(May 09, 2011, Reading)- There's no such thing as a free lunch – but an upcoming charity lunch is an event money can’t buy.
Five diverse Reading restaurants will each serve up a taster course of their food to guests at the Hilton on Kennet Island on Wednesday, June 1, to kick off Eat Reading Live.
Michelin-starred l’ortolan in Shinfield, Mya Lacarte in Caversham, LSQ2 in The Oracle, Tutu’s Ethiopian Kitchen at the Global café and the Hilton Reading will all get together in the Hilton’s kitchens to turn out a diverse menu for the lunch.
Local producers will be celebrated, too, because most of the ingredients will be sourced from within a few miles of the Hilton.
Over the next few weeks we will talk to the chefs cooking each course, give you their recipe – and we’ll also give you a voucher so you can taste their course free!
This week it’s the turn of Tutu Melaku, who runs Tutu’s Ethiopian Kitchen in London Road.
Can you tell us a bit about your background? I grew up in Ethiopia, in the capital city Addis Ababa, and came to the UK in 1992.
I worked in the voluntary sector in my early days in Reading and had my first taste of the catering industry in Michel’s Brasserie in Reading in the mid-1990s.
I think this encouraged me to start my own business, so I started one from home, catering for people’s private parties and work functions, specialising in Ethiopian cuisine.
I have found the people of Reading, with its multi-cultural mix, to be very accepting of the differences of Ethiopian cuisine. The fact Reading is such a hub for visitors to its shopping centre has also made it attractive for my type of restaurant. Read more..
Source: getwokingham..
Five diverse Reading restaurants will each serve up a taster course of their food to guests at the Hilton on Kennet Island on Wednesday, June 1, to kick off Eat Reading Live.
Michelin-starred l’ortolan in Shinfield, Mya Lacarte in Caversham, LSQ2 in The Oracle, Tutu’s Ethiopian Kitchen at the Global café and the Hilton Reading will all get together in the Hilton’s kitchens to turn out a diverse menu for the lunch.
Local producers will be celebrated, too, because most of the ingredients will be sourced from within a few miles of the Hilton.
Over the next few weeks we will talk to the chefs cooking each course, give you their recipe – and we’ll also give you a voucher so you can taste their course free!
This week it’s the turn of Tutu Melaku, who runs Tutu’s Ethiopian Kitchen in London Road.
Can you tell us a bit about your background? I grew up in Ethiopia, in the capital city Addis Ababa, and came to the UK in 1992.
I worked in the voluntary sector in my early days in Reading and had my first taste of the catering industry in Michel’s Brasserie in Reading in the mid-1990s.
I think this encouraged me to start my own business, so I started one from home, catering for people’s private parties and work functions, specialising in Ethiopian cuisine.
I have found the people of Reading, with its multi-cultural mix, to be very accepting of the differences of Ethiopian cuisine. The fact Reading is such a hub for visitors to its shopping centre has also made it attractive for my type of restaurant. Read more..
Source: getwokingham..
3 comments:
Tutu well done! good job! you makes me salivate and feel me starved, i gotta eat some, this time not mine food, far from home, poor me... damn ethio foods, best in the universe.
can anyone here recommend me somthing spicy, im kinda new to ethiopian food. thanks
Thanks Tutu for shareing us. Sounds very tasty. How long will this keep in the refrigerator? I am also looking for other Ethiopian recipes like Doro Wot, shiro and Ethiopian style bread..
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