aster's ethiopian cuisine

28?? n-ih-35 just north of dean keeton on the southbound frontage road, austin, tx, usa.

visited this place last friday night with a friend from work and his gf. both carnie- and veggie- food that one can easily fill oneself up on with n-1 dishes (1 dish for 2, 2 for 3, &c).

just reopened after a ten-year hiatus where the owner's husband's job took them out to virginia. we're glad they've returned, though we would have preferred they'd opened back in their old digs up on rundberg and parkfield around the corner from our house. as one of the more diverse neighborhoods in austin, it'd be nice to beef (or lamb) up our cultural cache with the caucasian majority with their presence up north, but oh well. closer to campus is better for their business i'm sure.

update: returned last week and sampled a few of their meat dishes, along with a few veg. very much prefer the veg dishes. eating greasy meat with my hands is not so much fun, especially sinec i splattered a drop on my new shirt. waaaaa...

but go, you'll be happy w/the veg!