Traditional storefront izakaya serving up sashimi & seaweed plus a wide selection of sake.
4.5 – 200 reviews $$ • Japanese restaurant
Menu
| Sozai | |
| Kinpira Gobo Julien cut burdock roots and carrots stir fried with sesame oil, flavored with soy sauce, sweet mirin and spangle of sesame seed. |
$5.50 |
| Potato Salad Steamed and mushed potato, lightly salt and peppered, and add vege mayonnaise. Mixed with lightly boiled onion, carrots and cucumber |
$5.50 |
| Marinated Tofu Lightly potato starched and fried tofu, marinated in the sauce of sesame oil, soy sauce and vinegar. Topped with chopped tomato, cucumber and zasai radish pickles. |
$5.50 |
| Hijiki Seaweed Lightly pan fried hijiki seaweed and carrots with sesame oil, simmered in the broth of soy sauce and sweet mirin. |
$5.50 |
| Sunomono Vinegar marinated cucumber salad with daikon radish, wakame seaweed and shrimp. |
$6.00 |
| Kabocha Salad Steamed kabocha pumpkin in bite size block, lightly salt and peppered, and mixed with veggie mayo. Sweetness come naturally from kabocha pumpkin |
$5.50 |
| Zenmai-Ni Stir fried flowering fern. carrots, yam noodle and bean card simmered in bonito, soy mirin and bonito broth. Topped with sauce and mirin. |
$5.50 |
| Spinach Ohitashi Lightly boiled spinach bunch marinated in soy sauce, sake, sweet mirin and bonito broth. Topped with shredded dry bonito. |
$5.50 |
| Marinated Japanese Eggplant Slightly fried japanese eggplant marinated in the broth of bonito, soy sauce and sweet sake “mirin”. Topped with chopped green onion and shredded leek. |
$5.50 |
| Salad | |
| Green Beans Salad Crispy boiled green bean tossed with sesame dressing serve on top of green lettuce and crispy wanton cup. |
$8.50 |
| Avocado And Tofu Salad Soft tofu and avocado on top of fluffy greens, covered with roasted sesame dressing and topped with crispy roasted green peas crunch and kidney beans. |
$11.00 |
| Albacore Tuna Salad Seared albacore tuna tossed with greens, carrots, chopped cucumber, chopped tomato, and daikon sprout, topped with crispy lotus roots chips. |
$11.00 |
| Curry Nappa Cabbage Salad Shredded nappa cabbage tossed with curry ranch dressing topped with kidney beans and garbanzo beans. |
$11.00 |
| Soba Noodle – Cold | |
| Zarusoba Buckwheat noodle cooked and chilled in ice cold water. Served with homemade soba teuyu dipping sauce. |
$11.00 |
| Tororo & Okra Soba Buckwheat noodle cooked and chilled in ice cold water, topped with chopped okra and grated yam potato. |
$12.00 |
| Tori Goma Soba Buckwheat noodle cooked and chilled in ice cold water, topped with shredded sesame sauced chicken breast and cucumber. |
$13.80 |
| Natto Soba Cold buckwheat noodle topped with chopped natto, fermented soy beans, green onion, grated radish and dried shredded seaweed |
$13.80 |
| Soba Noodle – Hot | |
| Hanamaki Soba Tokyo Style Asakusa, tokyo style hot soba noodle soup of bonito broth, filled with dry seaweed and grated daikon radish |
$12.00 |
| Tanuki Soba Hot soba noodle soup of bonito broth topped with tempura crunch, green onion and wakame seaweed |
$12.00 |
| Kitsune Soba Hot soba noodle soup of bonito broth topped with soy-mirin flavored bean card and wakame seaweed. |
$12.00 |
| Tori Nanban Soba Soba Hot buckwheat noodle soup topped with grilled chicken, green onion, grated radish and grilled shishito peppers |
$14.00 |
| Small Bite | |
| Edamame Freshly boiled green soy beans, served with natural salt from japan. . |
$5.00 |
| Shiokara Strongly salted squid and its guts |
$5.00 |
| Takowasa Chopped wasabi marinated chopped raw octopus |
$5.00 |
| Oshinko Pickles Assorted japanese pickles |
$7.00 |
| Something Hot | |
