ZeMeda Market and Restaurant

512B S Van Dorn St, Alexandria
(703) 212-6740

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Meat Combination 4 Persons
Vegetarian Platter
Special Chechebsa
Timatim Fitfit
Veggie Combo 1
Special Kitfo
Fish Goulash
Special TIBS
Shiro Fitfit
Gomen Besiga

Menu

Breakfast
Dulet
Carefully cleaned lamb tripe and liver mixed with red meat, diced onion, jalapeño, in-house purified seasoned butter, cardamom, and chill powder (Mitmita). Served raw, medium, and well done.
Sils
In-house made tomato sauce mixed with jalapeño and parsley.
Egg Sils
In-house made tomato sauce mixed with egg.
Tuna Sils
In-house made tomato sauce mixed with tuna.
Fetira
Paratha bread stuffed with egg.
Scrambled Eggs
Well done egg mixed with in-house seasoning jalapeño, tomato, and red onion.
Regular Chechebsa
Shredded flatbread mixed with pure butter or olive oil and chili powder. Egg and honey topping for an additional charge.
Egg with Meat
Minced beef mixed with egg.
Regular Full
Fava beans mixed with olive oil, parsley, freshly chopped tomato, jalapeño, and Awaze.
Special Full
Regular full topped with tomato sauce, yogurt, and scrambled egg.
Firfir
Spicy stew tossed with injera cooked.
Kuanta Firfir

Appetizers
Sambusa
Samosa-filled with lentils, onions, and jalapeño.
Tomato Salad
Freshly cut tomato mixed with in-house dressing.
Zemeda Salad
Mixed salad topped with in-house dressing.

Pasta
Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
Macaroni with Tomato Sauce
Macaroni with Meat Sauce

Tibs
Regular Tibs Beef
Regular Tibs Lima
Cubes of beef or lamb cooked with onion, jalapeño, and in-house seasoning.
Sis Tibs
Vertically cut ribeye sautéed with red onions, jalapeño, and chef's special seasoning.
ZeMeda Special Tibbs
Vertically cut sautéed with red onions and traditional spices.
Awaz Tibs
Beef mixed with awaze (berbere) and sautéed with jalapeño and traditional spices.
Awaze Tibs
Beef mixed with awaze (berbere) and sautéed with jalapeño, onion, and purified butter.
Chikina Tibs
Tenderloin meat sautéed with in-house seasoned purified butter, tomato, onion, garlic, and ginger.
Lega Tibs
Juicy tibs cooked with tomato, onion, jalapeño, and purified butter.
Weta Geba
Lightly cooked ribeye mixed with in-house seasoning.
Derek Tibs
Crispy fried tenderloin.
Shint Tibs
Cut rib eye cooked to perfection.

Firfir & Fitfit
Vegan Firfir
Spicy stew tossed with injera. Vegan.
Kuanta Firfir
Dried beef jerky stew tossed with injera and topped with hard boiled egg.
Tibbs Firfir
Spicy beef stew tossed with injera.
Shiro Fitfit
Chickpeas powder stock tossed with injera and garnished with rocks of ice.
Timatim Fitfit
Tomato stock tossed with injera and garnished with rocks of ice.

Shiro
Regular Shiro
Peas powder, garlic, and onion cooked with either oil or purified butter.
Bozena Shiro
Chickpeas powder mixed with minced extra lean beef slowly cooked to a creamy sauce.
Special Bozena Shiro
Peas powder with raw meat and butter.
Shiro Gored Gored
Peas powder with raw meat sautéed with butter and berebere.

