Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant menu

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Zeni restaurant prepares and serves Ethiopian coffee with its full ceremony. Please order an hour in advance.

Seneg Qaria

Iyeb

Gomen Wot

Miser Wot

Kik Alitcha

Atakilt Wot

Shiro Wot

Sambussa

Thin dough shells stuffed with lentils, onion, hot green & herbs. This meatless dish is lightly deep fried in vegetable oil to a golden perfection

House Salad

Crisp green salad topped with green pepper tomato, onion in an authentic house dressing

Ye Timatim Fitfit

Pieces of injera tossed in blended fresh tomato, onions, green pepper mixed with zeni's own home made dressing

Yemisir Wot

Pureed split red lentil are simmered in zeni's own spicy, hot berbere sauce

Kik Alitcha

Split yellow piece made with onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric. Mild

Atakilt Wot

A delicious vegetable: boiled chopped cabbage, sliced carrots, and potato chunks, simmered with onions, garlic, ginger, and vegetable oil

Gomen Wot

Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce of oil, onion and herbs

Foule

Cooked beans mixed with fresh tomato, green pepper, spice and home made cheese iybe. Prepared with a choice of oil or butter. Served with fresh bread

Misir Kitfo

Pureed lentil mixed with mitmita, purified seasoned butter and herbs

Shuro Wot

Roasted and powdered chick peas, Shuro are simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce with vegetable oil

Gomen Kitfo

Chopped collard greens made for perfection with herb butter served with zeni's home made special cheese iyeb

Vegetarian Combo

A combination of ye-miser wot ,ye-kik alitcha, atakelt wot, ye-gomen wot, ye timatim fitfit

Scrambled Eggs

Scrambled eggs with onions, jalapenos and fresh tomatoes

Egg & Meat

Scrambled eggs with ground beef, onions jalapenos, and fresh tomatoes

Kei Wot

Hot and spicy beef stew. Very lean chopped beef simmered in a hot and thick berbere sauce and purified herbed butter, with exotic spices added

Alicha Wot

Mild and spicy beef stew, extra lean chopped beef simmered in mild sauce with spicy butter, onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric

Gored Gored

Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red pepper and herbed butter. Gored is served raw or rare, and served with awaze

Zilzil Tibs

Strip of tender beef sauteed in purified butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper, fresh rosemary

Ye Bere Tibs

Chunks of lean beef sauteed with onions, tomato, and green pepper and purified butter. Served mild or spicy

Kitfo

Ethiopian steak tartar, from selected lean round steak, seasoned with purified & herbed butter sauce & hot-spiced chili powder mitmita. Served raw, mild or well done with home made cheese

Bozena Shiro

Zeni's highly seasoned milled chick peas simmered in berbere sauce with selected cubes of lean beef served in a deest a traditional pot

Firfir

Injera moistened with deliciously tender cubed beef simmered to perfection in berbere sauce, flavored with garlic, and ethiopian spices

Tibs Firfir - Yebere

Chunks of lean beef sauteed with onions, tomato, green pepper and purified butter tossed in berbere sauce with injera along with our exotic spices

Yedoro Kitfo

Boneless, skinless ground chicken, seasoned with purified & herbed butter sauce & hot-spiced chili powder mitmita. Served cooked

Tibs Firfir - Yebeg

Chunks of lean lamb sauteed with onions, tomato, and green pepper and purified butter tossed in berbere sauce with injera along with our exotic spices

Yebeg Kikil Kenemerequ

Pieces of lamb with bones cooked in mild green pepper and turmeric sauce, seasoned with onions, garlic herbs and spices

Kiyet Kitfo

Beef kitfo cooked, raw or rare mixed with gomen kitfo and home made cheese

Special Kitfo

Beef Kitfo cooked, raw or rare, mixed with home made cheese

Goden Tibs

Giblets sauteed in butter seasoned with onion, black pepper, green peppers & rosemary. served saturdays & sundays

Ye Doro Wot

A drumstick or thigh cooked to tenderness in a hot & thick red pepper, onions, garlic, ginger & purified butter sauce. Served with a hard boiled egg and home made cheese

Ye Doro Tibs

Boneless, skinless cubed chicken sauteed in a special blend of spices and braised in onions tomato, green pepper and purified butter. Served hot or mild

Dulet

Chopped red meat, tripe, and liver seasoned with herbed purified butter, spiced chili powder mitmita. Served row, mild or well done

Ye Beg Firfir

Piece of lamb with bones cooked in mild green pepper sauce, mixed with pieces of injera before being served

Ye Beg Tibs

Succulent pieces of fresh lamb sauteed in butter seasoned with onions, green pepper, tomato and rosemary. Served juicy or fried

Gomen Besiga

Lamb with bone cooked with collar green, herbed butter, garlic, ginger, onions, and green pepper

Meat Combination

A combination of alitcha fitfit, doro wot, or key wot and beef Kitfo, home made cheese