Buticha
Pureed chickpeas seasoned with onions, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice & jalapeño. (served cold)
VeganGF friendly
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The Mesob menu
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Dietary and pricing note
Vegetable entrées are vegan. Gluten-free injera is available with at least four hours' advance notice. Cross-contact can occur in any restaurant kitchen, so please discuss allergies directly with the team. Prices and availability are maintained in the live ordering system.
Apps
Small plates to wake up the table — hand-wrapped pastries, seasoned cheese, salads and chilled bites, all made for sharing.
Ingudia Tibs
Fresh portobello mushrooms marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, herbs & spices. (can be prepared mild, medium or spicy)
VeganGF friendly
Kategna
Injera (Ethiopian bread), Ethiopian pepper & Ethiopian clarified butter. (Can be prepared with olive oil)
GF friendly
Veggie Soup
Vegetable broth soup.
Vegan
Misir Sambussa
Three hand-wrapped pastry shells filled with a blend of brown lentils, onions, peppers & herbs.
Siga Sambussa
Three hand-wrapped pastry shells filled with a blend of minced beef, onions, peppers & herbs.
Ayib Bemitmita
Farmer's cheese mixed with Ethiopian chili powder.
Vegetarian
Azifa
Whole brown lentils seasoned with onions, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice & jalapeño. (served cold)
VeganGF friendly
Timatim Fitfit
Juicy diced tomatoes, pieces of injera, onions, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice & jalapeño. (served cold)
VeganGF friendly
Meat Soup
Chicken broth soup, mixed vegetables and legumes.
Meats
Prime beef, tender lamb, chicken and eggs — slow-simmered or sautéed with berbere, clarified butter and fresh aromatics.
Beef
Tibs Wat / Zignee
Cubed prime beef sautéed & simmered in a spicy sauce.
SpicyGF friendly
Minchet Aletcha
Finely chopped prime beef sautéed in Ethiopian clarified butter and simmered in a mild sauce.
MildGF friendly
Minchet Kay
Finely chopped prime beef sautéed in Ethiopian clarified butter and simmered in a spicy sauce.
SpicyGF friendly
Kitfo
Prime beef tartar seasoned with Ethiopian clarified butter & Ethiopian chili powder. (can be served raw, lightly sautéed or cooked). *For the authentic Ethiopian taste of kitfo, this dish is best-eaten "tiray" (raw). Otherwise, you can have it prepared "lebleb" style, in which it is very briefly and very lightly sautéed.
SignatureRaw optionGF friendly
Bozena Shiro
Cubed prime beef simmered in shiro. (spicy pureed yellow split peas & chickpeas)
SpicyGF friendly
Lamb
Ye'beg Aletcha
Tender pieces of lamb (a combination of boneless & on the bone) simmered in a mild sauce seasoned with spices & herbs.
MildGF friendly
Lega Tibs
Cubed boneless leg of lamb marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, fresh rosemary & spices. (can be prepared mild, medium or spicy)
GF friendly
Gomen Be'Siga
Cubed lamb mixed with fresh collard greens & simmered in a mild sauce seasoned with spices and herbs.
MildGF friendly
Derek Tibs
Cubed boneless leg of lamb marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic, fresh rosemary & spices. Mild, served with a side of awaze.
Made to order (approx. 20 minutes).
MildGF friendlyMade to order
Chicken & Eggs
Doro Aletcha
Two tender chicken legs simmered in a mild sauce. Served with one hard-boiled egg.
MildGF friendly
Doro Tibs
Cubed chicken breast marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, fresh rosemary & spices. (can be prepared mild, medium or spicy)
GF friendly
Doro Kay
Two tender chicken legs simmered in a spicy sauce. Served with one hard-boiled egg.
SignatureSpicyGF friendly
Enqulal Wat
3 hard-boiled eggs simmered in a spicy sauce seasoned with spices & herbs.
SpicyGF friendly
Seafood
Seafood marinated and sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, parsley, herbs and spices.
Shrimp Tibs
Shrimp marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, fresh parsley, herbs & spices. (can be prepared mild, medium or spicy)
GF friendly
Tilapia Tibs
Tilapia marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, fresh parsley, herbs & spices. (can be prepared mild, medium or spicy)
GF friendly
Veggies
Mesob's vegetable entrées are prepared without animal products. Ask the team about today's combinations.
Shiro
Pureed split peas & chickpeas cooked with onions and garlic. (medium spicy)
VeganSpicyGF friendly
Azifa
Whole brown lentils seasoned with onions, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice & jalapeño. (served cold)
VeganGF friendly
Misir Wat
Red split lentils simmered in a spicy sauce.
VeganSpicyGF friendly
Atkilt Aletcha
Fresh green beans & carrots cooked with mild spices & herbs.
VeganMildGF friendly
Kik Aletcha
Yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce.
VeganMildGF friendly
Buticha
Pureed chickpeas seasoned with onions, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice & jalapeño. (served cold)
VeganGF friendly
Dinich Wat
Potatoes simmered in a spicy sauce.
VeganSpicyGF friendly
Gomen
Fresh collard greens cooked with mild spices and herbs.
