Addis Abeba

Incense floats from this modest African restaurant, a sensory hint of the treats on offer. Inside, wife-and-husband owners Bitsat Seyoum and Tesfaye Gebrehana champion their home-country cuisine and will enthusiastically talk you through the menu if needed. For starters, vegetable sambusa, a spiced lentil pastie, is tasty. For mains, try the combination plate of meat and vegetable dishes, perfect for sharing. The kifto (minced rare beef with chilli), miser wet (berbere-spiced red lentils) and lamb tibs (lamb in a tomato and onion sauce) come out on tangy injera - simply tear off a piece and scoop up some stew for a perfect mouthful.