Ethnic Food

We love ethnic food of many different types. See my Dim Sum page for dim sum locations. Here are a few of our other favorite places.

Philadelphia and vicinity:

Bagels:

  • New York Bagels, 7555 Haverford Av., Philadelphia
  • Einstein Bros.

Cajun/Creole:

  • Carmines Cafe and Deli, just moved from Havertown to Narberth
  • Crawdaddy's Cafe, PA Rte. 3 w. of Ellis Road, West Goshen (but we had a very bad meal there on our last visit)
  • The Gumbo Shoppe, 170 Pennel Road, Aston

Continental with Asian influence:

  • Nais Cuisine, 13 W. Benedict Av., Havertown
  • Alisa Cafe, has moved to Cherry Hill, NJ. We have not visited the new location.
  • Nan, Chestnut at 40th Street

Greek:

  • South Street Souvlaki, 509 South St., Philadelphia

Ethiopean:

  • Meskerem, 4728 Baltimore Av., Philadelphia (alas, this closed)
  • Abyssinia, 229 S. 45th St. (at Locust St.), Philadelphia
  • Dahlak, 4708 Baltimore Av., Philadelphia
  • Queen of Sheba Pub, Baltimore Av. (near 46th?), Philadelphia

Indian:

  • Khajuraho, Ardmore Plaza, Ardmore
  • New Dehli, 4004 Chestnut St., Philadelphia

Japanese:

  • Hana Restaurant, 387 W Lancaster Av., Wayne

Vietnamese:

  • Little Saigon, 113 Fairfield Av., Upper Darby
  • Vietnam Restaurant, 221 N. 10th St., Philadelphia

Other Cities

Baltimore:

  • The Helmund (Afghan)
  • Icarus (Greek)

Boston:

  • Legal Seafoods (Seafood - some Cajun items)
  • Amarin Thai (Thai)

New Brunswick, NJ:

  • Mei-Mei (best Chinese hole-in-the-wall anywhere)

New Orleans:

  • Ralph and Kacoos (Cajun/Creole/Seafood)

Phoenix:

  • Cafe Lalibela, 849 W. University Drive, Tempe (Ethiopean)
  • Tabletop Grill and Sushi, 4211 W Bethany Home Road, W. Phoenix
    (Korean/Japanese, we ate Korean)

Salt Lake City

  • Baba Afghan, 55 E 400 S (wonderful kabobs)

San Diego

  • Kemo Sabe, 3958 5th Avenue (eclectic)

San Francisco:

  • Indonesia Restaurant (Indonesian)
  • Silks (Continental with Asian influences)

Seattle:

  • Kabul, 2301 N 45th (Afghan)

Toronto, ON:

  • Addis Abbaba, Queen Street W. (Ethiopean)
  • Siddhartha, various locations (Indian buffet)
  • Casa Da Ramboia, 1282 Dundas St. W. (Portuguese)
  • Jerusalem Restaurant, Eglinton W. (Middle Eastern)
  • Zorba's, 681 Danforth Ave (Greek)

Vancouver, BC:

  • Indonesian Restaurant Tak Sangka, 3918 Fraser St.
  • The Goulash House, 1065 Granville St. (Hungarian)

Washington, DC:

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Last updated December 10, 2007.