Washington Restaurants » Meskerem Menu
Meskerem
Tel: (202) 462-4100
Address: 2434 18th St NW, Washington DC
Cuisine: African,Ethiopian
Average Price: $ ($10 and under)
Features:
Catering Available
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Beef
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Alitcha WattExtra lean chopped beef, simmered in a mild and flavorful onion and herb sauce.
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Bozena ShurroMeskerems highly seasoned milled chick peas (shurro) is simmered in berbere sauce with cubes of lean beef
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Kay WattVery lean chopped beef, simmered in a hot and thick berbere sauce
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Special TibbsCubes of choice lean beef, sauteed in our special, spicy sauce.
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Zilzil TibbsStrips of hcice lean beef, sauteed in butter, onion and herbs
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Lamb
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Sigana AtkiltLamb meat slowly cooked with string beans, carrots, and potatoes in mild sauce.
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Yebeg AlitchaSucculent lamb meat cooked in a mild and distinctly flavorful sauce
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Yebeg FititPieces of Meskerems traditional injera soaked in one of the above lamb dishes.
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Yebeg Kay WattSucculent lamb meat cooked to tenderness in hot and thick berbere sauce.
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ZilboMorsels of lamb, collard greens, and potato in specially seasoned mild sauce
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Meskerem Specialties
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Gored GoredMorsels of choice lean beef dipped in awaze, a traditional sauce of milled pepper thickened with honey wine, butter and spices. Gored Gored is served raw or very rare.
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KitfoFreshly minced, very lean beef mixed with mitmita and butter. Kitfo, a specialty of the Gurage people of Central Ethiopia, is served raw, like steak tartar, or lebleb (very rare). The butter has a special herb (koseret) that gives kitfo its flavor
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Meskerem MessobA dazzling array of beef, chicken, and lamb with vegetarian dishes, arranged on our large serving tray
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Meskerem TibbsTender chopped lamb sautéed to perfection with onion, green chili, seasoned butter and herbs
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Poultry $9.75
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Yedoro AlitchaThis mild version of Yedoro Watt features a drumstick and a thigh simmered to perfection in a mild and thick sauce and served with a hard boiled egg.
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Yedoro FitfitPieces of Meskerems traditional injera soaked in one of the above poultry dishes
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Yedoro WattA drumstick and thigh cooked to tenderness in hot and thick berbere sauce, and served in Ethiopian style with a hard boiled egg.
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Seafood
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Assa WattChunks of filet of fish grilled then slightly simmererd in hot berbere sauce.
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Seafood PlatterA hearty platter of shrimp, scallops and fillet of fish sauteed in Meskerems special sauce
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Shrimp AlitchaShrimp sauteed in a mild and flavorful onion and herb sauce
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Shrimp AtkiltShrimp cooked with string beans, carrots and cauliflower in mild Meskerem sauce.
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Shrimp TibbsShrimp sauteed with chilli, awaze, onion and seasoned butter
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Shrimp WattShrimp sauteed in Meskerems unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce
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Vegetarian
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Atikilt WattString beans, with sliced carrots and potato chunks, simmered in mild sauce.
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Gomen WattChopped collard greens simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce.
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Kik AlitchaSlightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce of onion, herbs and spices.
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Misir AzifaPureed lentils are served next to a rare combination of finely chopped onions and green chilies mixed in vinaigrette sauce.
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Shuro WattSesoned milled chick peas (shurro) are simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce
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Tikil GomenSliced cabbage, carrots and potato shunks, cooked to perfection in a mild sauce.
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Vegetarian MessobA combination of vegetarian dishes arranged on a platter and served with tomato and potato salads
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Yemisir WattPureed lentils are simmered in Meskerems own spicy, hot berbere sauce.
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