Your first Ethiopian meal,
right here in Footscray.

Awaze Tibs

Tender cubed lamb or beef cooked with herbs, garlic, ginger, onion and spices.

Start with one piece of meat and a little onion. Add some sauce to your next bite once you know the flavour.

Alicha Tibs

Tender cubed lamb cooked with mushroom sauce, onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric.

Try a lamb piece with a small amount of sauce, then compare a bite with onion.

Derek Tibs

Crispy cubed beef sautéed with onion, tomato, milled pepper, garlic and rosemary.

Taste a small beef piece first, then combine another with onion or tomato.

Gomen Besiga

Collard greens and lamb cubes cooked with onions and Ethiopian spices.

Try a little greens first, then a bite that includes lamb and greens together.

Kitfo Special

Minced beef with mitmita chilli spices and Ethiopian spiced clarified butter, served with collard greens and ayib cottage cheese. Available raw or cooked to your preference.

After confirming your cooking preference, try a small amount of the beef, then add cheese and greens to compare the flavours.

Gored Gored

Beef cubes with melted butter and mitmita or red-pepper seasoning, served raw or cooked according to your preference.

Confirm the cooking level first. Try one small piece with plain injera before adding any extra condiment.

Dulet

Minced tripe, liver and lean beef fried in butter with onions, chilli, cardamom and pepper.

If organ meats are new to you, begin with a small spoonful on injera and taste it before adding a condiment.

Yetsom Beyaynetu

A selection of Ethiopian vegetarian stews, served together with injera.

Try potato on injera first, followed by greens, then the smooth centre stew. Compare that with one of the thicker orange servings. Finish the round with a little beetroot or salad, and ask the team about the small red condiments before adding them.

Doro Wat

Traditional Ethiopian chicken stew cooked with spices.

Taste a little chicken sauce on injera, then try it with a piece of egg. Next add a small amount of cheese, if you eat dairy, and compare that bite with one of the greens. Ask the team about the sauce’s chilli level.

Goden Tibs

Tibs cooked with fresh onions, tomatoes and garlic, served with injera.

Try a small piece of meat with onion first. Let the team know whether you prefer gentle seasoning or more chilli.

Kitfo

Minced beef seasoned with mitmita chilli spices and Ethiopian clarified butter infused with herbs and spices. Enjoy it raw or cooked to your preference.

After confirming how it will be cooked, try a small amount with plain injera before adding anything else.

Kekel

Seasoned lamb cooked with a special blend of spices.

Try a small lamb piece with a little of the cooking liquid before combining it with bread.

Yeconta Firfir

Sun-dried beef seasoned with berbere sauce, special butter and mixed spices.

Begin with a small amount of the beef mixture and plain injera so you can get to know the seasoning.

Salad

Mixed salad with fresh tomato, chilli, avocado and onion, prepared with homemade dressing.

Try a small forkful with tomato and avocado before adding a visible chilli piece.

Shiro Wot

Puréed split peas cooked with red pepper sauce, onion, garlic, ginger, olive oil, mild berbere sauce and fresh herbs.

Begin with a little shiro on plain injera. Next compare one textured pulse serving, some cabbage and a bite of salad. Once you know the flavours, try shiro and greens or beetroot in the same mouthful; ask which servings have more chilli.

Rice with Lamb Tibs

Tender lamb pieces served with a side of flavourful rice.

Try a little rice on its own, then add a lamb piece to your next forkful.

Enkulal Firfir

Fried eggs with onions, chillies and tomato.

Take a small spoonful of egg and tomato, then try a bite that includes chilli once you know its heat.

Foul

Ethiopian beans cooked with tomatoes, olive oil, onion, Ethiopian cheese, green pepper and special spices.

Try the bean base first, then add a little cheese and vegetable to compare the textures.

Chechebsa

Pieces of freshly pan-baked flatbread with berbere seasoning. Choose without butter or kibe, or add spiced butter.

Tell the team which butter option you want, then try a few bread pieces before mixing in any accompaniment.

Genfo

A traditional Ethiopian breakfast.

Try a small spoonful of the main portion first, then add a little of the central seasoning.

Tera Siga

The restaurant’s weekend special, available Saturday and Sunday.

Before ordering, confirm the meat and cooking level. If you prefer fully cooked food, make that preference clear and ask which preparation is suitable.

Saturday & Sunday