Blue Nile Cafe Menu
Welcome to Blue Nile Cafe, an inviting vegetarian haven in the heart of Kansas City at 20 E 5th St. With a strong focus on Ethiopian cuisine, this cafe showcases an array of vibrant dishes, perfect for both vegans and vegetarians alike.
Highlights include:
- Gomen Dinner: Fresh collard greens seasoned to perfection.
- Misir Watt Dinner: A hearty red lentil stew bursting with flavors of ginger and cardamom.
- Atikeltt Dinner: A comforting medley of cabbage, potatoes, and carrots.
- Veggie Sambusa: Crispy pastries filled with spiced lentils and vegetables.
With options for delivery and takeout, Blue Nile Cafe caters to both casual diners and those looking to enjoy authentic Ethiopian fare in a cozy atmosphere. Don't miss their Happy Hour specials for a delightful experience!
Dinner Vegetarian and Vegan
Gomen Dinner
Fresh collard greens cooked and seasoned with onion, ginger, and garlic.
Misir Watt Dinner
A stew made from red lentils cooked with sauted onions and berbere, then flavored with ginger, garlic, and cardamom.
Atikeltt Dinner
Cabbage mixed with chunks of potatoes and carrots cooked with yellow onion and flavored with ginger, garlic, and turmeric.
Yekik Watt Dinner
Seasoned yellow split peas slowly cooked with ginger, turmeric, and garlic.
Fosolia Dinner
Fresh green beans and carrots cooked with onions, fresh garlic, turmeric, ginger, and a touch of cardamom.
Inguday Watt Dinner
Gluten free, vegan. Sliced button mushrooms and julienned onion sauted and simmered in misir watt.
Dinich Watt Dinner
Chunks of potatoes cooked with garlic seasoned in tomatoes and berbere sauce.
Shimbera Watt Dinner
Chickpeas and green peas simmered in a gravy made with diced tomatoes, onions, and roasted and powdered peas.
Veggie Combination Dinner
Your choice of 4 vegan items.
Vegetarian Sampler Dinner
Vegetarian items from entres 1-8 for two.
GomenLunch
Fresh collard greens cooked and seasoned with onion, ginger, and garlic.
Misir WattLunch
A stew made from red lentils cooked with sauted onions and berbere, then flavored with ginger, garlic, and cardamom.
Atikeltt Lunch
Cabbage mixed with chunks of potatoes and carrots cooked with yellow onion and flavored with ginger, garlic, and turmeric.
Yekik Watt Lunch
Seasoned yellow split peas slowly cooked with ginger, turmeric, and garlic.
Fosolia Lunch
Fresh green beans and carrots cooked with onions, fresh garlic, turmeric, ginger, and a touch of cardamom.
Inguday WattLunch
Gluten free, vegan. Sliced button mushrooms and julienned onion sauted and simmered in misir watt.
Dinich Watt Lunch
Chunks of potatoes cooked with garlic seasoned in tomatoes and berbere sauce.
Shimbera Watt Lunch
Chickpeas and green peas simmered in a gravy made with diced tomatoes, onions, and roasted and powdered peas.
Veggie Combination Lunch
Your choice of 4 vegan items.
Vegetarian Sampler Lunch
Vegetarian items from entres 1-8 for two.
Lunch Vegetarian and Vegan
Dinner - Appetizers
Veggie Sambusa Dinner
A pastry filled with spiced lentils, cabbage, and carrot flavored with herbs and spices. With blue Nile special sauce. 2.
Duba Shorba
Butternut squash and red lentil soup seasoned with exotic-spices.
Veggie Sambusa Lunch
A pastry filled with spiced lentils, cabbage, and carrot flavored with herbs and spices. With blue Nile special sauce. 2.
Duba Shorba Lunch
Butternut squash and red lentil soup seasoned with exotic-spices.
Lunch Appetizers
Dinner - Meats
Doro Watt Dinner
Tender skinless and boneless chicken marinated in lemon, sauted in herbed butter, and stewed in berbere sauce flavored with a pinch of cardamom and nutmeg.
Tibbs Watt Dinner
Lean strips of beef, slowly simmered in a sauce made with finely chopped onions, berbere, and tomatoes until tender, then seasoned with garlic, cardamom, mekelesha spice, and kibbeh.
Yebeg Watt Alicha Dinner
Mild. Cubes of lamb, slowly simmered into a stew with onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and kibbeh butter.
Sampler Platter Dinner
A platter featuring items 1 through 8, 10, 13, 16. For 2.
Meat Combo Dinner
A platter featuring items 1, 2, 3, 10, 13. For 1 person.
Doro Watt Lunch
Tender skinless and boneless chicken marinated in lemon, sauted in herbed butter, and stewed in berbere sauce flavored with a pinch of cardamom and nutmeg.
Tibbs Watt Lunch
Lean strips of beef, slowly simmered in a sauce made with finely chopped onions, berbere, and tomatoes until tender, then seasoned with garlic, cardamom, mekelesha spice, and kibbeh.
Yebeg Watt Alicha Lunch
Mild. Cubes of lamb, slowly simmered into a stew with onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and kibbeh butter.
Sampler Platter Lunch
A platter featuring items 1 through 8, 10, 13, 16. For 2.
Meat Combo Lunch
A platter featuring items 1, 2, 3, 10, 13. For 1 person.
Lunch Meats
Desserts
Baklava
A rich, sweet dessert pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with syrup or frosting or honey.