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Souen Menu

  • Takeout Available | Delivery Available
  • Delivery Payment:
    $12 minimum
  • Delivery Hours:
    Daily, noon-10pm
  • Delivery Area:
    Canal St. to 8th St., Broadway to West St.

salads

Cabbage Slaw thinly sliced cabbage with carrots, sprouts & carrot dressing       4
Cucumber Salad cucumber slices and seaweed with sesame vinaigrette       4.50
Seaweed Salad hijiki, akatosaka, ogo and wakame with sesame vinaigrette       5.75
Green Garden Salad mixed watercress, raddhichio, endive and salad greens with sesame vinaigrette       7
Shrimp and Avocado Salad steamed shrimp, broccoli, cauliflower and avocado slices on mixed greens with tahini dill dressing       10
Without Shrimp       8
Tuna Sashimi Salad seared tuna & mesclun salad with miso vinaigrette       9.50

vegetable entrees

All Entrees Come With Rice

Macro Plate hijiki, beans, steamed greens, vegetables and rice       8.50
Broccoli Tofu sauteed broccoli and vegetables in a scrambled tofu       9.50
Yasai-itame wok-fried cabbage and vegetables in ginger soy sauce       11
Tofu Steak With Teriyaki Sauce sauteed tofu with scallions and shiitake mushrooms in teriyaki sauce, accompanied by a small steamed green       12
Fried Seitan Cutlet home-made seitan, deep-fried served with beet sauce, accompanied by steamed vegetables       11.50
Broiled Tofu Okabe broiled tofu with sesame and sake paste with steamed vegetables       11
Squash Tofu sauteed squash and tofu in a miso-tahini sauce       12
Vegetable Curry chunky vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, squash, mushroom and onion dressed in mild curry sauce       11
With Seafood       15
Cozy Kuzu Stew chunky vegetables in a thick ginger tamari kuzu sauce       11
Deep-fried Seitan Parmegiana cooked in a no-tomato marinara sauce, topped with tofu cheese, accompanied by a small green salad       13

one dressing for salad or vegetable additional $1

soups

Bean Soup of the Day       3.75
Miso Soup       3.75
Pureed Soup of the Day       5.75
Wakame Soup       4
Half Miso & Half Bean Soup       3.75
Yuba in Soup tofu "skins", cabbage and scallions in a refined kombu (sea vegetable) broth       5.50
Hayato Soup vegetable in miso soup in a big bowl       8
Rice in Soup rice and vegetables simmered in an iron kettle       8
With Umeboshi       0.50
With Salmon and Shrimp       1.50

breads

Served With Miso-tahini Spread

Souen's Home-made Cornbread       2.75
Mixed Grain Sourdough Bread       2.75

sandwiches 11:00am to 4:00pm

With sprouts, carrots, cucumber, Lettuce and Tahini Dill Dressing on Mixed Grain Sourdough Bread

Baked Tofu With Tahini Dill Sandwich       6.50
Fried Fish With Tahini Dill Sandwich       8.50
Tempeh Teriyaki Sandwich       7.50

please ask about sandwich of the day

fish entrees

Your Choice of Farm Salmon, Wild salmon, Seabass or Sole (wild salmon & Seabass $4 Extra For 2pieces; $2 Extra For 1piece)

Sides miso soup, bean soup, steamed vegetables or greens, grain of the day ($0.50 additional), brown rice, beans, hijiki seaweed, cabbage or green salad      
Plain Broiled With Lemon     2 pieces 17.50   1 piece 11.50
Broiled With Teriyaki Sauce tamari, kuzu and sweet rice wine sauce     2 pieces 18.50   1 piece 12.50
Broiled With Shogayaki Sauce tamari, sake, ginger and scallion sauce     2 pieces 18.50   1 piece 12.50
Broiled With Okabe Sauce sesame and sake paste     2 pieces 18.50   1 piece 12.50
Ginger-steamed Fish (2pieces fish/2 side dishes) fish, tofu, shiitake mushroom, carrot & string beans lightly steamed in a ginger-infused tamari & mirin broth       19
Sauteed Fish in Lemon Basil Sauce (2pieces fish/2 side dishes) fish sauteed in white wine with basil almond pesto       19

