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Flavors from Afar
5652 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USAOpens 11:00 AM
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Full Menu
11:00 am - 9:40 pmMost Ordered
The most commonly ordered items and dishes from this store
Chicken Yassa
Bone-in chicken with caramelized Senegalese yassa onions, mustard, citrus, and fresh herbs.
Suggested Side: Pilau $8, Chapati $5
$30.00
Chapati
Flaky, layered flatbread found across East Africa.
$5.00
Warm-Spiced Lamb Meatballs
Lamb meatballs with whipped lemon-cumin yogurt, spiced tomato sauce, sumac-pickled onions, chile, and citrus, drawing on Moroccan flavors.
Suggested Side: Chapati $5
$27.00
Koshari
Egyptian lentils, rice, chickpeas, and pasta layered with spiced tomato sauce, crispy shallots, and toasted cumin vinaigrette. (Vegan)
$19.00
Sambusa - Lamb
Crisp East African pastry filled with Xawaash-spiced lamb, onion, and herbs, finished with berbere and Somali basbaas chile sauce.
$17.00
Sambusa - Vegetarian
Crisp East African pastry filled with cabbage, carrot, potato, and Xawaash, served with Somali basbaas chile sauce. (Vegan)
$13.00
Appetizers
Fried Halloumi Salad
Halloumi with baby arugula, blistered grapes, red onion, mint, parsley, feta, pepitas, and a lemon-sumac vinaigrette.
$19.00
Cast-Iron Peri-Peri Shrimp
Cast-iron roasted shrimp with fiery peri-peri sauce, charred lemon, and fresh herbs, drawing on the chile-forward cooking of Mozambique and Southern Africa.
$17.00
Sambusa - Lamb
Crisp East African pastry filled with Xawaash-spiced lamb, onion, and herbs, finished with berbere and Somali basbaas chile sauce.
$17.00
Sambusa - Vegetarian
Crisp East African pastry filled with cabbage, carrot, potato, and Xawaash, served with Somali basbaas chile sauce. (Vegan)
$13.00
Entrees
Swahili Curry
Zanzibari coconut curry layered with warm spices, seasonal vegetables, fresh herbs, and citrus, rooted in the cooking of Tanzania’s Swahili Coast. (Vegan) · Add shellfish +$11
Suggested Side: Pilau $8, Chapati $5
$26.00
Chicken Yassa
Bone-in chicken with caramelized Senegalese yassa onions, mustard, citrus, and fresh herbs.
Suggested Side: Pilau $8, Chapati $5
$30.00
Warm-Spiced Lamb Meatballs
Lamb meatballs with whipped lemon-cumin yogurt, spiced tomato sauce, sumac-pickled onions, chile, and citrus, drawing on Moroccan flavors.
Suggested Side: Chapati $5
$27.00
Koshari
Egyptian lentils, rice, chickpeas, and pasta layered with spiced tomato sauce, crispy shallots, and toasted cumin vinaigrette. (Vegan)
$19.00
Sides
Chapati
Flaky, layered flatbread found across East Africa.
$5.00
Pilau
Fragrant spiced rice served with fresh kachumbari, a favorite across Tanzania and the Swahili Coast.
$8.00
Sweet Plantains
Fried sweet plantains with flaky sea salt, enjoyed across Africa and its diaspora.
$8.00
Sukuma Wiki
Collard greens braised with tomato and onion, an everyday dish found across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
$9.00
Charred Cabbage
Charred cabbage with whipped herb labneh, preserved lemon, feta, chile oil, and fresh herbs, drawing on North African and Mediterranean flavors.
$10.00
Dessert
Spiced Rice Pudding
Rice pudding perfumed with cardamom, warming spices, and finished with dried rose petals.
$10.00
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