When it comes to eating a variety of food for a reasonable price, you don’t need a buffet. Try Eritrean cuisine.
Like the cuisine from Eritrea’s neighbor Ethiopia, Eritrean cuisine prominently features injera, a spongy crepe-like sourdough-risen flatbread. Use your hands to tear the injera into taco-size pieces to scoop up the stews.
At Queen Sheba Eritrean Cuisine, build your own combo with a $1 injera platter and $1.95 scoops of the following dishes:
Build-Your-Own-Combo Scoop Options
- Beef – cubed beef, spicy tomato sauce, red berbere, onion, garlic, butter, olive oil
- Spicy Beef
- Lamb – lamb, red berbere, onion, tomato sauce, butter, olive oil, butter, garlic
- Boneless Chicken – chicken, spicy tomato sauce, berbere, onion, garlic, butter, olive oil
- Green Beans
- Spinach – spinach, onion, tomato sauce, jalapeño, olive oil
- Shero – mild chickpea flour, onions, fresh tomato, red pepper, olive oil, green & red peppers, garlic
- Alicha – yellow split pea, onion, fresh tomato, green pepper, garlic, olive oil
For the best variety of textures, choose one meat with three of the veggie options.
During lunch, the menu also features a handful of affordable rice dishes, salads, and Eritrean spaghetti.
Queen Sheba is located at 5553 E. Grant Rd. For more information, visit queenshebatucson.com.
Article written by:
Jackie Tran
More about JackieJackie Tran is a Tucson-based food writer, photographer, culinary educator, and owner-chef of the now-closed food truck Tran’s Fats. Although he is best known locally for his work for Tucson Foodie, his work has also appeared in publications such as Bon Appétit, National Geographic, and the New York Times.
An adventurous foodie, he enjoys culinary experiences ranging from seasonal omakase to sloppily devouring green chili patty melts in his car afterhours. His favorite foods include aguachile, garlic noodles, and leftover fried chicken illuminated by the fridge light. His favorite drinks include morning micheladas, fireside imperial stouts, candle-lit negroni, and grassy mezcales.
Outside of food, he also loves playing musical instruments, karaoke, Tetris, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and petting Addie’s dog Spaghetti.
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