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Sushi Zen Menu

  • Takeout Available

special appetizers
Japanese Traditional Fish Soup traditional special soup made with a fish neck of japanese wild snapper       16
Takiawase each seasonal vegetables cooked differently to perfection with japanese traditional cooking style, then on the final stage of decorating, each vegetables put together in a bowl. one of the japanese traditional healthy dish       16
Steamed Duck With Sweet Garlic and Onion Sauce fresh duck meat grilled slightly and steamed in the oven, then marinated in homemade special sauce, served with sweet garlic and onion sauce       14
Big Eye Tuna and Scallion With Vinaigrette Miso Sauce big eye tuna garnished with scallion, served with homemade vinaigrette miso sauce       15
Steamed and Baked Salmon With Tokyo Negi and Mushrooms salmon (from scotland, uk), japanese tokyo scallion (ontario, canada), shimeji, enoki, shiitake mushrooms (from japan), steamed and baked in a asian tall clay pot. (no water used in this dish) served with japanese citrus       20
Baby Shrimp Kakiage fried baby shrimp mixed with seasonal vegetables       16
Spring Sprout Salad 8 kinds of fresh sprout served with special dressing and seasoning       14
Cold Japanese Wagyu Beef and Vegetables prepared by submerging very thinly sliced of wagyu beef from japan and pieces of vegetables in boiling water, and swishing it back and forth several times, then, all wagyu beef and vegetables cooked down in ice water, served with sesame sauce and soy sauce       30
Spring Vegetables Tempura fresh spring vegetable tempura served with tempura sauce and green tea salt       12
Grilled Wagyu & Seasonal Vegetables diced wagyu beef from japan, mushroom and seasonal vegetables grilled on the stone served with sea salt and ponzu sauce       30
Fresh Shellfish or Fish With Japanese Mustard Vinegrette Miso Sauce a choice of fresh orange clam, squid, octopus or mackerel garnished with fresh vegetables, served with mixed sauce of vinegar, japanese mustard and miso on top       16
raw appetizers
Live Kumamoto Oyster with ponzu sauce (minimum 3 pieces), oregon, u.s       (per piece) 6
Live Jumbo Pacific Oyster with ponzu sauce, seattle, u.s       (per piece) 10
Sunomono assorted fresh shellfish and fish with ponzu sauce, shrimp, octopus, mackerel, shellfish, and snow crab rolled with cucumber, garnished with kaiware sprouts and sesame seeds on top, served with ponzu sauce       19
Big Eye Toro Tataki chopped fatty tuna with scallion and quail egg on top, served with chef's original soy sauce and celery stick       18
Scottish Salmon Tataki chopped salmon (from scotland, u.k.), avocado & scallion, salmon roe on top, served with spicy miso sauce       12
Live Fluke Usuzukuri thinly sliced fresh fluke, garnished with kaiware sprouts and grated spicy daikon radish, served with ponzu sauce on the side       29
Seared Big Eye Tuna lightly seared big eye tuna, garnished with seasonal vegetables, served with spicy grated fresh daikon radish & ponzu sauce       20
Big Eye Tuna-naruto yellowtail & avocado wrapped in tuna       13
vegetables & cooked seafood appetizers
Grilled Seasonal Vegetables - Sushi Zen Style five palettes of seasonal vegetables, served with chef's original sauces and seasonings       15
Five Kinds of Mushrooms (from japan) grilled five kinds of japanese mushrooms, red pepper and garlic chips with special sauce in foil       19
Tempura - Sushi Zen Style shrimp (from r of guyana) and seasonal vegetables, served with tempura sauce and variety of seasonings       18
Grilled Octopus With Japanese Daikon Radish fresh octopus (from portugal) and daikon radish cooked in mixture of red wine and chicken steak, and grilled in the oven slightly, served with white balsamic vinegar and wasabi oil       14
Sauteed Chilean Sea Bass fresh sea bass (from chile) sauteed with chef's special spicy sauce, garnished with seasonal vegetables       16
Grilled Black Cod Fish fresh black cod fish (from alaska) marinated in saikyo miso sauce and grilled, served with seasonal vegetables       16
other appetizers
Chawan Mushi With a Choice of Uni or Foie Gras japanese egg custard with shrimp, ginkgo nuts, white fish and mitsubs leaf in small clay pot steamed in boiling water. garnished with a choice of fresh sea urchin or foie gras       18
