

Rosalind's Ethiopian Restaurant


Perhaps you have selected one of our specialties and would now like to know the correct manner for eating this dish. In USA you will often be confronted with the opinion that only primitive peoples with no gastronomy eat with their fingers. However, this argument is distorted for we know very well that Europeans eat with their fingers where certain foods are concerned (e.g. poultry). One could theorize that in times gone by insufficient hygiene or inadequate washing facilities promoted the use of table cutlery. Young children still provide us with funny demonstrations of this - especially when they simply refuse to concede to the need to wash their hands, as they feel the use of cutlery prevents them from coming into direct contact with their food. Naturally, the food consistency plays a major role when eating. In this regard, there is a unique eating tradition for Ethiopian dishes. Those who want to share a meal in the traditional way of eating the food from a large plate is expected to wash their hands; this is always carried out prior to mealtime. The "Enjera" pancake is eaten cold and virtually replaces the spoon or the fork. A piece, the size of the palm of your hand is broken off by hand and used to grasp small amount of the "wot" sauce. The "Enjera" is intended as a utensil for your food, allowing you to eat in sizeable portions. A calm and concentrated approach will let you master these skills and you will succeed in forming bite-size portions which won't come apart when bringing them to your mouth. The pancake can be molded using your fingers until it has absorbed enough sauce to let the more solid food cling to it, forming the shape of a ball. Fingers should not come into contact with your mouth when putting the formed morsel into it. Moreover, it is considered as very bad manners if someone licks their fingers- a habit you can often watch at typical snack bars.
Ethiopian/African
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LOCATION AND HOURS
Location
Hours
- Monday
- 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
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- Tuesday
- 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
- Thursday
- 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
- Friday
- 11:00 AM - 2:00 AM
- Saturday
- 11:00 AM - 2:00 AM
- Sunday
- 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
MORE DETAILS
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Atmosphere
Romantic, Live Music, Outdoor Dining, Family / Children, Bar Scene, Sports Bar
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Attire
Casual
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Amenities
Wi-fi, TV, Private Party Room
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Payment Methods
Amex Discover Mastercard Visa
MENU
Appetizers
Sambusa
Thin dough shells stuffed with beef or lentils.
Akara, Plantains
Special lamb cakes with pilli pilli sauce. (Akara) Black eye peas finely ground seasoned with African spices & herbs quickly deep fried for a few seconds. When served they are about an inch in diameter having bread like texture. (Lamb Cakes) ground lamb rolled into a ball and prepared with onions, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, coriander, garlic and pepper. (Plantains) a delicious relative of banana plant. (Pilli Pilli Sauce) A traditional West African pepper sauce, onions mixed with pilli pilli and served with appetizers as a dip.
Akara, Shrimp
Shrimp with Pilli Pilli sauce and Yam Balls. (Yam Balls) Ghanian speciality consisting of mashed yams with nutmeg seasoning, rolled in bread crumbs and fried.
O Jo Jo
Meat balls, Akara, Kelewele and Pilli Pilli sauce. Beef and Vegetable ball made with finely ground beef, sweet potato, irish potato, green and regular onion bell peppers, a touch of garlic, seasonings, rolled in bread crumbs and fried. (Kelewele) the plantain sprinkled with seasonings, a Ghanian speciality. Served as garnishes with your entrees.
Shrimp
A selection of six shrimps with Pilli Pilli sauce.
Appetizers Combination Plate
Includes each of the above items and fish cakes. (Fish Cakes) fresh fish ground with green onions, egg seasoned, bread crumbs rolled all together and deep fried for a few seconds.
Ethiopian Vegetarian Dishes
Vegetarian Combination
A combination of three items from the following items: "Vegetable Alicha", "Collard Greens", "Lentils", "Split-peas Alicha".
Split-pea Alicha
Steamed split-peas with onions seasoned with garlic & ginger.
Lentils
Split lentil in red pepper sauce, seasoned with assorted spices.
Collard Greens
Collard green steamed & seasoned with garlic & green pepper.
Vegetables Alicha
Steamed vegetables (cabbage, potato, carrot & onion), seasoned with assorted spices.
African Dishes at Rozalinda
From Ghana, Nigeria parts of West & South Africa
Combination Plate
Includes prom each of the following items: Akara, Plantains, Lamb Cake, shrimp, fish cake, kelewele & jojo meat ball suggested for couple.
Akara
Black eye peas finely ground seasoned with African Spices & Herbs quickly deep fried when served, they are about an inch in diameter having bread like texture.
Plantains
A relative of banana but much more delicious, a main stay.
Kelewele
The plantain again, but this time sprinkled with special seasonings. A ghanian speciality served as garnishes with your entrees.
Lamb Cakes
Ground lamb with onion, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, coriander, garlic & pepper mixed, ground & rolled into ball.
Shrimp
Shrimp seasoned with nutmeg, garlic, salt & cayene pepper.
Fish Cakes
Fresh fish ground with green onions egg seasoned and bread crumbs, and rolled together & deep fried for few seconds.
O Jo Jo
Beef & vegetable ball made with finely ground beef, sweet potato, irish potato, green & regular onion bell peppers a touch of garlic, seasonings, rolled in bread crumbs & fried.
Yam Balls
Ghanian speciality consisting of mashed yams with nutmeg seasoning, rolled in bread crumbs & fried.
Pilli Pilli Sauce
A traditional west african pepper sauce, onions mixed with pilli pilli & served as dip with our appetizers.
Ethiopian Lamb Dishes
Yebeg Siga Alicha
Mild lamb stew, delicately spiced with garlic, ginger and other spices. Served with injera.
Shifenfen
Lamb stew mixed injera & deliciously seasoned with spices.
Ethiopian Poultry Dishes
Yedoro Wot
Spicy chicken stewed in red pepper sauce with an assortment of spices.
Ethiopian Beef Dishes
Special Tibs
The specialty of the house. Tender beef cooked in Ethiopian pot served on charcoals.
Yebere Siga Wot
Strips of beef braised in red pepper sauce with an assortment of spices.
Kitfo
Finely chopped, lean beef with spiced butter & mitmita (hot chilies).
Yesiga Zilzil Tibs
Sauteed strips of beef with onions & green chillies.
Awaze Tibs
Tender beef cooked in spice & a special red pepper paste (awaze).
Combination
A combination of "Yebere Siga Wot" and "Awaze Tibs".
Ethiopian Seafood Dishes
Fish Tibs
The Ethiopian style whole fried rainbow trout fish.
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