Ethiopia Down Under

Menu

Can’t decide? Try a mix of our 3 most popular meals!

Ethiopia Down Under

BEEF

  • KAY WAT
     
    $18.90
    Ethiopia’s main stay and most popular meat dish – tender beef pieces in a spicy berbere. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • YAYESH' WAT
     
    $19.90
    Chef’s special beef and coconut cream in mild Ethiopian spices. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • BAMIA WAT
     
    $19.90
    Okra and tender beef pieces in a spicy berbere sauce – a very traditional dish. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • GOMEN TIBBS
     
    $20.90
    Spinach and tender beef/Lamb pan fried with berbere spices, capsicum, onion & tomato. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • ZILZIL TIBBS
     
    $24.90
    Tender beef pieces, pan fried fresh with Ethiopian “Awaza” spices, chilli & onion. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • KITFO
     
    $22.90
    Tender beef mince, cooked with traditional Ethiopian spices and clarified butter. (served with rice/bread) gf
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GOAT

  • FEEYEL TIBBS
     
    $22.90
    Strips of prime goal meat, pan fried fresh with berbere spices, capsicum, onion & tomato. (served with rice/bread)gf

FISH

  • ASAR TIBBS
     
    $24.90
    Strips of Nile Perch, pan fried fresh with burbere spices, capsicum, onion & tomato. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • Derek Asar
     
    $24.90
    Nile Perch fillet cooked with fresh mixed vegetables served with Atkilt. (served with rice/bread) gf
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COMBINATIONS

  • ETHIOPIAN MEAT COMBINATION
     
    $20.90
    (single adult meal – 1/3 serve of each below)
    Kay Wat (spicy beef), yellow lentils and Yayesh Wat (beef with coconut). (served with rice/bread) gf
  • ETHIOPIAN VEGETABLE COMBINATION
     
    $19.90
    (single adult meal – 1/3 serve of each below)
    Atkilt Wat (mixed vegetables), Alit’cha Miser Wat (yellow lentils) and Dinich Wat (spiced potatoes) OR Dubou Wat (spiced pumpkin). (served with rice/bread) gf
  • ETHIOPIAN LENTIL COMBINATION
     
    $17.90
    (single adult meal – 1/3 serve of each below)
    Kik Wat (red lentils), Alit’cha Miser Wat (yellow lentils) and Atkilt Wat (mixed vegetables) gf
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VEGETABLE - (VEGAN & VEGETARIAN)

  • ATKILT WAT
     
    $17.90
    Mixed seasonal vegetables, potatoes, cabbage, carrots and green beans cooked with turmeric in mild spices. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • VEGE-COCONUT
     
    $19.90
    Mixed seasonal vegetables cooked in light spiced tomato and coconut sauce. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • KIK WAT
     
    $17.90
    Red lentils cooked with mild Ethiopian berbare spices. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • YELLOW LENTILS
     
    $17.90
    Spiced yellow lentils cooked with onion, ginger, garlic and shallots - a milder dish. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • DINICH WAT
     
    $17.90
    Spiced potatoes cooked in a berbere sauce. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • DUBOU WAT
     
    $17.90
    Spiced pumpkin cooked in a berbere sauce. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • ZUCCHINI WAT
     
    $17.90
    Spiced zucchini cooked in a berbere sauce. (served with rice/bread) gf
  • COMBINATION
     
    $19.90
    See vegetable and Lentil combination on previous. (served with rice/bread) gf

DESSERTS

Traditionally Ethiopians do not eat dessert, but during the Italian occupations early last century, gelato and ice-cream made its way into the Ethiopian diet and is very popular in the cities and large towns.

Our Ice creams are homemade and are without a doubt some of the finest in Australia.

HOMEMADE ICE CREAMS, GELATO & SORBETS

(225-250 gm or approx 2-3 scoops) $8.90

Flavours vary with availability and season – see our Dessert Board for current availability.

Ice-cream flavours cannot be mixed in one serve

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Coffee and Teas

  • TRADITIONAL ETHIOPIAN COFFEE (Certified organic & Fair Trade)
     
    $3.80
    From the birth place of coffee - hand roasted fresh from raw Ethiopian coffee beans prepared in the traditional way & served in small cups from a tradiotional pot - Complementary top-ups provided.
  • TRADITIONAL ETHIOPIAN TEA
     
    $3.80
    Traditional spiced tea with spices.

ETHIOPIA COFFEE AND COFFEE POTS

  • ETHIOPIAN COFFEE PACKS
     
    $3.80
    (Certified organic & Fair Trade *250gm)
  • JEBENA - Ethiopia coffee pots
     
    black with spout $48.00
  • JEBENA - Ethiopia coffee pots
     
    from Tigrey(brown) $40.00

FAIRTRADE

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Our Fairtrade Coffee is imported direct from the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in Ethiopia to Australia, avoiding the need for a middleman at the farm gate. This ensures a sustainable income for growers. With Fiartrade coffee, we also pay an extra premium for which goes back directly to coops for building schools and clinics. All the Fairtrade coffee is grown on small cottage plots. Or picked from the forest, and it is fully Certified Organic.

