Half Day Addis Ababa Food Tour

Tour description

Day Trip – Addis Ababa Food Tour is a 6-hour tour of Addis Ababa visitors will have a deeper insight into the history and culture of Ethiopians through shopping for foodstuff at local markets, participating in food preparation sessions, and tasting varieties of delicious Ethiopian meals. This driving and walking food tour of Addis will enable visitors to see and feel how life goes at Merkato – the largest open-air market in the continent; learn from a native cook how to bake Ethiopia’s National food called Injera (Enjera), and eat with your fingers at one of the typical traditional restaurants of the city. After lunch, visitors will also attend a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. It is a perfect moment to learn how Ethiopians’ social and economical life is closely tied to coffee and see how Coffee, born originally in Ethiopia, is entertained in the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. Join this unique, personalized, and authentic tour of Addis to see the rich Ethiopian cuisine!

Contrary to many people’s expectations, Ethiopia offers a wide variety of delicious meals. During this five hours of a food tour of Addis, we first set out for Merkato which is the largest outdoor market in entire Africa. We start by visiting the Vegetable Section of the market and buying important ingredients for our food preparation session later. The next stop in the market would be the interesting Spice Market where pick our necessary and unique spices up. Walk for about ten minutes farther to a unique market where we will visit the market which supplies ingredients to prepare bread called Kocho or Qocho which is prepared from the root and stalk of Enset or False Banana Tree. Kocho is prepared from the smashed root of Enset after it is buried for at least three months in the ground and fermented. The final part of the market will be visiting the dairy products section of it. One of the most common ingredients added to many Ethiopian meals is “Nitre Kibe”, a clarified butter infused with ginger, garlic, and several species. Then drive to a local family where you will be a guided preparation of a typical Ethiopian meal – Injera. It is made from a grain known as “teff”, which is ground into flour, mixed with water and yeast for slight fermentation, and baked on a big round pan after the dough is kept at least for three days. Teff is a gluten-free grain that is more fiber-rich and nutritious than any other grain containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, iron, and calcium. With the local family, you will try to bake injera as locals do, and taste what you’re made. We now head to one of the best traditional Ethiopian restaurants in Addis where you will taste varieties of yummy Ethiopian meals from the different parts of the country. Next is attending a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony where you will see the whole process of washing the beans, roasting them on the iron pan, pounding by hand, boiling, and how it is served in three turns of cups of coffee. In the Ethiopian culture, it is customary to put fresh-cut grass on the ground, burn frankincense for its great smell, and let guests smell the smoke of the roasted coffee which is regarded as a sign of their being a welcoming host. Coffee is Ethiopia’s biggest export and it is the gift of Ethiopia to the World as it was originally discovered in the Keffa region of Ethiopia. Finally, along the way back to your hotel, stop at one of the ‘Tej Bets’ of Addis. Tej is a traditionally brewed mead-like drink made from honey. This tour is open for customization to best fit visitors’ interests, tour start times, etc. It is planned to be held for up to six visitors and the price includes a comfortable private Toyota Mini Van, a professional and experienced English-speaking guide, a coffee ceremony attending fee, Tej tasting, and all related government taxes.

What’s included
The tour Price includes the following services:
Comfortable private Toyota Minivan of 6 seat capacity equipped with seat belts and air conditioning
Professional experienced English-speaking tour guide
Local family visiting fee for the food preparation class
Hotel/Airport pick up and drop off
Experienced native cook
Coffee Ceremony attending fee and coffee
Two glasses of Tej per person
And, all related necessary government taxes.