Globetrotting food, up Harlem way

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የመረጃ ቲቪ አባል በመሆን የሳተላይት ቲቪውን ቀጥታ ስርጭት፣ ወቅታዊ ዜናዎችን እና ትንተናዎችን፣ የመዝናኛ ፕሮግራሞችን፣ ስፖርት እና ሌሎችንም ዝግጅቶቻችንን በፍጥነት እና ጥራት ስልክዎ፣ ኮምፒዩተርዎ ወይም ቲቪዎ ላይ ማየት ይችላሉ። እዚህ ሊንክ ላይ በመጫን አባል ይሁኑ።

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We had just sat down for Sunday brunch at Red Rooster, on Lenox Avenue, Harlem. It was 11.10am and our waitress asked whether we would like a drink before ordering. “Two Bloody Marys and a beer,” we replied innocently and, as it turned out, optimistically. Here, no alcohol may be served on a Sunday before midday, a hangover of the “blue laws” introduced many years ago after the collapse of prohibition.

Chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster last December, with hopes of restoring the glory days of this much-neglected district. The restaurant has three parts: at the front are communal high tables and a large curved bar (“the watering hole” as Samuelsson calls it); downstairs is for music and behind the bar is the appealing restaurant.

A great deal of attention has gone into the decoration on the walls, with work by leading black artists. The lavatories are intriguingly bedecked with photos of Samuelsson’s own journey from Ethiopia to his adoptive family in Sweden and, finally, to the US.

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