From nobody@nowhere Wed Jan 24 23:15:09 2001 Forwarded: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 23:30:25 -0700 Forwarded: kabuki-west From: Richard Threadgill Subject: Dinner Thursday, 10/8 Blue Nile, Berkeley To: kabuki-west Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 19:07:21 -0700 Message-ID: <1835.907812441@wonderlan.midgard.net> Sender: richardt@wonderlan.midgard.net Status: RO This Event: Thu 10/8: Blue Nile, Berkeley Coming Events: Wed 10/14: El Paso, Mountain View Wed 10/21: Hunan Gourmet, Sunnyvale Wed 10/28: Passage to India, Mountain View Thu 11/5: Ploy Too, San Francisco Wed 11/11: Kabul, San Carlos Wed 11/18: Han Gen, Mountain View Wed 11/25: Kathmandu West, Cupertino Thu 12/3: La Mediterranee, San Francisco Wed 12/9: Amarin Thai, Mountain View Wed 12/16: Swagat, Mountain View Wed 12/23: Hobee's, Cupertino Wed 12/30: Brandy Ho's, San Francisco Chris Hull maintains a Kabuki web page at http://remarque.org/kabuki. Time: Thursday, October 8th, 7:30pm Place: The Blue Nile 2525 Telegraph Ave. Berkeley Description: The Blue Nile is an Ethiopian restaurant that Kabuki-West has been to a very few times, over a long period of time. It has never been too popular, I think due to the exotic nature of Ethiopian food, but I like it. I know that some of you do as well. Ethiopian food is often served communal-style. The method of eating is a bit out of the ordinary: the single utensil that each diner has is a piece of spongy bread. You use the bread to scoop up the food, then eat the food and the bread together. The bread is damp, light, and a bit salty... definitely not much like anything else. The pricing is medium; I think that the average person can get out without losing much more than $15, assuming moderation in drinking and appetizer-ordering habits. Kabuki-West was last at The Blue Nile on February 19th. [review by marke] Directions: Short: The Blue Nile is on the E side of Telegraph Ave., just S of Dwight Way, between Dwight Way and Parker St. BART (+walking about 10 blocks): Get off at the (Central) Berkeley station. Go up the escalator; turn left. You will now be facing S, on the W side of Shattuck Ave. Follow Shattuck S to Dwight Way, then take a left. You are now walking E on Dwight Way. Walk past the light above Shattuck Ave; the next light is Telegraph Ave. Cross Telegraph, and take a right down it (so you are now traveling S on the E side of Telegraph). The Blue Nile will shortly be on your left. Bus (from Central Berkeley BART station): Go up the escalator at Berkeley BART, taking a left at the top. You are now facing S on the W side of Shattuck Ave. Walk to the S end of the block you are on. Wait at the bus stop you will find there for the #40 bus. The #40 will take you to Telegraph Avenue. Get off just *before* Uncle Ralph's [which will be on the left side of the bus]. The bus (when you got off it) was facing S on the W side of Telegraph Ave. Cross Telegraph Ave., and turn left. You are now facing N on the E side of Telegraph Ave. The Blue Nile will be on your right within the next two blocks, before Dwight Way. Long: Take the University Ave. exit off I80. Go E on University Ave. At the first light (6th St.) take a right. Follow 6th St. S, around a left and a right bend, then take a shallow left at the light onto Dwight Way. Be careful here; the rights of way are not obvious. Follow Dwight Way E, passing the lights for San Pablo Ave, Sacramento St., MLK Way, the stop sign at Milvia, and the lights for Shattuck Ave. and whatever the street is a couple of blocks above Shattuck. The next light is Telegraph Ave.; take a right into the chute just before the light, and look for parking. The Blue Nile is on the left side of the street, between Dwight Way and Parker St. - RichardT