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Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
A little of
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Fetle and Seifu Lessanenwork
POTPOURRI
The constant search for rare
ethnic dining holds a place of
much interest in the hearts of
many people.
There have been discover-
ies of numerous ethnic foods
restaurants that might have
made regulars out of perhaps
originally only curiosity seek-
ers … Many probably tried but
failed to properly highlight the
many delights that numerous
ethnic cuisines present if not
the proper way of that cul-
ture … Such as former missed
places like Everest Express
or Kathmandu Chullo in
Farmington … Few know why
they never made it big, unless
people just weren’t ready for
them … Or it could have been
the food being served on little
granite floor tables or plush
floor pillows … Both so-called
“eating off the floor” … This
way of eating is pretty much the
standard in many Nepali homes
although tables and chairs are
also being used.
Pradhip “Rocky” Poudel,
owner of Everest Express and
Kathmandu Chullo, thought
about having a restaurant like
back home and achieving this
dream … “Rocky” also wanted
a farm to grow organic produce
and herbs … At his restaurants,
he never used preservatives or
chemicals … And nothing was
from cans or deep-fried.
Word is that “Rocky” may be
N OT T I N G H I L L
of W EST B LOOMFIELD
back …. Many are hoping this
is true.
RETURNING FROM HIS
homeland trip to Ethiopia,
Seifu Lessanenwork, owner
with wife, Fetle, of the Blue Nile
on West 9 Mile, Ferndale, is
back with authentic recipes of
dishes he served when butler to
the King of Ethiopia years ago
… He and Fetle have sold their
Ann Arbor Blue Nile and are
now concentrating solely on
their fine Ferndale restaurant.
THE FIRST RESTAURANT
that Matt Prentice is planning
to open when he returns to the
local communal restaurant and
catering scenes may be named
“Mom’s” in tribute to his mother,
Margaret Prentice. “It will be a
casual venue with a focus on
fabulous food,” Matt says. “And
it will feature her pastry recipes
and some of the dishes I grew
up on. It will also feature the
recipes that I have prepared for
her over the years,” says Matt …
Who can ever forget Margaret’s
great coffee cake?
THEY ARE BOTH gour-
met Cantonese restaurants,
Shangri-La in the Orchard
Mall, Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield and on Cass, Detroit
… And also serve Dungeness
crab and a fabulous Lobster
Cantonese … No chow mein or
chop suey.
RETURNING TO THE din-
ing scene again may be Gary
Tringale … His former Joey’s
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on Jefferson and New York Deli
were dining goodies.
FOLKS STILL ASK why
places like Healthy Jones,
Northwestern Hwy., Southfield,
or Mei Ling, Haggerty, West
Bloomfield, were not opened
again in larger numbers …
Healthy Jones was owned and
operated by Joan Wittenberg
and husband, Dr. Don
Wittenberg, serving wonder-
ful gourmet natural foods with
a menu that complemented
the multitude of beverages,
hot dishes, juices, teas, etc. …
The “bartender” concocted
mixtures made with a bevy of
things and garnished with fresh
mint leaves … Mei Ling vegetar-
ian restaurant, owned by body
builders Tom and Megan Lin,
had hard-to-believe vegetar-
ian “meat” dishes made from
soy protein and wheat gluten,
with tasty delights like sesame
chicken, “Peking Duck,” steak
burgers, etc., in an amazing
area of good tasting “meat”
dishes that many thought were
the real thing … made with the
many tastes of tofu.
CHANGING HANDS DEPT.
… Siegel’s Deli, Commerce
Township, has new owners …
Same style menu but different
and less experienced hands in
the kitchen.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … A
mobile phone on a bench at the
golf club starts to ring. Sidney
picks it up and says, “Hello.”
At the other end, a woman
says, “Hello, honey. I’m at the
shopping center and just found
a beautiful leather coat. It’s
$1,200 dollars. Can I buy it?”
“OK,” says Sidney, “go ahead if
you like it so much.”
“I also stopped by the
Mercedes dealership and saw
the 2018 model that I really
liked.”
“How much was it?” asked
Sidney.
“$150,000,” she replied.
“For that price,” says Sidney,
“I want it with all the options.”
“Oh, yes,” she says, “Just one
more thing. That house we
wanted last year is back on the
market. They’re only asking $3
million for it now.”
“Go ahead and buy it,” he
says, “but don’t offer more than
$2.5 million.”
“OK,” she says. “I’ll see you
later. I love you.”
“Bye, I love you, too,” says
Sidney and then hangs up.
The other men in the locker
room who heard the conversa-
tion are looking at Sidney in
astonishment. Then Sidney
shouts out loud, “Does anyone
know who this mobile phone
belongs to?”
CONGRATS … To Storm
Kirschenbaum on his birthday
… To Ellen Gruskin on her
birthday. •
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