Kotobuki Japanese Cuisine

Katsu

Breaded and crispy fried Japanese style. Served with rice and miso soup.

Sukiyaki

Thinly sliced prime shell beef and vegetables simmered in soy sauce, sweet sake, beef, and vegetable stock. Served with rice and miso soup.

Oyako-don

Chicken and egg. Served in a large bowl over rice with a side of pickles and miso soup.

Salmon Teriyaki

Grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Katsu-don

Japanese style pork cutlet and egg. Served in a large bowl over rice with a side of pickles and miso soup.

Steak Kotobuki

Japanese style shell steak with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Tenzaru

Cold buckwheat noodles with a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura. Served with miso soup and dipping sauce.

Kamameshi

Seasoned rice steamed with chicken or scallops served with miso soup, garden salad, age tofu, seaweed salad, and pickles. Served with rice and miso soup.

Chicken Kuwayaki

Japanese style chicken nuggets with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup or salad.

Nabeyaki Udon

Thick wheat noodles in soup with shrimp tempura, chicken, egg, and vegetables cooked and served in an iron pot.

Tempura Udon

Wheat noodles in broth with a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura.

Rainbow Trout

Broiled and topped with scallions served with special sauce (ginger, soy sauce, and vinegar). Served with rice and miso soup.

Chicken Kotobuki

Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup or salad.

Chicken Sukiyaki

Chicken and vegetables in sukiyaki sauce cooked and served in an iron pot. Served with rice and choice of miso soup or salad.

Tempura Soba

Buckwheat noodles in broth with a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura.

Yaki Udon With Chicken

Thick wheat noodles stir fried with vegetables and chicken. Served with miso soup.

Vegetable Saute

Cabbage, bean sprouts, napa, onion, green peppers, carrot, and broccoli. Served with rice and miso soup.

Pork Ginger

Sliced pork sauteed with ginger sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Teriyaki Combinations

On iron plate with vegetables and noodles. Served with rice and miso soup.

Tempura Dinner

Batter dipped and delicately fried, served with tempura sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Nabeyaki Soba

Buckwheat noodles in soup w/ shrimp tempura, chicken, egg, and vegetables cooked and served in an iron pot.

Vegetable Yaki Udon

Thick wheat noodles stir fried with vegetables. Served with miso soup.

Steamed Salmon

Filet of fresh salmon steamed in fish broth based sauce with a touch of soy sauce and sweet sake. Served with rice and miso soup.

Negimaki Dinner

Thinly sliced beef wrapped around scallions cut into 12 pieces in teriyaki sauce.

Vegetable Saute With Chicken

Cabbage, bean sprouts, napa, onion, green peppers, carrot, and broccoli. Served with rice and miso soup.

Salad Kotobuki

Steamed chicken, shrimp, tofu, crabstick, wakame seaweed, and fresh vegetables with original ginger dressing. Served with rice and miso soup.

Seafood Yaki

Salmon, shrimp, scallop, and mushroom sauteed on skewers. Served with rice and miso soup.

Vegetable Tempura Dinner

Broccoli, carrot, sweet potato, string beans, green pepper, and zucchini. Batter dipped and delicately fried, served with tempura sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Spicy Tuna Roll

Cut into 6 pieces.

Salmon Avocado Roll

Cut into 6 pieces.

Shrimp Tempura Roll

Shrimp tempura, cucumber, and avocado. Choice of hand roll or traditional roll.

California Roll

Crabstick, cucumber, and avocado

Yellowtail Roll

Cut into 6 pieces w/ scallion.

Spicy Salmon Roll

Spicy salmon with sushi rice, wrapped in seaweed. Choose from hand roll or traditional roll.

Tuna Roll (tekka)

Cut into 6 pieces.

Spicy Yellowtail Roll

Cut into 6 pieces.

Tuna Avocado Roll

Tuna and avocado in seaweed wrap, available as hand roll or traditional roll.

Eel Avocado Roll

Eel and avocado wrapped, choice of hand roll or traditional roll.

Sweet Potato Roll

Tempura fried sweet potato roll

Eel Roll

Eel wrapped in sushi rice, choice of hand roll or traditional roll.

Salmon Skin Roll

Salmon skin, rice, and nori, available as hand roll or traditional roll.

Smoked Salmon Roll

Cut into 6 pieces.

Spicy Mackerel Roll

Cut into 6 pieces.

Snow Crab California Roll

Avocado, cucumber, & snow crab. (6 pieces)

Fresh Salmon Roll

Cut into 6 pieces.

Bluefin Tuna Roll

Bluefin tuna maki, available as hand roll or traditional roll.

Gyoza Dumpling

6 pan fried dumplings filled with pork, beef, and vegetables, served with spicy sauce.

