Enkutatash Hotel restaurant

We had dinner our first night in Bahir Dar at the Enkutatash Hotel, which means 'new flower', in the town of Bahir Dar. It is a nice little restaurant frequented by both natives and foreigners, with a bubbly waitress that greeted us with a smile. We tried some Ethiopian dishes with fish--fish gulash, fish lubebe--and cut pieces of meat called tibs for dinner. Bahir Dar is known for its excellent fish dishes since it is located next to Lake Tana. In fact, the literal translation of Bahir Dar is seaside. Also, this is a very popular time to eat fish in Ethiopia since it is during the 55 days of fasting before Easter, and some people consider it allowable to eat fish during this time.
The fish gulash was small shreds of fried fish, breaded and served with a deep reddish-brown, slightly salty sauce. This sauce is also used to soak the tibs meat before it is cooked, cut into bite-sized pieces and dried. The fish lubebe was ground fish mixed with a spicy sauce and served with rice. The meal was good, so we returned there the following day for lunch, and I tried the shiro (with oil), a brown paste made from beans and mixed with oil and green pepper, served with Ethiopian injeera bread.