What would you order?

[Cattypuss]

Gyoza
Yakisoba
Green tea ice-cream

 

[haremfaery]

I would order:

Gyoza (although I frequently don't order appetizers at all, depends how hungry I am, who I'm with--if we want to share, that sort of thing.)

Yakitori, the beef is tempting as well, depends what the veggies are

Mandarin orange ice cream. (green tea ice cream is ok, but the orange is more appealing to me.)



Middle Eastern food is my passion. I love Moroccan food, and Persian. Oh and Indian food too. Though I can't eat spicy food the way I used to.

 

[where]

I only really know sashimi and tempura, so I'll go with the other stuff.

 

[cromsgirl]

Appetizers:
Futo-maki- a sushi roll

Entrees:
Teppanyaki Beef- grilled beef and vegetables

Dessert:
Green tea ice cream
It was a very hard choice. I also lived in Japan for a few years and miss the local food.

 

[YourCaptor]

and I can try to pull off the cute, innocent, naked half-Japanese chick for you!

right

 

[rida]

right

Innocence is a state of mind

 

[Vixandra]

*bump*
I'm up to 33 order so far of 50. Anyone else want to voice an opinion?


Thank you very much to everyone who's posted so far.

 

[rbijon]

This sounds so good, this is what I would order;

Shrimp Tempura
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi
Green tea ice cream

with hot green tea!

 

[Homburg]

Appetizers:
Gyoza- Japanese potstickers

Entrees:
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi

Dessert:
Pass, largely because I very rarely do desserts. If I did, it would be green tea ice cream.

Oh, and see if the chef can find me some fresh tako. Mmmmm tako.

 

[Primalex]

Gyoza- Japanese potstickers

鍋貼? 雲吞!

Entrees:
Yakisoba- noodles with vegetables
Tonkatsu- breaded & fried pork, very tasty
Yakitori- grilled chicken with fried rice
Teppanyaki Beef- grilled beef and vegetables
Salmon and Tuna Sashimi

豚カツ

Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream
Green tea ice cream

いいえ、結構です

 

[Baby101]

Appetizers:
Futo-maki- a sushi roll

Entrees:
Yakitori- grilled chicken with fried rice

Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

 

[NomadLady]

Appetizers:
Gyoza- Japanese potstickers


Entrees:
Teppanyaki Beef- grilled beef and vegetables


Dessert:
Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

I'll have what Lizzie ordered...

 

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[Chiara_searches]

I would order

Futo-maki- a sushi roll (if it contains no fish; can't recall for sure from my sushi days)

Yakisoba- noodles with vegetables

Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

Then I would probably find a different place to eat because there aren't enough vegetarian options on the menu.

 

[Vixandra]

Thanks everyone. As semi-requested, here is the full out menu (it has my notes in it as well because I'm too lazy to edit them out). The prices listed are in the range of other restaurants around Orange County's South Coast Plaza mall.

Chiara- my full menu has vegetarian options but the shortened menu is one I'm using for my Food and Beverage class, which is more serving and alcohol so far.

Lunch/Dinner
Appetizers
 At least 4, same for lunch and dinner
o Gyoza $7.95
 Filled with chinese cabbage, and pork, seasonings, and steamed or fried
o Shrimp tempura $9.95
o Pork Spring Rolls $8.95
o Roasted Edamame $5.55
o Deep fried egg plant $7.55
Soups
o One signature soup- Tonjiru Cup: 3.75 Bowl: $5.75
 Miso soup with pork and vegetables
o Miso with tofu and green onions Cup: $1.75 Bowl: $2.50
o Udon Cup: $2.75 Bowl: $3.99
o One soup de jour – Yosenabe Cup: $5.35 Bowl: $7.65
 Traditional Japanese, clams, salmon, Chinese cabbage, leeks, carrots, shiitake, enoki mushrooms

