Bati Kitchen

Bati is a small town located in the heart of Wollo Governorate of North East Ethiopia. It is the center of the market held each Monday of the week, where both Muslim and Christian people of different ethnic backgrounds from the surrounding regions of Afars, Tigres, and Northeastern Shoam gather to trade and exchange merchandise. Bati is known as a gathering place for many people of different creeds to interact. It is a famous city, often admired in folklore and song for the beauty of its inhabitants. It is said such romanticized beauties would attract coutiers from far distances for no other reason than to mingle in the market in search of a potential partner. There is a famous Ethiopian song dedicated to this legend of Bati called “Ere Bat Bati”.