A Little Smoke with our Coffee?

This last Saturday night a group of dear friends came together to help us celebrate our little guy's first birthday at Kokeb restaurant in Seattle. Believe it or not, this was our first experience with Ethiopian food . . . I know, amazing, huh? I took the brand new Flip video camera Kyle just bought me with the intention of posting a cute little video of our evening. Well, that's not going to happen . . . let's just say the videographer (that would be ME) needs a little practice on her new toy before she shares!! That said, however, Kyle took a few still photos that came out just lovely. He's good like that.

ANYWAY . . . we had a wonderful meal (photo below) . . . we ordered both a veggie combo plate and a meat combo plate. Both were fabulous (I can speak for the veggie side, and am taking the word of others on the meat side!!).

Following dinner, we were treated to a coffee ceremony. They first brought out a small pan with the roasting beans in it so we could savor the aroma. Then after lighting something fragrant in a small dish (we couldn't figure out what it was -- although it smelled wonderful), they served some wonderful coffee which we thoroughly enjoyed.

It was a great evening and a place we'll go back to many times. The ladies there all made us promise to bring our son with us the next time we visit. A promise we look forward to!

A thank you to our friends for making the evening so much fun!