| Kakuni 6hr simmered pork belly, flavored with soy sauce, sweet mirin and sake, accompanied by hard-boiled egg and steamed potato |
$12.00 |
| Kara-Age J-style fried chicken. Skin& bone off chicken thigh peace marinated in soy sauce, sake and ginger. Powdered and deep fried. |
$10.50 |
| Tuna Croquette Minced tuna mixed with chopped green onion, ball shaped to breaded and deep fried. Served with shredded cabbage and daikon mayo sauce. |
$11.00 |
| Butakim Stir fried sliced pork, spicy kimchee, assorted mushrooms and bok choy |
$10.00 |
| Grilled Miso Salmon Sashimi quality atlantic salmon marinated in miso and sweet sake “mirin”, then grilled to perfect. |
$11.50 |
| 1lb Grilled Checken Leg Bone-in whole chicken leg grilled to perfection, smoothened with spicy yuzu pepper paste. |
$15.50 |
| Ebimayo Tempura buttered shrimp fried to golden brown, covered with our original sweet chili mayo sauce |
$12.00 |
| Katsuni Tonkatsu lightly simmered in so sauce, sweet mirin with onion, covered with half way cooked og over it |
$11.00 |
| Tonkatsu Pork tenderloin fillet breaded and deep fried. Serve with shredded cabbage and tonkatsu sauce. |
$11.00 |
| Potato Croquette Steamed and mushed potato, mixed with edamame soy beans. . Ball shaped to breaded and deep fried. Served with shredded cabbage and tonkatsu sauce. |
$8.50 |
| Asari Clam With Garlic Butter Wak sautéed manila clam and assorted mushrooms with a broth of bonito, soy sauce, garlic and butter |
$11.00 |
| Okonomiyaki Savored japanese pancake. Sliced pork, chopped cabbage, red ginger and dried shrimp mixed in the butter of flower, eg and grated yam potato. Topped with thick okonomi sauce, aonori, shredded bonito flakes. Ask your server if you like some mayo on it. |
$12.50 |
| Yakisoba | |
| So-Su Yakisoba Stir fried egg noodle with cabbage, carrots and sliced pork. Flavored with worstershire sauce, topped with aonori and bonito flakes. |
$12.00 |
| Shio-Kouji Yakisoba Stir fried egg noodle with cabbage, carrots and sliced pork. Flavored with fermented salty rice and, topped with aonori and bonito flakes. |
$12.00 |
| Rice / Soup | |
| Salmon Fried Rice Wok fried rice with grilled sashimi quality salmon flakes and green onion and egg |
$10.80 |
| Ochazuke Ume plum or kombu seaweed broth of kelp and light colored soy sauce serve over steamed rice. Topped with rice crunch, nori. Green onion and choice of ume or kombu. |
$8.00 |
| Brown Rice Scallop Risotto Carefully slow cooked brown rice with creamy lobster broth and scallop in sizzling hot stone bowl, topped with freshly shaved parmesan cheese. |
$12.00 |
| Ton Jiru Daikon radish, carrots, shredded burdock roots and sliced pork cooked in miso bonito broth, a drop of sesame oil gives you a hint of opening your appetite. |
$7.00 |
| Soboro Gohan Soy sauce simmered ground chicken and scramble egg on fluffy steamed rice in clay pot. Good to share for 2 people. |
$10.00 |
| Steam Rice | $2.50 |
| Miso Soup | $2.50 |
| Sashimi Raw Seafood | |
| Tuna Sashimi Known for prevent high blood pressure and arteriosclerosts. |
$12.00 |
| Yellowtail Sashimi Known for anti-aging effectiveness and prevention of dementia |
$12.00 |
| Salmon Sashimi Recovery from fatigue, improve immunity and prevent high blood pressure |
$11.00 |
| Sashimi Assorted 3 Kinds Tuna, yellowtail and salmon. 3 slices each |
$19.50 |
| “Blow Torched” Mackerel Vinegar marinated sashimi mackerel blow torched at your table. This is the dish you have to try at this restaurant. Please have this with small amount of japanese mustard and soy sauce. |
$12.00 |
| Salmon Sashimi With Negi-Shio Dressing Salmon sashimi with negi-shio (chopped green onion and grated sesame seeds, mixed with soy sauce, ponzu and sesame oil) topped with chopped green onion. |