Shumai

7 dumplings filled with vegetables and a choice of meat.

Edamame

Japanese beer nuts-choice young soy beans sprinkled with sea salt.

Vegetable Gyoza

6 pan fried vegetable dumplings served with spicy sauce.

Chicken String Beans

Chicken filet wrapped around string beans tempura style with teriyaki sauce or tempura sauce.

Negimaki Appetizer

Thinly sliced beef wrapped around scallions cut into 6 pieces in teriyaki sauce.

Yakitori

2 skewers. Grilled seasoned chicken and scallion on skewers with teriyaki sauce.

Soft-shell Crab

Deep fried served with ponzu.

Kamo

Sliced duck and scallion in mustard sauce.

Yaki Ika

Grilled squid in ginger sauce.

Tatsuta Age

4 fried chicken wings, Japanese style.

Hiya-yakko

Cold tofu served with scallion, grated ginger, bonito flakes, and scallion.

Beef Tataki

Thinly sliced seared shell steak in ponzu sauce.

Fried Oyster

4 breaded and deep fried oyster served with tonkatsu sauce.

Age-nasu

Fried Japanese eggplant topped with bonito flakes and served with tempura sauce.

Yanagawa Nabe

Barbecued eel with burdock root and egg, cooked, and served in an iron plate.

Asari-sake

Clams cooked in sake, soy sauce, and garlic topped with scallion.

Tofu Teriyaki

Broiled tofu with teriyaki sauce topped with bonito flakes and scallion.

Yu-tofu

Tofu and vegetables cooked in fish broth in an iron pot served with bonito flakes, scallion, and ginger.

No Name Roll

8 pieces. Spicy tuna and tempura flakes in mayonnaise wrapped inside out with avocado, and shrimp topped with miso sauce.

Rainbow Roll

8 pieces. Yellowtail wrapped inside out with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, white fish, and avocado.

Spider Roll

6 pieces. Crisp fried softshell crab with mayonnaise.

Dynamite Roll

Chopped raw Japanese scallops and masago with spicy mayonnaise.(6 pieces)

Lobster Roll

8 pieces. Sweet potato tempura wrapped inside out with lobster salad and topped with bonito flakes.

Spicy Betty Roll

6 pieces. Cucumber, crabstick, shrimp, and tuna chopped and combined with spicy mayonnaise and tobiko wrapped inside out.

Mikey Roll

6 pieces. Salmon tempura, asparagus, and mayonnaise.

Zombie Roll

5 pieces. Crabsticks and white fish with spicy caviar and mayonnaise wrapped, fried, and topped with pickles and spicy mayonnaise.

Snow Crab And Asparagus Roll

6 pieces. Snow crab with mayonnaise and asparagus.

Philadelphia Roll

6 pieces. Smoked salmon and cream cheese.

Alaska Roll

Smoked salmon, avocado, and cucumber. (6 pieces)

Gold Roll

Chopped crabstick, avocado, and cucumber with mayonnaise topped with masago.(6 pieces)

Masa Roll

8 pieces. Spicy tuna and cucumber wrapped inside out with white tuna and scallion topped with spicy tobiko and wasabi tobiko.

Kevin Roll

8 pieces. Spicy tuna roll wrapped in slices of tuna, fried, and wrapped with avocado.

Hali Roll

Eel, cucumber, and tempura flakes.(6 pieces)

Dragon Roll

Eel and cucumber wrapped inside out with avocado.(8 pieces)

Gene-san Roll

Tuna, asparagus, and mayonnaise.(6 pieces)

Boston Roll

Shrimp, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and mayonnaise.(4 pieces)

Swampy Roll

8 pieces. Spicy tuna and cucumber wrapped inside out with seaweed salad and spicy caviar.

Veggie Roll Du Jour

Cucumber, avocado, squash (kampyo), burdock root (yamahobo), asparagus, and radish sprout (kaiware) wrapped in kelp and seaweed (4 pieces)

Sashimi Deluxe

18 sliced filets of fish with a side of white rice and miso soup.

Sashimi Dinner

12 filets of fish with a side of white rice. Served with rice and miso soup.

Imperial

10 sushi, 6 sashimi pieces, and tuna roll. Served with rice and miso soup or salad.Sushi: 1 tuna, 1 salmon, 1 white fish, 1 shrimp, 1 squid, 1 Spanish mackerel, 1 crabstick, 1 tamago (egg), 1 tobiko (flying fish egg)Sashimi: 3 white fish, 3 tuna, and 1 tuna roll

Spicy Roll Combination

Spicy salmon, spicy tuna, and spicy crabsticks rolls. Served with rice and miso soup.

