Pero Restaurant & Lounge

About

A wide variety of vegetarian/vegan dishes and also fish and meat dishes. Spicy cooking products will be sold in 2019 to take home.

Story

Pero Restaurant is as rich and diverse as Eastern African culture. The spectrum of Pero Restaurant cuisine can be said to lie between are two dietary extremes: vegetarianism and carnivorism. The essence of good Eastern African cooking revolves around the appropriate use of aromatic spices. The skill lies in subtle blending of a variety of spices to enhance, rather than overwhelm the basic flavour of a particular dish. Pero's food relies on the spices in which it is cooked, just as Japanese Sushi relies on the freshness of the meat, and Chinese food relies on the various sauces to impart the right flavour and taste. It is interesting to see an Eastern African chef at work, with a palette of spices, gratuitously sprinkling these powders in exact pinches into the dish in front of him. It is these complexities of regional food in Eastern Africa that make it a so very fascinating experience. Pero aims to bring the most traditional dishes from all corners of Eastern Africa, maintain the classic Eritrean recipes and enhance the offering with some signature dishes to reflect the changing food trends in modern Africa.

Products

Ethiopian restaurant.
Take out dinners.
Spicy cooking products.

Appetizers
$8 E'kategha
$8 Collard with Flaxseed
$8 Flaxseed Dip
$7 Veggie Roll
$8 Mixed Salad

FISH, MUST SWIM THREE TIMES - IN WATER, IN BUTTER, AND IN WINE.

Platters

$18 - $68 Vegetarian Combinations
A combination of six vegetarian dishes.
For one $18, for two $32, for three $49, for four $68.

$19 to $69 Pero's Platter
A combination of beef tibsi, chicken tibsi and three vegetarian dishes.
For one $19, for two $34, for three $52, for four $69

Vegetarian
$13 Timitimo Tsebhi
Lentil stew with spices and berber

$12 Split Pea
Boiled split peas in a mild sauce

$14 Shero
Roasted chickpeas cooked with onion and spices

$15 Shero with Mushrooms

$12 Caggage
Cabbage and carrot with special chef's sauce

$13 Hamli
Cooked collard greens, onions, green peppers, seasoned with garlic and ginger.

$13 Mushroom Tibsi
Sautéed mushrooms and onions with a touch of berbere and herbs

$13 Flaxseed Stew
Flaxseed mixed with onions and tomato sauce

$15 Okra Tibsi
Okra cooked with green onions, ginger and garlic.

Beef
$15 Beef Tibsi
Beef sautéed with onions, green chilli pepper and awaze.

$16 Gored Gored
Cubed tender beef served with a berbere sauce. Served medium or rare. Goes good with Ouzo.

$16 Tongue
Tongue sautéed with caramelized onions, green peppers, spices and fresh tomato sauce.

$16 Kitfo
Very lean and tender minced beed seasoned with mitmita and house butter. Served medium or rare.

$16 The Gigolo
Cubes of lean ground beef mixed with chickpeas.

$15 Beef or Chicken Tibsi Mixed
Beef or chicken mixed with your choice of vegetable.


ONE WHO EATS ALONE CANNOT DISCUSS THE TASTE OF THE FOOD WITH OTHERS. ~AFRICAN PROVERB

Lamb
$16 Dullett
Tripe and freshly minced lean lamb mixed with butter or mitmita.

$17 Cha Cha
Boned lamb served sizzling on a skillet

Chicken

$15 Chicken Tibsi
Chicken in a mild white sauce or a spicy red sauce

$15 Her Majesty
Spicy chicken stew with eggs.


Seafood

$18 Shrimp Tibsi
Shrimp served spicy or mild delicately sautéed with tomatoes, peppers, onions and berbere

$18 Fish Dullet
Chopped fish with fresh garlic, green chilli peppers and mixed with special herbs.

$18 Fish Goulash
Sea Bass mixed with berbere and chef's special spices. Served mild of hot.


Coffee & Tea
Eritrea's coffee ceremony is an integral part of their social and cultural life. An invitation to attend a coffee ceremony is considered a mark of friendship or respect and is an excellent example of Eritrean hospitality. Performing the ceremony is almost obligatory in the presence of a visitor, whatever the time of day. Don't be in a hurry though - this special ceremony can take a few minutes.

$6 Traditional Coffee (infused with ginger)
Served with popcorn

$3 Ginger Tea
$3 Mint Tea
$3 Spice Tea

COFFEE AND LOVE TASTE BEST WHEN HOT