Nile Ethiopian Restaurant | Vegan & non-vegan food review | Let's Eat Local | Orlando, FL

hello everybody princess and the bear here 
we’re back with another local eats video  
black-owned restaurant and vegan very gluten-free 
yes friendly and i’ve been craving ethiopian food  
so uh we’re going to meet the open food you guys 
have seen opium food before so we’re excited to  
find a place in orlando that we can do that yes so 
we’re gonna head inside and uh roll up some bread  
you should have a magical time you heard the girl
quick little trip to nile ethiopian 
now we have all these goodies to unwrap  
yes all the unboxings so where we start i guess we 
got trucks yes so we couldn’t get ethiopian food  
and not get ethiopian beer so we 
got three different kinds of beer
wait
all the meat all the disgusting bear
meats this is my sides to my platter  
watts and collard greens and split 
peas and lentils this is the appetizers
so it’s an appetizer sampler
more more bread princess loves it 
so she’s not gonna fight over it
and lastly is the veggie dish it looks just 
like bear sides now normally and when we’re  
not in the middle of a pan uh we’re not in the 
middle of a padme amadala you’d normally have  
like a gigantic plate with like the bread on 
top and then like the the different fictions  
like on the bread and you eat it with your hands 
but this is take out so rolls will have to do
you

know us drinks first
our little aluminum falcon bottle opener and
it actually feels like aluminum probably should
be a lot heavier princess which one should we
do first um let’s start with the small bottle
small bottle it is we have the
squiggly line sword meta beer
pride of ethiopia drink responsibly
21 plus 21 plus we drink responsibly
what about bending this poor thing sample cups
your hand model would you like to pour sure
just a small um sample amount so we can
claim uh the beer that we like the best
taking your guesses you know which one the
princess is gonna like i have
no idea what i’m gonna like
cheers cheers
got some body to it a little heavier not too
heavy again it’s heavy but not bud light light
it’s like the perfect balance of heavy and light
it’s definitely a lager it’s a very good beer
i would give that three and a
half out of five claws i could uh
definitely throw back a few of
these this one seems chuggable
this is probably blasphemous to the epcot
stands but let’s get rid of morocco and
have ethiopia instead i would definitely be all
in for that or just add this to the africa stand
africa needs something let’s not talk
about the african it still hurts my heart
time for the second beer we have
st george beer premium lager
4.7 a little bit weaker than the first one
since 1922 it’s a little ethiopian like
silhouette of the country on top oh and
it’s fizzing everywhere uh-oh make it a mess
typical boy fashion save us
from the fizz oh no i’m spilling
all over me i’m sorry oh
goodness i spilled on both of us
it happens you open a couple beers you’re
gonna make a little bit of mess it’s true
maybe it’s just the beer
because it’s like still dripping
probably just because it fits over the top
all right
cheers
oh this is way more lovely i think this reminds
me of like a half of ice and it’s very bready
it’s it’s a lot more bright to me i think like
that i feel like that’s the winning beer so
far maybe ethiopian beer is our new thing give
that one four out of five o’clock i think this
is a regular by far premium absolutely you’ve
earned your premium name i’ll give you that
here we have our last beer the
dark beer adonis tef beer amber ale
medius beer company mecus yes sounds
dangerously close to negan 5.4
this is the strongest of them no and even though
it this one says an ethiopian beer as well it is
brewed and bottled in virginia oh okay okay i
like that the logo of the lion with the crown
on it that’s pretty cool looking yeah it’s
got like a whole story on the back this one’s
kind of routef it’s an ancient grain grown in
ethiopia and aretha routinely used to make injera
that’s a lot it’s a whole story like
legitimate nice it’s supposed to
represent africa’s culture which is what we’re
doing this month tell us in the comments section
if you’d like us to post a photo of that
story in our community tab or something
what is he doing on here well he
looks to be bailing some sort of grain
i guess that would make sense since it’s a uh
the darker of the three
well we did want a dark beer
we’re putting the prince’s debt perception to the
test i don’t know if i’m doing a very good job
