• Lunch Special

    • Pick Two Items

      $19.95
  • Appetizers

    • Sambosa With Lentils Or Beef

      Three triangular shaped hand wraped phylo dough pasteries, stuffed with your choice of sauted lentils or beef with Jalapenos, shallots and signature Ethiopian Spices flash fried.
      $12.99
      Sambosa With Lentils Or Beef
    • Beef Short Ribs

      Two thinly sliced beef short ribs sauteed with traditional Ethiopian spices and served with a trio of hot sauces.
      $16.99
      Beef Short Ribs
  • Salad

    • Tomato Salad

      Made to order hand diced tomato, onion and jalapeno tossed in house lemon cilantro dressing.
      $12.99
      Tomato Salad
    • Chuck's Spicy Salad

      Fresh roma tomato, onion, jalapeno, avocado topped with Ayeb (Ethiopian Cheese) on a bed of mixed greens topped with lemon lime cilantro vingrette.
      $14.99
  • Main

    • Lamb Tibs (8oz/ 225g)

      Fresh cubes of Australian lamb sautéed with shallots, tomatoes, rosemary and seasoned butter topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
      $23.99
      Lamb Tibs (8oz/ 225g)
    • Beef Tibs (8oz/ 225g)

      Fresh cubes of beef sautéed with shallots, tomatoes, rosemary and seasoned butter topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
      $22.99
      Beef Tibs (8oz/ 225g)
    • Kitfo (8oz/ 225g)

      Hand ground lean beef seasoned blend of Ethiopian spices and seasoned butter. served with Ayeb and Gomen. Recomended temprature raw.
      $24.99
      Kitfo (8oz/ 225g)
    • Memo Special (8oz/ 225g)

      A combination of our Beef Tibs (4oz) and Tsehay special shiro (4oz), seasoned butter added to the shiro, served with mixed green salad.
      $22.99
    • Ye Bere Alicha (Yellow Beef Stew)

      Cubes of beef in a homemade turmeric shallot sauce and Ethiopian spices slow cooked for a minimum of 8 hours on low heat served with Ayeb.
      $24.99
      Ye Bere Alicha (Yellow Beef Stew)
    • Dinich Be Siga (Beef & Potato Stew)

      Beef and Potatoes in a homemade shallot red chili sauce or turmeric shallot sauce and slow cooked with Ethiopian spices on low heat, served with Ayeb.
      $24.99
  • Vegan

    • Tsehay’s Special Blend Shiro

      Sun dried chikpeas stone ground into a fine flour, seasoned with Tsehay’s specail blend of Ethiopian seasonings, cooked with shallots, tomato and garlic, served with mixed green salad. Recomended with seasoned butter + $2
      $19.99
      Tsehay’s Special Blend Shiro
    • Misir

      Red lentils seasoned with Ethiopian spices and simmered in shallot red chili sauce, served with mixed green salad.
      $18.99
      Misir
    • Gomen

      Fresh cut collard greens cooked with onions, garlic and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
      $17.99
      Gomen
    • Tikil Gomen

      Fresh cabbage cooked with carrots, onions, garlic, ginger and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
      $17.99
      Tikil Gomen
    • Fossolia

      Fresh string beans sautéed with carrots, tomatoes, shallots, garlic and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
      $17.99
      Fossolia
    • Key Sir

      Fresh beets sautéed garlic and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
      $17.99
      Key Sir
    • Kik Alicha

      Yellow split peas in a homemade turmeric shallot sauce and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños, served with mixed green salad.
      $17.99
  • Sampler Plates

    • Tsehay’s Vegan Combination

      3oz samples of all our vegan options.
      $29.99
    • Ye Belay (Superior)

      3oz samples of the beef tibs, lamb Tibs, the Kitfo, Ye Beg Wet (red lamb stew) and Ye Bere Alicha (yellow beef stew) served with Ayeb.
      $49.99
  • Sides

    • Injera

      $4.00
    • Gluten Free Injera

      $7.00
    • Awaze

      $3.50
    • Mitmita Spice

      $3.50
      Mitmita Spice
    • Ayeb

      $4.50
      Ayeb
    • Any Vegan Item

      $7.00
  • Dessert

    • Mushabek

      Three cirular house made pastery dough flash fried to golden crisp, soaked in sweet rose water
      $12.99
      Mushabek
  • Red Wine Bottle

    • Malbec / Mendoza, Argentina BTL

      $40.00
    • Cotu Du Rhone / Rhone, France BTL

      $40.00
    • Cabernet Sauvignon / Napa, CA BTL

      $40.00
  • White Wine Bottle

    • Riesling / Rheinhessen, Germany BTL

      $40.00
    • Sauvignon Blanc / Marlborough, New Zealand BTL

      $40.00
    • Pinot Grigio / Sonoma, California BTL

      $40.00
  • Honey Wine Bottle

    • Traditional Honey Wine

      $50.00
  • Bottle Only Red Wines

    • Tempranillo

      $45.00
    • Zinfandel

      $45.00
    • Cabernet Sauvignon

      $45.00
  • Bottle Only White Wines

    • Pinot Grigio 

      $45.00
    • Chenin Blanc

      $45.00
    • Rombauer Chardonnay

      $45.00
  • Champagne Bottle

    • Moët & Chandon Rosé Imperial Split

      $25.00
    • Veuve Clicquot Brut

      $95.00
    • House Champagne

      $20.00
  • Ethiopian Brunch

    • Combination

      A combination of, Fir fir, Che chebsa, scrambled egg’s and Kinche.
      $24.99
    • Che chebsa

      Hand made flat bread pieces tossed in seasoned Ethiopian butter and berbere.
      $13.99
    • Harar Special

      Scrambled eggs cooked into Tsehay's special blend Shiro with tomatoes, onions, jalapeno served with Injera.
      $14.99
    • Ful

      Arabian fava beans cooked to perfect tenderness with Ethiopian spices, topped with seasoned butter diced tomatoes, jalapeños and onions.
      $13.99
    • Fir Fir

      Injera pieces tossed in traditional Ethiopian red stew served with Ayéb
      $13.99

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