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Juba is a river shared by Ethiopia and Somalia


that flows into the Indian ocean. Its well that Juba in Tempe used to be Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant has now turned into a Somalian restaurant retaining its Ethiopian menu too. We tried Chicken sukhaar. the rice with it too was very flavourful. we introduced a friend to the Injera bread made from Teff. He is a runner, so we took pride in introducin him to the magical grain.
The injera bread with its aerated voids would soak up the gravy of the curry, when I placed some tzaziki sauce on it, I could see the white seep to the other side. It all ended in the Indian belly as much as an ocean.

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