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The Menu - Abay Ethiopian Cuisine, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Abay Ethiopian Cuisine
HOW TO EAT
Ethiopia is a country with a strong
focus on community. This
communal spirit is reflected in the
manner in which Ethiopians
traditionally eat. Meals are served
on platters to be shared among
diners. Instead of actual utensils,
Ethiopians use injera as a
substitution for a fork or a spoon.
Eating like an Ethiopian requires
you to tear off a piece of injera,
cover the morsel you desire, and
scoop it into your mouth in one
graceful swoop. In keeping with
Ethiopian tradition, Abay serves
its food on a platter with injera as
opposed to providing individual
plates for each guest (plates and
utensils are available upon
request).
Download PDF of Menu
Abay is a non-smoking, BYOB
establishment. Since wine may
provide certain medical benefits
and may lead you to believe the
person you are with is more
attractive or engaging than he or
she actually is, drinking it
responsibly with your meal is
encouraged. A corkage fee of
$2.5 per bottle will be assessed.
Open for Lunch and Dinner
Reservations are accepted for
parties of 8 or more.
Tuesdays-Saturdays
11:30am - 2:30pm
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Sundays
11:30am - 2:30pm
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Closed Mondays
130 S. Highland Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412.661.9736 (ph)
412.661.8739 (fx)
www.abayrestaurant.com
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Pittsburgh Magazine's Top 25 Best Restaurants of 2005
Reservations are accepted for parties of 8 or more.
412.661.9736
Appetizers | Soups and Salads | Beef | Chicken | Vegetarian | Combination | Desserts
Spicy Vegan
APPETIZERS Vegetarian . . . . . . . . . .$11.5
Beef Sambussa Inguday Wat
Two thin shells hand-wrapped and Fresh mushrooms and brown lentils
stuffed with a blend of minced beef, simmered in a spicy berbere sauce.
peppers and herbs.
$3.5 Kay Sir Dinich
Potatoes and fresh beets stewed and
Spicy Chicken Sambussa blended with garlic, ginger and onions.
Two thin shells hand-wrapped and
Ayib Be Gomen
stuffed with a blend of minced chicken
Fresh collard greens blended with
breast, peppers and mitmita.
Abay’s homemade cheese.
$3.5
Vegetarian Sambussa Azifah
Two thin shells hand-wrapped and Whole brown lentils blended with diced
stuffed with a combination of lentils, onions, green peppers, cumin and a
onions, peppers and herbs. touch of fresh lime juice (served cold).
$3.5
Misir Wat
Back to Top Red split lentils simmered in spicy
berbere sauce.
SOUPS AND SALADS Shiro Wat
Finely ground split peas, lentils and
Pumpkin Soup
Creamy blend of pumpkin, herbs and chickpeas simmered in berbere and a
Ethiopian spices. combination of seasonings.
Cup $3.5
Kik Alitcha
Bowl $5 Yellow split peas simmered in a mild and
flavorful herb sauce.
Chicken Shorba
Soup prepared with diced chicken
Butecha
breast, lentils, carrots, potatoes and Ground chickpeas mixed with olive oil,
onions in a chicken-based broth. diced onions and green peppers (served
Cup $3 cold).
Bowl $4.5
Fosolia
Vegetarian Shorba String beans lightly spiced and sautéed
Soup prepared with lentils, carrots, with carrots and potatoes.
potatoes and onions in a
vegetable-based broth. Tikil Gomen
Cup $3 Lightly spiced cabbage, carrots, onions
Bowl $4.5 and tomatoes stewed in a mild sauce.
Abay House Salad Ye' Abesha Gomen
Leaf lettuce, string beans, red onions, Kale, peppers, ginger, garlic and onions
tomatoes and peppers in a dressing of slow-cooked in a mild sauce.
olive oil and fresh lime juice.
$4.5 Back to Top
Topped with Doro or Zilzil Tibs $7.5
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COMBINATION PLATTERS
Tomato Salad
Diced tomatoes tossed with onions and Vegetarian Sampler
peppers in a dressing of olive oil and Choose a combination of any four
fresh lime juice. vegetarian entrees.
$4.5 $11.5 . . . for 1 person
$22 . . . for 2 persons
Potato Salad $32.5 . . . for 3 persons
Potatoes, peppers, onions and a touch $43 . . . for 4 persons
of cinnamon in a special house dressing.
$4 Combination Sampler
Choose a combination of any four meat
Back to Top and vegetarian entrees.
$13.5 . . . for 1 person
ENTREES $26 . . . for 2 persons
All entrees are served on injera or with a
$38.5 . . . for 3 persons
side of rice.
$51 . . . for 4 persons
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13 Back to Top
Kay Wat
Lean, chopped beef slowly simmered
with berbere and a combination of DESSERTS
seasonings. Daily Specials
Please ask your server about today's
Alitcha Wat dessert selections.
Lean, chopped beef slowly simmered in
a mild and flavorful herb sauce. BEVERAGES
All beverage refills are complimentary
Zilzil Tibs (except juice).
Strips of tender, lean beef sautéed with
homemade awaze, peppers, onions and
herbs.
Coffee
Ethiopian coffee brewed from
Minchet Abish Yirgacheffe beans with a dash of cloves.
Finely minced beef simmered in a $2.5
berbere stew.
Yekemem Shai
Gomen Besiga Naturally decaffeinated tea brewed with
Lean, cubed beef slow-cooked and cinnamon, cardamom and cloves
blended with kale, peppers, ginger, garlic (served hot or iced). $2.5
and onions.
Soda
Back to Top Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Diet Sprite,
Lemonade
Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13 $1.5
Doro Wat
Drumsticks marinated with fresh lemon
Iced Tea
$1.5
and simmered in berbere and a
combination of seasonings. Juice
Apple, Cranberry, Orange
Doro Alitcha $2.5 per glass
Drumsticks marinated with fresh lemon
and simmered in a mild and flavorful Back to Top
herb sauce.
Doro Tibs
Strips of boneless, skinless chicken
breast sautéed with homemade awaze,
peppers, onions and herbs.
Doro Minchet Abish
Boneless, skinless chicken breast diced
and simmered in a berbere stew.
SIDES
Rice - $1
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Injera - $1.5
Ayib - $2
Vegetarian - $4.5
Chicken - $5.5
Beef - $5.5
Awaze - $1
Mitmita - $1
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