Taste of Ethiopia Restaurant and Cafe in Pflugerville.
I usually reserve the food plugs for the SDC pages (and a full review will be coming on the SDC site), but I have specific reasons for putting an endorsement here as well.
In short, this is the kind of place I live to find when we do the SDC; a small, family run place with excellent food and great service. The owners even brought out some extra food (at no charge) for our party. (I should add that the portions are big enough that we had trouble finishing what we already had.)
In addition, the owner apparently overheard Lawrence giving me my birthday present (He had some trouble finding it here in town, which is why it was a bit late.) and brought out…yes, a slice of birthday cake. I know Lawrence tried to take a photo of me in full “Please, just let me crawl under the table and hide” mode while they were singing “Happy Birthday”, and I’ll put that up here if he sends it to me.
I’m worried about these folks; they’re hard working, but Taste of Ethiopia isn’t in a high traffic part of the Austin metro area. It is, however, the best Ethiopian food I’ve had to date in Austin. I strongly encourage folks to pay them a visit.