A very odd couple attends the 2009 Village Voice Choice Eats

Queen of Sheba

Neither Alex nor I had ever tasted Ethiopian food, so we tried some menchetabesh wat from Queen of Sheba. It's crazy I'd never eaten menchetabesh wat before, especially considering I'd grown up inundated with that gigantic multiyear television branding campaign: "Menchetabesh wat: the other wat meat." (Sorry, that's a terrible joke.) This tasted like a crepe filled with chili. I'm on board here. So was Alex. Being from Texas, she likes spicy things. Though she admitted that as she's gotten older, her palate has mellowed and she's gone from being a Vinadaloo girl to a Madras girl. Hahah, I hear that.