I’ve heard that the Addis Ababa Merkato is the largest open-market in Africa. Now Merkato 55 is the boldest amalgamation of African cuisine under one roof. This one is for the ages. I’m in awe…

It’s just that I’m afraid there won’t be anything else left for Marcus to do. I know Einstein left his brain behind for scientific inquiry. We came to learn it has a lot more grooves than most human brains. I can’t think of anything else that Marcus can do now, save offering his tongue for progeny. I am tongue-tied for not knowing what to say.

I just pray that my tongue may find its brief, repeated ecstacies at Merkato 55. Yet I doubt whether it’s worth going back on a decade-long vegetarian pledge. I have only gone back on this determination twice, the last time for a tongue sandwich at Katz Deli (really!). I have not had this much of a dilemma on this question since. That dulet you mention. Damn that Marcus. I mean, seriously.

-Yonathan
(happy to live in NYC)