Taqueria La Vaquita Menu
401 S Washington Ave, Cleveland, TX 77327, United StatesRestaurant
5 dishes across 5 sections · Yemeni restaurant
Prices transcribed from the printed menu, last checked
Photographed in store in August 2026. The dish list below covers everything we could read clearly; the full card has more.
Special House Salad US$3.99
Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and dressing.
Soup(Lamb) US$3.49
Lamb Soup
Hummus US$12.95
Pure chicken peas, sesame batter, olive oil, and served with bread.
Baba Ghanoush US$12.95
Pureed baked eggplants, sesame batter, olive oil, and served with bread.
Foul US$15.50
Sauteed onions, tomatoes, and mashed fava beans.
Fassolia US$15.50
White kidney beans, sauteed with onions, tomatoes, and served with bread. Also you can have fassolia with eggs.
Shak-Shookah (Egg) US$14.25
Eggs, sauteed tomato, onion, and spices.
Leham Segar (Small Sauteed Lamb) US$19.45
Minced lamb, sauteed with onions, tomatoes, and yemeni spices served with bread.
Kibdah (Lamb Liver) US$19.45
Sauteed cubed of lamb liver, with onions, and tomatoes served with our clay oven bread.
Fatah with Honey US$13.00
Yemeni style sliced bread, honey, and butter.
Hummus with Lamb US$22.00
Minced lamb or chicken, sauteed with onions,tomatoes, and yemeni spices dressed with hummus.
Hummus with Chicken US$22.00
Minced lamb or chicken, sauteed with onions,tomatoes, and yemeni spices dressed with hummus.
Bread US$3.00
Pepsi US$2.00
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi US$2.00
Diet Pepsi
Schweppes (Ginger Ale) US$2.00
Schweppes (Ginger Ale)
Schweppes (Diet Ginger Ale) US$2.00
Schweppes (Diet Ginger Ale)
Crush (Orange) US$2.00
Crush (Orange)
Starry US$2.00
Starry
Schweppes (Original) US$2.00
Schweppes (Original)
Starry (Zero Sugar) US$2.00
Starry(Zero Sugar)
Poland Spring Water US$2.00
Poland Spring Water
Special Yemen Tea (Hot) US$2.00
Special Yemen Tea (Hot)
Saltah US$16.00
Fresh assorted root vegetables combined with whipped fenugreek and lamb sauce. Served very hot (volcano style) in traditional yemeni way serve with clay oven baked bread and roasted lamb or chicken.
Fahsah US$25.95
Traditional saltah combined with shredded lamb and served bubbling hot in a clay bowl with warm clay oven bread.
Kabsa Lamb US$38.99
Boneless lamb sauteed with long grain basmati rice, scallion, and parsley.
Massloug Lamb US$38.99
A very tender chunk of lamb sauteed then boiled in seasoned mirepoix for hours. Served with mixed vegetables and rice.
Mix Grill Kabab US$38.99
Mix grilled shish and chicken kabob served with vegetables and rice.
Lamb Chops US$38.99
Grilled baby lamb, seasoned to perfection, and served with vegetables over rice.
Lamb Haneeth US$38.99
Our most popular dish and slow roasted lamb seasoned to perfection. Served with mixed vegetables and rice.
Lamb Agada (Loubia) US$38.99
A yemeni style stew. Cooked with large chunks of lamb, okra, carrots, potatoes, onion, and green peas served with warm clay oven bread or rice.
Lamb Glaba US$38.99
Minced tender lamb sauteed with onions, tomatoes, and served over a bed of long grain basmati rice and topped with a vegetable sauce.
Zorbian Lamb US$38.99
Lamb glaba cooked with long grain basmita rice, scallion, parsley, and onion served mixed and ready to eat.
Lamb Fatah US$38.99
Lamb glaba sauteed with chopped clay oven bread and in a lamb broth served in a bowl.
Chicken Haneeth US$22.00
Slow oven roasted chicken(half) in imported yemeni seasoning served over a bed of long grain basmati rice and topped with a vegtable sauce.
Chicken Glaba (Chicken Curry) US$22.00
Minced chicken mixed with root vegetables, sauteed, and served with rice.
Chicken Agda (Loubia) US$22.00
Cooked massloug chicken with vegetables in yemeni style.
Chicken Kabab US$22.00
2 sticks of small chunck of chicken and onions grilled served with vegetables over rice.
Massloug Chicken US$22.00
Chicken boiled in a seasoned mirepoix. Served with mixed vegetables and rice.
Chicken Saltah US$22.00
Fresh assorted root vegetables stew served in a bubbling hot clay bowl topped with a tongy whipped fenugreek. Served with a half chicken haneeth masloug, warm clay oven bread, and a side of sahawig (spicy chutney).
Chicken Zorbian US$22.00
South yemeni dish and boneless chicken mixed with rice.
Chicken Kabsa US$22.00
Chopped half chicken sauteed with long grain basmati rice, scallion, parsley, and onion served mixed and ready to eat.
Charcoal Grilled Chicken US$22.00
Half chicken grilled on charcoal flames to perfection served over a bed of long grain basmati rice and topped with a vegetable sauce.
Fish of the day US$32.45
Contact store for today's selection. Fish comes with rice, soup, salad, and our famous warm clay oven bread.
Chicken Showayah US$22.00
Half chicken seasoned to perfection that is cooked on a rotisserie by using direct heat. Served with rice & topped with vegetable sauce.
Hareesa (هريسه يمنيه) US$8.00
Hareesa is a traditional Yemeni sweet well known in yemen. Our Hareesa is made in house. Hareesa is made up of peanuts, vanilla, sugar, and food coloring. And there’s 2 kinds of Hareesa one is sold(regular) and it’s crunchy but soft while the oth...
Baklava (بقلاوة) US$8.00
Baklava is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, butter and sweetened with syrup.
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