Sushi C

( 10 piece sushi including yellowtail and Ikura plus 6 piece Tuna Roll) Served with miso soup or salad.

Salmon Don

Slices of salmon on sushi rice. Served with miso soup or garden salad.

Unaju

A whole barbecued fresh-water eel over rice with eel sauce and a side of pickles. Served with rice and miso soup.

Sushi A

8 sushi pieces and tuna roll. Served with miso soup or salad.1 tuna, 1 salmon, 1 white fish, 1 shrimp, 1 Spanish mackerel, 1 crabstick, 1 tamago (egg), and 1 tuna roll.

Roll Combination

California, tuna, and fresh salmon rolls. Served with rice and miso soup.

Futomaki

A large roll with cucumber, avocado, squash, crabsticks, caviar, and egg. Served with rice and miso soup.

Sushi B

10 piece sushi plus 6 piece tuna Roll and 6 piece salmon Roll. Served with miso soup or salad.1 tuna, 1 salmon, 1 white fish, 1 shrimp, 1 squid, 1 Spanish mackerel, 1 crabstick, 1 tamago (egg), 1 tobiko (flying fish egg), 1 masago (smelt fish egg), 1 tuna roll, and 1 salmon roll.

Spicy Tekka Don

Slices of tuna marinated in special sauce on sushi rice. Served with miso soup or garden salad.

Chirashi

Slices of a variety of fish, vegetables, and eggs on sushi rice. Served with rice and miso soup.

Spicy Salmon-don

Slices of salmon marinated in chef's special spicy sauce. Served with miso soup.

Chef’s Choice Sushi (10 Pieces)

Example of 10 pieces of sushi: 1 bluefin toro, 1 Japanese red snapper, 1 albacore, 1 yellowtail belly, 1 baby yellowtail, 1 king salmon, , 1 sweet shrimp, 1 Japanese scallop, 1 sea urchin 1 ikuraServed with miso soup

Veggie Sushi Combination

7 pieces of vegetable sushi and 1 asparagus roll. Served with rice and miso soup.

Sea Urchin (uni)

Uni from Santa Barbara, CA

Salmon (nama Sake)

Salmon (Nama Sake) - Choose either sushi or sashimi. Fresh, thinly sliced salmon, option for nigiri or rice-less serving.

Fresh Water Eel (unagi)

Fresh water eel, delicately sliced for sashimi or atop sushi rice. Choose your style.

Tuna

maguro

Baby Yellowtail (kanpachi)

Kanpachi: Available as finely sliced sashimi or expertly crafted sushi. Selection of fresh baby yellowtail.

Yellowtail Belly (buri Toro)

Yellowtail belly, sashimi or sushi options available, served at peak freshness.

King Salmon

King salmon available as thinly sliced sashimi or sushi rice-topped delicacy.

Salmon Roe (ikura)

Salmon roe, available as sashimi or nestled atop sushi rice.

Snow Crab (kani)

Snow crab, served as your choice of sushi or sashimi.

Fluke

Thinly sliced fluke, available as sushi or sashimi.

Smoked Salmon

Smoked salmon available as thinly sliced sashimi or rolled sushi.

Japanese Red Snapper (madai)

Japanese Red Snapper (Madai) - choice of sashimi or sushi, served with minimalist elegance.

Super White Escolar

Escolar, available as sushi or sashimi.

Flying Fish Roe (tobiko)

Flying fish roe, labeled as caviar. Choose between sushi or sashimi forms.

Yellowtail (hamachi)

Yellowtail, offered as either sashimi or sushi.

Octopus (tako)

Octopus choice of sashimi or sushi, delicately prepared.

Quail Egg (udama)

Quail egg, available as sushi or sashimi.

Fatty Tuna (oh-toro)

Bluefin toro belly. (1 pc.)

Garlic Peppered Albacore

Sliced albacore with a garlic pepper crust. Available as sushi or sashimi.

Fluke Fin

Thinly sliced fluke fin. Available as sushi or sashimi.

Red Snapper (tai)

Red snapper (Tai) available as sashimi or sushi, paired with optional rice.

Mackerel (shime Saba)

Mackerel (Shime Saba), choice of sushi or sashimi, offering a distinct, bold flavor.

Shrimp (ebi)

Shrimp delicately sliced for sashimi, also available as sushi.

Sweet Shrimp (botan Ebi)

Sweet shrimp, available as sashimi or sushi, featuring botan ebi.

Egg (tamago)

Tamago available as delicate sushi or slices of sashimi.

Tofu [fried] (inari)

Inari: Fried tofu pouches, available as sashimi or sushi.

Smelt Fish Roe (masago)

Masago caviar, available as sushi or sashimi.

