Mesi's Kitchen is an Ethiopian restaurant at 128 Holloway Road in North London. Named for its owner, the welcoming dining room serves homemade food in the traditional communal style, with large platters placed at the centre of the table.
Injera, the gently fermented teff flatbread, forms the base of the meal and is used to gather the stews and vegetables arranged above it. Regular and gluten free teff injera are available, helping more diners take part in the shared experience.
Meat combinations bring together beef, lamb and chicken dishes, while the vegetarian and vegan platter offers lentils, beans and other carefully spiced preparations. A mixed Mesi's Combo joins meat and plant based dishes on one tray for diners who want to explore the menu more widely.
The generous platters are naturally suited to couples, families and groups, although individual dishes can create a more focused meal. Reservations are available, and takeaway service provides an alternative when customers want the restaurant's Ethiopian cooking at home.
Address: 128 Holloway Road, Holloway, London N7 8JE, England
Mesi's Kitchen Menu
Starters
Ethiopian Style Salad
Made with lettuce, tomatoes, green chillies, onion, lemon juice, and our own herbs, and spices.
Lentil Azifa
Whole lentils cooked, mashed and blended with onions, jalapeno, and vegetable oil, fresh lemon juice with a hint of garlic. Served room temperature.
Mushroom Fried
Portobello mushrooms marinated and sauteed with onions and pepper. Can be Prepared with spicy, medium, or mild.
Sambusa
Fried triangular pastry filled with vegetables or meat or chicken and spice.
Hummus
Mashed chick peas made with tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice,and spiced up with our secret recipe.
Fish Salad
Fried spiced sea bream served with tomatoes, cucumber, red onions, and coriander leaves.
Roast Vegetable Salad
Roast vegetables served with humus and olives.
Side Dishes
Ye Misser Wot
Split lentils in hot sauce.
Ye Ater Kik Alicha
Slightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce of onion, herbs, and spices.
Tekil Gomen
Cabbage, potatoes, and carrots cooked to perfection in a mild sauce.
Gomen
Thinly cut collard or spring greens steamed to perfection in a mild sauce.
Fosolia
Whole beans with strips of carrots cooked with spice.
Main Courses
At Mesi’s Kitchen, we serve food the traditional way with generous portions on a large plate lined with injera (our light, airy, sourdough flatbread). It is recommended to order one entree per person or share our multi-person combos.
Special Vegetarian – Vegan Variety
A combination of Vegetarian – Vegan dishes selected by our main chef.
Meat Combo
A Variety of Beef, Lamb and Chicken Dishes.
Mesi's Combo
Non Vegetarian and Vegetarian Dishes.
Beef Dishes
Ye Chaka Tibis
Thinly cut and dry fried lean beef seasoned with onion and Mesi’s spices spicy.
Zilzil Tibs
Strips of choice lean beef sautéed in gee, onion with an assort assortment of herbs and spices.
Ye Ti Bs Wot
Very lean chopped beef, simmered in a hot and thick flavoursome berbere sauce.
Bozena Shiro
Mesi’s highly seasoned milled chick peas (shiro) simmered with berbera sauce and cubes of lean beef.
Misir Be Sega
Highly seasoned slow cooked medium spice split lentil sauce simmer with tender cubes of beef.
Lamb Dishes
Lega Tibs
Cubed tender lamb sautéed to perfection with onion, rosemary, and tomato with salad.
Awaze Tibs
Cubed tender lamb marinated in a sea of awaze sautéed to perfection with onion tomato and seasoned gee and herbs with salad. Hot pepper paste with garlic, ginger and spices.
Dullet
Finely chopped lamb tripe with lean beef garnished with spiced butter, red onions, and green chillies. Served medium or well done.
Yebeg Wot
Succulent lamb cooked in a dense spicy stew of onion, berbere and spiced gee.
Yebeg Alicha
Succulent lamb cooked in a mild tasty sauce with a distinctive flavour.
Chicken Dishes
Doro wot
Chicken drum sticks cooked slowly to tenderness in a thick spicy stew with hardboiled eggs.
Doro Alicha
A mild version of doro wot with turmeric.
Doro Tibs
Chicken cubes marinated and sauteed with red onions, jalapeno pepper, mixed with our secret spices prepared hot or mild with rice and salad.
Vegetable Dishes
Ye Misser Wot
Split lentil medium spicy sauce.
Yeater Kik Alicha
Slightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce of onion, herbs, and spices.
Shiro Wot
Seasoned milled chick peas (shiro) simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce.
Yesom Kulet Fitfit
Vegetarian medium spice sauce tossed on injera
Tekil Gomen
Cabbage, potatoes and carrots cooked to perfection in a mild sauce.
Fosolia
Whole beans with strips of carrot cooked with Mesi’s own spices.
Mushroom
Mushrooms marinated and sautéed with Mesi’s own secret spices, onions and garlic prepared spicy, medium or mild.
Azifa
Whole lentils cooked and mashed blended with onions, jalapeno, mustard and olive oil, fresh lemon juice and a hint of garlic.
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