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Hakubai Menu

special lunch course menu
*Advance Reservations Required
Lunch Kaiseki "kaiseki" is a formal japanese cuisine, a combination of finely crafted dishes utilizing the rarest variety of ingredients of that particular season. you can enjoy various kinds of the best and freshest foods from the mountains and the sea. appetizers, sashimi, a dish of various delicacies, a main dish and dessert       68

lunch prix fixe

Hakubai Lunch Box appetizer, sashimi, steamed egg custard, tempura, grilled dish, vinegared dish, spicy seasoned cod roe, japanese pickles, steamed rice, miso soup and today’s dessert       55
Gochiso Bento Box appetizer, miso soup, rice and japanese pickles, assorted sashimi, assorted tempura, beef teriyaki and today’s dessert       40
Kenbi Lunch Course       39
Lady’s Lunch kaiseki style mini lunch set       35
Business Lunch only on the weekday (menu changes weekly       26
Grilled Fish salt-grilled mackerel       20
Assorted Tempura deep-fried pieces of seafood and vegetables       27
Beef Teriyaki pan-fried sliced beef tenderloin marinated in teriyaki sauce ????       28
Assorted sashimi` chef’s selection of sashimi       36
Grilled Salmon pan-fried fresh salmon fillets marinated in teriyaki sauce       20
Chicken Teriyaki pan-fried chicken thigh marinated in teriyaki sauce       20
Pork Cutlets deep-fried prime pork cutlets with our special sauce, served with shredded cabbage       22
Deep-fried Pork Fillet Cutlets With Our Special sauce, Served With Shredded Cabbage       24
Assorted Sushi chef's selection of 9 pieces of nigiri sushi and 1 roll       32
Sushi New Yorker yellowtail, tuna, salmon, eel and california roll       32
Chirashi assorted sashimi, served over a bowl of sushi rice       28
Tekka Don fresh tuna sashimi, served over a bowl of sushi rice       26
Spicy Tuna Don fresh tuna marinated in our spicy hot sauce, served over a bowl of sushi rice       26
Ten-ju assorted tempura dipped in a tempura sauce, served over rice       22
Katsu-ju deep-fried pork cutlet with egg and onion, served over rice       22
Una-ju broiled eel marinated in our special sauce, served over rice       28

a la carte

appetizers
Sesame Tofu our special sesame curd       7
Edamame boiled soy beans       7
Ohitashi a boiled green vegetable with fish broth       7
Chawan Mushi steamed egg custard with seasonal vegetables, chicken and crab meat       8
Japanese Style Salad mixed green vegetables with house-made dressing       7
Wakame Kyuri Salad seaweed mixed with cucumber with house-made dressing       8.50
Sushi Appetizer chef’s selection of 5 pieces       14
Sashimi Appetizer chef’s selection of 7 pieces       16
Tempura Appetizer deep-fried pieces of seafood and vegetables       14
Miso Soup       4
noodle
Nabeyaki Udon wheat flour noodles/garnished with vegetables, egg and shrimp tempura in a hot pot       18
Inaniwa Udon served cold or hot       12
Kakiage mixed vegetables and seafood tempura       18.50
Ebiten shrimp tempura       17.50
Tororo ground yam       16
Nameko nameko mushrooms       16
Tamago poached egg       13.50
Soba served cold or hot       9.50
Kakiage mixed vegetables and seafood tempura       16
Ebiten shrimp tempura       15
Tororo ground yam       13.50
Nameko nameko mushrooms       13.50
Tamago poached egg       11
sushi & sashimi
Tamago (omlet)       4
Ika (squid)       4
Hotate (scallop)       4
Sake (salmon)       4.50
Ebi (shrimp)       4.50
Maguro (tuna)       5
Hamachi (yellowtail)       5
Hirame (fluke)       5
Unagi (eel)       5
Ikura (salmon roe)       6
Kanpachi (amberjack)       6
Chu-toro (medium Fatty tuna)       6.75
Uni (sea urchin)       7.50
Toro (fatty tuna)      
sushi rolls
Vegetable Roll       8.50
Cucumber Roll       8.50
Tuna Roll       9
California Roll       9
Spicy Tuna Roll       9
Yellowtail and Scallions       9
Salmon Skin Roll       9
Salmon and Avocado Roll       9
Tuna and Avocado Roll       9
Eel and Cucumber Roll       9
Shrimp Tempura Roll       9.50
Toro and Scallion Roll       13
Soft Shell Crab Roll       13

