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Souen Menu

  • Takeout Available | Delivery Available
  • Delivery Payment:
    $15 minimum
  • Delivery Hours:
    Daily, noon-10pm
  • Delivery Area:
    4th St. to 21st St., First Ave. to Ninth Ave.

soups
Pureed Vegetable Soup of the Day * (hot or cold) please see the black board       6
Bean Soup of the Day * simple and superb. please see the black board       4
Miso Soup mellow barley miso       4
Wakame Soup * wakame, sprouts, daikon, sesame seeds and sesame oil in tamari kombu broth       6
Yuba in Soup * tofu "skins", chinese cabbage, carrot, scallion in tamari kombu broth       6.25
Hayato Soup vegetables, tofu, shiitake, miso broth       9
Jappa Soup white fish vegetables, shiitake, tofu, miso broth       10
Rice in Soup * carrot, scallion, shiitake, chinese cabbage, greens and umeboshi simmered in an iron kettle with rice       9.50
With Fish of the Day       13.50
With Organic Salmon       15.50
With Wild Black Cod       17.50
breads
One Miso Tahini Spread Per serving. (not Gf) Extra $1. gf Apple Butter Spread Available by Request
Home-made Corn Bread * hearty gluten free corn bread       4.75
Loaf of Corn Bread * comes with miso tahini spread       20
Spelt Bread non yeasted       3.75
House Bread       3.75
side dishes
Brown Rice *     2.50   4
Grain of the Day * please see the black board     3.50   4.50
Bean of the Day * please see the black board       3.50
Steamed Tofu *       4
Hijiki Seaweed * cooked in a light tamari soy sauce       4
Plain Broiled Fish *       9
Wild Cod       11
With Teriyaki or Ginger Scallion Sauce or Okabe (thick Sesame paste) Sauce       add 1
Tempeh (fried or broiled) * served with ginger kuzu sauce       7
Home-made Seitan (fried or broiled) served with ginger kuzu sauce       7
Maze Rice * rice mixed with seasoned carrot, string bean, shiitake and burdock       6
With Salmon       8.50
With Eel       9.50
Steamed Vegetables *     4.50   6.50
Steamed Greens *     4.50   6.50
Steamed Vegetable & Green Combo *       7
Ume Paste *       (1oz) 1
appetizers
Specials of the Day * please see black board      
Organic Edamame *       5.75
Home-made Pickles *       6
Tataki Gobo * marinated burdock in mellow barley miso paste       6.50
Goma Ae * steamed special greens with thick sesame sauce       6.50
Yuba * steamed tofu "skin" marinated in kombu-shiitake broth       7
Scrambled Tofu * sauteed with scallion and carrot in carrot sauce       7
With Salmon       9
Age Tofu deep-fried tofu in ginger daikon broth       7
Fish Tatsuta-age deep-fried white fish marinated in sweet ginger tamari sauce       8
Seitan "meat" Ball seitan, shiitake, onion, scallion, carrot, ginger and garlic with beet marinara sauce       8.75
salads
Dressings: carrot, Sesame Vinaigrette or Tahini Dill
Crunchy Cabbage Salad * popular carrot dressing       5.50
Cold Yam Salad * mashed carrot, cucumber, onion, steamed yam, mustard sauce       6
Cucumber Salad * cucumber, akatosaka seaweed, sesame vinaigrette       6
Seaweed Salad * hijiki, wakame, akatosaka & ogo seaweed, daikon, sesame vinaigrette       6.50
Watercress Salad * with cooked hijiki seaweed, crunchy soy beans       8.50
Green Salad lettuce, watercress, endive, radicchio, daikon, beet, carrot, sesame vinaigrette     sm 6   8
Avocado Salad * green salad with lightly steamed cold cauliflower, broccoli       10
With Shrimp       13.50
Chef Salad * green salad, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, burdock, daikon, avocado, cucumber, alfalfa, red akatosaka & wakame seaweed       15
vegetable entrees
Served With Brown rice. Home-made dressings: carrot, Sesame vinaigrette, Tahini Dill
Macro Plate an ideal balance of steamed greens, vegetables, brown rice, beans and hijiki seaweed       9
Dressing on the Side       add 1
Each Substitution       add 1
Broccoli Tofu * sauteed with carrot, onion and crushed tofu in carrot sauce       11.50
