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Article: Eritrean Siblings Serve Strangely Named Fare.(Arts&Entertainment)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2000
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Byline: Moira Hodgson
"Why is this dish called chicken chicken curry?" asked my companion, squinting at the menu.
"It's big," replied the waiter.
"So if it were even bigger, would it be called chicken chicken chicken curry?"
"Yes."
CaffeAdulis, named for a lost African city, is an eccentric and oddly endearing restaurant that has just opened near Gramercy Park, in the premises that used to be Cafe Beulah. It is owned by three Eritrean brothers who since 1992 have had a place with the same strangely spelled name in New Haven, Conn. Sahle Ghebreyesus mans the front of the house in their new establishment while his brother ...