurants I have tried, including a five star one in Paris.

They definitely grind their own spices, which you can also buy. It’s a modestly pretty room to eat in as well with the beautiful Ethiopian art on the walls.

I had three Tinder dates there, obviously with white women. No double way does a Thai woman want to go out for Ethiopian food on the first date, or maybe even the millionth date.