Yasai Itame * sauteed mixed vegetables, lotus root, mung bean sprout, ginger tamari sauce       11.50
Inspired Vegetable Curry * mixed vegetables, mild curry turmeric, ginger root sauce       12.50
Broiled Tofu Okabe * with a thick sesame paste served with a steamed vegetables       12.50
Tofu Teriyaki * sauteed tofu in ginger mushroom scallion teriyaki sauce with side of vegetables       12.50
Squash Tofu * sauteed tofu, squash, onion, carrot, nappa green, broccoli, snow pea, miso tahini sauce       13
Kuzu Stew * broccoli, cauliflower, nappa, green, carrot, snow pea, shiitake, onion, ginger tamari clear kuzu sauce       12.50
With Ume Paste       13.50
Garlic Greens * sauteed greens, carrot, onion, string bean, squash, olive oil, garlic, salt       12.50
Tempeh or Seitan Mushroom Gravy * scallion, mushroom, carrot, onion gravy sauce, served with yam salad and steamed vegetables       14.75
Tempeh or Seitan Parmigiana With Tofu Cream Cheese deep-fried cutlet with whole wheat-crust cooked in non-tomato marinara sauce, served with yam salad and steamed vegetables       14.75
Tempeh Croquette * served with tofu dill sauce, steamed vegetables and yam salad       13.50
Home-made Seitan Millet Cutlet deep-fried in puffed millet with small steamed vegetables       13.75
Mushroom Risotto * small steamed vegetables on the bed of risotto       14.50
Macro Plate tofu instead of beans       add 1
seafood entrees
Choose One Fish & Side dishes. Salmon / Fish of the Day See the Black Board / Wild Black Cod $2 Additional
Plain Broiled With Lemon * 2 pieces - 3 sides       21.50
Broiled With Teriyaki Sauce * 2 pieces - 3 sides - tamari, mirin, fish stock       22.50
Broiled With Shoga-yaki Sauce * 2 pieces - 3 sides - ginger scallion soy sauce       22.50
Broiled With Okabe Sauce * 2 pieces, 3 sides - thick sesame sauce       22.50
Sauteed in Lemon Basil Pesto Sauce * 2 pieces, 2 sides - olive oil, white wine, basil, garlic, pesto       23.50
Steamed With Ginger Tamari Kombu Broth * 2 pieces, 2 sides - string bean, watercress, carrot, tofu, shiitake       23.50
Broiled Black Cod With Lime Soy-vinaigrette * 2 pieces, 2 sides - broiled glazed with ginger sauce on the bed of yam salad and lime soy-vinaigrette       25.50
Black Cod Saikyo-zuke * 2 pieces, 2 sides - broiled marinated cod in sweet white miso       25.50
side dishes
Miso Soup      
Bean Soup of the Day *      
Bean of the Day *      
Cooked Hijiki Seaweed *      
Crunchy Cabbage Salad *      
Steamed Greens *      
Steamed Vegetables *      
Brown Rice *      
Grain of the Day *       extra 1
Maze Rice * rice mixed with seasoned carrot, string beans, shiitake, burdock       extra 2
Home-made Corn Bread *       extra 1
Bread 2 slices      
Soba or Udon       extra 1
bento box specials
Served With Miso Soup or Bean Soup of the Day (please See Black board), Brown Rice (grain of the Day Add $1), Home-made pickles, Tataki Gobo (marinated Burdock in Mellow Barley Miso paste), Hijiki seaweed, Steamed Vegetables and Greens
Box a broiled tofu okabe (thick sesame sauce)       16.50
Box B broiled organic salmon with ginger scallion soy sauce       22.50
tempura
Deep-fried in Light Egg-free Batter
Four-piece Shrimp Tempura       7
Four-piece Fish Tempura       8
Six-piece Vegetable Tempura       7
Seven-piece Tempura five pieces of vegetables, one piece of shrimp and white fish       8.50
noodles
Soba or Udon
Special Pasta of the Day see the black board      
Stir-fried Noodles mixed vegetables, shiitake, ginger sesame sauce       11.50
Pad Thai Noodles mixed vegetables, shiitake, baked tofu, house-made peanut sauce, lime       12
Black Cod & Noodles in Spicy Clear Soup onion, nappa, snow pea, scallion, lime       16.75
Noodles in Clear Soup mixed vegetables, shiitake, wakame, watercress       12
Sesame Miso Broth mixed vegetables, shiitake, wakame, watercress       13
