Beteseb Restaurant Menu (2025 Update)
Welcome to Beteseb Restaurant, a vibrant culinary destination located at 8201 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD. This Ethiopian gem offers a delightful menu that combines authentic flavors with a welcoming atmosphere. Whether you're stopping by for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, Beteseb tantalizes the taste buds with dishes crafted from fresh, high-quality ingredients.
- Breakfast favorites: Begin your day with the hearty Dullet or enjoy a flavorful Firfir combo.
- Lunch & Dinner: Indulge in their Half & Half Combo, featuring mouth-watering Tibs with Veggies or the special Beef Kitfo, renowned for its rich herbed butter and spices.
- Vegetarian options: The veggie combo dazzles with a mix of cabbage, lentils, and more, perfect for sharing.
Guests rave about the flavorful injera and the unique Ethiopian coffee, making Beteseb a must-visit for those seeking both taste and culture!
LUNCH & DINNER - VEGAN & VEGETARIAN
VEGGIE COMBO
A combination of misir wot, kik alicha, atakilt wot, ye gomen wot and shiro wot
CHICKPEAS
Roasted and powdered peas (shiro) are simmered with red onion, vegetable oil, garlic, ginger and spicy berbere (red pepper)
ATKILT ALICHA
Chopped cabbage, sliced carrots and potato, simmered with onions glarlic, ginger and vegetable oil
LENTIL WOT
Split red lentil made with onion, hot berbere (red pepper) garlic, ginger and oil
SPLIT PEAS
Split yellow peas made with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric and oil. Mild (green pepper)
COLLARD GREENS WOT
Collard greens simmered in mild sauce, onion, green peppers and herbs
TOMATO FITFIT
Pieces of injera tossed in blended fresh tomato, onions and green pepper mixed with home made dressing.
BLACK LENTIL
Whole lentil cooked with onion garlic and ginger
SALAD
Lettuce, onion, tomato, jalapeno and home made dressing.
GLUTEN FREE INJERA
Gluten-Free 100% Teff Flatbread.
SPECIAL BEEF KITFO
Ethiopian Steak tartar, from selected lean round steak seasoned with purified and herbed butter sauce and hot spiced chillied power (mitmita)
BEEF KITFO
Ethiopian steak tartar, from selected lean roundsteack seasoned with purified and herbed butter sauce and hot spiced chilles powder (mitmita), served with home made cheese
RIB EYE TIBS
chuck of rib eye beef sauteed with onion, tomato, green pepper and purified butter. (served mild of spicy)
CHICKEN WOT
Chicken drumstick cooked in hot & spicy stew
NON-SPICY BEEF WOT
mild and spicy beef stew, extra lean chopped simmered mild sauce with spicy butter, onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric
SPICY BEEF WOT
Hot and spicy beef stew,extra lean chopped beef simmered in a hot and thick berebere (redpepper) sauce and purified butter, with exotic spice added
LAMB TIBS
Chunk of lean lamb, sauteed with homemade spiced Ethiopian purified butter, onion, tomato, green pepper and rosemary.
FISH GULASH
Tilapia fish sauteed with tomatoes and garlic herb blend
BEEF TIBS
Chunk of lean beef sauteed with onion, tomato, green pepper and purified butter. (served mild)
BEEF TIBS FIRFIR
Chuck of lean beef sauced with onion, tomato, greenpapper and purified ethiopian butter tossed in berbere (red pepper) sauce with injera along with ethiopian exotic spice.
GOMEN BESIGA
Collard green cooked with beef, herbed purified butter and spices
BEEF WITH CHICKPEAS
purified butter and meat coocked with onlion garlic and powered peas cookedin clay pot.
LUNCH & DINNER - BEEF & CHICKEN
LUNCH & DINNER - HOUSE SPECIAL
SPECIAL BEEF KITFO
Ethiopian steak tartar, from selected lean round steak seasoned with purified and herbed butter sauce and hot spiced chillies powder (mitmita) served with home made cheese and gomen kitfo.
GOMEN BESIGA
Collard green cooked with beef, herbed and purified butter.
FIRFIR AND KITFO
TIBS WITH VEGGIE
DORO WOT WITH VEGGIE
LUNCH & DINNER - HALF & HALF COMBO
BREAKFAST
FUEL
Fava beans garnished with fresh tomato, onion, jalapeno pepper and sour cream served with bread.
SCRAMBLED EGGS
Scrambled eggs with tomato, onion, jalapeneo and papper served with bread.
KINCHE
Cracked wheat seasoned with clarified and spiced butter
DULLET
carefully cleaned tripe, lean red meat, chopped oninon, garlic (red papper) sauce.
CHECHEBSA
Flat whole wheat bread cut into pieces, homemade spices mixed with purified butter
FIRFIR
Injera mixed with onion tomatoes green pepper tossed in berbere (red pepper) sauce
BULA
Ensset (commonly known as false banna from the southern part of ethiopia) pith and root pourage mixed with purified butter
QUANTA FIRFIR
Specially prepared dried meat (traditional beef jerky) cooked in a spicy sauce and mixed with injera.
KINCHE COMBO
Kinche, Chechebsa and scrambled egg
FIRFIR COMBO
Firfir and kinche with Scramble eggs