Urban Junkies - Get your daily fix
London Subscribe for free and get your daily fix
Quality Cooking
Hot food

Forget about the Polo jokes. Don't even think about the ones with the dogs. And please, no phone boxes or shower cubicles.

Ethiopia might not be at the top of the table when it comes to the world grid of national lifestyle PR, but its cuisine is totally now.

Because anyone tired of the tried and tasted haute cuisine palate can check all their food vogue dietary boxes at Tobia.

For starters Ethiopian is very, very light. It's almost all nutritious and virtually fat free. Everything is shared and tapas style: you order a number of plates and then the waitress brings out a ginormous pancake called an injera, upon which you make your own. It's gluten-free and absolutely delicious, there's even Ethiopian sushi, too. For further dietary sensitivities, Wednesdays and Fridays serve predominantly vegan food.

The only slight obstacle is the décor - in not modernising their gastronomy, the Abyssinian crew stay right on target, however the über patterned rugs and peach blossom walls will have to be sympathetically overlooked.

Tobia
1st Floor, 2a Lithos Road, NW3 6EF.
020 7431 4213
Appetizers from £2.50, main courses from £6

by VG
Send this feature to a friend
Go to the previous day's feature
Go to the next day's feature
(c) 2006 Urban Junkies. All rights reserved.