2piece fish entrees are served with 3 side dishes; 1-piece fish entrees are served with 2 side dishes

sushi

Hoso-maki or Hand Roll small seasoned sushi rice roll with your choice of 1 or 2 fillings      
1 Vegetable       3.50
1 Fish       4.50
2 Vegetables       4
2 Fish       5.50
1 Vegetable & 1 Fish       5
Futo-maki large seasoned sushi rice roll with your choice of 4 fillings and miso or bean soup       12
fillings
Maze rice, burdock, pickles, carrot, avocado, cucumber, seitan, Ume paste, watercress, Tofu or tempeh, Snow Pea Sprouts      
fish fillings
Eel       1 extra
Tuna       1 extra
Spicy Tuna       1 extra
Raw Salmon       1 extra
Spicy Salmon       1 extra
Cooked Salmon       1 extra
Tempura Shrimp       1 extra
Steamed Shrimp       1 extra

noodles

Your Choice of Udon (wheat) or Soba (buckwheat)

Vegetables & Noodles in Soup       9.50
In Miso Broth       10.50
Seabass, Vegetables & Noodles in Spicy Soup seabass, broccoli, carrot, scallion, onions, mung bean sprouts, snow peas, shiitake mushrooms and soba or udon in a vegetarian spicy broth       10.50
Pad Thai noodles, vegetables and baked tofu sauteed in peanut sauce       11
Stir-fried Noodles       10
With Seafood       14
Kuzu Noodle Stew chunky vegetables and noodles in a thick ginger tamari kuzu sauce       13
With Seafood       17
Curry Noodles chunky vegetables-broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, squash, mushroom and onion dressed in mild curry sauce       13
With Seafood       17

extras

salad extras
Burdock       2
Avocado       3
Daikon       1
Sprouts       1
substitutions for rice
Grain of the Day       0.50
Soba or Udon       2
add the following to various entrees
Fish       3
Shrimp       3
Scallops       3
Wild Salmon and Seabass       4
Tofu, Tempeh or Seitan       2

daily fare

Brown Rice     2.50   4
Grain of the Day     3   4.50
Noodles-plain soba (buckweat) or udon (whole wheat)       4
Bean of the Day       3.50
Hijiki Seaweed       3.50
Plain Steamed Tofu       3
Steamed Greens kale&colard       3
Steamed Vegetables carrot, squash & broccoli       5.50
Home-made Pickles       4
Marinated Burdock       4
Avocado       3

small plates

Vegetable Summer Rolls vegetables and herbs wrapped in rice paper       6
Edamame steamed soy beans in the pod       4.50
Sauteed String Beans crisp string beans, sauteed in garlic, olive oil and lemon       5.75
Yuba tofu "skins" simmered in kombu & shiitake broth       5.50
Maze Rice seasoned mix of rice, burdock, shiitake and seaweed       5.50
With Salmon       6.50
With Eel       7.50
Scrambled Tofu sauteed tofu and vegetables in sesame oil       6
With Fish       7
Squash Ravioli thin wheat pasta covered with a balsamic beet sauce (ask about changes of fillings)       7.50
Home-made Seitan broiled or deep-fried with greens, ginger burdock sauce       7.50
Tempeh       7.50
Steamed Dumplings 6 wheat dumplings filled with seitan, cabbage and ginger       7.50
7-Piece Tempura 2 shrimp or fish and 5 vegetables (or 7 vegetables)       8
Fish Tatsuta-age chunks of marinated white fish, deep fried       8
Sauteed Greens dark leafy greens sauteed in olive oil & garlic       7.50
Steamed Salmon in Rice Paper pockets of steamed fish with japanese citrus and onion sauce, accompanied by a small green salad       10
With Wild Salmon       12

desserts

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Nutty Fruit Crunch       5
Home-made Soy Ice Cream       5
New York Tofu Cheesecake       5
Creamy Parfait With Fruit Kanten or Coco Mousse       5
Kanten       3
Daily Baked Goods wheat, dairy and refined sugar-free      
Muffin & Scone       2.25 each
Cookie       2

drinks

Kuki-cha-tea     cold 2   hot 1.50
Apple Kuki-cha-tea       cold 3
Mu 16 Tea       2
Peppermint, Chamomile or Green Tea       2
Organic Coffee black or with soy milk       2.50
Roasted Grain "coffee"       3
Raspberry brew, Ginger brew, China Cola       2.75
Saratoga Still or Sparkling Water       2
Apple Juice       3.50
Fresh-pressed Organic Vegetable Juice carrot, beet, cucumber, celery, apple, ginger      
Carrot With Ginger     3.50   5.50
Carrot With Mixed Vegetables     4   6
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