Yayu Ethiopian Restaurant Service List

Main Menu

• Appetizer

  • Sambusa

    triangular pastry rolls filled with sauteed whole lentils, green pepper, jalapeno, fresh garlic and red onion

  • Kitfo Gursha

    ground beef spiced with hot pepper, salt and herb-seasoned butter served on baguette slices

• Salad

  • House Salad

    lettuce, tomato, jalapeno, garlic and onion tossed with house dressing (no dairy)

  • Ethiopian Potato & Beets Salad

    diced beets and potatoes with, bell peppers, fresh garlic and onion with lemon based dressing

  • Chicken Tibs Salad

    sauteed chicken strips over house salad

  • Yesiga Tibs Salad

    sliced prime tender beef with a touch of garlic over house salad.

• Meat & Poultry

  • Yebeg Lega Tibs

    marinated lamb morsels sauteed in onion, bell pepper, fresh garlic, herbs and seasoned oil.

  • Yesiga Tibs

    sliced prime tender beef with a touch of garlic, fresh rosemary, onion, bell pepper and fresh tomato

  • Doro Tibs

    boneless marinated chicken breast morsels sauteed with onions, bell pepper, fresh garlic and tomato

  • Godin Tibs

    tender short ribs, sauteed in seasoned oil, onion, garlic, rosemary, and fresh herbs

  • Tibs Firfir (spicy)

    shreds of injera in a special sauce with tender cubes of beef sauteed in rosemary and garlic

  • Tibs Firfir (spicy)

    shreds of injera in a special sauce with tender cubes of beef sauteed in rosemary and garlic

  • Kitfo

    extra lean freshly minced beef, seasoned with mitmita (ground hot pepper), fresh cardamom and herb-seasoned butter. traditionally eaten raw. served raw, rare or cooked

  • Ayib

    herb seasoned home made (ethiopian style) cottage cheese

  • Yedoro Wot

    chicken drumstick and a hard-boiled egg simmered in spiced berbere sauce to create ethiopias most popular dish

  • Yesega Alicha

    lean cubes of beef cooked in a mild sauce with assorted ethiopian spices, fresh garlic and turmeric

  • Yesega Wot

    lean cubes of beef cooked in berbere (ground hot pepper) sauce with assorted ethiopian spices and butter

  • Fish

    catfish/tilapia prepared ethiopian style (seasonal)

  • Meat Combination

    a serving of three ethiopian meat specialties: yedoro wot, yesega wot, and yesega alicha,

• Vegetarian Entree

  • Tofu Tibs

    tofu sauteed in herb-seasoned olive oil with fresh garlic, onion and rosemary.

  • Yemisir Wot

    organic red lentils slow-cooked in flavorful berbere sauce, red onion, fresh garlic.

  • Yekik Alicha

    organic split pea in a mild turmeric sauce cooked with red onion, fresh ginger, and herb-seasoned olive oil

  • Gomen

    fresh collard greens / spinach cooked in herb-seasoned oil with onion, garlic and green pepper

  • Shiro

    split pea-flour cooked in red berbere sauce with onions, fresh garlic and herb-seasoned oil or butter

  • Azifa

    boiled whole brown lentils mashed and blended with onion, green pepper, garlic, lemon and senafich (ethiopian mustard)

  • Buticha

    organic chickpea, garlic, onion, mild jalapeno and olive oil.

  • Telba Wot

    flax seed flour stew cooked in olive oil with onion, fresh tomato and a blend of spices.

  • Enguday Tibs

    mushroom sauteed in herb-seasoned oil with garlic, tomato, onion and bell pepper.

  • Enguday Wot

    mushroom cooked in red berbere sauce with onions, fresh garlic and seasoned oil

  • Ye-tsom Firfir

    shreds of injera simmered in tomato and berbere (ground hot pepper) sauce rich with flavorful spices

  • Vegetarian Combination

    a serving of our specialties: gomen (collard greens), yekik alicha (split peas), yemisir wat (red lentils), and salad

  • Enkulal Firfir

    three eggs scrambled with onion, fresh garlic and herbs (ethiopian style).

• Dessert

  • Cannoli

    traditional canonoli filled with cannoli filling

  • Ice Cream

    choice of vanilla, chocolate, and cookies n cream

  • Cafruit In Chocolate Shell

    a nice array of fresh fruit artfully laid on top of a chocolate shell