{"id":13550,"date":"2019-05-14T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=13550"},"modified":"2019-05-01T12:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:12:50","slug":"dukem-ethiopian-restaurant-in-baltimore-maryland-offers-veggie-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/14\/dukem-ethiopian-restaurant-in-baltimore-maryland-offers-veggie-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland Offers Veggie Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\nLocated in Baltimore, MD, Dukem offers an eclectic menu that reflects authentic\nEthiopian meals. I and my fellow VRG interns, Emma and Emily all tried Ethiopian\nfood for the first time, together. If you can, I suggest going with friends or\nfamily when eating Ethiopian food. The portions are more than enough to share\nwith one or two people. For appetizers, Emma, ordered the vegetable sambusa, a\nlentil pastry. Although, the order only includes two sambusas, they were huge.\nIt is enough for a party of three or four to share, unless you are very hungry.\n

\nFor our entrees, we ordered the special Dukem veggie combo (3), which includes\nseven items: spicy split lentils, yellow peas, greens, cabbage, shiro, salad, and\nchickpeas in spicy sauce. All of the veggie platters are similar. The only\ndifference is the addition of certain vegetable options. For the most part, the\nitems on the platter consisted of various baked vegetables and vegetable dips,\nsuch as the spicy split lentil. If you are not a fan of spicy food, do not\nfret. Most of the items we ate were not spicy, but one or two of the dishes\nwere. While most of the ingredients are self-explanatory, in case you are\ncurious, shiro is an essential ingredient in Ethiopian food. It is a stew made\nfrom chickpeas or broad bean meal.

\nFor those who have never eaten Ethiopian food (like myself before this\nexperience), it is advised to eat with your hands. You can ask for silverware,\nbut it may appear as if you are unwilling to try another culture\u2019s way of\neating, plus it is a fun and interactive way to ingest your food. The ambiance\nof Dukhem also reflects Ethiopian culture. The music videos playing were\nEthiopian pop music, which reminded me of Bollywood styled music and dance.

\nNot only was the food and entertainment wonderful, the servers were also very\nfriendly and informative! When ordering, the three of us explained that, as a\ncollective, we are vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free\u2014a typical server\u2019s worst\nnightmare. Immediately, our server pointed out to us what vegan options they\noffered and told Emily that they could make a gluten-free injera, which is a\nsoft pancake-style bread. Score! The injera is placed under the entire\nvegetable platter, so if you are gluten-free, be sure to only eat the dips and\nnot the injera underneath; or you could always request to have the platter\u2019s\ninjera be gluten-free as well.

\nOverall, our time at Dukem was a great experience. I highly recommend exploring\ncuisine outside of your comfort zone. It is a great way to learn and experience\nother cultures, and who knows, it may just become your favorite meal! For me,\nthe injera and spicy split lentils were too good to not have again. Since our\ntime at Dukem, I have had Ethiopian food three more times and plan on including\nEthiopian food into my meal preps.

\nIf you would like to check out what Dukem has to offer, you can visit their\nwebsite at: http:\/\/dukemrestaurant.com\/content\/menu<\/a>

\nFor information about other veggie restaurants in the USA and Canada, see https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Taylor Gale Located in Baltimore, MD, Dukem offers an eclectic menu that reflects authentic Ethiopian meals. I and my fellow VRG interns, Emma and Emily all tried Ethiopian food for the first time, together. If you can, I suggest going with friends or family when eating Ethiopian food. The portions are more than enough […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13552,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550\/revisions\/13552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}