i’m sure the community loves it i love it cheers
oh it’s like coffee-ish coffee-ish
chocolaty-ish it’s more like a dessert dark beer
interesting not my jam so much because i’m not a
big dark beer person but i could get down on this
i’m gonna give this a three out of five claws it’s
not my favorite i like it but it’s not my favorite
i agree i think that the order should be one two
three and i actually for a change 100 agree with
everything boom boom boom but this is tasty and
we have more well we have more beer but i mean
there’s more for this drink we are going to drink
this beer while we try food yes off for that time
for the appetizers that’s first step the princess
got an appetizer plate sampler sampler for this
so sambusas
they have lentils green peppers
and onions in them i think
if you’re going to fill something make
sure it’s full this is definitely that
back full of flavor filling from edge’s edge
it’s a bit dry on the inside i was trying to
be a little bit more moist but the flavor is
there it’s a three out of five cloves for me
i i agree with you on the moistness i do
taste moistness i think you just gotta
do a couple more bites and then you can really
like dig into it it’s delicious i love lentils
and these lentils are cooked to perfection
they’re not overcooked which is really easy to do
we we uh definitely do a lot of lentils in this
house here we have recipe for um green lentil
dough and we have a recipe for lentil hummus on
our channel because we just love lentil that much
next we have azifa i believe i said it correctly
azifa looks like more lentils lentils onions green
peppers lemon juice and mixed in an ethiopian
mustard yeah i mean mustard but for so normally
i said with ethiopian food you eat it with bread
as your utensils you don’t really use like a fork
you can obviously have forks but traditionally you
just scoop with the bread pop in your mouth just
like you use it as like a little little pita yeah
little tortilla ethiopian style if it’s one thing
the world seem to agree on is that you get bread
and you put things in it that’s right i think
yes that mustard is fire it’s a nice little
kick it’s like a dijon style mushroom so it just
fires up by the nostrils yeah the flavor is punchy
very good i give that a solid four out of five
glass i like that it’s my favorite so far i 100
agree with that it’s definitely tasty so this
is tomato fit fit it has tomatoes green peppers
onions oil and lemon dressing look we believe
we have this last cemetery restaurant looks a
little bit different but i’m still excited for
it i can’t wait until this padme armadale is
over so we can go and sit in an actual eating
rope restaurant and like just enjoy ourselves
this one had a really cool like little vibe
with the hot chicken it was fun it looks fun
there’s a persian salad that is almost identical
to this this is giving me vibes of home i don’t
normally like green peppers but i’m 100 okay with
this the lemon juice is like what makes that for
sure i agree three out of five claws this whole
sampler plate if you’ve never had ethiopian food
start here very much start here absolutely agree
this will get your palate ready for what’s to come
the good stuff are you ready for the
good stuff i’m ready for the good stuff
it’s time for your main the veggie vegetarian
platter which is actually vegan and then my
sides which are the same things at least i don’t
have to share my food with you this time this time
so we have our collards with onions we have the
cabbage with garlic and onions we have red lentils
with garlic and onions and then yellow split peas
and then the red lentils and then yellow split
peas so it looks delicious it smells delicious
smells amazing it smells like morocco soon to
be ethiopia should smell not gonna happen all
right i am putting it in the universe i’m gonna
make that happen get rid of the africa outpost
make that grease get rid of morocco make
ethiopia back to this it’s all the same
content it works where would you like to start
uh let’s start with the collards oh right
right in here i wonder if this is where
soul food love of coloring comes from maybe
oh wow all that a little tang to it a little
spice just good in the mouth the bread mmm i’m
not usually one for collard greens but these are
cooked to perfection yes this might get you more
on collard greens i agree i might actually
want them more often it’s a four out of five
claws that’s just slightly less better than
grandma used to make whoa cabbage next cabbages
i got carrot with my cabbage pink
it’s such a far cry from like traditional
