GIHON Ethiopian Kitchen

2432 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego
(619) 295-1125

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Starters
Sambusa
Stuffed with your choice of minced chicken or lentils.
Karia Zi'qosh
Injera crisps served with a seasoned mix of tomatoes, jalapenos, and onions.
Lentil Hummus
served with injera crisps
Aukri
soybean dip served with injera crisps and pita

Vegan
Shekla Shiro
Chickpea powder-based dish, slow-cooked in a berbere sauce.
Misir
Red lentils stewed in a berbere spiced sauce with onions, garlic, and ginger.
Eggplant Wot
Roasted eggplant sauteed in a berbere spiced sauce with onions, garlic, and ginger.
Ater Kik
Split peas stewed in a sauce with onions, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.
Gomen
Collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic, and a mild spiced blend.
Kay Sir
red beets and potatoes (served cold)
Tikil Gomen
Mildy spiced stew of cabbage and potatoes.
Fasolia
Green beans and carrots stewed in a berbere spiced sauce with caramelized onions, garlic, and ginger.

Tibs
Chicken Tibs
Lamb Tibs
Ribeye
Filet Mignon Tibs
Salmon

Combo Plates
Vegan Platter
A combination plate of misir, ater kik, fasolia, tikil gomen, kay sir, gomen and eggplant wot.
Meat Sampler
A TIBS combination plate of lamb, ribeye, chicken, and 2 vegan sides of your choice.

Honorable Mentions
Doro Wot
Free range chicken slow-cooked in a spicy stew of berbere, onions, robust spices, and nitterkibbeh. Served with hardboiled eggs and ayib.
Quanta Fir Fir
pieces of Injera tossed in a spiced berbere sauce with onions, tomatoes, jalapeños, and quanta (dried beef)

Drinks
Pomé
pomegranate lemonade
Soft Drinks
Acqua Panna
bottled water, 500ml
San Pellegrino
sparkling natural mineral water, 500ml
Iced Mint Green Tea
green tea flavored with fresh mint and cane sugar
Lomi
green tea lemonade

Dessert

Vegan Baklava
light, flaky filo layered with roasted pistachios and walnuts and sweetened with a cane sugar based syrup

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Recent Reviews

The food was really good!!! So glad there’s an Ethiopian place so much closer!! The eggplant, chicken, yellow lentils were amazing - we got the sampler platter and everything was delicious !!! We will be back (very soon)!
June 2025
The woman who prepared food is not only skilled in the kitchen but is friendly and helpful not to mention patient with me even though I couldn't precisely pick what I wanted she helped me choose my answer and she picked a really good one best I've had in a long time ,even though it's just a food truck it was still great, THANK YOU MERCY?

Kid-friendliness: Went above and beyond and never dropped her smile made me feel very happy she was the one...
October 2024
The woman who prepared food is not only skilled in the kitchen but is friendly and helpful not to mention patient with me even though I couldn't precisely pick what I wanted she helped me choose my answer and she picked a really good one best I've had in a long time ,even though it's just a food truck it was still great, THANK YOU MERCY🥰
October 2024

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GIHON Ethiopian Kitchen

2432 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 295-1125