Menu of Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant at
Saint Louis, MO
Appetizers
Samosa-Lentil (Sambosa)
$5.00
Lentils mixed with hot green peppers, onions, and garlic are stuffed in homemade thin flat bread. Served hot.
Samosa-Beef (Sambosa)
$6.00
Chopped prime beef mixed with hot green peppers, onions, and garlic is stuffed in homemade thin flat bread. Served hot.
Gluten-Free Injera
$2.75
Please note: All entrees come with two pieces of regular injera. In order to make your meal completely gluten free, please order 2 gluten free injeras. If you only order one, the restaurant will still provide a regular injera as well.
Avocado Salad
$10.00
Chopped avocado mixed with tomatoes, green peppers, and onions.
Regular Injera
$1.75
Please note: All entrees already come with two pieces of regular injera. If you'd like an extra piece, order them here!
Azifa
$7.00
Whole brown lentils blended with diced onions and green peppers are coarsely mashed in an Ethiopian mustard vinaigrette.
Timatim Fitfit
$7.00
Pieces of injera are mixed with chopped tomatoes, fresh green peppers, onions, olive oil, and vinegar. Served cold.
Timatim Salad
$6.00
Chopped tomatoes, onions, and green peppers mixed with house dressing.
Combo Platters
Meskerem Combination
$18.00
Combination of tibs wat, doro wat, inches alpha, miser alpha, and vegetable 2 tikil gomen.
Vegetarian Combination
$18.00
Combination of miser alpha, miser wat, shiro wat, betcha, gomen wat, vegetable 1, and vegetable 2.
Veggie and Meskerem Combo
$34.00
Dessert
Baklava
$5.00
Tiramisu
$5.00
Entrée-Beef
Tibs Wat
$15.00
Prime beef pan seared, then sautéed with berbere, and special Ethiopian sauce.
Kitfo
$18.00
Chopped prime beef mixed with butter, mitmita served raw, rare, or well done. Like steak tartare.
Lega Tibs
$16.00
Cubed beef sautéed with garlic, onions, and green peppers finished with awaze sauce.
Kwanta Firfir
$16.00
Seasoned and dried beef, sautéed with red wine, and finished with berbere sauce.
Beef Dulet
$18.00
Freshly minced extra lean beef sautéed in a special blend of house spices, onion, jalapeño pepper, mitmita powder, and butter and olive oil.
Gored Gored
$18.00
The tenderest under cut cubes of beef dipped in butter. Served raw, rare, or well done.
Tibs N' Quosta
$18.00
Sautéed, a choice of chicken, beef, or lamb choose one mixed with quota, onions, and green peppers.
Gomen Besaega
$15.00
A special cut of prime beef seasoned with garlic, onions, and ginger, then finished with collard greens.
Tibs Alecha
$15.00
Lean beef, ground, and cooked in a mild sauce with jalapeño and seasoned with ginger and garlic.
Entrée-Chicken
Doro Wat
$17.00
Chicken seasoned with onions, garlic, and fresh ginger sautéed with butter, and red wine then finished with berbere. Served with a hard-boiled egg.
Special Chicken Tibs
$17.00
Cubes of chicken breast seasoned with garlic, onions, green peppers, and tomato finished with awaze sauce.
Entree Lamb
Special Lamb Tibs
$18.00
Boneless lamb sautéed with garlic, rosemary, tomato, onions, and green peppers finished with awaze sauce.
Yebege Alecha Wat (Mild)
$18.00
Tender pieces of lamb marinated with Ethiopian spiced butter then sauteed with ginger, garlic, and curry.
Entrée-Seafood
Meskerem Special Fish
$18.00
Fresh tilapia fish, onion, tomato, jalapeño pepper, cilantro, and olive oil marinated and then sautéed in Ethiopian spices.
Fish Gulashe
$16.00
Cubed tilapia fish sauteed with olive oil, garlic, onion, and green pepper.
Shrimp Tibs
$16.00
Shrimp sautéed with fresh tomato, garlic, onions, and green peppers.
Entrée-Vegetarian
Miser Alecha
$13.00
Split lentils marinated in ginger, garlic, onions, olive oil, and curry and then cooked to perfection. Mild.
Gomen Wat
$14.00
Finely chopped collard greens are steamed and mixed with peppers, ginger, garlic, and onions.
Shiro Wat
$13.00
Ground, highly seasoned chickpeas in berbere sauce.
Miser Wat
$13.00
Split lentils with garlic, onions, and olive oil, and finished with berbere sauce.
Vegetable 2: Tikil Gomen
$13.00
Fresh cabbage, potatoes, and carrots sautéed with garlic, ginger, and curry.
Butecha
$12.00
Finely milled chickpeas pan-crusted in olive oil with diced onions, jalapeños, and a touch of lemon juice.
Vegetable 1: Fosolia
$15.00
Sautéed fresh string beans, carrots, and onions with tomato sauce.
Tofu Tibs
$14.00
Tender chunks of tofu sautéed with awaze sauce, garlic, onions, and bell peppers.
Quosta
$14.00
Chopped spinach simmered in a mild sauce of onions and fresh garlic.
White beans
$14.00
Beans sauteed with tomatoes, onions, and garlic; finished with awaze sauce.
