Makina Cafe

African, Ethiopian , Vegan, Vegetarian, New York Food Trucks
Food Truck, Full Service Caterer, Dropoff Catering, Popup Tent

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Menu

Appetizers

Lentil Sambusa

Green lentils, herbs, stuffed and wrapped with sheet of phyllo dough served with sauce of your choice.

Beef Sambusa

Ground beef, herbs, stuffed and wrapped with sheet of phyllo dough

Entrees

Build Your Own Bowl: Chicken Tibs

1. Pick a base: -Injera - sourdough-risen soft thin flatbread -Yellow basmati rice 2. Pick your protein -Cubed Chicken marinated with berbere, onions, garlic, parsley, and spiced oil 3. Pick 2 vegetable sides 4. Pick a sauce - lemon & olive oil (mild) -Awaze berebere spice base (medium) -Makina jalapeno base (hot)

Build Your Own Bowl: Beef Tibs

1. Pick a base: -Injera - sourdough-risen soft thin flatbread -Yellow basmati rice 2. Pick your protein -Tender cubed beef marinated with onions, garlic, fresh rosemary, jalapeño and spiced oil 3. Pick 2 vegetable sides 4. Pick a sauce - lemon & olive oil (mild) -Awaze berebere spice base (medium) -Makina jalapeno base (hot)

Build Your Own Bowl: all vegetable

1. Pick a base: -Injera - sourdough-risen soft thin flatbread -Yellow basmati rice 2. Pick your protein - Pick three vegetable sides 3. Pick a sauce - lemon & olive oil (mild) -Awaze berebere spice base (medium) -Makina jalapeno base (hot)

Drinks

Ethiopian Coffee

Iced and Hot Ethiopian organic coffee

San Pellegrino

  • Options:
  • - Orange
  • - Blood Orange
  • - Pomegranate
  • - grapefruit

Sides

Miser

Spicy red whole lentils

Tikel Gomen

Cabbage, carrots, potatoes, ginger

Gomen

Collard Greens with cardamom

Ater

Split peas, turmeric, ginger

Shiro

Pureed chick peas, onion, garlic, ginger

Beets Salad

Beets, potato, red onions, garlic, ginger


About Makina Cafe

Makina Cafe is an unorthodox food truck, and we mean that in the best way of course. Not only are they serving up authentic Ethiopian and Etritrean food, they're also doing it all out of a food truck. The first food truck, in fact, to do so in New York City. So trust us when we say, you've never had food quite like this. Which is anything but a bad thing.

At Makina Cafe, you're being treated to a plethora of meals from recipes passed down over generations. Featuring a bevy of palate pleasers to entertain both meat lovers and vegetarians, they're introducing citizens of the big apple to all the intricacies of Ethiopian cuisine one bite at a time. The best part? Each meal is completely customizable according to your specific tastes. The carnivore is being treated to their specialty chicken and beef tibs, available in a sandwich or on a plate with six vegetable options including collard greens, string beans, and spicy red lentils all marinaded in homemade spices. So what are you waiting for? Treat yourself to the exotic flavors of authentic Ethiopian cuisine by visiting Makina Cafe on the streets of NYC and beyond. Trust us. It's well worth hitting the pavement for.

MUST TRY

  • Beef Sambusa - pair your savory meal with this savory appetizer, their specialty fried sambusa stuffed with marinaded beef


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