$12.00 |
| Tuna Wasabi Poki Big eye tuna dice cut and tossed with assorted hawaiian seaweeds and dressing of ponzu sauce, sesame oil and chopped wasabi |
$12.00 |
| Spicy Tuna Dip Minced tuna mixed with takuma original blend spicy mayo sauce, topped with green onion. Served with crispy rice crackers. |
$10.50 |
| Yellowtail Sashimi With Sumiso Dressing Yellowtail sashimi tossed with sumiso (vinegar, miso and mustard) and green onion. |
$12.00 |
| Albarcore Tuna And Avocado Tartare Chopped avocado, cucumber and tomato topped with chopped seared albacore tuna sashimi. |
$10.00 |
| Craft Sake | |
| Mizubasho Ginjo |
$50.00 |
| Kenbishi Honjozo |
$70.00 |
| Dassai 50 Junmai daiginjo |
$50.00 |
| Otokoyama Junmai |
$18.00 |
| Japan’s Distilled Craft Spirits | |
| Kuro Kirishima Distillery: kirishima shuzo location: miyazaki grain: 83% sweet potato 17% rice koji: black |
$48.00 |
| Aka Kirishima Distillery: kirishima shuzo location: miyazaki grain: murasaki masari sweet poteto koji: black |
$69.00 |
| Kozuru Distillery: komasa shuzo location: kagoshima grain: sweet potato koji: black |
$40.00 |
| Ginza No Suzume Distillery: yatsushika shuzo location: oita grain: 100% barley koji : white |
$35.00 |
| Toki No Kokuin Distillery: miyazaki honten location: miyazaki grain: 100% japonica rice koji: black |
$45.00 |
| Lento Distillery: amami oshima kaiunshuzo location: amami grain: brown suger koji: white |
$45.00 |
| Others | |
| Tsukune Steamed chicken meat ball on skewer, drilled with teriyaki style of yakitori sauce. 2skewers per serving, 3 pieces on 1skewer. |
$8.00 |
| “Toban” Sukiyaki This sliced ribeye beef, tofu, yam noodle and shungiku green cooked with table top “toban” grill pan with broth of soy sauce, mirin and bonito broth |
$16.00 |
| Garlic Butter Sautéed Brussels Sprout And Mushrooms Freshly trimmed young brussels sprout steamed and wok sautéed with assorted japanese mushrooms, butter and garlic |
$9.00 |
| “Toban” Grilled Squid Freshly cleaned and trimmed squid steam grilled in table top pan“ toban” with originally blended miso sauce, green onion and a hint of butter |
$15.00 |
| Takuma Teriyaki Chicken Bone-in whole chicken leg grilled on iron plate |
$4.50 |
| Oven Roasted Vegetables Green & red bell peppers, zuchini eggplant & portabello mushroom dressed with persely infused olive oil & ponzu sauce to roast. Crunchy garlic chips and little touch of tamftle oil before serving |
$8.00 |
| Garlic Angel Hair Noodle Japanese “so-men” angel-hair noodle cooked to al-dente, pan fried with garlic, chive and shrimp, finish touch of soy sauce |
$12.00 |
| Humberger Steak In Skillet Demi glazed sauce blazed tender & melty butter sateed onion, bread chubrb, cream mixed with lean groundad angus beef, shaped by hand , blazed humberger steak |
$12.00 |
| Seared Albacore Tuna Sashimi W/ Jalapeño Y Garlic Plum Sauce | $11.00 |
| Sweet Potato Croquette Simply steamed, hand shaped sweet potato, breaded & deep fried 3 pieces per serving |
$7.00 |
| Skillet Sizzling Sirloin Steak 6oz sirloin steak grilled to mid. Rare serve on sizzling hot iron skilled w/ grated onion japoneise sauce |
$16.00 |
| Green Tea Creme Brulee Caramelized At Your Table | $17.00 |
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Contact Takuma
Address: 2627 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 586-7469
Website: http://www.santamonicatakuma.com/
Hours
| Wednesday | 11AM–10:30PM |
| Thursday | 11AM–10:30PM |
| Friday | 11AM–10:30PM |
| Saturday | 4AM–10:30PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | 11AM–10:30PM |
| Tuesday | 11AM–10:30PM |
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