There’s no ethnic community in the world unrepresented in Vancouver, and Somalis and Ethiopians are here in fair numbers. Somalis run small businesses in the Broadway and Fraser Street area and on a short stretch of Commercial Drive north of the new SkyTrain mega-sta¬tion on Broadway. Eateries include the Addis Café (2017 Commer¬cial Drive, East Vancouver, 604-254-1929) and Harambe Ethiopian Cuisine (2149 Commercial Drive, East Vancouver, 604-216-1060). Both prepare a stir-fry called Awaze tibs — beef, lamb, or chicken enlivened with spices and eaten with a flatbread called injera. Inter¬estingly, injera is made with an indigenous Ethiopian grain grown in California to meet North American demand. Both restaurants also serve vegetarian and bean dishes.
Nyala Ethiopian Restaurant, otherwise dubbed “the African hotspot” (2930 West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, 604-731-7899), is a small café with a warm atmosphere and a tapas and entrée menu that runs from boerewors kabobs (skewered sausage) to chickpea flour cakes (“h-a-w-t”) in a spicy sauce. It also offers non-dairy vegetarian options, and take-out.
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