Yosaku

JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR

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

Lunch Menu

Lunch Specials

Served with miso soup

Lunch Box
16.00
Includes: Salad, Dumplings & One sushi roll
Main course: chef’s choice of protein (please ask your server)
Sushi Specials
Your choice of rolls from the list below **
Two Rolls Special
13.50
Three Rolls Special
15.50
Two-Temaki
12.50
Hand roll style
Three Temaki
14.50
Hand roll style
**Sushi Special Rolls
Asaparagus
Avo-Kyu (avocado & cucumber)
Bagel Roll (smoked salmon & cream cheese)
Celtics (salmon & cucumber)
Celtics-Avo (salmon & avocado)
Ebi-Kyu (steamed shrimp & cucumber)
Gaijin (white fish, tobiko & shiso leaf)
Gobo (pickled burdock)
Gokudo (mackerel, ginger & scallion)
Inari (sweet tofu)
California (kanikama & avocado)
Kanpyo (marinated gourd)
Kappa Maki (cucumber)
Katsuo Tataki (bonito, ginger & scallion)
Negi-Hama (hamachi, scallion)
Oshinko (pickled radish)
Philly (eel, cream cheese)
RAM Roll (albacore, avocado)
Red Sox Roll (cooked salmon & avocado)
Shiitake (cooked mushroom)
Spicy Tuna (tuna & spicy sauce)
Sweet Potato (sweet potato tempura)
Tamago (egg omlet)
Tekka (tuna)
Ume-Kyu (plum paste & cucumber)
Ume-Shiso (plum paste & shiso leaf)
Una-Avo (eel & avocado)
Una-Kyu (eel & cucumber)
Yasai (asparagus, avocado, carrot, yama-imo, cucumber, lettuce)
SUSHI & SASHIMI Combo ※
32.95
Nigiri: Maguro, Hamachi, Ebi, Sake
Maki: Maine Crab-Avo
Sashimi: Maguro (2), Hamachi (2), Sake (2)
SASHIMI Lunch ※
21.95
Maguro (3), Sake (3), Shiromi (3)
SUSHI NIGIRI Lunch ※
23.95
Nigiri: Maguro, Hamachi, Sake, Ebi
Maki: California-maki, Tekka-maki
Youth BENTO Box
12
Includes rice and dessert
Choose one: Tempura Chicken, Tempura Vegetables, Chicken Katsu (12 and under)
Youth SUSHI Set
12
Nigiri: Tamago, Inari, California Roll
Fruit and Dessert (12 and under)

Salads

House Salad
5.
Mixed Greens with Yosaku’s miso dressing
Avocado Salad
5.50
Sliced avocado and cucumber with rich sesame sauce
Seaweed Salad
5.50
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; age-tofu, negi, wakame

VEGETABLE APPETIZERS

Yasai Korroke
4.50
Breaded potato croquette, deep-fried with katsu sauce
Edamame
4.50
Steamed soybeans in the pod
Teppan Vegetables
5.50
Grilled mixed vegetables with two dipping sauces
Vegetable Tempura
6.50
Mixed vegetables

SMALL PLATES FROM THE KITCHEN

Soft Shell Crab
market
Deep fried soft shell crab
Gyoza
5.50
Pork dumplings; specify pan-fried or deep-fried
Shumai
7.50
Steamed shrimp dumplings
Ika-Sansai
6.50
Squid and wakame in vinaigrette
Shrimp Tempura
7.50
Shrimp (3), extra shrimp $2.00 each
Vegetable Tempura
6.50
Vegetables
Chicken Tempura
7.50
Chicken (3), extra chicken $1.50 each
Tatsu-Age
9.00
Deep fried chicken marinated in soy, sake, mirin
Yaki Ika
16.00
Grilled whole squid

SMALL PLATES FROM THE SUSHI BAR

Tako-Su ※
12.00
Octopus in vinaigrette
Sunomono ※
11.00
Shrimp, smoked salmon, octopus & hirame in vinaigrette
Avocado Maguro Ae ※
9.00
Tuna, avocado, garlic, tabasco, mayo
Maguro Tataki ※
12.00
Seared tuna with daikon, ponzu & shichimi
Toro Tataki ※
market
Seared fatty tuna with daikon, ponzu & shichimi

DONBURI-JU

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

Pork Katsu-Don
13.00
Chicken Katsu-Don
12.50

UDON NOODLES

Hot Udon: Large, steaming bowl of noodles in a delicate broth

Tempura
13.00
Tempura shrimp and vegetables
Kitsune
12.00
Fried tofu
Oroshi Sansai
12.00
Wild vegetables, mushrooms, grated daikon radish
Niku
18.00
Shredded beef
Tanuki
12.00
Tempura crunchies, seaweed, scallion

TEUCHI – SOBA NOODLES

Soba: Organic Kitawase buckwheat (soba) is used to make our soba noodles fresh daily by hand. Quantities limited. Not available for take-out.

COLD SOBA:
Choko
9.00
Appetizer size, in broth
Zaru
16.00
Served on a mat with broth on side
Tempura Zaru
20.00
Tempura shrimp and vegetables
HOT SOBA: Large steaming bowl of noodles in a delicate broth
Kitsune
15.00
Fried tofu
Oroshi Sansai
16.00
Wild vegetables
Niku
20.00
Sliced beef
Tempura
18.00
Tempura shrimp, fish cake, seaweed, scallion, vegetables

TEPPAN GRILL

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

N.Y. Sirloin
16.00
Salmon
13.00
Chicken
13.00
Scallops
16.00

AGEMONO

Agemono: Agameno refers to the Japanese art of deep frying using clean oil heated to the perfect temperature to create crisp, light-textured cooked items. Both tempura and katsu items are deep-fried.

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

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

Tempura Shrimp (3) and vegetables
13.00
Tempura Chicken (3) and Vegetables
12.50
Tempura Vegetables
11.00
Katsu Pork Tenderloin
13.00
Katsu Chicken
12.50

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.