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Flavors from Afar 5652 Hollywood Boulevard

5652 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
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Menu

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

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
  • Sakumi 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

Entrees

  • Suya-Spiced Braised Rib

    Slow-braised beef short rib seasoned with our nut-free take on Nigerian suya spice, braising jus, and pickled chile. ( Suggested Side: Sweet Plantains )
    $35.00
  • 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 )
    $26.00
  • Chicken Yassa

    Bone-in chicken with caramelized Senegalese yassa onions, mustard, citrus, and fresh herbs. ( Suggested Side: Pilau )
    $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)
    $27.00
  • Koshari

    Egyptian lentils, rice, chickpeas, and pasta layered with spiced tomato sauce, crispy shallots, and toasted cumin vinaigrette. (Vegan)
    $19.00

Dessert

  • Spiced Rice Pudding

    Rice pudding perfumed with cardamom, warming spices, and finished with dried rose petals.
    $10.00

Beverages

Water + Soft Drinks

  • San Pellegrino Sparkling, 1 Ltr

    $12.00
  • Saratoga Spring Water, 825ml

    $10.00
  • Coca-Cola, 355ml Glass Bottle

    $9.00
  • Fanta, 355ml Glass Bottle

    $9.00
  • Sprite, 355ml Glass Bottle

    $9.00

HOT TEA

  • Somali Shaah

    $10.00
  • Ethiopian Pourover

    $8.00

Chicken Yassa

$30.00

Bone-in chicken with caramelized Senegalese yassa onions, mustard, citrus, and fresh herbs. ( Suggested Side: Pilau )

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Flavors from Afar Location and Hours

(562) 719-6704
5652 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Open now • Closes at 10PM
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