Our very own local street food: injera at Roundhouse Park

You've probably read a bit about those new street carts offering something other than hot dogs (Torontoist, Star, Post). It's Toronto's 'a la cart' program that offers: Thai food at Mel Lastman Square, Afghani (kebabs) at Metro Hall, Persian and Greek at City Hall, kebab wraps at Queen's Park, Korean at Yonge and Eglinton and jerk chicken wraps at Yonge and St. Clair.


Of course, we get one of our very own at Roundhouse Park, which is outside the Steam Whistle building and on the edge of Rogers Centre. It's Eritrean fare, or injera.

Injera, according to the Wikipedia entry, "is a pancake-like bread made out of teff flour" --  "traditionally eaten in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia. Those of you who have eaten at the one of many Ethiopian restaurants in Toronto know of the spongy like bread that have stews and curry like meats and veg on top. It's usually eaten by hand (and delicious).

Torontoist's cool roundup has pictures and this description of the injera

Across the street from the south end of the Rogers Centre, Andnet Zere got off to a bit of a slow start with a cart that wasn't cooperating, but she recovered well before the afternoon's Blue Jays game let out. Zere, whose background is Eritrean, is serving generous portions of injera—spongy, slightly sour flatbread—filled with either beef or stewed vegetables (potatoes, carrots, peppers) and lentils. ... (read the rest here)

We hope to get out there soon to sample the fare. Anyone else try it?