Best Of Staff Pick Menu

O-Ku 

• Soup

• Miso Soup

  miso, bonito and shellfish stocks, seaweed

  4.00
  

• Kabocha Bisque

  japanese acorn squash, sweet potato, lobster stock

  8.00
  

• Salad

• Edamame

  sea salt

  5.00
  

• Seaweed Salad

  6.00
  

• Ika Sansai

  cooked & seasoned squid with seaweed salad

  8.00
  

• House Salad

  seasonal greens and lettuces, mizuna, fuji apple

  8.00
  

• Chefs Specialties

• Yellowtail Carpaccio

  cilantro, serrano pepper, yuzu truffle soy

  13.50
  

• Poke

  hawaiian-style tuna, salmon, hamachi, pear, mango, shallot, cucumber, basil mint soy

  14.00
  

• Tuna Tartare

  quail egg yolk, avocado, tobiko

  14.00
  

• Spicy Teriyaki Pork Belly

  melted savoy cabbage, kimchee puree

  15.00
  

• Lobster Temaki

  butter poached lobster hand rolls with asparagus, chives, cilantro aioli, volcanic salt

  16.50
  

• Oscar Roll

  blue crab meat, asparagus, 7-spice seared kobe, crispy shallots, wasabi hollandaise

  18.00
  

• Sushi And/or Sashimi Combo

  30.00
  50.00
  70.00
  100.00
  

• Entree

• Green Tea Soba Noodle

  seasonal vegetables, spicy stir-fry sauce

  14.00
  

• Chicken Teriyaki

  seasonal vegetables, rosemary teriyaki

  16.00
  

• Pan-seared Scallops

  toasted baby corn and arugula, celeriac-wasabi puree

  24.00
  

• Kurobuta Pork Shank

  kabocha mash, seasonal vegetables, 5-spice jus

  25.00
  

• Seafood Yaki Udon

  scallops, shrimp, mussels, clams, seasonal vegetables, spicy stir-fry sauce

  26.00
  

• Misoyaki

  daily fish selection, miso-mirin marinade, seasonal vegetables, japanese sweet potato nest, carrot-ginger puree

  28.00
  

• Izakaya- Japanese Street Food

• Harumaki

  japanese style winter vegetable egg roll

  8.00
  

• Yakiniku Duck Taco

  confit duck, japanese bbq sauce

  10.00
  

• Tempura Oyster On The Half Shell

  kimchee tartar sauce, microgreens

  12.00
  

• O-ku Spring Roll

  tuna, salmon, whitefish, spring mix, wonton crisp, avocado, cilantro wasabi aioli, sesame dipping sauce

  12.00
  

• Dumpling Dim Sum

  pork gyoza, shrimp mandoo, dandash and sweet chili sauces

  12.00
  

• Sashimi Taco

  salmon, tuna, and whitefish with persimmon tropical fruit salsa

  12.00
  

• Rock Shrimp Salad

  spicy aioli, mixed greens, carrot ginger vinaigrette

  13.00
  

• Nigiri (2pc.) & Sashimi (3pc.)

• Tuna

  Albacore:  6.00
  Big-eye:  7.50
  Tuna Belly:  10.00
  

• Yellowtail

  Hamachi:  7.00
  Kanpachi:  8.00
  

• Salmon

  Scottish:  6.00
  Steelhead:  7.00
  Smoked:  7.00
  Tasmanian:  9.00
  

• Shrimp

  Ebi:  6.00
  Amaebi:  8.00
  

• Crab

  Snow Crab:  10.00
  Blue Crab:  9.00
  

• Tobiko

  Red:  6.00
  Black:  6.00
  Yuzu:  7.00
  Wasabi:  7.00
  

• Hokkigai

  5.00
  

• Hotategai

  9.00
  

• Ika

  5.00
  

• Tako

  7.00
  

• Shiro Sakana

  7.00
  

• Saba

  7.00
  

• Escolar

  8.00
  

• Unagi

  8.00
  

• Tamago

  5.00
  

• Ikura

  7.00
  

• Uni

  9.00
  

• Makimono Rolled Sushi

• Tempura Vegetable Roll

  assorted tempura vegetables, eel sauce

  8.00
  

• Spicy Tuna Crunch Roll

  spicy tuna, cucumber, crunch mix, eel sauce

  10.00
  

• California Roll

  snow crab, avocado, masago

  10.00
  

• Avocado Wrapped Roll

  spicy crunch mix, asparagus, avocado, eel sauce

  10.50
  

• Crab Crunch Roll

  crab salad, avocado, crunch, eel sauce

  10.50
  

• Firecracker Roll

  crab salad, avocado, asparagus tempura roll topped with spicy seafood mix, serrano pepper, eel sauce

  11.00
  

• Salmon And Lemon Roll

  crab salad, avocado, salmon, lemon

  12.00
  

• Potato Roll

  shrimp tempura, avocado, shoe-string potatoes, eel sauce, mango remoulade

  12.50
  

• Tempura Eel Roll

  tempura eel, avocado, asparagus, beets, eel sauce

  13.00
  

• Scallop Roll

  crab salad, avocado, cucumber, panko-crusted scallop, tonkatsu sauce, wasabi aioli

  13.00
  

• Spider & Oyster Roll

  tempura soft-shell crab and oyster, cucumber, avocado, masago, eel sauce

  13.00
  

• Tuna Tataki Roll

  seared tuna, tempura shrimp, avocado, eel sauce, spicy aioli

  12.00
  

• Tuna Wrapped Roll

  spicy tuna, cucumber, tuna, spicy aioli, eel sauce

  13.50
  

• Rainbow Roll

  snow crab, cucumber, avocado, masago, seafood wrapped

  14.00
  

• Mt. Fuji Roll

  spicy tuna topped with cheesy baked shellfish, shaved red onion, spicy aioli

  14.50
  

• Black Dragon Roll

  spicy seafood mix, cucumber, avocado, eel, eel sauce, spicy aioli

  15.00
  

• Harvest Roll

  spicy tuna, kabocha mash, pears, apples

  15.00
  

• Kobe Roll

  tempura shrimp, cucumber, avocado, kobe beef, microgreens, balsamic reduction

  16.00
  

• Traditional

• Cucumber

  5.00
  

• Tuna

  8.00
  

• Negihama

  scallion, yellowtail

  6.00
  

• Unagi

  10.00
  

• Natto

  6.00
  

• Spicy Tuna

  8.00
  

• Negitoro

  chopped tuna belly w/ scallion

  15.00
  

• Sides

• Rice

  3.00
  

• Sauteed Vegetables

  5.00
  

• Quail Egg

  4.00
  

• Pickled Fresh Wasabi Stem

  3.00
  

• Sharkskin-grated Fresh Wasabi

  5.00
  

• Desserts

• Yuzu Pot Au Creme

  6.00
  

• Chocolate Ganache Cake

  8.00
  

• Strawberry Napoleon

  citrus tuile, key lime mascarpone supplied by wild flour pastry

  8.00
  

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