August 2010
House Plates
Cucumber with spicy tofu sauce 4
Chilled summer squash with nepitella 5
Grilled shishito peppers with bottarga 6
Iriko ( small fish ) with ginger, garlic, scallion 5
Marinated kombu seaweed with sesame 4
House karasumi with radish, lemon 12
Pork belly – sake stewed onion, shoyu tomago 13
Grilled pork spare ribs – Napa cabbage kimchee, maitake mushroom, scallion 14
Black Cod – spinach, fennel, leek, miso 13
Beef heart – sweet onion, katsuo bushi 10
Mission motzu – spicy grilled tripe with lime 8
Wagyu bavette steak tataki – ponzu sauce, grated daikon 15
Agemono [Fried]
Japanese eggplant with hatcho miso sauce 6
Potatoes with wild nori, garlic aioli 6
Chicken wings – honey and serrano chili sauce 9
Chicken livers – garlic aioli 7
Sweet corn korokke – huitlacoche aioli 8
Agedashi tofu – baby shiitake, scallion 7
Yakimono [Grilled Skewers]
Odango – grilled rice balls with lemon 5
Chicken thigh – ume and shiso 6
Negima – chicken thigh with scallion 6
Chicken gizzard 5
Tsukune with egg 7
Chicken skin 5
Chicken hearts 5
Pork belly with shichimi togarashi 10
Yakitori sampler plate 16
Salads
Little gem lettuce – katsuo bushi, fennel, radish, lemon 8
Chilled suimono salad – heirloom tomato, sea bean,
cucumber, squash blossom, wakame seaweed
with tofu served in a dashi broth 14
Rice, Soup, Pickles
Steamed Rice
Steamed Koshihikari short grain rice 3
Wild nori, roasted hijiki and scallion 4
Natto, karashi 4
Bbq pork rice – roasted peanuts and chilis 6
Kombu chazuke – sesame, scallion 6
Ocean trout chazuke – salted trout, trout skin 6
Onigiri ( rice ball )
Yakionigiri ( 2pcs ) 6
Umeboshi, shiso ( 1pc ) 6
Miso soup, pickles
Miso soup 3
Miso soup with mushrooms 4
Dashi pickled mustard greens 4
Bitter melon pickle with curried onion 4
Miso pickled gobo with cucumber 4
Takuan daikon radish 3
Dill pickled serrano chilis ( spicy ) 3
House kimchee 3
Dessert
Warm meadowfoam honey mochi cake, almond, yogurt 7
Beignets with apricot jam, creme fraiche 7
Japanese white peach and sour cream gelato, kinako 7