like cabbages like usually very vinegary
and then it’s a lot more savory this is
something i don’t like this i would love
to learn how to cook cabbage like this i would
use that on a regular by far i give that three
and a half out of five cloves not as good as the
collards but still pretty good the lentils next
these ones right yes okay all right let me roll
some more of the bread here trust me if you order
ethiopian food get extra bread get extra bread you
will thank us later all right time for red lentils
oh yes nice deep earthy it’s almost like a
red little paste it’s seasoned to perfection
it’s like if red lentils were m
m’s like you melt in your mouth
solid four out of five claws for me but definitely
got some like garam masala or something in there
that’s giving it like a nice like earthy somewhat
curry taste but not it’s so good this is better
than any like red lentil soup that you could
get anywhere so far like this is better than
the elephant food we had in north florida agreed
100 as for these split peas it’s the last one yes
bear doesn’t like peas so i’m curious
to know how much he likes this think
oh my gosh let’s split pea mashed potatoes
almost like match split peas tell me it tastes
like cabbage like it has that cabbage like is it
smoky fiery yeah smokey so good but in a very good
way i could easily just eat this for green that’d
be fun i don’t even i’m not even curious yet how
my meat tastes because the sides are so good and
if you’re plant-based this is your main and this
is this is excellent this is so good if you’ve
never eaten eaten easy open food and you go back
and watch our first video you see how surprised we
were we definitely think if your plant-based it’s
something you should try or if you’re gluten-free
it’s absolutely gluten-free friendly yes
so i got the chef’s platter we have four meats in
the chef’s special we have the chicken door wat
the beef ali cha the dory cha and the beef
tibs and of course if i’m mispronouncing the
butchness if i have any if we have any ethiopian
princess and bear fans in the community ball means
correct us but this looks absolutely amazing
i think i’m going to work my way back around
starting with the beef tips i’m going to roll you
some bread you have these beef tips extra lean
beef cubes marinated in green peppers onions i see
some tomato in here the onions look trans super
translucent i’m gonna try to avoid some of that
get some of this juice here at the bottom oh it
feels nice and roasted a little bit of everything
i’m even going to give the peppers a chance
a little bit of um to it pick up three
that’s in the very front of the mouth
i’d say it reminds me of beef kebabs honestly
nice heavy flavor smoky a little bit kick
that three out of five claws so this beef
ali cha braise it’s a turmeric in here why
because it will stain your fingers but it looks
absolutely beautiful a nice big help in there
if it was to compare to anything
or compare it to like a pot roast
sort of consistency like just falls apart in your
mouth we had slavery slow cooked sort of feeling
three and a half out of five claws so
we have the chicken alley chaw here
with more turmeric braised looks like
it’s shredded it’s full of the spice
it’s about far my favorite i give that four and
a half out of five claws it looks like it’s in
like grease that’s literally just the seasonings
that it’s cooked in and it’s just like sitting
in there continually soaking it up it’s like
when you pinch it the bread gets all of it
you’re just gonna super dose in your mouth love
ethiopian food so i got it mixed up so this is the
chicken dora what and then this is the beef olive
chocolate beef olive child’s last one we have left
also with a ton of house spices my fingers
are going to be red probably for days
but it’s worth it this is probably my least
favorite of the bunch but still packed flavor
i give that a three out of five claws my favorite
is probably gonna go with the beef tips honestly i
like the way that tastes everything on here is
good the beef tips are definitely my favorite
i would say like again if you don’t know
what you want getting this is like a
sort of taste everything is the way to
go definitely gets the bare stamp of
approval well that’s been our second
go at ethiopian food our first here
in good old orlando uh i definitely like
love ethiopian food and we will continue
to try fish any other ethiopian places that
you think are better than nile and so far
this is our favorite uh we definitely want to
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