extra toppings
Tofu       2
Tempeh or Seitan       3
Shrimp or Scallop       4
Salmon or Fish of the Day       5.50
Wild Cod or Seafood salmon, shrimp, scallop       6.50
sushi - vegetable
Hoso Maki: Thin Roll Cut Into (6) pieces. (1) Item $4.50 / (2) Items $5 / Futo maki (gigantic Roll Cut Into 8 pieces, Max 4 items) $13.50 (each Fish Filling Add $1)
Carrot *      
Cucumber *      
Watercress *      
Avocado *      
Burdock *      
Snow Pea Sprout *      
Ume Shiso plum / leaf      
Shiitake Mushroom *      
Asparagus *      
Pickles *      
Tofu Skin * inari strip      
Tofu *      
Fried Tempeh *      
Natto Scallion *      
Seitan      
sushi - fish
Hoso maki: Thin Roll Cut Into (6) pieces. (1) Item $5.50 / (2) Items $6
Shrimp Tempura      
Steamed Shrimp      
Salmon *      
Cooked Salmon *      
Tuna       add 2
Spicy Tuna       add 2
Eel       add 2
chef's specials
Inari Sushi * fried bean curd skin marinated in sweet soy sauce, stuffed with sushi rice and watercress       (per piece) 3.50
With Eel       5.50
Crunchy Sweet Potato Tempura Roll       6
Garden Roll * avocado, carrot, cucumber, daikon, sprout, tofu dill sauce and sesame seeds       7.50
Vegetable Cucumber Roll * carrot, watercress, inari, asparagus, daikon, snow pea sprouts, avocado rolled in cucumber       10
Sashimi a la Carte * your choice of tuna, salmon, shrimp, yellowtail, mackerel, sea scallop and eel      
more chef's specials
Comes With Miso or Bean Soup
Green Dragon Roll * carrot, watercress, inari and gobo rolled in avocado with peanut sauce       10.75
Dragon Roll * eel, watercress and carrot rolled in avocado with teriyaki sauce       14.75
Alaskan Roll * asparagus, carrot and cucumber rolled in salmon       15.75
Rainbow Roll * tuna, salmon, yellowtail, mackerel, asparagus, avocado and cucumber       16.75
Hakozushi (box sushi) * pressed, box-shaped sushi with marinated mackerel       12.75
Souen Chirashi Sushi * tuna, salmon, eel, shrimp, watercress, cucumber, carrot, shiitake, gobo, daikon and avocado on a bed of sushi rice       22.75
hot teas
Kuki-cha Tea tea plant stems, twig tree, rich in calcium and vitamin c, with touch of caffeine       2
First Refill       1
Mu 16 Tea licorice, ginseng, peony root and dozen other flower and plant essences. no caffeine       2
First Refill       1
Warm Apple Lemon Kuki-cha Tea       3
First Refill       1.50
Chamomile       2.50
Peppermint       2.50
Green Tea       2.50
grain coffee
Caffeine Free
Grain Coffee coffee substitution of roasted barley, rye and chicory       3
chilled teas
Kuki-cha Tea tea plant stems, twig tree, rich in calcium and vitamin c, with touch of caffeine       2.50
First Refill       1.50
Apple Lemon Kuki-cha Tea       3.50
juices & sodas
Fresh-pressed Organic Vegetable Juice carrot, ginger, lemon, beet, celery, cucumber, kale, apple     4.50   6
Organic Apple Juice unfiltered       4
Reed’s Sodas china cola made with chinese herbs       (12oz) 3.50
Fresh Ginger Ale original made with only fresh ginger. pomegranate with hibiscus. green tea made with jasmine flowers       (12oz) 4
Kombucha Gt’s original, mystic mango, guava goddess tropical and refreshing., trilogy tangy raspberries, tart lemons, spicy ginger       (16oz) 5
Mountain Valley Spring Water       3
Mountain Valley Sparkling Water       3
desserts
Sugar, dairy, Egg and Wheat Free
Special Desserts of the Day please ask your server      
New York Tofu "cheese cake" Pie fruit kanten on the top of "cheese cake"       6.75
Kanten Crunch home-made crunch on the top of kanten       6.50
Cocoa Creamy Parfait cocoa mousse with vanilla soy cream and granola       5.50
Fruit Kanten made with fruits, apple juice and agar agar. no sweetener used       4.25
Scone or Muffin spelt and brown rice flour, maple and rice syrup used. we can make your favorite flavors and gluten free baked goods with advance notice       2.50
Cookie       2

