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Appetizers
Sambussa
Thin dough shells stuffed with lentils, onion, hot greens and herbs. This meatless dish is lightly baked in vegetable oil to golden perfection.
$4
Vegetarian
Vegan
House Salad
Crisp green salad topped with green pepper,
tomato, onion in an authentic house dressing.
$12
Vegetarian
Vegan
Zeni's Specialties
All entrees are served with fresh baked Injera (soft spongy Ethiopian bread) and Zeni's house salad (Additional $3.50)★ Ye Doro Kifto
Boneless, skinless ground chicken, seasoned with purified herb butter sauce and hot-spiced chili powder (mitmita).
$22
★ Kikil Kitfo
Cooked and finely chopped prime beef, from selected lean round steak seasoned with purified herb butter sauce and
hot-spiced chili powder (mitmita).
$21
★ Keyet Kitfo
Beef kitfo (cooked raw or rare) mixed with Gomen (collared greens).
$29
★ Special Beef Kitfo
(cooked raw or rare) served with Gomen kitfo.
$29
★ Goden Tibs
Beef chuck short ribs, sautéed in butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper and rosemary.
Served Saturday and Sundays).
$27
Combinations
Vegetarian Combo
A combination of Miser Wot (red lentils), Kik Alitcha (yellow split peas), Atakelt Wot (vegetables), Gomen Wot (collard greens), and Timatim Fitfit.
$30
Vegetarian
Vegan
Meat Combo
A combination of Alitcha Wot , Juicy Doro Tibs (Chicken), and Kitfo (Beef), and homemade cheese.
$30
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs with onions, jalapeños and fresh tomatoes.
$19
Eggs & Meat
Scrambled eggs with seasoned ground beef, onions, jalapeños, and fresh tomatoes.
$20
Meat Combo
A combination of Yebeg Alitcha Wot (with Lamb), Juicy Doro Tibs (Chicken), and Kitfo (Beef), and homemade cheese.
$32
Chicken
Ye Doro Wot
Chicken cooked to tenderness in a hot and thick red pepper (berbere) onion, garlic, ginger and purified butter sauce. Served with a hard boiled egg.
$25
Ye Doro Wot Fir Fir
Scrambled Injera in Ye Doro Wot.
$26
Ye Doro Tibs
Boneless, skinless cubed chicken sautéed in a special blend of spices, braised in onions, tomato, green pepper and purified butter. Served hot or mild sizzling or juicy.
$22
Ye Doro Tibs FirFir
Scrambled Injera in Ye Doro Tibs.
$23
Beef
Kitfo
Finely chopped prime beef from lean round steak seasoned with purified herbed butter sauce and hot-spiced chili powder (mitmita). Served raw, medium or well done.
$25
Qeiy Wat
Hot and spicy beef stew. Very lean chopped beef simmered in a hot and thick berbere sauce and purified herb butter, with exotic spices added.
$22
Alicha Wat
Mild beef stew. Extra lean chopped beef simmered in mild sauce with butter, onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
$21
Gored Gored
Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red pepper and herb butter. Gored Gored is served raw or rare.
$24
Zilzil Tibs
Strips of tender beef sautéed and seasoned with onions and green pepper.
$25
Ye-Bere Tibs
Chunks of lean beef sautéed with onions, tomato, green pepper and purified butter. Served mild or spicy, sizzling or juicy.
$24
Ye-Bere Tibs FirFir
Scrambled Injera in Ye-bere tibs.
$25
Fir Fir
Scrambled Injera with deliciously tender cubed beef, simmered to perfection in berbere sauce, flavored with garlic and Ethiopian spices.
$25
Bozena Shiro
Zeni's highly seasoned mild chick peas simmered in berbere sauce with selected cubes of lean beef. Served in traditional pot.
$23
Quanta FirFir
Pieces of Injera mixed with savory dried beef cubes, onion, tomato, pepper with a hint of garlic and cooked in red sauce.
$25
Lamb
Ye Beg Tibs
Succulent pieces of fresh lamb sautéed in butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper, and tomato. Served juicy or sizzling.
$29
Ye Beg Tibs Fir Fir
Scrambled Injera in a sauce with succulent pieces of fresh lamb sautéed in butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper, tomato, and our exotic spices.
$30
Ye Beg Alitcha Wot
Mild lamb stew, extra lean chopped lamb simmered in a mild sauce with butter, onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.
$25
Dulet
Chopped red beet, lamb tripe, and lamb liver seasoned with herbed purified butter, spiced chili powder (mitmita). Served raw, medium or well done.
$29
Vegetarian Entrées
Ye Miser Wot
Pureed split red lentils are simmered in Zeni's own spicy hot berbere sauce.
$20
Vegetarian
Vegan
Kik Alitcha
Split yellow peas made with onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric. Mild.
$20
Vegetarian
Vegan
Atakilt Wot
Delicious vegetables: chopped cabbage, sliced carrots, and chunk of potatoes cooked and simmered with onions, garlic, ginger and vegetable oil.
$20
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gomen Wot
Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce of oil, onion an herbs.
$21
Vegetarian
Vegan
Ye-TimaTim Fit Fit
Scramble Injera in a blend of fresh tomato, jalapeños, onions, lime juice, mixed with Zeni's exotic spices.
$17
Shiro Wot
Roasted and powder chick peas (shiro) are simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce with vegetable oil.
$23
Vegetarian
Vegan
Foule
Cooked Fava beans mixed with fresh tomato, green pepper, spice and cheese (Ayeb) prepared with a choice of oil or butter.
$19
Vegetarian
Gomen Kitfo
Finely grounded collard greens made to perfection with herb butter. Served with spicy cheese.
$27
Vegetarian
Miser Kitfo
Pureed lentil mixed with mitimita, purified seasoned butter and herbs.
$20
Vegetarian
Ye Tsome Fir Fir
Scrambled Injera with a delicious berbere sauce, flavored with garlic and Ethiopian herbs.
$20
Vegetarian
Vegan
Sautéed Mushrooms
Sizzling or with gravy.
$20
Vegetarian
Vegan
Side Orders
Shiro Wot
$11
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gomen Wot
$10.50
Vegetarian
Vegan
Miser Wot
$10
Vegetarian
Vegan
Kik Alitcha
$10
Vegetarian
Vegan
Atkilt Wot
$10
Vegetarian
Vegan
2 Stuffed Jalapeños
$2
Tima Tim Fit Fit
$8.50
Ayib
House made cottage cheese
$4
Ayib with Gomen
$5
Injera
4 rolls
$2
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Ceremony
For a perfect conclusion of your meal, Zeni restaurant prepares
and serves Ethiopian coffee with its full ceremony.
To be served in this unique way, please allow for preparation
and order in advance.
$45
Dessert
Baklava
A traditional Greek pastry made with layers of bleached wheat flour filo dough, filled with chopped walnuts, pistachios in a cinnamon- honey syrup.
$3.50
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