African dining sensation in Brisbane
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Coffee ceremony... Mehret Gebremicael serves fresh-roasted coffee to Laurie Ferguson
A settlement success... Laurie Ferguson with Mu'ooz Restaurant staff (L to R) N'nasta Conde, Alice Tarpeh, Raheal Teklehaimanot and Saba Abraham
Laurie Ferguson gave the 'thumbs up' to Brisbane's latest dining sensation, Mu'ooz, a restaurant specialising in Eritrean delicacies operated by former refugees from Eritrea. The name Mu'ooz means 'tasty and healthy' in the Eritrean language, Tigrinya.
Mr Ferguson visited the restaurant and thoroughly enjoyed Eritrean delights such as injera, a kind of pancake, and zigni, a stew of beef, onions, tomatoes, chilli and spices.
Mu'ooz Restaurant which opened in the Brisbane suburb of Moorooka in January was developed from a catering business started by the Eritrean Women and Family Support Network in 2004.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship, through its settlement grants program, provided Spiral Community Hub with $50 000 to help establish businesses in new communities in Brisbane. This includes providing administrative advice and support to the women operating Mu'ooz.
While in Brisbane, Mr Ferguson also met representatives from ACCESS (Assisting Collaborative Community Support Services Inc), the Refugee and Immigration Legal Service, Boystown, the Townsville Migrant Resource Centre and the Queensland African Communities Council.
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Last update: 13 August 2008 at 17:14 AEST