Selam Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Selam Restaurant in San Jose offers a hidden gem of Ethiopian cuisine. With its diverse menu options like vegetarian combos, meat lover platters, and traditional dishes like Doro Wot, Selam provides generous portions at affordable prices. Customers praise the fresh ingredients, cozy ambiance, and friendly service. The restaurant's authenticity is demonstrated by its primarily Ethiopian clientele. Despite some mixed reviews on seasoning, Selam stands out for its value and hearty portions, making it a must-visit for lovers of Ethiopian flavors. The restaurant's unique offerings like raw beef dishes may not be for the faint of heart, but the overall experience at Selam promises a delicious and fulfilling meal. Come for the cultural experience, stay for the flavorful dishes that showcase the best of Ethiopian cuisine.
Breakfast
Foul
Crushed and cooked java beans simmered with our exotic spices onion, green pepper and tomato. Served with two French bread.
Fata
Small cut French bread simmered with homemade tomato sauce; onion and green pepper.
Scrambled Egg ()
Four eggs cooked with onion, tomato and green pepper served with one French bread.
Kita Firfir
Shredded flat bread, mixed with spiced butter and berbere (hot spice) with a side of plain yogurt
Egg Sandwich
Fried eggs cooked with onion, tomato and green pepper served with one french bread
Genfo ( Ga 'At)
Traditional porridge made with roasted barley , the sauce made with butter , berbere (hot spice).Plain yogurt on the side.
Steak Sandwich
Steak cooked with onion and served with fried egg, lettuce, green peppers and tomatoes with one French bread
Scrambled Egg
Fried eggs cooked with onion, tomatoes, green pepper served with on French bread
Coffee
Made from imported ethiopian beans
Hot Tea
Spiced ethiopian black tea
Latte
Creamy espresso beverage made with steamed milk, perfect for coffee enthusiasts.
Espresso
Rich, flavorful cup of espresso brewed to perfection.
Cappuccino
Classic espresso with steamed milk, topped with a layer of frothy foam.
Can Soda
Soda selection in cola, diet cola, or lemon-lime.
House Salad
Fresh Lettuce, tomatoes, onion , jalapenos with our house salad dressings
Timatim Fitfit
Pieces of Injera tossed with a blend tomatoes, lime juice, vinegar , jalapenos, garlic and house spices.
Shiro
Chickpeas stew.
Miser Wot
Split red lentil sauteed in our exotic spices.
Gomen
Fresh chopped collar green cooked with onion and our exotic spices.
Kik Wot (Yellow Split Peas)
Yellow split peas cooked with turmeric onion and our exotic spices.
Gomen Be Telba (Flax Seed /Greens Wot)
A traditional super food, ground flax seed and collard green cooked in a juicy mixture of onions, tomatoes ,jalapenos ,and a blend of our exotic spices
Telba(Flax Seed) Wot
A traditional super food, ground flax seed in a juicy mixture of onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and a blend of our exotic spices
Vegetarian/Vegan Combo
Red lentils, collar green, cabbage with potato and carrot, chickpeas or shiro; green lentils; yellow split chickpea and house salad.
Ye Tsome (Vegan) Firfir
Pieces of injera mixed in a juicy blend of onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and exotic spices.
Mushroom Greens Tebes
Mushrooms and collard greens sauteed with garlic, onion, jalapenos and our exotic spice blend.
Mushroom Tibs
Mushrooms sauteed in a blend of house spices with onion, garlic tomatoes and jalapenos
Mushroom Dulet
Minced mushroom sauteed with garlic onion, jalapeno with a blend of house spice
Gored Gored
Spicy. Cube cut tender lean beef seasoned with Awaze, and spicy hot red pepper.
Zilzil Tibs
Strip of tender beef seasoned with onion, green pepper, and tomato comes with skillet smoking.
Dulet
Chopped lamb tripe and red meat mixed simmered with our uniquely prepared spices.
Chicken Tibs
Cubed cut breast chicken meat seasoned with onion, green pepper and tomato.
Misto
Chopped collar green, a choice of meat and potato simmered and cooked together the way you like mild, spicy or alicha.
Half And Half
Half-served half of any two regular items.
Rice
Steamed rice served with your choice of meat comes with house salad and fresh French bread.
Spaghetti
Served with house salad and Fresh french bread.
Bozena Shiro
Slowly cooked chickpeas mixed with beef or lamb meat.
Lamb Tibs
Lamb stew simmered in red pepper, tomato, onion and our exotic spices added.
Beef Tibs
Succulent small pieces of beef seasoned with green pepper, onion, tomato and our exotic spices added.
Kitfo
Finely chopped prime lean beef simmered with our exotic spices. Served row, rare or well done with a side of Ayib (Ethiopian style cheese)
Selam Special
Sizzling tender beef mixed with chopped collar green and seasoned with onion, tomato, and green pepper.
Quanta Firfir
Beef jerk cooked and simmered in sauces and small cut pieces of bread (injera), seasoned with onion, tomato and pepper.
Sizzling Beef
Sizzling tender beef seasoned with onion, green pepper, and tomato.
Gomen Besiga
Choice of meat lamb, beef or chicken stew mixed with chopped collard green.
Potato Stew
Potato stews with your choice of meat sauteed in our special sauces served juicy.
Steak Sandwich
Steak cooked with onion and served with fried egg, lettuce, green peppers and tomatoes with one French bread
Kitfo Sandwich
Finely chopped prime lean beef simmered with our exotic spices. Served row, rare or well done stuffed in two French Bread.
Doro Wot
Our house doro wot, special chicken stew which is spicy and comes with one boiled egg
Selam Combo
Combination of our Minchet and alicha(non spicy) tibs Firfir. Good for two or three
Minchet Wot
Ground Beef Stew cooked in a special blend of spices, onions topped with one boiled egg
House Beg Wot
Our house lamb stew can be either spicy or non-spicy
Meat Combo
House Doro wot, House Beg wot(spicy), Alicha Wot(non-spicy) and Aiyb(Ethiopian style cheese)
Meat And Veggi Combo
Any three items from the Vegi combo and one meat dish
Fish Dulet
Minced Tilapia marinated in house spice, diced jalapenos and herbs
Fish Goulash
Cubes of Tilapia cooked in house spice, herbs, garlic, onions and tomatoes
Boiled Egg
one boiled egg can be added to any order
Stuffed Jalapenos(Seneg)
Jalepeno stuffed with finely chopped tomatoes, onions, black pepper with a drizzle of olive oil
Extra Injera Or Bread
Extra Injera or French bread. Not more than two per order.
Aiyb(Ethiopian Style Cheese)
A side of our Ethiopian style cheese.
Side Kik
A side of Kik (Yellow spit peas) wot
Side Shiro
A side of our shiro (chick peas) wot
Side Miser Wot
Side of our Misir wot, red lentils sauteed in our exotic spices.
Side Gomen
A side of Gomen (Collard greens)
Baklava
Layered dessert filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with honey
Coffee
Made from imported Ethiopian beans
Hot Tea
Spiced Ethiopian Black Tea
Latte
Creamy espresso beverage made with steamed milk, perfect for coffee enthusiasts.
Espresso
Rich, flavorful cup of espresso brewed to perfection.
Cappuccino
Classic espresso with steamed milk, topped with a layer of frothy foam.
Traditional Coffee
Can Soda
Can soda available in cola, diet cola, or lemon-lime flavors.