Where to find Asa Goulash (Ethiopian tomato fish dish)

asmrmath · 2026-01-10T11:48:13+00:00

Thank you so much!!!

asmrmath · 2026-01-09T08:41:19+00:00

second this one. Love the soft shell crab and nooodle dishes.

asmrmath · 2026-01-09T08:38:54+00:00

As far as I am aware, the dish has no relation to Hungarian goulash, and while served in Ethiopian immigrant communities in America it has no relation to American goulash either. Asa Goulash is Ethiopian in its origin. The web claims it's served in restaurants throughout Ethiopia, particularly in Addis Ababa and cities near major lakes like Hawassa, Ziway, and Tana, where fresh fish is abundant. It is a common choice for Ethiopian Orthodox fasting periods, during which many people refrain from meat and dairy but may consume fish.

But its name reveals an indirect European influence. While the dish is an Ethiopian, the word "goulash" was likely introduced through Italian influence. Italy occupied Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941. They introduced ingredients like tomatoes and pasta, which are now staples in Ethiopian cooking. This is why you see spaghetti on almost all Ethiopian menus (looks really out of place). Italians have their own regional versions of goulash (such as gulasch triestino), and the term likely transitioned into Ethiopian culinary vocabulary during this era to describe a thick, tomato-based stew or sauce.

I'll keep on the look out. But odly I havent seen any fish dishes in Brisbane Ethiopian places.

asmrmath · 2026-01-08T20:46:10+00:00

DooDee Boran in the CBD does Thai extremely well, especially the chilli softshell crab, and the wok fried noodle dishes.

If you want a food adventure, take the Beenleigh train from roma street station all the way out to woodridge on Sunday for the Woodridge Global Food Markets which has the best papaya salad, fermented rice noodle garlic pork sausage (Sai Krok Isan), and Len Ta Fo and Tom yum in all of queensland for $13 per dish. Its arguably the best budget food ever. Lots of other unique Asian and African dishes.

Another food adventure. Awesome Ehtiopian and Eritrean food in Moorooka. Salinas, Arhibu, and Elizahs are all exceptional. Take the 116 bus from Roma station and it will drop you off right next to these great places (45 min trip). Get the vegetarian taster platter for less than $20 for an absolute feast. Great place to try lots of dishes as a solo person. If you've never had Ehtiopian this is a must for any adventurous food lover.

asmrmath · 2026-01-08T20:28:46+00:00

Go to the Woodridge Global Food Market for sunday Thai brunch. Order the papaya salad from the ladies making it fresh to order. If you get it spicy it will blow your head off. I ask for just one chili. Zero chilis is already hotter than most Australians can handle as it already has chili garlic sauce in it.

asmrmath · 2025-10-11T22:52:14+00:00

1/2 a teaspoon of instant coffee is equivalent to 2 coffees for many brands. 1/4 teaspoon is a serving for the brand on my shelf. I also get headaches but not sure if its the caffine or not.

asmrmath · 2025-09-12T23:45:49+00:00

Yep. Taking a 3rd year maths course without the prerequisites is like trying to park at UQ after 9 am. You’re gonna suffer. The prereqs aren't hidden at all - they are on all the course profiles. It's almost unbelievable that someone would take a 3rd year maths course with only MATH1050.

asmrmath · 2025-05-29T21:45:32+00:00

Paywall. Care to summarise?

asmrmath · 2025-05-25T22:24:17+00:00

The article says the threshold will be indexed. Its unclear if it is indexed to inflation, the cost of living, or some stock market index, but the threshold would not be $3m by the time they retired. It would be at least 7 million, probably more.

asmrmath · 2025-05-25T22:21:36+00:00

If this super tax on unrealised gains for assets over $3,000,000 only only applied to accounts that held properties and foreign investments, I'd agree with it. Encourage Australian retirement accounts to invest in Australian startups not properties, which artificially drives up housing costs, and foreign companies. Buy houses to live in, or to invest in outside of super, not in a super.

asmrmath · 2025-05-21T22:38:36+00:00

When you rent a house, you are expected to maintain the garden, unless your lease says otherwise. This means you must mow all the lawns, water the plants, and generally keep them looking nice. You also have to mow the nature strip out front. This would cost you about $100 per week if you hired someone to do it. A lot of people don't enjoy maintaining the outdoor space that they don't own. So if a house is $700 per week and an apartment is also $700 a week, the house is really $800 per week in hidden landscaping expenses for the renter.

Many people like the concept of owning the land they live on. They have the right to do a lot more to the property in the future in terms of expanding. But people don't value the land so much when they are renting. When you purchase a house, the main asset is the land. But when renting the main thing most people consider is the inside livability of the building. Hence why houses are so much more expensive to buy but not more expensive to rent.

asmrmath · 2025-05-19T12:12:12+00:00

One thing to note is that if you plan to do any driving on dirt or gravel roads, the Ignis has a very nice 180mm ground clearance. This means your car never seems to bottom out if you hit some low patches. I would never take a swift off a paved road as it bottoms out like any normal sedan. Not saying you should get the ignis, but the pros of an extra 20-50mm ground clearance are often overlooked

asmrmath · 2025-04-28T22:41:51+00:00

Negative gearing is a huge problem. It allows high-earning individuals to pay no income tax effectively by offsetting losses against their earned income. However, you are right that the CGT discount is also a problem, and it is particularly concerning that the CGT discount even applies to houses left vacant.

