15% Discount to Rahel Ethiopian Veggie Cuisine

Vegan dining out in Los Angeles is becoming easier and easier with a rash of vegan restaurants opening in recent months. Debuting in January 2005, Rahel Veggie Cuisine is the only all-vegan Ethiopian restaurant in L.A.'s Little Ethiopia, a huddle of Ethiopian restaurants that occupies the one-block area of South Fairfax between Olympic Boulevard and Whitworth Drive.

April 9, 2006
By Gregory Dicum
Frugal Traveler

From Sitcoms to Farm Markets, Charms Abound in Los Angeles. MY wife doesn't like Los Angeles. "The cars," she says, "the smog — it's a wasteland!" In the decade Nina and I have been married, I have never come close to convincing her that the cradle of global popular culture has any redeeming qualities — but it's always fun trying.

More than most cities, serious online legwork is a prerequisite to rooting out L.A.'s charms, but they are multifold: even before we arrived I knew our problem would be time, not money.

Still, I'd been given a budget of $500 for the trip, and the weekend would need to be carefully planned.

...Passing a stretch of Fairfax Avenue known as Little Ethiopia, we spotted Rahel, which claims to be the city's only vegan Ethiopian restaurant. In spite of our incompletely-developed appetites, we sat down to a platter of vegan versions of classic Ethiopian wots, or stews, spread out on teff injera, the sourdough flat bread.

We finished with the traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony, and under the influence of the coffee and incense I could see that Nina was warming to Los Angeles. With a glass of telba (a cool flax smoothie) lunch was $20.

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The menu is an artful expression of vivid colors and appealing design. Since we brought along a pair of friends who share our embrace of Ethiopian cuisine, we ordered the giant Hudade Special Combo that included a sampling of all the dishes on the menu.

The comfortable surroundings offer the diner an intimate, warm, and relaxing experience. The walls are dressed in two-tone beige and sprinkled with paintings and African artwork. A grass hut style roof divides the restaurant from the small spice shop at the rear of the long, narrow room.

Rahel Veggie Cuisine is truly a welcome addition to the growing list of vegetarian restaurants popping up in Los Angeles. And Rahel knows just how to pamper her customers who will find good value, reasonable prices, and scrumptious creations made from scratch.

- vegparadise.com
A Los Angeles Vegetarian Web Magazine