Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant

4301 Piedmont Ave, Oakland CA 94611 messob.org (510) 428-1122

Cuisines and Dishes at Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant:

Ethiopian

Menu for Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant

Appetizers

Vegetarian Sambbusa
a pair of ethiopian style triangular phyllo-pockets, stuffed with whole lentils, fresh garlic, jalapeno and onions.
Meat Sambbussa
a pair of ethiopian style triangular phyllo-pockets, stuffed with beef, fresh garlic, jalapeno and onions.
Salad
hearts of romaine lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and jalapeno mixed with virgin olive oil and ethiopian style house dressing.
Beef Or Chicken Tibs Salad
sauteed marinated chicken or lean beef over salad.
Timatim Fitfit
blended fresh roma tomatoes, onions, green peppers and fresh garlic pureed with olive oil and mixed with house dressing and injera.

Vegetarian

Misior Wot
split red lentils simmered with onions, garlic, berebere sauce and a blend of mild ethiopian herbs, spiced just enough to have a bit of a kick.
Ater Kik Alicha
llight vegetarian stew made from organic split pea in tumeric sauce cooked with fresh sliced ginger, and basil, with a touch of ethiopian herbs.
Shiro Wot
pureed chick peas cooked with onions, garlic, vegetable oil and ethiopian herbs.
Gomen Wett
fresh chopped collard greens, onions, garlic and ethiopian herbs cooked in vegetable oil.
Atkelt Wot
fresh yellow cabbage, potatoes and long cut carrots cooked in a mild caramelized onion sauce and garlic.
Vegetarian Messob
a combination dish of the above items.

Beef

Kitfo
finely chopped tenderloin of beef, traditionally served very rare, warmed only by melted nittir kibbe, ethiopian purified and spiced butter. this purified butter is further spiced with a special herb called koseret that gives kitfo its unique and distinct flavor. it can be served raw, lightly cooked or well cooked with ayeb (home made cheese).
Gored Gored
lean cubed beef tenderloin simmered in a blend of red pepper, awaze and herbed butter. it is served raw or rare.
Siga Tibs
tender chopped beef sauteed to perfection with onions, fresh rosemary and green pepper then rapidly fried in seasoned vegetable oil.
Awaze Tibs
tender cubes marinated in awaze sauteed with fresh onions, jalapeno & fresh rosemary.
Banatu
injera tossed in a succulent sauce of tender chunks of lean beef sauteed in berbere, onions, garlic and blend of ethiopian herbs.
Siga Wot
hot and spicy beef stew made of lean beef sliced and simmered slowly in berbere, nittir kibbe (purified and seasoned butter), with finely chopped onions and garlic.
Quanta Fifir
quanta is the traditional ethiopian technique for naturally preserving meat. it is marinated in salt and red pepper and dried naturally giving it a unique and subtle flavor when cooked into stew and served tossed with pieces of injera.

Lamb

Beg Tibs
succulent chunks of fresh lamb marinated in white wine, sauteed in butter seasoned with onions, green pepper, tomato and rosemary.
Beg Alicha
tender pieces of lamb braised slowly in green pepper and tumeric sauce, flavored with an ethiopian herb, ginger and touch of jalapeno papper.
Meat Messob
a combination of doro wot, beg alicha and sega wot.
Messob Special
a combination of vegetarian messob and meat messob.

Poultry

Doro Wot
tender chicken marinated in lemon, sauteed in seasoned butter and stewed in a berbere sauce, flavored with onions, garlic.
Doro Tibs
boneless marinated chicken sauteed with onions, jalapeno, garlic and fresh rosemary.
Meat Messob
a combination of doro wot, beg alicha and sega wot.
Messob Special
a combination of vegetarian messob and meat messob.

Fish

Fish Gored Cored
boneless cubes of catfish marinated in white wine and sauteed in fresh garlic, onions and jalapeno, served with salad.
Fish Tibs
thin slices of fillet cat fish, lightly breaded and fried in vegetable oil, served with side salad and misir wot.

Non Alcoholic Beverages

Club Soda
Ambo
(naturally carbonated mineral water from ethiopia).
Soft Drinks
Milk

Juices

Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Mango Juice

Hot Beverages

Cafe Late
Cappuccino
Coffee
Spiced Tea

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Reviews for Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant

Ratings and Reviews for Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant

May 04 2012

G J J. via Yelp

Standard Ethiopian. Good but not amazing.read more
May 04 2012

Tom H. via Yelp

The management has decided to no longer accept Restaurant.com vouchers. They did take ours as a last exception. That said, we found the service good but...read more
Apr 29 2012

William C. via Yelp

This was my first Ethiopian experience and the food amazing and the waitress very nice. Service was very slow but well worth the wait. Will eat here again...read more

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