lunch special

Until 4pm

Garden Roll Set choose two sides list below       9.75
Garden Sushi Roll inside out roll with carrot, cucumber and snow pea sprout with sesame seeds      
fish set
Choose Two Sides List Below
Plain Broiled 1 Piece Salmon or Fish of the Day with lemon, teriyaki, ginger scallion or okabe(thick sesame) sauce      
Organic Salmon       add 2
Wild Black Cod       add 4
separate items from list below
Miso Soup      
Bean Soup of the Day See Blackboard      
Bean of the Day See Blackboard      
Brown Rice      
Crunchy Cabbage Salad      
Green Salad      
Steamed Vegetables      
Steamed Greens      
Cooked Hijiki Seaweed      
Home-made Pickles      
House Bread served with one miso tahini spread      
Mixed Grain of the Day See Blackboard      
Steamed Soba or Udon      
Tofu fried or steamed      
Home-made Corn Bread with one miso tahini spread      
home-made dressings
Carrot      
Tahini Dill      
Sesame Vinaigrette      
brunch special
Until 4p,
Whole Wheat Pancake Plain glazed with sweet sauce       9.75
With Fruit served with soy cream       11.75
Vegetable Pancake glazed with sweet teriyaki sauce       11.75
Gluten Free Pancake Available by Request *       extra 1
Scrambled Tofu With Tempeh Bacon * served with yam salad and small green salad. choice of rice or house bread       12.50
With Organic Salmon       15.50
sandwiches
Everyday Until 4pm. House Bread Stuffed With onion, carrot, Sprout and Cucumber
Baked Tofu Sandwich home-made baked tofu with tofu dill sauce       9.75
Deep-fried Tempeh Teriyaki Sandwich tofu dill and teriyaki sauce       10
Fried Ginger Fish Sandwich tofu dill sauce       13.50
With Wild Black Cod       15.50
Seitan Parmigiana Sandwich deep-fried homemade seitan cutlet with whole wheat-crust cooked in beet marinara sauce       13.50
With Organic Salmon       15.50
Stuffed Tofu Pita whole wheat pita bread stuffed with home-made baked tofu, avocado, cucumber, carrot, sprout, onion and tofu dill mustard sauce       10.50
Seitan Vegetable Gyro whole wheat pita bread stuffed with sauteed seitan, broccoli, green, carrot, onion in olive oil and garlic topped with tofu dill teriyaki sauce       12.75
hot tea
Kuki-cha Tea with touch of caffeine       2
Mu 16 Tea no caffeine       2
Warm Apple Lemon Kuki-cha Tea       3
Chamomile       2.50
Peppermint       2.50
Green Tea       2.50
grain "coffee"
Caffeine Free
Grain Coffee coffee substitution of roasted barley, rye and chicory       3
chilled tea
Kuki-cha Tea       2.50
First Refill       1.50
Apple Lemon Kuki-cha Tea       3.50
juices & sodas
Fresh-pressed Organic Vegetable Juice carrot, ginger, lemon, beet, celery, cucumber, kale, apple     4.50   6
Organic Apple Juice       4
Reed’s Sodas china cola made with chinese herbs       (12oz) 3.50
Fresh Ginger Ale original made with only fresh ginger. pomegranate with hibiscus. green tea made with jasmine flowers       (12oz) 4
Kombucha Gt’s guava goddess, gingerade, botanic 7 hibiscus, orange peel chamomile, ginger, trilogy tangy raspberries, tart lemons, spicy ginger       (16oz) 5
Mountain Valley Spring Water       3
Mountain Valley Sparkling Water       3
japanese beers
Sapporo Premium an ideal choice for any beer lover seeking a fine lager with a refreshing flavor and moderately light body       (12oz) 5.50
Sapporo Light       (12oz) 5.50
Yebisu Premium it’s mellowed over a long period to be a 100% malt premium beer. select aroma hops produce a pleasant bitterness without any aftertaste. yebisu beer is a boon from over a century of history and the company’s devotion to pursuing good ingredients and traditional production process       (11oz) 7.50
Koshihikari Rice it’s used the delicious water and koshihikari rice that niigata’s nature has provided and made this in a german-style decoction mash. this is a dry beer with a crisp palate and finish       (17oz) 9.75
organic beer
Pilsner brewed with hand-selected hops and organic pilsner malt, our european-style. pilsner is a straw colored lager with a crisp, refreshing finish       (12oz) 6.50
gluten free beer
Red Bridge redbridge is a rich, fullbodied lager brewed from sorghum for a well-balanced, moderately hopped taste       (12oz) 5.50

organic wines by the glass

red $8.75
No Sulfites Added
Our Daily red, California 2008      
Frey zinfandel, California 2008      
white
No Sulfites Added
Sauvignon blanc, Terra sana, France 2008       8.75
Riesling, Badger mountain, Columbia Valley 2008       9.75
Saint regis, la selve, France 2008 Biodynamic       11.75
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