Interviewing a person from another culture can bring you closer together in my opinion. The person I interviewed was a young woman named Shewit. I learned so many different things about her cultural background it was super cool. Her ethnic heritage was some Eritrean and/or East African. Shewit’s family generation goes as far back as her grandparents, this makes her and her sisters the first born into the United States in her family. She told me that was something unique about herself. When it comes to who’s the dominating figure in her family she considers her father as dominant because to her he’s the only sibling living in America while his other brothers are in Eritrean showing he tries to better his life and be more independent in the culture.
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It is located right near my house the address was 3456 Naaman’s road in Wilmington Delaware. I google searched for local restaurants and this one sparked my interest. So On Monday October 24th before class I headed out for lunch at one o clock in the afternoon. Once I walked into the place I noticed how elegant it was and I felt underdressed. The server Muhammad approached me and seated me telling me that if I had any questions he would be happy to assist me. I got served water in a wine glass. When I took a look at the menu at first I felt nervous because it was a little foreign to me and I tend to not like change in food. I asked the server what was the best thing on the menu that was not spicy he told me with every food they have a number system regarding spice because their culture eats food usually very spicy. So I finally decided on a dish called Lamb Kabab Masala seemed the most normal to me because it was boneless lamb in a creamy curry sauce it was a meal that included a salad just like anywhere I would have gone. When I asked him how spicy it was he laughed and said how spicy do you want it ten being the most and one being the least spicy. I found that scary so I told him negative …show more content…
I also learned that it can be extremely different such as in the Indian culture where spiciness levels in their dishes are a huge component. When it comes to the both of them thought they have some major similarities such as they celebrate fasting and have certain dishes in which they use for special occasions or celebrations. Another similarity involves both of them praying before eat meal in their traditional cultures of course. The only difference between these two cultures that I found with observation and research was that Ethiopians do not use tomatoes in their traditional dishes while Indian food does. All the foods in my interview were very foreign to me, some of those foods as mentioned before were Injera, Himbasha, and kitcha fit fit. I personally didn’t really have a strong appeal for any of these foods that were mentioned I am however interested in trying the Tsebhi Derho and/or chicken sauce which she made sound a little appealing. The reason I felt this was appealing was because of happy she seemed when she was talking about it. I could just tell that it was a comfort food for
It is located right near my house the address was 3456 Naaman’s road in Wilmington Delaware. I google searched for local restaurants and this one sparked my interest. So On Monday October 24th before class I headed out for lunch at one o clock in the afternoon. Once I walked into the place I noticed how elegant it was and I felt underdressed. The server Muhammad approached me and seated me telling me that if I had any questions he would be happy to assist me. I got served water in a wine glass. When I took a look at the menu at first I felt nervous because it was a little foreign to me and I tend to not like change in food. I asked the server what was the best thing on the menu that was not spicy he told me with every food they have a number system regarding spice because their culture eats food usually very spicy. So I finally decided on a dish called Lamb Kabab Masala seemed the most normal to me because it was boneless lamb in a creamy curry sauce it was a meal that included a salad just like anywhere I would have gone. When I asked him how spicy it was he laughed and said how spicy do you want it ten being the most and one being the least spicy. I found that scary so I told him negative …show more content…
I also learned that it can be extremely different such as in the Indian culture where spiciness levels in their dishes are a huge component. When it comes to the both of them thought they have some major similarities such as they celebrate fasting and have certain dishes in which they use for special occasions or celebrations. Another similarity involves both of them praying before eat meal in their traditional cultures of course. The only difference between these two cultures that I found with observation and research was that Ethiopians do not use tomatoes in their traditional dishes while Indian food does. All the foods in my interview were very foreign to me, some of those foods as mentioned before were Injera, Himbasha, and kitcha fit fit. I personally didn’t really have a strong appeal for any of these foods that were mentioned I am however interested in trying the Tsebhi Derho and/or chicken sauce which she made sound a little appealing. The reason I felt this was appealing was because of happy she seemed when she was talking about it. I could just tell that it was a comfort food for