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1239 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10027

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  • African
  • Delivery, Takeout
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  • 2008 | Eritrean

    Massawa is the city's only Eritrean restaurant, and we suggest you savor the things that differentiate the cuisine from Ethiopian, including ful ("fool"), a fava-bean stew. And note the baguettes offered in addition to injera. More »

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  • Very Berberé

    Very Berberé

    By Robert Sietsema | Tue, April 25, 2000

    Two days later my fingers still smelled. The culprit was tsebhe beghie ($18), deliciously bathing lamb cubes in the Ethiopian spice mixture berberé ("bare-bare-ay"). But Caffé Adulis isn't Ethiopian, it's Eritrean—referring to the coastal region t... More »

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Main Menu
Starters
$7.50
Beef Sambusa
tasty ground beef flavored with spices and wrapped in 4 pastry shells
$6.50
Vegetable Sambusa
four pastry shells stuffed with a variety of vegetables
$8.80
Ful
fava beans simmered and served with berbere, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, yogurt and toasted bread
$6.80
Add Grilled Salmon, Shrimp, Or Chicken $8.80
Massawa Salad
mixed salad, peppers, cherry tomaotoes, vinaigrette
$6.00
Soup Of The Day
Beef
$16.50
Tebsi
cubes of beef sautéed with tomatoes, jalapenos and berbere (spicy or mild)
$16.00
Dereq Tebsi
blackened beef stir fried with onions and jalapeno peppers
$17.50
Kitfo
ground beef cooked with spices (traditional served rare)
$17.50
Special Kitfo
seasoned ground beef flavored with onions and alapenos
$17.00
Gored Gored
spicy chunks of beef simmered in an awaze sauce (best served rare)
$16.00
Zegeni
delicately simmered beef stew with berbere, spices and onions
$18.00
Beef Combo
selections of 3 beef entrees: spicy and mild tebsi with zegeni
Lamb
$16.00
Tsebhi Beghe
spicy chunks of lamb simmered within a thick berbere sauce
$16.00
Alitcha Beghe
mild lamb simmered in a thick sauce with spices and onions
$17.40
Lamb Combo
a combination of tsebhi beghe and alitcha beghe
Poultry
$15.70
Tebsi Derho
chicken breasts sautéed with tomatoes, jalapeno and berbere
$16.40
Tebsi Hiwas
boneless chicken cooked with your choice of collard greens or cabbage
$15.00
Tsebhi Derho
dark chicken simmered in a berbere sauce and spices
$16.50
Chicken Combo
combo of tebsi derho and tsebhi derho for one person
Seafood
$17.00
Monkfish
tenderly and slowly simmered with rosemary, lime, garlic and black peppers
$17.60
Shrimp Tebsi
served spicy or mild shrimp delicately sautéed with tomatoes, peppers, onions and berbere
$18.50
Salmon Tebsi
cubes of wine-glazed salmon cooked with berbere and tomatoes
$18.10
Shrimp Hiwas
spicy shrimp sautéed with collard greens or cabbage
$17.40
Shrimp Combo
combination of spicy and mild shrimp
Vegan
$14.00
Shiro
pureed chick peas cooked with ginger and seasoned with a hint of spice
$13.10
Timtimo
tasty red lentils flavored with grounded herbs
$14.00
Alitcha
potatoes, collard greens, carrots, spices
$13.00
Hamli
spinach sautéed with spices, onions, garlic garlic
$13.10
Ochra
succulent ochra simmered with green peppers and tomatoes
$12.90
Cablo
flavorful white cabbage seasoned and cooked with green peppers
$14.10
Tsebhi Hamli
collard greens cooked tenderly with garlic
$16.00
For Two Persons $29.00
Vegetable Combo
a combo for one person of shiro, alitcha and tsebhi hamli
Vegetable Specials
$14.80
Special Shiro
pureed chick peas simmered with garlic, peppers in homemade butter
$13.50
Duba
chunks of pumpkin tenderly sautéed with berbere, tomatoes and rosemary
House Specials
$18.50
Massawa Combo
a one person combo of spicy lamb, beef and chicken tebsi
$15.50
Duba B'siga
chunks of pumpkin tenderly cooked and sautéed with seasoned beef
$15.50
Shiro B’siga
spiced puréed chick peas simmered with seasoned cubed beef

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