Salam Addis!

First night in Addis. We visited a local restaurant, called Dashen, which was down a dirt road. All the roads, apart from major ones, seem to be dirt. 
http://dashenterararestaurant.com/

There were two other tables of farangi (just two at each table) but the clientele was overwhelmingly local so we think Kate picked an authentic place. We had injera, a local fermented 'bread' made from tef, an ancient grain, which is served with most meals. As there is no cutlery, one eats with the right hand, tearing off a piece of injera and using it to pick up the various wat (stews), meat, vegetables or lab (like a cottage cheese), which are placed on top of the injera (which is round and flat and usually rather large). We also had tej, a honey mead type drink that contains a wild herb like hops. Kate liked it but Michael and I didn't really. Tej tends to be home made.

This restaurant (not unusually apparently) had entertainment: musicians and singers, who also danced. The singers/dancers dressed up in different costumes at each break. The dancing concentrates on the movement of the shoulders and some of the locals joined in when the dancers approached their tables. So did Kate; she was very good. Think Jordan learnt in South Sudan and taught them.