Foie Gras - Sushi Zen Style sliced fresh foie gras (from new york) pan broiled with chef's special sauce, served with cooked japanese daikon radish and chef's special soup       24
Fresh Uni Tempura fresh sea urchin (from santa barbara, ca or hokkaido, japan) sandwiched by japanese shiitake mushroom, served with green tea salt       20
Fried Duck Rolls duck (from new york) roll stuffed with shiitake mushroom & ginkgo nuts served with mustard and original miso sauce       13
soups
Chef's Special Soup beautifully decorated with japanese traditional cooking skills       8
Miso Soup       3.50
Asari Clam Miso Soup dark or light       6
Nameko Mushroom Miso Soup dark or light       6
salads
House Salad mixed green with chef's original ginger dressing       5
Seaweed Salad four kinds of japanese seaweeds and jellyfish, kaiware sprouts, cucumber served with sesame seeds on top and non oil tosazu dressing       9
Avocado & Tomato sliced avocado and tomato served with fresh wasabi mayonnaise, chef's special japanese dressing and salmon roe on top       12
Seared Scottish Salmon Sashimi Salad salmon (from scotland, u.k). lightly seared and sliced, garnished with vegetable pickles and served with mustard and onion olive oil dressing       12
Four Seasons Salad please taste and feel the four seasons our colorfully decorated salad, served with chef's original dressing made from ume, yamaimo and yoghurt       12
Spring Sprout Salad 8 kinds of fresh sprout served with special dressing and seasoning       14
entrees
Regular Sushi tuna roll & tuna, 2 white fish, salmon, shrimp, mackerel, egg custard       23
Special Sushi new jersey roll, 2-tuna, white fish, salmon, spanish mackerel, eel, shrimp, egg custard       32
Omakase Sushi (chef's selection) chef's selection of edamame style sushi       (minimum 9 pieces) 60
White Fish Sushi chef's selection of six kinds of white fish assortment       35
Sushi & Sashimi Combination 3 tuna, 3 white fish, 3 spanish mackerel, 2 white fish with kaiware, egg custard, tuna, squid, salmon, shrimp sushi, tuna naruto       36
Deluxe Sashimi 3 tuna, 3 spanish mackerel, 3 salmon, 3 white fish, 3 mackerel, 2 white fish with kaiware, tuna naruto       36
Premium Sashimi (5 Kinds of fish) chef's selection of sashimi beautifully decorated with japanese cooking skills       60
Chirashi - Sushi Zen Style assorted fish, pickled vegetables, and seasoned rice with sesame seeds       33
Bara Chirashi - Sushi Zen Style blue fin fatty tuna, uni, giant clam, salmon, silver shad, salmon roe, shrimp, squid, octopus, cooked tuna, traditional egg custard and pickled vegetables scattered on top of seasoned rice with sesame seeds. served with a choice of chef's special soup or miso namako mushroom soup or miso asari clam soup       55
Tekkadon fillets of tuna on a bed of seasoned rice with sesame seeds      
Big Eye Tuna       26
Blue Fin Tuna       33
Steamed Eel Chirashi Sushi - Sushi Zen Style steamed eel, shrimp, salmon roe, shredded egg omelet, chestnuts, ginkgo nuts, snow beans, shiitake, lotus roots bedded on seasoned rice with sesame seeds       29
japanese traditional side dishes
Chamame (edamame) boiled soy beans with sea salt, served with lime       6
Assorted Japanese Vegetable Pickles served with some sesame seeds       8
Hijiki cooked seaweed with minced shrimp, served with sesame seeds on top       6
Oshitashi boiled spinach and sliced shiitake mushroom soaked in japanese dashi stock, served with sesame seeds on top       5
Hassun japanese traditional miniature jewelry like dish arranged with japanese traditional cooking skills by our chefs       24

sushi & sashimi a la carte

salmon
Sake scottish salmon, scotland       4
Yaki Harasu seared fatty salmon       4.50
Smoked Sake smoked salmon, alaska       4.50
King Sake king salmon, new zealand       5.50
silver skinned fish
Saba mackerel       4.50
Kohada silver shad, saga, jp       5.50
Aji (jack fish), shizuoka, Jp min. two pices       5.50
Sayori japanese needle fish, hyogo, jp       6
Kintaro Iwashi (sardine) osaka, jp. min two pieces       6
Seki Saba seki mackerel, oita jp       9
eel
Unagi fresh water eel with eel sauce       6
Shirayaki live white freshwater eel, shizuoka, jp       7
Anago live sea eel, tokyo, jp       8
roe
Tobiko flying fish roe, canada       4
Ikura salmon roe, alaska       5
Uni sea urchin, santa barbara, ca       8
Sea urchin, hokkaido, Jp       9
