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468 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10036

212-664-0520 

 

468 W. 47th St. New York NY 10036

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  • Ethiopian, Moroccan
    Daily 10:30am-10:30pm
    $$ $$
    MasterCard, Visa, Discover
  • Casual
    Catering, Delivery, Family Style, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
    Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
    Beer, Wine
  • Accepted, Not Necessary
    No Parking, Street
Description

This Ethiopian restaurant boasts an amazing vegetarian combo of seven dishes, including azifa-a cold lentil salad flavored with ginger and mustard that climbs right up your nose. Serving as an edible undercarriage, the flatbread called injera is made with real teff rather than wheat flour, which produces a pleasing sourdough effect. Traditional favorites like yedoro wat are supplemented with surprises like yedoro alech-chicken with rosemary in a mellow yellow spice mixture. Western-style tables and chairs emphasize comfort at the expense of atmosphere.








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  • 2001 | Best Ethiopian Chow

    Though short on ethnographic decor, featuring none of those cute basket tables and stools, MESKEREM still leads the Ethiopian pack in the sheer exuberance of its food. My favorite feed there is the vegetarian combo, which includes puddles of spicy lentil and chickpea stews, mounds of greens, and the mustardy salad azifa arranged around an injera-shingled tray. Their liquor license permits the dispensing of Ethiopian beers and wines, now made in the United States, and the wine is particularly... More »

Main Menu
Appetizer
$6.00
Timatim Fitfit
pieces of "injera" mixed with chopped tomatoes, fresh green peppers, onions, olive oil and vinegar. (served cold)
$5.00
Timatim Salad
chopped tomatoes, onions, green peppers mixed with house dressing
$3.00
Sambosa
chopped prime beef or lentils mixed with hot green pepper onions and garlic are stuffed in homemade thin flat bread. (served hot in triangular shape)
$5.00
Azifa
chopped onions, green peppers, lentils, fresh lemon juice, vinegar mixed with mustard (served cold)
$7.50
Avocado
chopped avocado mixed with tomatoes, green peppers and onions
Entree
$15.00
Kitfo
chopped prime beef mixed with butter, mitmita served raw, rare or well done, (like steak tartar)
$15.00
Gored Gored
the most tender under cut cubes of beef dipped in butter. served, raw rare or well done
$19.95
Tibs Wat
prime beef cooked in a pan, then sauteed with red wine and finished with berbere sauce
$10.95
Gomen Besaega
a special cut of prime beef seasoned with garlic, onions and ginger, then finished with boiled collard greens
$11.95
Yebeg Alecha (mild)
tender pieces of lamb marinated with butter then sauteed with ginger, garlic and curry
$12.95
Meskerem Tibs
boneless leg of lamb sauteed with rosemary, onions and green peppers
$12.95
Lega Tibs
tender, boneless leg of lamb marinated in white wine, then sauteed with rosemary, onions and green peppers
$13.95
Special Tibs
boneless leg of lamb sauteed with ethiopian honey wine, onions fresh tomatoes, green peppers and finished with awaze
$12.95
Yebed Wat
tender pieces of lamb marinated first with butter then sauteed with berber sauce. mitmita is ground chili pepper awaze in mild berbere sauce. berbere is ground red pepper
$15.00
Kwanta Firfir
seasoned and dried beef, then sauteed with red wine and finished with berbere sauce and pieces of "injera" dipped into it
$14.95
Meskerem Combo
combination of tibs wat, gomen besaega, yebeg alecha, miser a lech, miser wat
Poultry
$13.95
Diri Wat
chicken leg seasoned with onions, garlic and fresh ginger then sauteed with butter and red wine finished with berbere. (served with hard-boiled egg)
$12.95
Doro Alecha (mild)
chicken leg seasoned with onions, garlic and fresh ginger and a touch of curry in a hearty butter sauce. (served with hard-boiled egg)
$12.95
Special Chicken Tibs
cubes of boneless chicken seasoned with garlic, onions, tomatoes and finished with awaze sauce
Vegetarian
$9.95
Miser A Lech (mild)
split lentils dipped with ginger, garlic, onions, olive oil and curry then cooked to perfection
$9.95
Miser Wat
split lentils with garlic, onions, olive oil and finished with berbere sauce
$10.95
Shro Wat
ground and highly seasoned chickpeas finished with berbere sauce
$11.95
Vegetable A
sauteed fresh string beans, carrots and onion
$10.95
Vegetable B
fresh cabbage, potatoes and carrots sauteed with garlic, ginger and curry
$13.95
Vegetarian Combo
combination of miser a lech, miser wat, shro wat, vegetable b chickpeas balls and collard green
$15.95
Fish
whole pan-fried fish
$9.95
White Beans
beans sauteed with tomatoes, onions, garlic and finished with awaze
$9.00
Tuna
mixed with onions, green peppers, olive oil and vinegar, finished with ethiopian spice
$3.00
Sinig Kariya (recommended As Side Order)
jalapeno pepper stuffed with chopped tomato and onion
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