SOFT DRINKS AND MINERAL WATER

SPARKLING MINERAL WATER (330 ml bottle)
 
$3.90
HOMEMADE LEMONADE (330 ml glass)
 
$4.50
HOMEMADE GINGER BEER (330 ml glass)
 
$4.50
COKE (330 ml glass)
 
$3.90
Diet Coke
 
$3.90
Fanta
 
$3.90
Apple Juice
 
$3.90
Orange Juice
 
$3.90

Take away menu

Our take away menu consists of:

SAMOSA (each) $6.90per serve (2Samosa per serve)

  • Ethiopian spicy beef samosa
  • Ethiopian spiced lentil samosa
  • Ethiopian feta cheese samosa
  • Ethiopian corn & mint samosa
  • Ethiopian spinach samosa

SALADS $11.90

  • Asmara potato salad – Chopped potato, tomato & green chillies in a lemon & oil Ethiopian spiced dressing
  • Feta house salad – Feta cheese, tomato, lettuce, capsicum & onion in a lemon & oil Ethiopian spiced dressing
  • Aregash salad – Tomato, lettuce, onions, capsicum & crispy bread pieces in a lemon & oil Ethiopian spiced dressing

BREADS

  • KITA BREAD – Traditional Ethiopian bread with spicy oil & herbs - $3.90
  • KATIGNA BREAD – Traditional Injera bread lightly pan fried with spiced butter - $5.00
  • ROTI BREAD – $2.90

ETHIOPIAN MAINS

Also served with rice & injera in a 500 ml container

CHICKEN

  • Doro Tibbs – Pieces of chicken breast fillet pan-fried fresh with Berbere Rice, onion, capsicum & tomato gf - $19.90
  • Alit’cha Doro – strips of chicken cooked with carrot in mild spice gf - $19.90
  • Chicken-Coconut – strips of chicken breast pieces cooked with coconut cream mild gf – $21.90

LAMB $22.90 ( Rice included)

  • Lamb Tibbs – Prime lamb pieces, pan-fried fresh with chilli, onion, capsicum & tomato

GOAT $22.90 (Rice Included)

  • Feeyel Tibbs – Prime goat pieces, pan-fried fresh with chilli, onion, capsicum & tomato

BEEF

  • Kay Wat – traditional spicy beef in berbere sauce – $18.90
  • Alit’cha “Yayesh” Wat – Chef’s special beef in coconut cream sauce – $19.90
  • Bamia Wat – spicy okra and spicy beef (subject to availability of Okra) – $18.90
  • GOMEN TIBBS, Spinach and tender beef/Lamb pan fried with berbere spices, capsicum, onion & tomato. gf – $20.90
  • ZILZIL TIBBS, Tender beef pieces, pan fried fresh with Ethiopian "awaza" spices, chilli & onion. gf – $24.90
  • KITFO, Tender beef mince, cooked with a traditional Ethiopian spices and clarified butter. gf – $22.90

FISH

  • Asar Tibbs Pieces of Nile Perch fish fillet, pan-fried with berbere spice, onion, capsicum & tomato – $22.90
  • Derek Asar Nile Perch fillet cooked with fresh mixed vegetable served with Atkilt. gf – $22.90

VEGETABLES

  • Atkilt Wat – Seasonal vegetables in traditional spices gf – $17.90
  • Yellow Lentils - Yellow lentils in mild spices gf – $15.90
  • Kik Wat – Red lentils cooked in berbere sauce gf – $15.90
  • Dinich Wat – Spiced potatoes cooked in berbere sauce gf – $15.90
  • Dubou Wat – Spiced pumpkin cooked in berbere sauce gf – $15.90
  • Zucchini Wat – Spiced Zucchini & green beans in a berbere sauce gf – $17.90
  • Mixed vegetables in Coconut cream gf – $19.90

COMBINATIONS

(1/3 serve of 3 dishes i.e. 1 adult meal)

  • Ethiopian Meat Combination – Kay Wat, Miser Wat & Alit’cha Yayesh Wat gf – $19.90
  • Ethiopia Vegetable Combination – Atkilt, Miser & Dinich or Pumpkin Wat gf – $18.90
  • Ethiopia Lentil Combination – Atkilt, Miser & Kik Wat gf – $18.90

ADD ONS

  • gf Spiced Rice – Spiced Berbere Rice - $5.00
  • gf Steamed Rice – 500 ml container - $3.00
  • Injera – Injera Bread (2 full size) - $4.00

SOFT DRINKS AND MINERAL WATER

  • SPARKLING MINERAL WATER - $3.90
  • HOMEMADE LEMONADE – 330 ml glass - $4.50
  • HOMEMADE GINGERBEER – 330 ml glass - $4.00
  • Coke, Fanta, Dite Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite Can - $3.90

Try it while you wait……

ETHIOPIAN COFFEE

From the birthplace of all coffee the tradition continues…Hand roasted and freshly ground from raw Ethiopian coffee beans and served in small cups from a traditional coffee pot. Ethiopian coffee treated in this way is neither bitter nor thick and is quite different from “Italian & Turkish style” coffee. It is a smooth, pleasant taste, mellow, sweet to the palette and lower in caffeine.

  • ETHIOPIAN TEA – Flavoured with aromatic spices – $3.50
  • HOMEMADE GINGER BEER – $3.50
  • HOMEMADE LEMONADE – $3.50
Contact us
Address:
1/70 Hodgson Cres, Pearce ACT 2607, Australia.
Telephone:
02 6286 1659
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What people say

Love this food We went here for my daughters birthday as she loves it so much! The Ethiopian salads a great

- Kambah, Australia

Amazing, delicious food. Great vegetarian options. Staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. New favourite take out in Canberra.

- Rob Lewis

Food is consistently delicious, and caters to a wide variety of tastes. Very good option if you have vegetarian friends. Staff continue to be very friendly, and owners will come out and greet you too.

- Owen Howitt

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