egg
Tamago egg omelet       4
Edamame Tamago traditional omelet       4
Udama extra quail egg       up .50
vegetable $3
Yaki Nasu sauteed eggplant      
Yaki Shiitake grilled shiitake      
Hakusai Zuke pickled cabbage      
tuna
Hon maguro, Blue Fine Tuna From japan, italy, Spain or Boston
Zuke Maguro blue fin marinated lean tuna       8
Akami blue fin lean tuna       7
Chyu Toro blue fin mid. fatty tuna       10
Otoro blue fin very fatty tuna, mebachi maguro, big eye tuna from east coast       12
Akami bie eye lean tuna       5
Toro bie gye fatty tuna       7
tuna family
Sawara spanish mackerel       4.50
yellowtail family
Hamachi yellowtail, kagoshima, jp       5
Hamachi Hara fatty yellowtail, kagoshima, jp       6
Kanpachi greater amberjack, kumamoto, jp       6
Shima Aji striped jack, ehime, jp       6
white fish
Hata grouper       4
Amadai tilefish       4.50
Shima Suzuki striped bass       4.50
Shi-bass sea bass, long island, ny       4.50
Isaki grunt fish       5.50
Suzuki japanese sea bass, chiba, jp       6
Gindara black cod fish, alaska       6
Madai wild snapper, new zealand       6
Hirame fluke       5
Ikejime Hirame live fluke, long island       7
Hirame Engawa fluke fin       7.50
Mejina opaleye, wakayama, jp       8
Kinmedai japanese kinme snapper, chiba, jp       9.50
shrimp
Ebi boiled shrimp, r. of guyana       4
Ama Ebi sweet shrimp, maine       4
Botan Ebi live botan shrimp, alaska       10
octopus
Nama Tako live octopus, hokkaido, jp       4.50
Tako boiled octopus, west africa       5
squid
Yari Ika Hire yari squid fin       4
Yarin Ika Geso yari squid legs       4
Yari Ika yari squid       5
Mongo Ika squid, east africa       5
crab
Zuwai Kani snow crab, alaska       4.50
clam
Ike Hotate whole live scallop, maine choice of sashimi or sushi       (4 pieces) 18
Nihamaguri cooked cherry stone clam       5
Hotate scallop, hokkaido, jp       5
Aoyagi Himo live orange clam fringe       4
Aoyagi Kobashira orange clam valve muscles       4
Aoyagi live orange clam, seattle       5
Mirugai Himo giant clam fringe, seattle       4
Mirugai live giant clam, seattle       7.50
Tairagai pea shell clam, aichi, jp       7.50
Awabi live abalone, seattle       8.50
Kumamoto Kaki live kumamoto oyster, oregon. minimum 3 pieces for sashimi       6
Iwagaki live pacific oyster, seattle       10
sushi zen original rolls
Rice Outside
Bermuda * spicy tuna with spicy mayonnaise & scallion       9
Tuna With Avocado       9
Summer tuna, avocado, snow crab, lettuce, asparagus, cucumber & kaiware       11
New Jersey cut roll only, fatty tuna, gourd, scallion with green seaweed outside       12.50
Hollywood yellowtail, avocado & scallion       8
Miami salmon, salmon roe, avocado & kaiware       10
Connecticut eel & avocado       12
California snow crab & avocado       8
Washington D.c cut roll only, eel, shrimp tempura, avocado, tempura flour, kaiware, cucumber & scallion with eel sauce on top       15.50
Shrimp Tempura * cut roll only, shrimp tempura flying fish roe, scallion, cucumber & kaiware with spicy mayonnaise on top       12.50
sushi zen traditional rolls
Seaweed Outside
Tuna       8
Negi Toro Pickles fatty tuna, scallion & pickled daikon radish with bonito flakes       11.50
Yakisushi grilled tuna and scallion roll with chef's special soy sauce       15
Yellowtail With Scallion       8
Sea Eel With Cucumber with eel sauce on top       13
Mackerel With Cucumber       6.50
Squid With Natto fermented soybeans       6
Fluke With Shiso Leaves & Plum Paste       10
Futomaki cut roll only, snow crab, egg custard, gourd, spinach & pickles with bonito flakes       12
Kanpyo cooked gourd       8
Cucumber       5
Asparagus With Bonito Flakes * with mayonnaise inside       5
Japanese Yam With Plum Paste & Shiso Leaves       5
Narazuke pickle, Shiso leaves, Avocado       6
Extra Smelt Fish Roe       up 4
desserts
Ice Cream green tea, red bean, vanilla       4
Add Sweet Red Bean Topping       1
Homemade Sorbet please ask for available flavors       6
Warm Chocolate Cake       10
Apple Chiboust - Sushi Zen Style roasted apple with custard cream       8
Yokan sweet bean cake       8
Fruit Plate assortment or individual       8
Ko-shu (aged sake) hanahato, junmai - hiroshima 8 years       15
Plum Wine toriino       8
Ume-shu (plum liqueur) kairakuen       7
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