Salads
 At least four for lunch (have side salad size/meal salad size)
o Spicy chicken and cucumber salad Lunch: $15 Side: $7.50
o Teriyaki Salmon Salad Lunch: $16 Side: $8
o Cucumber and Crab Salad Lunch: $12.85 Side: $ 6.45
 Crab, mango, romaine, cucumber
o Tofu Salad (vegetarian) Lunch: $12 Side: $6
 At least four for dinner- sides are for dinner, lunch is full meal size
o Can be the same salad with different portions/sizes
Entrees
 4 each for: (16 total)
 Each served with choice of rice (white/brown/fried) and vegetable (grilled/steamed)
o Steak
 Grilled Rib eye Beef Steak 16 oz: $24.95
• Marinated Choice rib eye grilled to order, served with your choice of rice and grilled or steamed vegetables.
 Teppanyaki BBQ with veg, mushrooms, served over rice $17.50
• Cooked on an iron plate, choice sliced sirloin is cooked to your order with mushrooms, seasonal vegetables and served on a bed of fried rice.
 Beef & Vegetable Stir-fry $15.95
• Thin sliced sirloin, peppers, carrots, bean sprouts, and mushrooms tossed in soy sauce served on a bed of rice of your choice.
 Japanese Beef Curry (spicy) $13.95
• Spicy beef curry with vegetables served over a bed of white or brown rice and a side of grilled or steamed vegetables.
o Chicken
 Chicken and Egg with Rice $13.95
• Known as Oyako Don Buri, chicken breast combined with onions and a scrambled egg are served over a bed of rice and topped with a savory sauce.
 Chicken Teriyaki $12.95
• Tender chicken grilled in a rich teriyaki sauce
 Yakitori $11.95
 Chicken Katsu $11.95
o Pork
 Tonkatsu – breaded, fried pork $13.95
 Pork with ginger soy sauce $13.95
o Sea food
 See Sushi menu
 Salmon and Fatty Tuna Sashimi served on a bed of fine daikon strips $26.95
• Thinnly sliced salmon and fatty tuna on a bed of fine daikon strips. Served with soy sauce and fresh wasabi, rice of your choice and grilled or steamed vegetables.
 Sake-steamed clams $18.95
o Meatless
 Yakisoba- available with tofu, chicken, beef or shrimp $10.95
 Inari- rice stuffed tofu packets $11.95
 Vegetable tempura- sweet potatoes, zucchini, etc. $9.95
 Aduki Bean Casserole $11.96
 Can be the same meal but different portions/sizes for lunch & dinner
Sides & Veg:
 At least four sides
o White rice $1.95
o Brown rice $1.95
o Fried rice $2.50
o Yakisoba noodles $3.95
o Eggplant $3.95
o Mixed vegetables- steamed $3.95
o Mixed vegetables- tempura style $4.55
o Mixed vegetables- grilled/ yakiniku style $4.55
Breads:
 Steamed bread- 6 pieces $6.00/ 3 pieces $3.00
 Fried bread 6 pieces $6.00/ 3 pieces $3.00
Desserts
 At least 6 different items
o Can be on a separate menu
 Ideas:
o Green tea ice cream $3.95
o Mandarin Orange Ice Cream $3.95
o Cold fruit sushi with Honey Dipping Sauce $6.95
o Green Tea Cake $4.95
o Sun-rise cake (white cake with a center soaked in pomegranate, iced like the Japanese flag) $4.95
o Daifuku cakes $4.95
 Strawberry filling or custard
o Daigakuimo- fried sweet potatoes in a sugar syrup $3.95

Beverages
 Bottled teas/waters
o Dasani bottled water $4.55 per bottle
o Honest Tea (owned 40% by Coca Cola)
• $1.67 per bottle cost, Menu Price: $5.55 per bottle
 Honey Green Tea (16.9 fl oz)
 Lemon Black Tea (16.9 fl oz)
 Passion fruit Green Tea (16.9 fl oz) – 0 calorie
 Peach White Tea (16.9 fl oz)
o Honest Kids Drink Pouches (6.75 fl oz)
• $0.62 per pouch cost, Menu Price: $2.05
 Super Fruit Punch
 Appley Ever After
 Berry Berry Good Lemonade
 Goodness Grape
 Tropical Tango Punch
 Alcohol- see alcohol menu
 Hot Tea Pots $2.50
o Mint, green, jasmine, chamomile,
 Soft Drinks- $1.95
o coke, diet coke, sprite, lemonade, Dr. Pepper
 Juices $3.00
o Pineapple, cranberry, banana, orange juice, apple juice,

Daily Specials on a separate menu or menu insert- green on this list
o Maybe two each day, Monday through Friday
 Surf and turf
• Teriyaki Ribeye & Salmon Sashimi $27.95
• Three Style Shrimp- Tempura, Teriyaki & Zushi $15.95


So there's everything but the sushi menu, drink menu, kid's menu and the breakfast menu (which I only made because I had to).

 

[ownedsubgal]

appetizer: fried eggplant
soup: udon
entree: some sort of sushi, whatever looks good
beverage: hot tea

i don't do asian desserts.

 

[shy slave]

//Small hijack// OSG - lovely to see you, hope your ok xx

Vix, can't give you my options as have never had japanese food other than sushi.... I know its a strange admission! Hope you get the data you need x

 

[FurryFury]

I always want to try all the desserts but I never have the tummy room to do so!

I must say fruit sushi might make me order that and maybe not anything else.

I adore a good ginger dressing on salad.

I also love tomato bean curd soup (might be Chinese though rather than Japanese and miso.)

I've been known to dream about avocado rolls. LOL

 

[Netzach]

What I miss the most from japanese foods are the country-style cooking-- i don't remember what it was called, but there would be a big vat of simmering stock, and it would be partitioned off, and different things in each partition. Fish, tofu, veggies, sweet potatoes, and you'd point to what you wanted and they would ladle it out into a bowl of broth for you. they would keep tally with plastic shapes.

I miss the chargrilled mackerel pike, always served two to a plate, head to tail, with coarse salt sprinkled like an eddy of water. I miss Yakitori which is tiny skewers of stuff cooked over a grate over an open flame. I miss simple soba dishes, and rice balls with tuna or pickled plum inside, and mochi off of a cart in the middle of the night...

This is the stuff I eat whenever I can. Two places here do incredible country menus, and one does soba/udon exclusively. Yellowtail collar is my favorite item since the autoimmune meds made me scared of raw.

I'd do futo maki and the beef on the abbreviated menu, edamame and miso with pork and veggies, yakiniku veggies. The things I wish were there are goma ae, and atsu age/age dashi tofu.

 

[Chiara_searches]

Chiara- my full menu has vegetarian options but the shortened menu is one I'm using for my Food and Beverage class, which is more serving and alcohol so far.
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Seeing the full menu, I would so totally eat there again! Thank you for sharing it and for tolerating my little "Vegetarian's get left out" rant!

 

[Vixandra]

Seeing the full menu, I would so totally eat there again! Thank you for sharing it and for tolerating my little "Vegetarian's get left out" rant!

Dietary restrictions are part of my interest in food. I did a dairy free wedding cake last weekend that got rave reviews. By keeping such things in mind, it makes me more versatile a cook/baker.