Global Cafe lunchbox. $10 lunch review

more useful to seek and out and praise the good.

johnboy said :

Mysteryman said :

I’m still waiting to see you try something for under $10 and report that it was crap.

And I keep answering, why would I eat a crap lunch?

In the interests of research? Providing a service to the rest of us? Taking one for the team?

Mysteryman said :

I’m still waiting to see you try something for under $10 and report that it was crap.

And I keep answering, why would I eat a crap lunch?

I’m still waiting to see you try something for under $10 and report that it was crap.

troll-sniffer said :

Keijidosha said :

I’m a bit gunshy about Ethiopian cuisine after average experiences at two other Canberra restaurants. Might give this one a wide berth.

Why? Seems a pointless attitude. There’s nothing to indicate this place would have any unwanted effects on you. Still, each to their own. You might be the type who won’t allow sunlight to fall upon any part of your skin because you believe the latest crop of skin cancer ads, if so there’s a cotton wool factory somewhere waiting for your business. 🙂

Who said anything about “unwanted effects”. My average experiences pertained to the flavours, which after trying two seperate restaurants I still did not find appealing. I’m pretty open minded about food, but Ethiopian hit well wide of setting my tastebuds alight.

Thanks for the free psychoanalysis though, you’ve saved me a trip to the therapist.

Davo111 said :

I second this – the food was very nice. Not sure if it was under $10 though?

It most definitely was under $10 for a fancy sandwich.

Mickle said :

Another under $10 suggestion for you – the Blue Olive on Alinga St (next to PJ O’Malleys).

I second this – the food was very nice. Not sure if it was under $10 though?

johnboy said :

and those who’re still making jokes based on a 30 year gone famine.

*opens mouth to speak* … errr nevermind 😛

That sounds pretty good – I didn’t realise there was a new place open on Northbourne. Will have to try it out.

Another under $10 suggestion for you – the Blue Olive on Alinga St (next to PJ O’Malleys). Huge menu for sandwiches, a big choice of bread, and delicious to boot. Not too sure they do takeaway, but I have eaten in and enjoyed some nice sandwiches there.

Global Cafe is great! It’s run by a lovely young Ethiopian woman, and I started going there after buying her food at the Multicultural festival a couple of years ago – I think that was soon after she opened and I thought the food so good that I made a point of finding the cafe. I have never been there at lunchtime since I don’t work in Civic, but it’s on my circuit of regular Friday night dinner places. It is usually open till around 8pm on Fridays. You can get individual dishes with injera or rice, or a meat/vegetarian platter, where you get some of all the dishes arranged on a large piece of injera (as Evan James described in #5), with some extra injera on the side. This is my favourite Ethiopian restaurant in Canberra. Food preparation tends to take a while on Friday nights, so we just don’t go there when we’re in a hurry.

bigfeet: yes, the injera is really good.

johnboy said :

Yep it was lemony

Sounds good. Another one to add to the lunchtime repertoire.

Loving the “$10 Lunch” series. Sounds as if you are too!

Are they still doing the $7 lunch at the Magpies City Club? They used to do quite a decent Lambs Fry and Bacon. Although having to become a member might push it over the budget.

bigfeet said :

JB. Did the injera have that acidic vinegary taste that it is supposed to? I had some recently that lacked that aspect and it was disappointing.

Yep it was lemony

Keijidosha said :

I’m a bit gunshy about Ethiopian cuisine after average experiences at two other Canberra restaurants. Might give this one a wide berth.

Why? Seems a pointless attitude. There’s nothing to indicate this place would have any unwanted effects on you. Still, each to their own. You might be the type who won’t allow sunlight to fall upon any part of your skin because you believe the latest crop of skin cancer ads, if so there’s a cotton wool factory somewhere waiting for your business. 🙂

JB. Did the injera have that acidic vinegary taste that it is supposed to? I had some recently that lacked that aspect and it was disappointing.

I’m a bit gunshy about Ethiopian cuisine after average experiences at two other Canberra restaurants. Might give this one a wide berth.

There was a very good episode of that Maeve O’Mara food show on SBS a while back, where they went through Ethiopian and region food, and that Injera was very interesting. It’s often used as the plate the food is served on, and then you eat the food by tearing off bits of the plate to grab it with, and you eat the lot.

Nut allergics need to be very careful of food from this region though, as Groundnut (peanut) is the staple thickener in many foods.

It’s not an advertising photo, it’s a photo of my lunch.

Once you get to know Injera you’ll think that photo looks like delicious!

The photo looks scary, but I will take you word for it and give it ago

I am sure it is good but if I was them I wouldn’t use that photo for advertising purposes. Looks like they dropped the table swab in the pot.

A vegetable and beef what?