I really have to say that I appreciate all of the comments here, they are making me a lot more confident about this. Especially the comments about the extra thought being impressive, I am never quite sure where the line is between endearing effort and over planning.
As long as you don’t make it obvious how much planning you did or jabber on about it, you can get away with a lot more than you’d expect. 
Do you know where she lives? Because chicks dig it if you skulk about outside the house, peering in to see what their personal preferences are.
Offer both that plan and an alternate.
The Ethiopian place is… unusual and requires you both to be able to drop your self-consciousness a bit. Anything that helps break that self-consciousness in a thousand tiny bits is good for dates, so long as everybody involved is OK with it.
(Me, I’d say “yes” to the Ethiopian, but that’s me. I know my SiL would be horrified by the notion of “eating with your hands”; the girl Lilbro is courting would say “yes” with an ear-to-ear grin.)
Did anyone else read the thread title and think that this was going to be about “the shocker”?
Anyway, Ethiopian food sucks. And by all accounts, I’ve had very good Ethiopian food. They serve you a wet sponge with no flavor which is supposed to be your starch, your spoon, and your napkin.
The things you pick up with it are typically raw meat ground to the consistency of diarrhea, or flavorless vegetables ground to the consistency of diarrhea.
I have no idea how anyone outside of Ethiopia has ever eaten Ethiopian food twice.
I did have a decent Ethiopian lager, though. I think that it had “Addis Ababa” in the name.
Taking notes
Ok… and how do chicks feel about Peter Gabriel?
Only acceptable if you learn to play “In Your Eyes” on the acoustic guitar, and sit outside her house at 3am playing it.
Romantic, and not even a little creepy!
I think you should go with Intruder instead. And strum it gently at 3 AM, from INSIDE THE HOUSE!!!
If I had been drinking something it would be all over my monitor right now. I’m just glad that there is no one within earshot to hear my failed attempts to stiffle my laughter.
See, and I guarantee you that she would be just as amused.