Mesi's Kitchen

Starters

• Ye-Abesha Salad£3.50

  Made with salad leave tomatoes green chilies, onion, Fresh lemon juice with our own herbs and spices

• Azifa£3.50

  Whole lentils cooked and mashed blended with onions, jalapeno, and vegetable oil, fresh lemon juice and a hint of garlic (served cold)

• Ingudai Tibs (Fried Mushrooms)£3.95

  Portobello mushrooms marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic & fresh tomatoes (can be prepared spicy, medium or mild)

• Tomato Salad£3.50

  Diced tomatoes, onions, jalapeno peppers and black pepper mixed with olive oil, fresh lemon juice and tine bit of garlic

• Humus£3.75

  Mashed chickpeas made with tahini, olive oil, and garlic and lemon juice. Spiced up with our secret recipe

• Mackerel£3.75

  Made with Diced tomatoes, onions, jalapeno peppers mixed with olive oil, fresh lemon juice & our secret herbs

• Fish Salad£4.45

  Fried spiced Sea bream served with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and, coriander leaves

• Peas Salad£3.95

  Cucumber, Cherry Tomatoes, Onion, Feta cheese, Olives

• Roast Vegetable Salad£3.75

  Served with Humus, Olives

Side Dishes (Vegetarian)

• Misser Wot£3.50

  Split hot lentil sauce

• Ater Kik Alicha

• Iro Wot£3.50

  Slow cooked creamy split peas sauce blended with herb and various herbs

• Tekil Gomen£3.50

  Cabbage cooked with carrots and potatoes

• Gomen£3.50

  Steamed thinly cut collard green garnished with spices and a dash of olive oil

• Fafosolia£3.50

  Thick whole beans sauce with carrots and garnished with our signature spices

• Azazifa£3.50

  Mashed lentils garnished with onions, jalapenos, vegetable oil, fresh lemon juice and a hint of garlic

• Butecha£3.50

  A finely blended chickpeas pan crested in olive oil. Garnished with lemon, shallots and jalapenos

• Key Sir£3.50

  Cubed beet root and potatoes marinated with olive lemon, oil, onion and jalapeno peppers

Beef Dishes

• Regular Kitfo£8.00

  Finely chopped lean beef in our renowned spiced melted butter garnished with mitmita and served raw or cooked medium or welldone

• Special Kitfo£9.00

  The ultimate Ethiopian steak tartar! Finely chopped lean beef swimming in our special melted butter and garnished with mitmita and served with home-made cheese & spinach (sewed raw, medium or well-done)

• Gored Gored£8.00

  Chunk of lean raw beef swimming in spiced melted butter

• Ye Chaka Tibis£8.00

  Thinly chopped and dry fried lean beef seasoned with onion and Mesi's spices

• Quanta Firfir£8.50

  An Ethiopian beef jerky cooked in a hot butter sauce and tossed with shreds of Enjera

• Ye Tibs Wot£8.50

  Stew or diced and fried lean beef

• Key Wot Firfir£8.50

  Spicy beef stew mixed with injera pieces

• Gomen Be Siga£8.00

  mar cf Beef cubes with collard greens slow cooked in a mild onion sauce, chopped garlic and a blend of different

• Bozena Shiro£8.00

  Diced prime beef pieces simmering in a spicy split Yellow peas stew

Lamb Dishes

• Lega Tibs£8.45

  Cubed tender lamb fried with onion rosemary, tomato served with salad

• Awaze Tibs£8.45

  Cubed tender lamb marinated in a sea of awaze and tomato sauce and fried with oil/spiced melted butter

• Ye Goden Tibs£8.95

  Tender lamb ribs marinated with special spices salad and fried with onion rosemary and served with green

• Beret Metad Tibis£8.95

  Lean lamb cubes fried with onion and garnished Mesi's spices

• Yetibis Fir Fir£8.45

  Pieces of injera dipped in a sauce of fried tender lamb

• Yebeg Wot£8.45

  Spicy lamb stew

• Yebeg Alicha Fitfit£8.00

  Mild lamb stew

• Dullet£8.25

  Raw or medium fried finely chopped lamb tripe with lomb liver and lean beef meat garnished with spiced butter red onions and green chilies

• Be Doro Fanta£8.50

  Lamb replaces Chicken meal! Stew of cubes of lamb and boiled egg simmered served Enjera

Poultry

• Doro Wot (Hot)£8.50

  Slow cooked spicy chicken stew with hardboiled egg and served with injera

• Doro Alicha£8.00

  Turmeric and cumin take the place of Berbera in this miled version of Doro wot

• Doro Fitfit£8.50

  Doro wot mixed with pieces of injera

• Doro Tibs£8.75

  Scalloped chicken breast marinated and sauteed with red onions, garlic, Jalapeno pepper, fresh tomato, herbs & spices (Can be prepared hot or mild)

Vegetarian

• Yemisser Wot£7.00

  Split hot lentil sauce

• Yeater Kik Alicha£7.00

  Split peas in a mild sauce

• Shiro£7.00

  Slow cooked peas powder stew spiced with mild berbere and served with enjera and green pepper

• Yesom Kulet Fitfit£7.00

  Vegetarian stew tossed on Enjera

• Tekil Gomen£7.00

  Cabbage cooked with slices of potatoes and carrots

• Gomen£8.00

  Steamed thinly cut collard green in olive oil

• Fosolia£7.00

  Whole beans with long cut carrot cooked with Mesi's own spices

• Azifa£7.00

  Whole lentils cooked and mashed blended with onions, jalapeno, and vegetable oil, fresh lemon juice and a hint of garlic

• Biticha£7.00

  Finely milled chickpeas pan crested in olive oil and reduced with lemon shallots and jalapenos

• Key Sir£7.00

  Cubed beets and potatoes in a marinade of lemon, olive oil, onion and jalapeno Peppers

• Combination of Vegetarian Platter£7.50

Vegetable Entrees

all vegetable dishes a prepared Vegan style

Combinations Sampler

• Mesi Combo (1)£24.00

  A platter of Tibs wot, kitfo, ye Beg alitcha with salad

• Mesi Combo (2)£26.00

  A platter of ye Beg wot, Tibs and yetesom Beyayenet

• Mesi's Feast£25.00

  A platter of Gored Gored, Kitfo, Dulet

• Mesi's Festive Treat£25.00

  Doro wot, Dullet, yebeg alecha fitfit, Kitfo, with salad

Fish Dishes

• In Season Fresh Water Fish£8.50

  Prepared Ethiopian style moist flakes inside a crispy skin served with salad and vegetables

• Ye Asa Wot£8.50

  Slow cooked in a dense stew of onion, tomato and Berber

Desserts

• Ice Cream£2.00

• Tiramisu£2.50

• Carrot Cake£2.00

The Lexicon of Ethiopian Gastronomy

• Wot

  Hot and spicy sauce

• Alitcha

  Mild version of Wot

• Fitfit/Firfir

  Wot or Alitcha dishes mixed with pieces of Injera

• Tibs

  Grilled or sauteed meat, usually Lamb or Beef

• Atkilt/Vegetables Dishes

  cooked together or separately

• Ayib

  Ethiopian cottage cheese

• Aterkik Split Yellow Peas

Condiments

• Awaze

  hot pepper paste with garlic, ginger & spices

• Mitmita

  very hot pepper garnished with salt and spices

• Berbere

  pepper