My recent trip to the US

I am just back from a two week visit to the US, where I spent a few days each in Cleveland, Rochester and New York. All the three cities are beautiful in their own way and give you a completely different experience. Having very warm and hospitable host, I had the opportunity to try out varied types of food. However, I must admit that being a vegetarian sometimes offered very limited choices, as most menus are predominently non-vegetarian, but I have to admit that the best vegetarian meal I had in my entire trip was at an Ethiopian restaurant called Abbysinia in Rochester. Not only was every dish delicous, non-spicy and not oily, but the way the meal was served was also unique. Three of us went for dinner there and ordered five vegetarian dishes. We were served in one large plate (the size of three dinner plates). A large absorbant dosa like bread covered the plate. Our five dishes were brought in smaller plates, each of which was emptied separately on the bread. We were then given a basket of the same bread cut into rolls with which you ate the various dishes. The combination of the soft bread and the vegetables was absolutely delicous and in a matter of 10 minutes we had polished them off and were feeling absolutely satiated.