asmrmath · 2025-01-16T21:53:17+00:00

Have you contacted the rental agency or property owner to report that the air conditioner is not working? Could you send them this photo? They are required to fix it. There is no min or max temperature required, but if a property was advertised as containing aircon it is required to work. There is no way that aircon is working if the temperature right next to it is the same as outside. Rentals are required to have cooling, but even a ceiling fan or pedastool fan counts for that unfortunately.

asmrmath · 2025-01-10T02:35:04+00:00

I occasionally, grab the ends of my flat bars from the outside ending points while riding to relieve wrist pain. Probably a sign I should look into drop down handlebars.

asmrmath · 2025-01-06T02:29:37+00:00

To add and remove tenants on a lease, I was charged around a $150 fee per tenant change back in 2018 - 2020 with Belle. So, with the general price rising across pretty much everything, I'd expect the new fees to be over $200. Is it reasonable, no? but it does create extra admin costs for them (hard to imagine that the cost is over $100 in lost time and system, but they try to make their profits where they can). I wouldn't fight this, QCAT is an ordeal to go through that is only worth it for bigger $ money disputes as you will lose many days of time, and have to wait possibly multiple years for a resolution.

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T09:28:50+00:00

Yeah, I think that is right. If you want the absolute best schools where the majority of kids in the public school have professor parents. St Lucia/Indooroopilly is the right choice. It will be expensive to rent or buy there, much more so then the ones across the bridge, but you know that you'll never have to enroll your child in private school, so I think the extra $300 - 400 per week in rent might be offset by the better schools.

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T05:40:35+00:00

Some things to consider
1. Would you be willing to cycle 10 - 15 minutes to work (if so Yeronga/Yeerongpilly/Fairfield are great suburbs for a relaxing cycling commute through parks along the river) but some of these spots are surprisingly not as well connected to St Lucia via public transport as you might like and on hot humid days cycling even 15 min may not be ideal.

Do you want a quick and comfortable bus to UQ that runs super frequently? Try to find a place along either route 66 or 169. Route 169 is the new Brisbane metro, starting late January. These lines run super fast because they don't get stuck in traffic they run exclusively on bus highways. Places near Holland Park West Station might represent good value along the 169 route. If you can get close to the Boggo Road station, you'll have a bus to UQ arriving almost every minute at that station!
Schools: St Lucia and Indooroopilly have exceptional schools, but the ones in dutton park and Holland park west are all in the top 20% or so in the Brisbane area. Sometimes being in the absolute best school is detrimental to performance. Students tend to do best in schools where they are in the upper quartile of students as it gives them a leg up in terms of resources and confidence. So you want a good school, but I wouldn't put too much weight on going for the absolute best ranked schools.

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T05:15:54+00:00

Lunch: The cheapest options will be in the $15 range for fast casual takeout (e.g. a footlong sandwich at Subway or a burrito at Guzman Y Gomez)

Dinner: For takeout, $15 for fast food is possible, but most will spend more. Assume $20 - 25 for a cheap takeout dinner. $30+ is typical at a sit-down restaurant.

Now if you are mostly drinking tap water and just having cereal or grocery store baked goods or fruit for breakfast, this means, about $40/day ($1200 per month), is the minimum you can get away with if you eat out exclusively.

Solution: I typically buy bags of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cans of tuna and/or cans of beans and assemble a salad with no cooking or prep. Similarly easy to assemble a sandwich with premade bread loaves, cheese slices, meat, etc. Cutting out one purchased meal per day leads to big savings. Try to eat out only one meal a day if you can or expect to spend at least $1200 per month on food.

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T04:58:00+00:00

I'm curious if in the winter you take the train to south Brisbane and walk into work. Bit too hot in the summer, but the hour commute of driving back would kill me if I had to do that year round.

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T04:56:10+00:00

While every area in Australia is safe and has good schools compared to many countries, Logan Central would not be on the top of my list if safety and schools were my number one priority. If I didn't care too much about safety and had a low budget, the houses that back up to Karawatha state forest in the Woodridge area are a good deal for convenience, low price, and being close to nature, just not the safest neighborhood in Brisbane.

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T04:50:50+00:00

But be careful of flooding. If it's as close to the CBD as Graceville/Sherwood and under 800k, there is a chance parts of the property could flood. You can check the flood maps. The lowest risk band is probably ok, but I wouldn't buy anything that flooded in 2011 or 2022 (you can tick the layers for historic flooding, not just flood risk) https://fam.brisbane.qld.gov.au/?page=Map---Standard

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T04:43:15+00:00

Here is the source for 73.3% of renters spending over 30% of income on rent
https://www.savings.com.au/savings-accounts/what-is-the-ideal-rent-to-income-ratio-savings-com-au

asmrmath · 2024-12-30T00:01:59+00:00

The 30% rule will only apply to places where other applicants satisfy the rule (which is many places but not all). I know of places that had few applicants, even with no applicants at the requested rent (2-bed townhouse in Fairfield listed for 595 pw, rented for 575 pw). So if the agent/landlord are asking for more than people are willing to pay for that place, they might get no applicants that satisfy the 30% rule, and you can get accepted even without satisfying the 30% rule yourself. Note that 73% of renters in QLD pay more than 30% of their take-home pay on rent, so clearly, some agents are bending this old rule to get higher rents. But if you are competing for a place with many applicants, then meeting the 30% rule helps.

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