Merkato Ethiopian Café (855 E. Twain Ave., 796-1231) Walk into Merkato Ethiopian Café, and you can smell the authenticity. You can see it, too, in the crowd of Ethiopian immigrants that fills the restaurant’s tables, but what you really need to do is taste it. Order up one of the combo platters or create your own, mixing and matching richly flavored stews of beef, lamb and vegetables served on a traditional sourdough crepe called injera. To enjoy the silverware-free meal, just rip off a piece of crepe, scoop up something delicious and devour, repeating until your platter is empty or your belly is full.

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