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Tsehay Ethiopian Restaurant & Bar
2429 18th Street NW
Washingotn, DC 20009
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Featured Items
Food
Appetizers
Sambosa With Lentils Or Beef
Three triangular shaped hand wraped phylo dough pasteries, stuffed with your choice of sauted lentils or beef with Jalapenos, shallots and signature Ethiopian Spices flash fried.
$12.99Beef Short Ribs
Two thinly sliced beef short ribs sauteed with traditional Ethiopian spices and served with a trio of hot sauces.
$16.99
Salad
Main
Lamb Tibs (8oz/ 225g)
Fresh cubes of Australian lamb sautéed with shallots, tomatoes, rosemary and seasoned butter topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
$23.99Beef Tibs (8oz/ 225g)
Fresh cubes of beef sautéed with shallots, tomatoes, rosemary and seasoned butter topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
$22.99Kitfo (8oz/ 225g)
Hand ground lean beef seasoned blend of Ethiopian spices and seasoned butter. served with Ayeb and Gomen. Recomended temprature raw.
$24.99Memo Special (8oz/ 225g)
A combination of our Beef Tibs (4oz) and Tsehay special shiro (4oz), seasoned butter added to the shiro, served with mixed green salad.
$22.99Ye Beg Wet (Red Lamb Stew)
Australian lamb in a homemade shallot red chili sauce and Ethiopian spices slow cooked for a minimum of 8 hours on low heat served with Ayeb.
$24.99Ye Bere Alicha (Yellow Beef Stew)
Cubes of beef in a homemade turmeric shallot sauce and Ethiopian spices slow cooked for a minimum of 8 hours on low heat served with Ayeb.
$24.99Dinich Be Siga (Beef & Potato Stew)
Beef and Potatoes in a homemade shallot red chili sauce or turmeric shallot sauce and slow cooked with Ethiopian spices on low heat, served with Ayeb.
$24.99
Vegan
Tsehay’s Special Blend Shiro
Sun dried chikpeas stone ground into a fine flour, seasoned with Tsehay’s specail blend of Ethiopian seasonings, cooked with shallots, tomato and garlic, served with mixed green salad. Recomended with seasoned butter + $2
$19.99Misir
Red lentils seasoned with Ethiopian spices and simmered in shallot red chili sauce, served with mixed green salad.
$18.99Gomen
Fresh cut collard greens cooked with onions, garlic and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
$17.99Tikil Gomen
Fresh cabbage cooked with carrots, onions, garlic, ginger and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
$17.99Fossolia
Fresh string beans sautéed with carrots, tomatoes, shallots, garlic and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
$17.99Key Sir
Fresh beets sautéed garlic and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños served with mixed green salad.
$17.99Kik Alicha
Yellow split peas in a homemade turmeric shallot sauce and Ethiopian spices, topped with julienne cut jalapeños, served with mixed green salad.
$17.99
Sampler Plates
Porch Fest Special
Wine/Champagne
Red Wine Bottle
White Wine Bottle
Honey Wine Bottle
Bottle Only Red Wines
Bottle Only White Wines
Sunday | 12:00 pm - 9:45 pm |
Monday | 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Tuesday | 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Wednesday | 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Thursday | 12:00 pm - 9:45 pm |
Friday | 12:00 pm - 9:45 pm |
Saturday | 12:00 pm - 9:45 pm |
Michelin rated Ethiopian Restaurant in the heart of Adams Morgan.