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Yosaku

Yosaku

JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR

1 Danforth Street - Portland, ME | (207) 780-0880
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Dinner Menu

Salads

House Salad
5.50
Mixed greens with Yosaku’s miso dressing
Avocado Salad
6.50
Sliced avocado and cucumber with rich sesame sauce
Seaweed Salad
6.50
Crunchy mixed seaweed vegetables in light sesame dressing
Ohitashi
8.00
Chilled steamed spinach with light sauce

Soups

Miso Soup
3.00 cup9.00 quart
Traditional miso soup with a kombu and bonito flake stock
May include: tofu, age-tofu, negi, wakame

VEGETABLE APPETIZERS

Yasai Korroke
5.00
Breaded potato croquette, deep-fried with katsu sauce
Edamame
5.00
Steamed soybeans in the pod
Teppan Vegetables
7.00
Grilled mixed vegetables with two dipping sauces
Vegetable Tempura
7.00
Mixed vegetables

SMALL PLATES FROM THE KITCHEN

Gyoza
6.00
Pork dumplings; specify pan-fried or deep-fried
Shumai
7.50
Steamed shrimp dumplings
Tatsuta-age
10.00
Deep fried chicken marinated in soy, sake, mirin
Shrimp Tempura
7.50
Shrimp (3), extra shrimp $2.00 each
Vegetable Tempura
7.00
Vegetables
Chicken Tempura
7.50
Chicken (3), extra chicken $1.50 each
Yaki Ika
16.00
Grilled whole squid
Hamachi-Kama
14.00
Broiled yellowtail cheek
Sake-Kama
10.00
Broiled salmon cheek
Soft Shell Crab
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Soft shell crab crispy fried, served with ponzu sauce
Ika-Sansai
7.00
Perfectly seasoned squid salad

SMALL PLATES FROM THE SUSHI BAR

Salmon Harasu-Yaki
11.00
Broiled “fatty” salmon ‡
Hokkai Yaki
12.00
Broiled spicy hamachi, “open face” maki
Avocado Maguro Ae
11.00
※ Tuna, avocado, garlic, tabasco, mayo
Sunomono※
11.00
Shrimp, smoked salmon, octopus & hirame in vinaigrette
Tako-Su
12.00
Octopus in vinaigrette
Maguro Tataki ※
12.00
Seared tuna with daikon, ponzu & shichimi
Toro Tataki ※
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Seared fatty tuna with daikon, ponzu & shichimi

TEPPAN dinners

Teppan: Grilled entreés served with miso soup, grilled vegetables and rice

Select one item or a combination of two items
35
New York Sirloin, Chicken, Salmon, Scallops

AGEMONO dinners

Tempura: In tempura cooking, the chef dips the selected items into a delicate batter then places each item into hot tempura oil where it is cooked to the peak of tenderness. Tempura dinners are served with miso soup and rice.

Katsu: Katsu means breaded cutlet. Katsu dinners are served with miso soup, steamed vegetables and rice.

Tempura Shrimp (5) and Vegetables
25
Tempura Chicken (5) and Vegetables
23
Tempura Vegetables
20
Vegetables only
Katsu Pork Tenderloin
22
Katsu Chicken
20

DONBURI

Katsu Donburi-Ju, more commonly called Katsu-Don, is a breaded cutlet (katsu) with egg and onion, set atop a bed of rice served in a box. Dinners include miso soup.

Pork Katsu-Don
22
Chicken Katsu-Don
20

UDON NOODLES

Large, steaming bowl of noodles in a delicate broth

Tempura
18
Tempura shrimp, fish cake, seaweed, scallion and vegetables
Kitsune
14
Fried tofu, seaweed, scallion
Oroshi Sansai
15
Wild vegetables, mushrooms, daikon radish, seaweed, scallion
Niku
18
Sliced beef, onion, scallion
Tanuki
14
Tempura crunchies, seaweed, scallion

TEUCHI – SOBA NOODLES

Organic buckwheat (soba) noodles amde by hand fresh daily. Quantities limited. Not available for take-out.

COLD SOBA
Choko
9.00
Appetizer size
Zaru
16.00
Served on a mat with broth on side
Tempura Zaru
20.00
Tempura shrimp and vegetables with broth on the side
HOT SOBA: Large steaming bowl of noodles in a delicate broth
Kitsune
15
Fried tofu, seaweed, scallion
Oroshi Sansai
16
Wild vegetables, mushrooms, daikon radish, seaweed, scallion
Niku
20
Sliced beef, onion, scallion
Tempura
18
Tempura shrimp, fish cake, seaweed, scallion, vegetables

‡ Allow extra time for preparation.
※ Consumer Advisory: Consumption of raw or undercooked foods may increase your risk of foodborne illness.

Dinner Sets

All dinners served with miso soup. Additional charges for substitutions.

SASHIMI Dinner ※
40.00
Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, octopus, flounder (3 pieces each), served with a side of rice
Sushi NIGIRI Dinner ※
40.00
Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, eel, surf clam, flounder, sea urchin. Maine Crab and Avocado maki, Tekka-maki
CHIRASHI ※
40.00
Assorted sashimi and vegetables over rice
NISHO-KU DONBURI ※
30
Tuna and eel over rice
SAKE BANA DONBURI ※
28
Salmon and salmon roe over rice
TEKKA DONBURI ※
30
Tuna over rice
BENTO Box Dinner
50
Includes miso soup,
Nigiri: Tuna, Yellowtail, Salmon, Shrimp
Roll: Maine Crab and Avocado Roll
Choose 3: Sashimi ※, Beef Teppan-Yaki, Shrimp Tempura, Chicken Teppan-Yaki, Chicken Tempura, Salmon Teppan-Yaki, Vegetable Tempura
Youth BENTO Box
12
Includes miso soup, rice and dessert
Choose one: Tempura Chicken, Tempura Vegetables, Chicken Katsu
(12 and under)
Youth SUSHI Set
12
Includes miso soup, fruit and dessert
Nigiri: Tamago, Inari
Roll: California Roll
(12 and under)

Desserts

Mochi Ice Cream
8
Small rounds of ice cream wrapped in mochi (rice dough)
Ask your server for flavors
Cheesecake
11
Regular or Tempura Fried Ask server for flavor

SUSHI PLATTERS

Sakura - nigiri and rolls ※
120
Nigiri: Tuna (4), Yellowtail (4), Salmon (4), Shrimp (4), Eel (2), Albacore tuna (2), Bonito (2), Flying fish roe (2)
Rolls: Spicy Tuna, Maine Crab and Avocado, Godzilla, Spider
Also: Ika-Sansai
Ume - nigiri, sashimi and rolls ※
100
Nigiri: Albacore Tuna, Bonito, Shrimp, Flounder, Yellowtail, Surf Clam, Mackerel, Salmon, Octopus, Flying fish roe, Eel
Sashimi: Tuna (3), Salmon (3), Yellowtail (3)
Rolls: Tekka (tuna), Maine Crab and Avocado
Take - ten rolls ※
80
Rolls: Celtics roll, Maine Crab and Avocado roll with Flying fish roe, Half Futomaki, Negi-Hama, Spicy Tuna, Tekka, Una-Kyu, Yasai, Katsuo-Maki, Gokudo

※ Consumer Advisory: Consumption of raw or undercooked foods may increase your risk of foodborne illness.

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1 Danforth Street
Portland, ME
(207) 780-0880

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