i am culturally sensitive.

many people tend to think i am racist and judge things on their race without giving them a fair chance. this is not true. i am always willing to give everyone a fair chance. however, it just turns out that i end up hating their cuisine, culture, customs, etc. for instance, a few days ago i went to TWO different african restaurants and gave them both a fair chance. i went in with an open mind and it just so happened that i did not enjoy either of their foods.

the first restaurant was called desta ethiopian kitchen. now, when my friends mentioned that they wanted to try ethiopian food, i thought to myself, "wtf. are we eating dirt and roots?" for the uncultured, ethiopia has consistently had famines throughout their extensive history. and so i just think that we are able to eat their food when they are unable. how's that for being culturally sensitive.

a very old culture, they still use hieroglyphs. desta means happiness. i, being culturally curious, asked the waitress.

anyways, going into the restaurant, i wasn't very excited. nor was i happy with the fact that they eat with their hands and don't use utensils. but i still went into this restaurant with an open mind. my fear of this restaurant soon went away as i looked through the menu.

why, yes. i am a meat lovers. i am ready to eat.

so we got tibs for our table. which are these things you see here.

mmmm. tibs.

so these tibs are delicious.. but... my meal was ruined by two things. the lack of utensils meant that we were forced to eat everything with this.. "bread" also known as injera. thank you wikipedia.

it is like a sponge of disgusting.

and the other thing you should NEVER ever get.

i believe the menu said "one of ethiopia's most cherished dishes." this is the nastiest thing in the world. i dont even have anything witty to say about it. it is just the worst thing i have ever had my whole life.

and so i left this place unsatisfied. if they had given me the tibs and a knife and fork, i would have been very happy. however, being unsatisfied, i looked for somewhere else to eat. and being culturally sensitive, i decided that i was down to go to another african restaurant.

love me some popeyes.

now that's what i'm talkin' bout.

but while this food was better than the former, i'm actually not that big a fan of fried chicken. it is delicious when i eat it. however, afterwards i always want to die. it is the worst. i need to stop.

so there. two instances that i gave african cuisine a chance and both left me with a bad taste in my mouth. but i will keep going to random restaurants because i am culturally sensitive like that.
until next time, have a super saturday and a wonderful weekend.