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Ethiopian Feast

Authentic tastes make Blue Nile a 25-year success story.

W

hen a nation has been in exis-
tence for thousands of years,
25 would seem like a tiny
speck in a mound of sand ... But for him,
his successful presentation of its food, no
matter how long, is enough to bring satis-
faction to many.
Seifu Lessanework
is celebrating the 25th
anniversary of his Blue
Nile Ethiopian restau-
rant on West Nine Mile
Road, Ferndale, with
customer confidence
that can only come from
someone highly noted as
Seifu
an authentic exponent of
Lessanework
this interesting culture
... Being a true native,
Seifu, an Ethiopian Jew, has lived with that
ethnicity and knows well its dining likes
and dislikes.
There are few culinary experiences bet-
ter than ethnic dining — and having the
true and original food of that society from
someone who knows it best is a tremen-
dous realization.
Plus its delicious fare, Ethiopian food
is well documented for having so many
healthy selections with satisfying taste ...
and the induction of fresh cooked veg-
etables into much of its preparation.
In the 25 years, Blue Nile, formerly 18
years in Greektown's Trapper's Alley, Detroit,
and the past seven in Ferndale, is estimated
as serving more than a million people ...
Going through about 100,000 pounds of
beef, almost 200,000 pounds of chicken,
close to 100,000 pounds of lamb, etc.
Seifu recently returned from a three-
month tour of Ethiopia where he collected
more authentic recipes to bring back to

their sugar-free ice cream sundae. It's
Woo, son of Gene and Rose
his restaurant here ... like the
fabulous." ... Jerry Light
Woo,
owners
of
the
former
Bozeno Shiro of minced meat
REMEMBERING THE DAYS when
Hoa
Kow
Inn
in
Oak
Park
and
cooked with roasted peas and
he
used to see Jewish National Fund
West
Bloomfield
and
Hoa
Hoa
berbere sauce, collard greens
Blue
Boxes at the homes of his youthful
in
Novi.
with beef and dashes of tur-
friends,
Marvin Yagoda is bent on help-
MAIL
DEPT.
...
"I
find
it
meric and ginger, etc.
ing
bring
back the tradition ... He is now
a
bit
odd
that
after
so
many
Blue Nile is open seven
a
JNF
board
member and any youngster
years
of
dining
in
Detroit's
days a week for dinner only;
coming into his Marvin's Marvelous
finest Jewish delicatessens
Monday-Thursday, 5-10; Friday
Museum on Orchard Lake Road, West
that as of today, there are
and Saturday 4-11; Sunday 3-9.
Danny Raskin
Bloomfield, for a box will also get a bag
far
and
few
Jewish
entrepre-
If you never went out to
Senior Columnist
with six quarters ... To put in as start-
neurial restaurants left in
dinner and felt like you were
ers for their pennies, nickels and dimes,
the Detroit area. I remem-
eating the tablecloth, having
and four more to play whatever game
ber when growing up the majority of
an Ethiopian dining adventure might be
or games they want at the museum ...
ownerships were mostly Jewish from
an experience that you will enjoy ... After
When it is full, they can bring it back to
being seated at a wicker hourglass-shaped the Boesky's, Horenstein's, Lefkofsky's,
Marvin's and get another Blue Box plus
Lieberman's, Flashenberg's, Fredson's,
table, where food is brought on a huge
another bag of six quarters, two for the
Wilson's, Sammy's, Pickle Barrel, Bread
tray, the tablecloth turns out to actually
box and four to play more games.
Basket, plus so many others, which at the
be flat, light, spongy, porous and tasty
GRAND MARSHALL for this year's
moment I don't recall. So why is it that
inerja bread, covered with stews, veg-
W.J. & Lillian Kemler Annual Walk of Ages,
your new present-day restaurant entrepre-
etables, meats and a varied assortment of
Sunday, May 23, at the Eugene and Marcia
neurs are mostly Greek?
Ethiopian favorites ... No utensils ... The
Applebaum Jewish Community Campus,
"If I may, I would also like to call your
food is picked up with the thin inerja and
West Bloomfield, photographer Bob Benyas,
attention to a very exciting moment of a
eaten with yummy gusto.
has taken pictures at the walk since it began
dining experience I had at two new restau-
While in Ethiopia, Seifu added another
eight years ago ... This is number eight by
rants that recently opened in my area. Rrs,
venture to his ambitions ... that of the
Auxiliary for Jewish Senior Life.
a father and son restaurant, formerly Chili's
first modern boat operator of marine
THE 20TH ANNUAL Hank Greenberg
on Northwestern Highway [in Farmington
transportation on Lake Tana, Africa's
Memorial Golf Invitational, Monday, June
Hills], and opening soon next door,
second largest lake ... It will be run by
21, sets another first with the event being
Mykonos Taverna, formerly Macaroni Grill,
a manager ... However, the serving of
a new upscale Greek restaurant by the same held this year at Oakland Hills Country
Ethiopian food has been, and still is, far
Club in Bloomfield Township instead of
owners. The service and menu food selec-
and away Seifu's ultimate favorite doing
Tam-O-Shanter Country Club in West
tions at RJ's were great.
... usually being on hand to continue
Bloomfield.
"Next, another recent opening is the
serving and satisfying customers at his
CONGRATS ... To Rose Kaluzny on
new Ram's Horn, formerly Pars, on
Ferndale Ethiopian Blue Nile restaurant.
her 88th birthday ... To Murray Franklin
Orchard Lake Road [in Farmington
THE FIFTH CHINESE restaurant cur-
on his 70th birthday ... To Donna Moore
Hills], the Greek owner, Max, is an excel-
rently owned by Eric Chan is his recent
on her birthday ... To Joe and Anita
acquisition of House of Ing on 12 Mile and lent host. The interior has a brand-new
Goldberg on their 35th anniversary.
original appearance and very comfort-
Halsted, Farmington Hills ... Chan also
able environment. The selections of
owns Kitty's in Garden City and Golden
Danny's e-mail address is
menu items vary from every ethnic
Chop Stick in Canton, plus two more in
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net .
Muskegon ... Kitty's is managed by Victor variety of foods at reasonable prices. Try

with caviar of 10 —

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- dinners Placed - Mang, Oth, 2010

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