Kitfo and Gored Gored
Regular Kitfo
Freshly minced extra lean beef mixed with mitmita (chili) powder, in-house purified butter, and cardamom.
ZeMeda Special Kitfo
Our special kitfo garnished with seasoned cottage cheese and collard green.
Yetashe Kitfo
ZeMeda kitfo mixed with kocho (false banana bread).
Tikul Kitfo
Freshly minced extra lean beef cooked to perfection with in-house seasoning and purified butter. Served with extra purified butter.
Kitfo Dullet
Freshly minced extra lean beef cooked to perfection with red onion, jalapeño, and in-house seasoned purified butter.
Gored Gored
Chunks of red meat mixed with berbere (cayenne pepper) and purified butter.
Dengesa
Special seasoned cottage cheese and collard green.
Kitfo Dullet
Cleaned lamb tripe, liver, and minced meat mixed with chili powder, jalapeño, and onion. Raw, rare, or well done.

Wot
Gomen Besiga
Chunks of beef, cut rib, and collard green flavored with in-house spices cooked to perfection.
Kikil
Lamb cooked to creamy soup with jalapeño, onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.
Doro Wot
Traditional chicken stew topped with a hard boiled egg.
Key Wot
Spicy meat stew.
Alicha Wot
Non-spicy meat stew.

Combination
Meat combinations
Half Tibs, Half Kitfo, Half Goman Besega, Half Alicha FIRFIR and Half Key FIRFIR
ZeMeda Misto Combo
Key wot and alicha wot.
Half and Half Combination
ZeMeda Banatu
Special firfir topped with kitfo (raw, medium, well done) and cheese (2 or more people).
ZeMeda Kornis
Beef. Combination of regular kitfo, gomen besiga, key wot, and alicha wot. Garnished with cheese, egg, and salad.
Zemeda Kintot
A feast of dishes with your choice of 3 entrees (for 4 person or more).

Seafood
Fish Goulash
Chunks of tilapia fish sautéed with tomato and in-house seasoning.
Fish Dullet
Thinly cut tilapia fish sautéed with in-house seasoning (garlic, ginger, mitmita, and jalapeño).

Sandwiches
Fish Sandwich
Minced tilapia, tomato, and lettuce.
Kitfo Sandwich
Raw, medium, or well done.
Tibbs Sandwich
Bread stuffed with regular tibbs.

Vegetarian
Misir Wot
Spicy lentil stew.
Kik
Non-spicy cracked pea's stew.
Shiro
Pea's powder stew.
Difin Misir
Un-cracked lentils.
Tikil Gomen
Cabbage, carrot, and potato stew.
Gomen
Collared greens.
Fosoliya
Green beans and carrot.
Veggie Combo 3
Combination of any 6 items.
Veggie Combo 4
Combination of any 7 items.
Veggie Deluxe II

Side Order
Misir Wot
Kik
Tikil Gomen
Shiro
Gomen
Difin Misir
Fosoliya
Salad
Ethio injera

Cold Beverages
Bottled Water
Canned Soda
Bottled Soda
Perrier
Club Soda
Gatorade
Red Bull
Ambo Water
Ethiopian sparkling water.

Hot Beverages
Regular Tea
Ginger Tea
Ginger Tea with Honey
Regular Coffee
Espresso
Macchiato
Cappuccino
Latte

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Recent Reviews

The breakfast was delicious. The Quanta Firfir and Chechebsa were authentic and full of flavor. However, service took way too long because only one waiter was running the entire restaurant . Go for the food, but expect a wait.
June 2026
Zemeda is very friendly sports bar. The owner and the staff are very friendly and professional. Their Ethiopian breakfast combo goes every well with the spiced tea, followed up with a delicious Macciatto made by the owner himself.
And if your team wins while you're there they have nicely frosted beer mugs for an ice cold draft bear! GO CITY!!
April 2026
My partner and I came here for dinner. The food was so delicious and full of flavor/spices. The woman who waited on us was very kind and attentive. This is probably my favorite Ethiopian restaurant I’ve tried thus far in the area! Even as reheated leftovers, it was still delicious! Definitely eat here!!
April 2026

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ZeMeda Market and Restaurant

512B S Van Dorn St, Alexandria, VA 22304
(703) 212-6740