VeganMildGF friendly
Ingudia Tibs
Fresh portobello mushrooms marinated & sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, herbs & spices. (can be prepared mild, medium or spicy)
VeganGF friendly
Tikil Gomen
Fresh cabbage and potatoes cooked with mild spices & herbs.
VeganMildGF friendly
Ye'Shimbra Assa
Handmade chickpea biscuits simmered in a spicy sauce.
VeganSpicyGF friendly
Difen Misir
Whole brown lentils simmered in a mild sauce.
VeganMildGF friendly
Samplers
The easiest way to experience Mesob: several dishes arranged together over injera for the whole table to share. If a modification is needed, add it in the order note on Square.
Meat Sampler
Meat Sampler for 1
Serves 1
Tibs wet (beef), minchet abish kay wet (beef), minchet abish alicha (beef), ye'beg alicha (lamb), doro tibs (chicken); & 4 sides of vegetables. (If modification is needed please add it on the note section)
SignatureGF friendly
Meat Sampler for 2
Serves 2
Double tibs wet (beef), minchet abish kay wet (beef), minchet abish alicha (beef), ye'beg alicha (lamb), doro tibs (chicken); & 4 sides of vegetables. (If modification is needed please add it on the note section)
SignatureGF friendly
Meat Sampler for 3
Serves 3
Tibs wet (beef), minchet abish kay wet (beef), minchet abish alicha (beef), ye'beg alicha (lamb), doro tibs (chicken); & 4 sides of vegetables. (If modification is needed please add it on the note section)
SignatureGF friendly
Meat Sampler for 4
Serves 4
Tibs wet (beef), minchet abish kay wet (beef), minchet abish alicha (beef), ye'beg alicha (lamb), doro tibs (chicken); & 4 sides of vegetables. (If modification is needed please add it on the note section)
SignatureGF friendly
Vegetable Sampler
Vegetable Sampler for 1
Serves 1
Your choice of 6 vegetable sides.
VeganSignatureGF friendly
Vegetable Sampler for 2
Serves 2
Double your choice of 6 vegetable sides.
VeganSignatureGF friendly
Vegetable Sampler for 3
Serves 3
Your choice of 6 vegetable sides.
VeganSignatureGF friendly
Vegetable Sampler for 4
Serves 4
Your choice of 6 vegetable sides.
VeganSignatureGF friendly
Taste of Mesob
Taste of Mesob for 2
Serves 2
Your choice of 2 appetizers, 2 chicken, 2 beef, 4 vegetables, 1 lamb, and 1 seafood.
SignatureGF friendly
Taste of Mesob for 3
Serves 3
Your choice of 2 appetizers, 2 chicken, 2 beef, 4 vegetables, 1 lamb, and 1 seafood.
SignatureGF friendly
Taste of Mesob for 4
Serves 4
Your choice of 2 appetizers, 2 chicken, 2 beef, 4 vegetables, 1 lamb, and 1 seafood.
SignatureGF friendly
Additional Items
Sauces, spices and extra injera — including gluten-free teff injera with advance notice.
Awaze
Ethiopian spicy sauce.
Spicy
Injera Regular
Freshly baked injera (traditional Ethiopian bread).
Mitmita
Ethiopian chili powder.
Spicy
Teff Injera
Freshly baked gluten-free injera. Please call the restaurant to order gluten-free injera with your entrée or by itself (please give us at least 2 hours notice).
GF friendly
Desserts
Sweet finishes for the table — filo pastry, honey, chocolate and cake.
Halewa
Baklava
Layers of filo dough filled with walnuts, pistachios, almond & dates, sweetened & held together with lemon honey.
Chocolate Torte
Vegan Chocolate
Berbere-infused with a special Mesob blend of herbs and spices, Ethiopian coffee topped with espresso powder, kemem shai infused with dried ginger, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon & black East African tea & guava-ginger — infused with an exotic blend of guava and ginger. Sampler of the 4 above.
Vegan
Almond Cake
Beverages
Shai teas, Ethiopian coffee and cold refreshments.
Tea
Chamomile Shai
Ginger Shai
Fresh ginger & black East African tea.
Arengude Shai/Green Tea
Mint Shai
Fresh mint & black East African tea.
Regular Shai
East African black tea.
Kerkede Shai
Fresh brewed hibiscus tea.
Kemem Shai
Dried ginger, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon & black East African tea.
Iced Shai
Tea served over ice.
Ice Kerkede/hibiscus
Coffee
American Coffee
Ice Coffee
Senne Coffee
Ethiopian coffee (bunna) — fresh raw organic coffee beans from Ethiopia, roasted then brewed, served in a single cup.
Jebena Bunna
Ethiopian coffee (bunna) — fresh raw organic coffee beans from Ethiopia, roasted then brewed & served in our traditional coffee pot (jebena). Serves a minimum of 4 people; preparation time approx. 10 min.
Water & Refreshments
Soda
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite and Ginger Ale.
Juices
Mango and guava juices.
Berze
San Pellegrino S
San Pellegrino L
0.5L Smart Water
1L Smart Water
500ml Acqua Panna Water
1 L Acqua Panna Water
Packaged Item
Packaged goods from Mesob to take home.
Coffee Beans
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