Abyssinian gluten free restaurant in Wakefield, near Leeds
The friendly team here at Corarima welcome you to join us in our vegan friendly gluten free restaurant in Wakefield, and sample the sensational flavours of Abyssinian cuisine – lovingly prepared by Ethiopian and Eritrean chefs who know how to conjure up the authentic taste of Abyssinia.
Our modern décor is complemented by beautiful touches of Abyssinian art, creating a warm and inviting environment where you can share and explore a new style of food with family and friends.
The true taste of Africa...
Abyssinia cuisine at its best
GLUTEN & SUGAR-FREE INJERA
A tangy gluten and sugar free leavened pancake, injera is used instead of a plate for serving, and instead of cutlery for grabbing and eating!
VEGETARIAN TSEBHI STEW
This Abyssinian classic is usually served as a vegetarian or vegan stew, but it is also served in other dishes. Here at Corarima, we offer vegetarian or vegan option.
CORARIMA COFFEE ARABICA
In Abyssinian culture, coffee ceremonies are an integral part of social life and a mark of respect – share our special blend with friends.
OUR FOOD IS
GLUTEN FREE, SUGAR FREE, GUILT FREE
The grain we use for our food is gluten and sugar free
The beauty of Abyssinian cookery is that anyone can enjoy it. We only use low carb grains, our entire menu is gluten free, and the majority of our food is – or can be made as – vegetarian or vegan.
Our injera is made from teff (with a little rice and millet) which, as a ‘superfood’, is packed full of health-boosting benefits. It’s sugar-free, high in calcium, iron, protein, fibre and folic acid, and is widely recognised as being the best alternative to wheat to make gluten free breads.
So at Corarima, you get a gluten free, healthy vegetarian restaurant all rolled into one!
Having never tried food from this part of the world, we decided to put our trust in the chef and ordered a sharing dish for three with a starter of hummus (made in house), flatbread made from chickpea flour and potato wedges spiced with berbere. All incredibly delicious and the softness of the flatbread was a welcome change from pitta.
The main arrived with some theatre, presented on a slate with a selection of main dishes spooned on top of a large piece of injera, a flatbread made from teff flour - a grain native to Ethiopia and Eritrea. Encouraged to eat using the injera to scoop up the vegetable based dishes in front of us. Everything was beautifully flavoured with numerous spices (in some dishes as many 18).
The meal was completed with a pot of coffee, poured for us from a beautiful jebena into tiny decorated cups. The flavour of the coffee was intense with the beans roasted and ground in house before being flavoured with ginger, cardamom, anise and presumably various other spices. The saltiness of the popcorn, traditionally served with coffee in Ethiopia, really added something to the coffee.
Wonderful restaurant, lovely warm and hospitable hosts and exceptionally flavoursome food. It was a pleasure to be served a meal which came with a little insight into the traditions and culture of what I am sure is a fascinating country.
Looking forward to returning to try more dishes.
The owner was so warm and welcoming. The place itself is beautiful and so tastefully decorated. And the food- what can I say?! It was simply delicious. I love food made with such natural ingredients and that is cooked in such a way that brings your tastebuds alive. The flavours truly were out of this world.
It seems a really popular place too, certainly all the tables were full and it seems that there are a lot of regulars - though everyone is made to feel so welcome I already feel like a regular!
We had the combination platter for 2 plus some stuffed chillis. I am so full now but in a very good way- very satisfied.
I’m already looking forward to next time!
Food was so good and the staff were so friendly.
Corarima – your local African restaurant
Traditional Eritrean & Ethiopian Food
Our love of Abyssinian cuisine is embedded in our roots, but we developed our passion for creating authentic dishes through our extensive catering experience for friends and family.
The exquisite flavours that run through our menu are warm, spicy, smoky and delightfully distinctive. Our berbere spice mix contains many lesser-known Ethiopian spices, such as corarima, garlic, ginger, basil, rue, ajwain, nigella, fenugreek and chilli peppers – we aim for a level of heat that caters for all palette, but we’re happy to turn the chilli levels up or down at your request!
We also serve natural and herbal drinks that complement our wonderful vegetarian, gluten free Abyssinian food.
Yorkshire Post Review
NEWS PAPER REVIEW
We would like to thank all of our friends and customers for allowing us to serve you and it is an absolute delight to share with you the best of Abyssinian cuisine. It has been two years since we open our door for business and we love every day of it and we would like to thank everyone that makes this journey enjoyable. Corarima LTD
ኮረሪማ – የጣዕም መገኛ ነጩን ጥቁር ሳትል ሁሉን አቅፋ ይዛ ጣዕም ያላችውን ምግብ አዘጋጅታ ትጠብቆታለች – ኮረሪማ – ገብተው ውበት ያደንቃሉ፡ በመስተንግዷቸው ረክተው ይወጣሉ፡ አፎ ብቻ ሳይሆን አይኖንም መግበው ባህልና ወጉን የዕቃ አቀማመጡን አይተው ያደንቃሉ፡ አንዴ ከቀመሱት ዘመድ አዝማድ ይዘው ደግመው ይመጣሉ።… በደንነሽ ሩፋ
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