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There actually were a couple of "African market" listings with Somali food. I chose the one most nearly along my route home, that said "truckers welcome" although I'm not a trucker as such. One the way there, I turned into the wrong parking lot, that had this building:

 

 

The building to the left of the Asian market is a Burmese restaurant; I also passed a Thai restaurant or two, and maybe a Vietnamese restaurant. But no, I was set on Somali food. I pressed on, and found the place in question.

 

 

Err... yes, really. I half expected the door to be locked but it wasn't. I went inside.

 

 

 

Nobody there but the proprietress, who at first thought I was asking for a "restroom" instead of the "restaurant". I thought about walking back out, but decided to take a chance on the place. They offered goat and rice. I don't get many chances at that.

 

I'm glad I did. She packaged it up, complete with salad and utensils and a banana (tomorrow's breakfast!) and sent me on my way, $20 later.

 

 

Inside, there was a gracious plenty of rice, goat, and a "salad" that will serve to augment other salads.

 

 

It's a lot of food. The salad has a very sharp onion that will benefit from a good vinegar soak, but I have no other complaints. The rice is fluffy and delicious, and seasoned with something I can't quite identify: garam masala, perhaps? I'm not sure what the lime is for but I tried it on everything. The goat is very moist and tender, and seasoned similarly to the rice. It's advertised as "goat" rather than "kid goat" (or "cabrito" in this area) but it has nothing of the gaminess I've been told to expect. Maybe it's kid.

 

 

There's a lot. I'll be making more than one dinner from it all. And yes, with all these groceries I already had, and those I bought today, I could have been cooking. But when will I have another opportunity at Somali food?

 

Edited to add: I forgot to mention the red stuff in the little plastic condiment container. it's a nice, spicy, pepperish sauce, most reminiscent of peri-peri. I didn't think it necessary on anything I tried, but it didn't detract either. I'll use it on something.

There actually were a couple of "African market" listings with Somali food. I chose the one most nearly along my route home, that said "truckers welcome" although I'm not a trucker as such. One the way there, I turned into the wrong parking lot with this building:

 

 

The building to the left of the Asian market is a Burmese restaurant; I also passed a Thai restaurant or two, and maybe a Vietnamese restaurant. But no, I was set on Somali food. I pressed on, and found the place in question.

 

 

Err... yes, really. I half expected the door to be locked but it wasn't. I went inside.

 

 

 

Nobody there but the proprietress, who at first thought I was asking for a "restroom" instead of the "restaurant". I thought about walking back out, but decided to take a chance on the place. They offered goat and rice. I don't get many chances at that.

 

I'm glad I did. She packaged it up, complete with salad and utensils and a banana (tomorrow's breakfast!) and sent me on my way, $20 later.

 

 

Inside, there was a gracious plenty of rice, goat, and a "salad" that will serve to augment other salads.

 

 

It's a lot of food. The salad has a very sharp onion that will benefit from a good vinegar soak, but I have no other complaints. The rice is fluffy and delicious, and seasoned with something I can't quite identify: garam masala, perhaps? I'm not sure what the lime is for but I tried it on everything. The goat is very moist and tender, and seasoned similarly to the rice. It's advertised as "goat" rather than "kid goat" (or "cabrito" in this area) but it has nothing of the gaminess I've been told to expect. Maybe it's kid.

 

 

There's a lot. I'll be making more than one dinner from it all. And yes, with all these groceries I already had, and those I bought today, I could have been cooking. But when will I have another opportunity at Somali food?

 

Edited to add: I forgot to mention the red stuff in the little plastic condiment container. it's a nice, spicy, pepperish sauce, most reminiscent of peri-peri. I didn't think it necessary on anything I tried, but it didn't detract either. I'll use it on something.

There actually were a couple of "African market" listings with Somali food. I chose the one most nearly along my route home, that said "truckers welcome" although I'm not a trucker as such. One the way there, I turned into the wrong parking lot and this building:

 

 

The building to the left of the Asian market is a Burmese restaurant; I also passed a Thai restaurant or two, and maybe a Vietnamese restaurant. But no, I was set on Somali food. I pressed on, and found the place in question.

 

 

Err... yes, really. I half expected the door to be locked but it wasn't. I went inside.

 

 

 

Nobody there but the proprietress, who at first thought I was asking for a "restroom" instead of the "restaurant". I thought about walking back out, but decided to take a chance on the place. They offered goat and rice. I don't get many chances at that.

 

I'm glad I did. She packaged it up, complete with salad and utensils and a banana (tomorrow's breakfast!) and sent me on my way, $20 later.

 

 

Inside, there was a gracious plenty of rice, goat, and a "salad" that will serve to augment other salads.

 

 

It's a lot of food. The salad has a very sharp onion that will benefit from a good vinegar soak, but I have no other complaints. The rice is fluffy and delicious, and seasoned with something I can't quite identify: garam masala, perhaps? I'm not sure what the lime is for but I tried it on everything. The goat is very moist and tender, and seasoned similarly to the rice. It's advertised as "goat" rather than "kid goat" (or "cabrito" in this area) but it has nothing of the gaminess I've been told to expect. Maybe it's kid.

 

 

There's a lot. I'll be making more than one dinner from it all. And yes, with all these groceries I already had, and those I bought today, I could have been cooking. But when will I have another opportunity at Somali food?

 

Edited to add: I forgot to mention the red stuff in the little plastic condiment container. it's a nice, spicy, pepperish sauce, most reminiscent of peri-peri. I didn't think it necessary on anything I tried, but it didn't detract either. I'll use it on something.