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asmara

Yes, please

Try these signature dishes:

  • Traditional coffee
  • Castel beer
  • Ajibo behmilti (spinach with homemade cheese)
  • Kulwa (lamb in spiced butter)
  • Derho (spiced chicken stew)
  • Temtemo (spicy lentils)
  • Spicy f’ul mesdemas (mashed fava beans)
  • Ask the waiter “what’s great this evening?”

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asmara

family run, eritrean restaurant

386 coldharbour lane
london, , sw9 8lf

between atlantic road and brixton road
Brixton

020.7737.4144
mon - sun 5.30 - late

Opened in 1994
owner / chef: hareghewein zerejohannes
$-$$
Visa. Mc.
Reservations Accepted

It’s a strange experience eating Eritrean food alone when it’s so obviously made for sharing. First come the enjera: light, slightly soured thickish pancakes, laid out on a platter; your dishes go on top and in you tuck, breaking off the bread, scooping, chatting and laughing. Or just eating and taking pictures in my case. When the next table got curious about the camera and struck up a conversation I felt pathetically grateful, instantly less of a Billy no-mates, and much more in the Asmara groove. Which is a very good groove, by the way.