dinner

Our Omakase is a multi- course tasting dinner that allows the chef to create a special customized menu based on the daily market availability of fresh ingredients. each course is served on a unique plate imported from japan. appetizers, sashimi, a simmered dish, a dish of various delicacies, a main dish and dessert       170
Okonomi Kaiseki appetizers, sashimi, a dish of various delicacies, grilled food, a main dish, miso soup and dessert (choose the main dish from sushi, tempura or prime beef steak)       90
U.s. Beef Shabu Shabu Course thinly sliced prime u.s. beef, fresh vegetables and clear noodles cooked at your table in a pot of broth. the freshly cooked ingredients can be dipped into our special ponzu and sesame sauces       80
Kobe Beef Shabu Shabu Course thinly sliced kobe beef, fresh vegetables and clear noodles cooked at your table in a pot of broth. the freshly cooked ingredients can be dipped into our special ponzu and sesame sauces       100
Kobe Beef Toban Yaki Course kobe beef grilled on a hot ceramic plate at your table, accompanied by our house sauce, served with rice, miso soup and japanese pickles       100
Kenbi Dinner Course       55
delicacies
Ika Konowata Ae pickled sea cucumber insides       24
Karasumi salt-pickled mullet roe       24
Komochi Kombu kelp with herring roe       16
Shiromi Shuto Ae raw white fish marinated in bonito insides       9
Ika Shuto Ae squid marinated in bonito insides       9
Awabi Yawaraka Ni simmered tender abalone       26
salads
Japanese Style Green Salad       8
Soba Noodle Salad       8
Chicken & Jellyfish Spicy Salad       8.50
cold appetizers
Sesame Tofu our special sesame curd       7.50
Karashi Mentaiko spicy seasoned cod roe       8.50
Ikura Oroshi salmon roe served with ground daikon radish       8.50
Ohitashi a boiled green vegetable with fish broth       7
Takobutsu hand chopped boiled octopus       9
Maguro Yamakake diced fresh raw tuna topped with ground yam       9
Maguro Natto diced fresh raw tuna served with fermented soy beans       9
Ika Natto sliced fresh squid served with fermented soy beans       9
Mozuku Su mozuku seaweed marinated in vinegar       7
Kani Kurage Wakame Kyuri Su crab meat, jellyfish, seaweed and cucumber marinated in vinegar       8.50
Aigamo simmered duck breast       9
Tataki sliced seared beef served with our ponzu sauce       14
hot appetizers
Edamame       7
Chawan Mushi steamed egg custard with seasonal vegetables, chicken and crab meat       8.50
Ika Ichiya Boshi grilled lightly dried squid       8.50
Dashimaki Tamago japanese style omelet       8
Chingen Usuage simmered vegetable and thinly sliced deep-fried tofu       8
Renkon Agedashi deep fried lotus root cake served in fish broth       9
Yasai Takiawase simmered vegetables served in fish broth       12
Buta Kakuni simmered tender pork in a delicious sauce       15
Ebi Shinjo Yuba Age deep-fried shrimp cake wrapped with soy milk skin       9.50
Chicken Tatsuta-age japanese-style fried chicken       9.50
Aigamo Kuwayaki sautéed duck breast marinated in teriyaki sauce       14
Ton Toro Shio Yaki salt-grilled pork belly       18
Harasu Yaki grilled delicious part of salmon       9
Grilled Silver Cod grilled silver cod marinated in soy bean paste       23
a la carte
Tamagoyaki omelet       4
Ika squid       4
Hotate scallop       4
Tobiko flying fish roe       4
Sake salmon       4.50
Ebi shrimp       4.50
Maguro tuna       5
Hamachi yellowtail       5
Hirame fluke       5
Unagi eel       5
Ikura salmon roe       6
Kanpachi amberjack       6
Chu Toro medium fatty tuna       6.75
Anago sea eel       7
Uni sea urchin       7.50
Toro fatty tuna      
rolls
Hand Roll / Cut roll. Nori Seaweed on the Outside
Natto fermented soy beans     5   6
Cucumber     5   6
Tuna     6   7
rolls
Hand Roll / Cut roll, Nori Seaweed on the Inside
Vegetable     5   8.50
Cucumber     5   8.50
Tuna     6   9
California     6   9
Spicy Tuna     6   9
Yellowtail & Scallion     6   9
Salmon Skin     6   9
Salmon & Avocado     6   9
Tuna & Avocado     6   9
Eel & Cucumber     6   9
Shrimp Tempura     7.50   9.50
Toro & Scallion     10.50   13
Soft Shell Crab       (cut roll) 13
sushi & sashimi
Chirashi assorted sashimi, served over a bowl of sushi rice       30
Tekka Don fresh tuna sashimi, served over a bowl of sushi rice       28
Spicy Don (choice of tuna, yellowtail or salmon) slices of sashimi marinated in our spicy hot sauce, served over a bowl of sushi rice       28
Assorted Sushi       38
Assorted Sashimi       45
Premium Assorted Sushi chef’s selection of sushi       45
Assorted Sushi and Sashimi combination of sushi and sashimi       58
Premium Assorted Sashimi chef’s selection of sashimi       60
fish
Grilled Fish of the Day lightly salted broiled seasonal fish       24
Simmered Cod Fish simmered silver cod with soy sauce and sake       26
Salmon Teriyaki pan-fried fresh salmon fillets marinated in teriyaki sauce       24
Assorted Tempura deep-fried pieces of seafood and vegetables       30
meat & poultry
Chicken Teriyaki pan-fried chicken thigh marinated in teriyaki sauce       22
Tonkatsu - Pork Cutlets deep-fried prime pork cutlets with our special sauce, served with shredded cabbage       22
Prime Beef Teriyaki pan-fried sliced beef tenderloin marinated in teriyaki sauce       30
Japanese Style Steak prime cut of filet mignon grilled with sautéed vegetables, served with our special sauce       34
Kobe Beef Steak kobe beef grilled and sautéed vegetables, served with our special sauce       65
Kobe Beef Toban Yaki kobe beef grilled on a hot ceramic plate at your table, served with our special sauce       70
Kobe Beef Shabu Shabu thinly sliced kobe beef, fresh vegetables and clear noodles cooked at your table in a pot of broth. the freshly cooked ingredients can be dipped into our special ponzu and sesame sauces       80
rice dishes
Ten Ju assorted tempura dipped in a tempura sauce, served over rice       24
Katsu Ju deep-fried pork cutlet with egg and onion, served over rice       24
Una Ju broiled eel marinated in our special sauce, served over rice       29
ochazuke
Rice Topped With Your choice, Served With Fish broth, Wasabi and Pickles
Ume plum       8
Mentai cod roe       8.50
Sake & Ikura salmon flake & salmon roe       9
rice balls
Each
Plum, Dried Bonito Flake       4
Salmon, salmon Roe, Cod roe       4.50
side dishes
Miso Soup       4
Red Soy Bean Miso Soup       6
Clear Dashi Soup       15
Assorted Japanese Pickles     sm 3.50   lg 7.50
noodles
Nabeyaki Udon wheat flour noodles, garnished with vegetables, egg and shrimp tempura in a hot pot       18
Inaniwa Udon served hot or cold       12
Kakiage Udon mixed vegetables and seafood tempura       21
Ebi Tempura shrimp tempura, udon       19.50
Tororo ground yam, udon       17
Nameko nameko mushrooms, udon       17
Tamago poached egg, udon       13.50
Soba buckwheat noodles (served hot or cold)       9.50
Kakiage Soba       18.50
Ebi Tempura Soba       17
Tororo Soba       14.50
Nameko Soba       14.50
Tamago Soba       11
sushi new yorker $32.00
New yorkers’ Favorite Sushi Combination
Yellow Tail      
Tuna      
Salmon      
Eel Sushi and California Roll including appetizer and miso soup      

