Zeret Kitchen

Zeret Kitchen

Our aim is to source, cook and serve traditional Ethiopian food with a highest degree of integrity.

One of the great attributes of traditional food is that it is the result of innovations, experimentation by successive generations of people which enhanced its quality, test and variety.

The core principle of traditional cooking is that most ingredients should be sourced locally so that the food is not only fresh and testy but also healthy.

There is nothing hidden and untraceable in the Ethiopian traditional cooking; it is simple, uncomplicated and above all free from any preservatives and colouring agents, with a good balance of meat as well as vegetarian dishes.

From roasting the green coffee beans to brewing and serving it with traditional pot (jebena) accompanied with popcorn and frankincense it is a process which tells a great deal of story.

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Now that is no easy thing to do considering that London has over 10,000 restaurants.

So what has caused this Ethiopian eatery to gain such a high grading in a city that boasts some of the best outlets for food in the world?

The food, are yes the thing that seems to to be brushed aside in many reviews while they bang on about the trillion dollars they have spent on the decor or the fact that some super star DJ has eaten there and so on.

Now having eaten in many Ethiopian restaurants around the world, i have to say the food was top notch.

So super food, great service with a real homely feel about it all adds up to this eatery deserving its position in the lofty heights of London's places to eat.

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The food is served on a giant flat bread called injera, which everyone tears into and uses to scoop up mouthfuls of the various dishes on top.

All other dishes, including various wats (like spicy stews or curries), tibs (sauteed meats), and dishes of lentils, greens and ayibe (a kind of dry-ish cottage cheese) among others, are served on top of it.

Tafe Belayneh’s restaurant sits tucked away in the corner of a housing estate on the Walworth Road, serving classic Ethiopian and Eritrean dishes, but she didn’t always serve traditional food.

Many of the customers at Zeret Kitchen are vegetarian or vegan according to Tafe, and one of her most popular dishes is a chickpea stew, called shiro wat.

We recommend getting the Zeret Surprise, which is a little bit of many dishes on an injera — perfect for first timers.

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