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907 Irving San Francisco CA 94122

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  • African, Eritrean, Ethiopian
    Sun 5pm-10pm, Tue-Thu 5pm-10:30pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm
    $$ $$
  • All Major Credit Cards, cash
    Delivery, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly
    Dinner
  • Beer/Wine
    Accepted
    Street
Description

This spot offers a chance to try spicy Eritrean specialties rarely found on local menus. Gored gored has tender rare beef cubes sautéed in highly seasoned clarified butter; kilwa (with your choice of protein, but the lamb is best) is a fiery sauté with onions, tomatoes, and green peppers. The kitchen's authentic enough to make injera (the pancake you eat, and eat with) with teff, an East African grain with a sourdoughlike tang.








  • 2004 | Best Eritrean Food

    The physical border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has historically been contentious; indeed, the two countries argue its location in the U.N. to this day. But the nations' local cuisines live in harmony at a charming Inner Sunset restaurant (because, when it comes right down to it, there's little difference between them anyway). New Eritrea offers enough of the appropriate decor to represent its namesake without overwhelming patrons in cascades of beads and frills. Put yourself in the hands of t... More »

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Main Menu
Appetizers
$3.50
Sambusa (meat)
an eggroll shell filled with prime ground beef and prepared with onions and spices.
$3.50
Sambusa (lentil)
a lentil recipe, east african style: prepared with onions and eritrean spices.
$3.50
Sambusa (vegetable)
delicate pastry filled with mixed vegetables, onion and spices.
$5.00
Green Salad
a combination of fresh tomatoes, onion and italian dressing.
Entrees
Extra Veggie Items For Entrees $5.00 Extra Salad $3.00 Extra Injera $1.00.
$11.00
Kilwa (beef)
lean beef sauteed with vegetable oil (or clarified butter), onion, tomatoes, garlic, seasoned red pepper sauce. served spicy or mild.
$10.95
Zigni (beef)
squares of lean beef, simmered in red pepper sauce with eritrean spices.
$11.50
Kilwa Dorho (chicken)
tenderized, boneless chicken sauteed in new eritrea's own spices cooked with vegetable oil (or clarified butter), onion, tomatoes and garlic.
$10.95
Zebhi Dorho (chicken)
of eritrean and ethiopian dishes, this is the all-time favorite. marinated chicken drumsticks simmered in onion, tomatoes, clarified butter and red pepper sauce.
$11.50
Kilwa Begee (lamb)
bonless strips of lamb simmered with onion, tomatoes, garlic and vegetable oil (or clarified butter) and eritrean spices. served spicy or mild.
$11.00
Alicha Begee (lamb)
mildly seasoned cubes of lamb mixed with potatoes, carrots, peppers, curry and eritrean spices.
$12.50
Meat Combination
a combination of #6, #8, #10 and salad
$11.95
Gored Gored (beef)
cubes of tenderloin tips served rare in awaze (new eritrea's own spices) and carified butter dip. (spicy)
$11.95
Kitffo (beef)
tartar of finely chopped lean flank steak, mixed with seasoned clarified butter accompanied with homemade yogurt and mitmita (spicy).
$11.50
New Eritrea's Special
tenderized boneless chicken mixed with mushrooms sauteed with onion, tomatoes, garlic and authentic eritrean spices.
Vegetarian
100% Vegan. Extra Veggie Items For Entrees $5.00 Extra Salad $3.00 Extra Injera $1.00.
$8.95
Tumtumo
lentil beans pureed and simmered with eritrean spices, tomatoes, onion and herbs.
$8.95
Hamli
collard greens and spinach simmered in authentic eritrean spices.
$9.95
Vegetarian Allicha
mildly seasoned mixture of potatoes, carrots, cabbage and garlic authentic eritrean spices.
$8.95
Alicha-ater
chickpea pureed and simmered in onion, garlic and authentic eritrean spices.
$8.95
Okra
okra cooked lightly and flavored with fresh tomatoes, onions and eritrean spices.
$9.00
Shiro
a traditional eritrean dish prepared with split peas, tomatoes and onions. deliciously seasoned to perfection.
Platter For Tw0 $23.50
Platter For Three $32.00
Platter For Four $40.00
House Sampler - Vegetarian Combo
a combination of six hearty and gourmet above dishes and salad.
$11.00
Vegetarian Combo
a combination of tumtumo, hamli, vegetarian allicha, alicha-ater and salad.
$10.50
Kantisha
mushrooms sauteed with specially seasoned onion, tomatoes, vegetable oil and eritrean spices. spicy or mild.
Seafood
Extra Veggie Items For Entrees $5.00 Extra Salad $3.00 Extra Injera $1.00.
$12.50
Asa Kilwa
select cuts of fresh tender fish sauteed with onion, tomatoes, garlic seasoned red pepper sauce and olive oil.
$12.50
Shrimp Kilwa
shrimp sauteed with onion, tomatoes, garlic seasoned red pepper sauce and olive oil.
Dessert
$4.50
Lemon Tart
$4.50
Tiramisu
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