lady's lunch course $35

appetizer
Sesame Tofu      
Boiled Green Vegetables and Shiitake Mushroom with fish broth and deep-fried burdock      
Jellyfish and Cucumber Marinated in Ginger Vinegar      
Simmered Vegetables daikon radish, pumpkin, burdock, taro, koya tofu      
pre entrée
Steamed Egg Custard      
Sashimi      
Grilled Silver Cod With Ground Daikon Radish with ground daikon radish      
entrée
Choice of
Grilled Beef served with vegetables and ponzu sauce      
Six Grain Rice      
Japanese pickles, Hearty Vegetable Soup with pork      
dessert
Choice of
Agar Jelly in Light Syrup topped with vanilla ice cream and red bean      
Rooibos Tea Jelly      
Coffee Jelly      

kenbi lunch course $39.25

appetizer
Blood circulation, carotene, Vitamins a, b1, C and e, Minerals and Calcium
Boiled Green Vegetables and Shiitake Mushroom with fish broth and deep-fried burdock      
Marinated Asparagus in Sesame Seeds Paste      
Carrot Soy Milk Tofu      
Jellyfish and Cucumber Marinated in Ginger Vinegar      
Simmered Vegetables daikon radish, pumpkin, burdock, taro, koya tofu      
2nd appetizer
Digestive promotion, Vitamin c, Iron and Protein
Turnip Soup with crab meat      
Tuna Sashimi and Fresh Soy Milk Skin      
entrée
Multivitamins
Soba Noodle Salad with organic vegetable      
dessert
Vitamin C
Mango Sherbet      
Organic Yogurt with fruit      
business lunch menu
November 8th to November 12th sukiyaki, sashimi, organic egg on the side, served with rice, pickles and vegetable miso soup      
November 15th to November 19th salt-grilled mackerel, vegetable tempura cake, sashimi, simmered green vegetable, served with rice, pickles and mushroom miso soup      
November 22nd to November 26th deep-fried shrimp and pork fillet cutlet, sashimi, cuddled egg, served with rice, pickles and hearty vegetable soup with pork      
November 29th to December 3rd grilled salmon, shrimp and vegetable tempura, sashimi, japanese-style salad, served with rice, pickles and vegetable miso soup      

kenbi dinner course $55.25

appetizer
Boiled Green Vegetables and Shiitake Mushroom with fish broth and deep-fried burdock      
Marinated Asparagus in Sesame Seeds Pas      
Carrot Soy Milk Tofu      
Jellyfish and Cucumber Marinated in Ginger Vinegar      
Simmered Vegetables daikon radish, pumpkin, burdock, taro, koya tofu      
2nd appetizer
Turnip Soup with crab meat      
Tuna Sashimi and Fresh Soy Milk Skin      
entrée
Six Grain Rice Topped with sesame salt      
Grilled Silver Cod with ground daikon radish      
Root Vegetable Soup      
Simmered Hijiki      
dessert
Vitamin C
Mango Sherbet      
Organic Yogurt with fruit      
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