Queen of Sheba

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Our kitchen

Dishes from Ethiopia and Eritrea, served on injera. Much of it is naturally vegan - not as a concession, but because this is how the cuisine has always been cooked.

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Food

Starters

Small plates to begin with - meant to be shared.

  • Golden Sambusa with two dips on a white plate

    Sambusa

    €6.50

    Crisp pastry parcels filled with lentils, onion and green chilli.

    • Vegan
    • Mild
  • Cold lentil salad with herbs and onion

    Azifa

    €6.00

    Chilled green lentil salad with mustard, onion and lemon.

    • Vegan
  • Tomato salad with cherry tomatoes and herbs in a white bowl

    Timatim Salata

    €6.00

    Tomato, onion and jalapeño served over injera.

    • Vegan
    • Mild

Vegan Dishes

Ethiopian cooking has been rich in plant-based dishes for centuries - on fasting days the whole country eats vegan.

  • Red lentils in a black bowl with salad and injera

    Misir Wot

    €13.50

    Red lentils slowly stewed with berbere and onion.

    • Vegan
    • Fasting dish
    • Medium
  • Shiro Wot in a traditional black bowl with salad and injera

    Shiro Wot

    €13.00

    Creamy stew of roasted chickpea flour with garlic and ginger.

    • Vegan
    • Fasting dish
    • Mild
  • Gomen with salad and injera

    Gomen

    €12.00

    Collard greens with garlic, ginger and mild chilli.

    • Vegan
  • Mixed cabbage, carrot and potato

    Atkilt Wot

    €12.00

    Cabbage, carrot and potato with turmeric.

    • Vegan

Vegetarian Dishes

Dishes made with ayib, the mild Ethiopian fresh cheese, or butter.

  • Fresh cheese with braised collard greens on injera

    Ayib be Gomen

    €13.00

    Collard greens with mild Ethiopian fresh cheese.

    • Vegetarian
  • Green beans with carrots on a plate

    Fossolia

    €12.50

    Green beans and carrots gently braised in spiced butter.

    • Vegetarian

Chicken

Doro - slow-braised in berbere or seared hot in the pan.

  • Doro Wot with egg, ayib and injera

    Doro Wot

    €18.50

    Ethiopia’s national dish: chicken slowly stewed for hours in berbere and caramelised onion, served with a boiled egg.

    • Hot
  • Doro Tibs - sautéed chicken served with injera

    Doro Tibs

    €17.50

    Chicken sautéed over high heat with rosemary, onion and jalapeño.

    • Medium

Beef

From mild tibs to raw kitfo.

  • Key Tibs in a black pan with green chilli and injera

    Key Tibs

    €17.90

    Pieces of beef with ground hot paprika, sautéed with onion and clarified butter.

    • Hot
  • Nech Tibs with onions, salad and injera

    Nech Tibs

    €17.90

    Pieces of beef sautéed with onion and clarified butter. Not spicy.

  • Yetibs Firfir with spiced meat and injera

    Yetibs Firfir

    €16.90

    Pieces of beef in paprika sauce, clarified butter and onion, mixed with torn injera.

    • Medium
  • Kitfo with ayib, gomen and injera

    Kitfo

    €19.90

    Finely minced beef with mitmita and spiced butter. Traditionally served raw - we are glad to prepare it lightly warmed (lebleb).

    • Raw
    • Hot
  • Gored Gored with ayib, gomen and injera

    Gored Gored

    €19.90

    Cubed beef, served raw with mitmita and clarified butter.

    • Raw
    • Hot

Lamb

Yebeg - braised on the bone or seared in the pan.

  • Lamb tibs with side dishes on an injera platter

    Yebeg Tibs

    €18.90

    Pieces of lamb sautéed with onion and chilli peppers.

    • Medium
  • Lamb tibs with injera on two plates

    Yebeg Key Tibs

    €18.90

    Pieces of lamb sautéed with ground hot paprika, clarified butter and onion.

    • Hot
  • Spicy lamb stew in a bowl

    Yebeg Key Wet

    €18.90

    Pieces of lamb in a spicy tomato sauce with clarified spiced butter.

    • Hot

Sharing Platters

This is how it is eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea: one large platter in the middle, injera instead of cutlery, everyone reaching in together.

  • Vegetarian beyaynetu platter with lentils, vegetables and salad on injera

    Queen of Sheba Platter

    €35.90from 2 guests

    A mixed platter of various dishes. Vegetarian/vegan.

    • Vegan
    • Fasting dish
    • For sharing
    • Medium
  • Round mixed platter with several dishes and rolled injera

    Mixed Platter

    €16.00for 1 guest · €31.00 for 2 · €46.00 for 3

    Vegetarian mixed platter: spiced lentils, collard greens, mild lentils, green beans, beetroot and white cabbage with potatoes.

    • Vegan
    • Fasting dish
    • For sharing
    • Medium
  • Rolled injera showing its characteristic fine texture

    Injera

    €3.50

    The sourdough flatbread made from teff that serves at once as plate, cutlery and side to every dish.

    • Vegan
    • Fasting dish

Dessert

Something sweet to finish.

  • Bowl of yoghurt with fruit and dates

    Natural yoghurt with dates

    €8.90

    With honey and cinnamon, served with chopped nuts.

    • Vegetarian
  • Vanilla ice cream in a glass bowl

    Vanilla ice cream with cream

    €8.90

    With raspberry syrup.

    • Vegetarian

Drinks

Coffee & Tea

Coffee comes from Ethiopia. Here it is still prepared the way it has been drunk there for generations.

  • The Ethiopian coffee ceremony prepared on fresh grass

    Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

    €12.00for the table

    Green beans roasted at your table, ground, and brewed in the jebena. Three rounds, as tradition asks. Please request when booking.

    • Vegan
  • Freshly brewed coffee poured from the jebena

    Buna

    €3.80

    Ethiopian coffee brewed in the jebena.

    • Vegan
  • Hot tea in a glass

    Shai

    €3.50

    Spiced tea with cardamom, clove and cinnamon.

    • Vegan

Drinks

Tej, lemonades and everything to raise a glass with.

  • Water being poured into a glass at the table

    Sparkling water

    €5.50

    0.75 l

    • Vegan
  • Hibiscus lemonade in a tall glass

    Hibiscus lemonade

    €4.50

    House-made, gently tart.

    • Vegan
  • Tej served in a traditional berele flask

    Tej

    €6.50

    Traditional Ethiopian honey wine.

    • Vegan

Our team is glad to give you full allergen information. Please just ask us.

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