Squid & Salmon (tiger Eye)

Squid and salmon wrapped delicately, choice of sushi rice roll or thinly sliced serving.

Crab Stick (kani Kama)

Kani Kama: Delicate crab stick available as sushi or sashimi.

Pink Clam (hokki)

Hokki clam, offered as delicate sashimi or nigiri sushi, choice of preparation.

Cod Fish Roe (tarako)

Cod fish roe labeled as caviar. Available as sashimi or sushi.

Fresh Wasabi (1 Serving)

Fresh grated wasabi roots made to order

Japanese Scallop (hotate)

Japanese scallop, available as sashimi or sushi.

Squid (ika)

Ika available as sashimi or sushi, served with optional soy sauce and wasabi.

Miso Soup

Soy bean soup with tofu, seaweed, and scallion.

Gyoza Soup

Chicken based broth with 3 dumplings, seaweed, and scallion.

Miso Nameko Soup

Miso soup with tiny Japanese mushrooms and scallion.

Miso Asari Soup

Miso soup with clams and scallion.

Clear Soup

Fish broth with thin wheat noodles (somen), shiitake mushroom, and snow peas.

Dobin Mushi

Clear soup with salmon, chicken, and shiitake mushroom.

Sweet Potato Roll

Tempura fried sweet potato roll

Avocado Roll

Avocado roll, inside out

Yellow Pickle (oshinko) Roll

Yellow pickle wrapped in sushi rice, available as hand or cut roll.

Natto Roll

Avocado Cucumber Roll

Avocado & Cucumber roll, inside out

Cucumber (kappa) Roll

Cucumber slices wrapped in sushi rice and seaweed. Available as hand roll or traditional roll.

Cooked Squash Roll (kampyo)

Japanese maki featuring cooked squash. Options include hand roll or traditional roll.

Tuna Tataki

Thinly sliced seared tuna with in chief's scallion garlic ponzu sauce.

Spicy Squid And Caviar

Squid with tobiko and ikura in spicy sauce with quail egg.

Sashimi Appetizer

3 tuna and 3 salmon slices.

Spicy Tuna Appetizer

Chuck of tuna mix with chef’s gluten free spicy soy sauce and scallion.

Ika-uni-ae

Squid and sea urchin in special sauce with quail egg.

Oshinko

Assorted Japanese pickles.

Yellowtail Jalapeno Usuzukuri

Thinly sliced yellowtail in ponzu sauce with jalapeno.

Spicy Salmon Appetizer

Chopped salmon with spicy soy sauce and scallion.

Marinated Jellyfish

Jellyfish (kurage) and wakame seaweed in vinegar sauce.

Octopus Baked In A Shell

Topped with onion, fish egg, and mayonnaise.

Tako-su

Sliced octopus and wakame seaweed in vinegar sauce.

Iidako

Cooked tiny octopus with sesame oil, vinegar, and sesame.

Marinated Sea Cucumber

Marinated namako with ponzu sauce topped with scallion and chilli paste.

Suno-mono

A variety of seafood and wakame seaweed in vinegar sauce.

Spanish Mackerel Tataki

Thinly sliced and seared spanish mackerel with scallion and garlic in ponzu sauce.

Yamakake

Tuna or salmon caviar in grated mountain potato topped with quail egg.

Monk Fish Liver Pate

Steamed liver served with chilli paste and ponzu sauce.

Sweet Potato Tempura Appetizer

Sweet potato fried tempura-style with tempura sauce.

Shrimp Only Appetizer

4 pieces.

Asparagus Only Tempura Appetizer

Asparagus tempura appetizer with tempura dipping sauce.

Shrimp And Vegetable Tempura Appetizer

2 pieces of shrimp and assorted vegetables served with tempura dipping sauce.

Assorted Vegetables Tempura Appetizer

Assorted vegetable appetizer with tempura dipping sauce. (Sweet potato, green pepper, broccoli, carrot- based on availability)

Seaweed Salad

Assorted seaweed with soybean noodles and crabstick.

Hijiki

Cooked black seaweed with carrots and bamboo shoots.

Avocado Salad

Garden salad with avocado, served with ginger dressing

Kanikama Salad

Crabstick, cucumber and flyfish roe with Japanese mayo

Oshitashi (spinach Salad)

Spinach topped with bonito flakes served with soy sauce based special sauce.

Asparagus Salad

Asparagus with ginger dressing.

Fresh Garden Salad

Romain and Iceberg lettuce, cabbage, tomato, and cucumber with ginger dressing.

Tofu Salad

Cold tofu served with ginger dressing and scallion.

Sushi Rice

Brown Rice

Spicy Mayo (2 Oz)

Homemade Ginger Salad Dressing (4 Oz)

White Rice

Eel Sauce (2 Oz)