Little Ethiopia Menu

Main meals

All dishes are served with traditional, freshly prepared injera. Injera is yeast-risen flatbread with a unique, slightly spongy texture,traditionally made out of teff flour and is the national dish in Ethiopia, accompanying just about every meal.

• Doro Wot

  Spicy chicken stew with onions, berbere (Ethiopian chili paste), kibe (Ethiopian spiced butter) and garlic. Kindly check with your waiter for availability.

• Key Wot

  Lean beef stew with onions, berbere (Ethiopian chili powder), kibe (Ethiopian spiced butter and garlic. Please check with your waiter for availability.

• Kitfo

  Finely chopped lean beef, mixed with mamita (the spiciest and hottest of Ethiopian chilis), melt kibe (spiced butter) and korerima (black cardamom seed powder) served with ayibe (fresh Ethiopian cottage cheese).

• Tibs

  Pieces of beef, cooked with onions, rosemary, fresh chili with a hint of awaze (chili paste) for flavour (optional).

• Zilzil tibs

  Strips of lean beef, cooked with onions, rosemary, fresh chili with a hint of awaze (chili paste) for flavour (optional). It is served in a traditional clay pot with a mild charcoal flame beneath to keep the food warm.

• Yebeg tibs

  Pieces of mutton/lamb cooked with onions, rosemary and fresh chili with a hint of awaze (chili paste) for flavour (optional).

• Qwanta firfir

  Injera pieces mixed and simmered in a qwanta sauce (made with dried beef fillet) with onions, rosemary and tomatoes.

• Beyeaynetu

  A combinatopin of Ethiopian vegetable dishes including alicha, kik alicha, misir wot, gomen and green salad.

• Yesiga alicha wot (beef)

  Vegetable and beef stew, slow cooked with onions, potatoes, carrots and hints of garlic and tumeric for flavour.

• Alicha

  Vegetable stew slow cooked with onions, cabbage, potatoes, carrots and hints of garlic and tumeric for flavour.

• Misir wot

  Lentil sauce cooked with onions, berbere, tomatoes and lentils.

• Kik alicha

  Split dried peas cooked with onion, garlic and a hint of tumeric for flavour.

• Gomen

  Collard greens slow cooked with onions and garlic for flavour.

• Gomen be siga

  Spinach slow cooked with onion, lean cuts of beef and garlic added for flavour.

• Shiro

  Split chick peas and peas, dried, ground and mixed with berbere and various other spices in a traditional way to make Shiro powder, which is then cooked with onions, tomatoes and garlic for flavour.

Alcoholic drinks

You can also bring your own wine, but we'll levy a corkage fee on these.

• Wines

  We stock a selection of wines. Our white wines include Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Grenache Blanc. Our red wines include Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage, Merlot, Ruby Cabernet and more. Prices are between R30-38 per glass and R95-132 per bottle.

• Beer

  We stock a variety of beer, including Amstel, Castle Light, Castle Lager, Heineken, Windhoek, Savannah Dry, Black Label and Hunter's Dry. Prices are between R20-24 per beer.

Drinks

• Ethiopian buna (coffee)

  Raw, premium Ethiopian coffee beans roasted, ground and brewed in a traditional way using the jebena (traditional Ethiopian clay coffee pots). Buna is prepared according to a prescribed traditional ceremony and is served in small porcelain cups.

• Traditional spiced tea

  Ceylon tea with a traditional spice mix of cardamom, cinnamon and cloves.

• Ethiopian coffee

  Ethiopian coffee, served in a traditional cup, with popcorn and incense on the side.

• Ceylon and Rooibos tea

• Cool drinks

  Coke, Fanta (Orange, Pineapple or Grape), Sprite, Coke Light, Coke Zero, Sprite Zero, Stoney Ginger Beer

• Appletizer/Grapetizer

• Bottled water (still or sparkling)

• Fruit juice