Buddha's Favorite in Newport Beach, CA

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Buddha's Favorite Menu in Newport Beach

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'Mushi' Shrimp Shumai
$4.5

Steamed chopped shrimp meat covered in a thin sheet of lye water dough.

Salmon Pizza
$12

Marinated salmon with crab and avocado lightly fried and baked with slice of tomato, jalapeno cheese and house mayo with teriyaki sauce.

Salmon Teriyaki
$9

Grilled fresh salmon with pepper and salt. Serve with teriyaki sauce on the side.

Crispy Mushroom Chips
$8

Oven baked mushroom with cream cheese.

'Mushi' Vegetable Gyoza
$4.5

Steamed various, vegetable covered in a thin sheet of soy water dough.

Grilled Salmon Collar 'Saikyo Style'
$10

Grilled salmon collar marinated with sweet miso.

Calamari Roll
$11

Deep fried calamari and spicy house mayo with asparagus.

Fried Calamari
$7

Marinated calamari with spicy mayo and soy sauce deep fried. Served with ponzu sauce.

Shishito Kobachi
$6.5

Sauteed shishito pepper. Served with garlic ponzu and sesame oil white onion and bonito fish flake on top.

Stuffed Jalapeno
$7

Spicy tuna stuffed in jalapeno with pepper jack cheese deep fried.

Poke Bowl
$10

Marinated seared ahi and seared albacore in poke dressing. On top of sushi rice, mixed spring salad, crab meat and spicy tuna.

Tapas

Centuries old traditional Japanese eatery style small dish appetizers shared by all in your party.

Wrap
$8

Dynamite
$8

Scallop and mushroom pan fried and baked with mayo in the oven.

Garlic Edamame
$4.95

Edamame (soy beans) sauteed with garlic butter with light salt and pepper sprinkles.

Buddha's Bomb
$15

Variety of fish, crab meat and avocado wrapped in salmon baked with mayo on top.

Shrimp Shumai
$4.5

Chopped shrimp meat covered in a thin sheet of lye water dough deep fried.

Tuna Tarter
$8

Chopped tuna marinated with sweet soy sauce. Served with wonton chips and slices of avocado.

Soft Shell Crab
$12

Deep fried blue crab on top of green with house and citrus ponzu dressing.

Shrimp Boat
$7

Shrimp with smelt egg and quail egg.

Lobster Burrito
$8.95

Lobster, avocado, jalapeno cream cheese with spinach sauce wrapped in soy paper deep fried with tempura batter.

Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura
$5.5

Shrimp, onion, zucchini, yam, squash and green beans.

Baked Snapper with Scallop
$10

Crab, avocado and asparagus wrapped in a slice of snapper baked with scallop and wasabi mayo on top. Served with teriyaki sauce.

Poke Nachos
$8

Chopped ahi marinated with poke sauce on top of fried wonton.

Vegetable Gyoza
$4.5

Various, vegetable covered in a thin sheet of lye water dough deep fried.

Stuffed Shiitake Mushroom
$8

Shiitake mushroom stuffed with lobster deep fried. Served with spicy mayo and teriyaki sauce.

Chicken Katsu
$6.5

Deep fried breaded chicken cutlet with green salad.

Tuna Tower
$13

Spicy tuna, cream cheese and asparagus wrapped with seaweed deep fried. Served with fried onion and eel sauce.

Edamame
$3.95

Boiled soy beans with salt.

Shishito Ahi Wrap
$6.5

Shishito pepper and spicy tuna wrapped in a slice of seared ahi tuna with daikon sprouts. Served with garlic-ginger ponzu sauce.

Carpaccio
$16

Tofu Steak
$7.5

Sizzling pan fried tofu with mountain vegetables and mushrooms with teriyaki sauce on top.

Shishito Albacore Wrap
$6.5

Shishito pepper, crab meat and daikon sprouts wrapped in a slice of seared albacore. Served with garlic-ginger ponzu sauce.

Lollipop
$17

Tuna, albacore, salmon and crab meat wrapped in thinly sliced cucumber.

Salmon Collar
$9

Simply the best part of the fish meat! Broiled with salt only. Served with citrus ponzu sauce.

Crispy Rice
$11

Crispy rice topped with spicy tuna and a slice of jalapeno with teriyaki sauce.

Sesame Chicken
$5.5

Crispy deep fried chicken.

Baked Mussels
$5.25

Mussel baked on top of crab meat with wasabi mayo and teriyaki sauce.

Fish & Chips
$6.5

Deep fried red snapper with cajun spice and wonton chips served with wasabi mayo.

Spicy Tuna Tempura
$8

Spicy tuna sandwiched between shiso leaf and seaweed and deep fried with tempura batter.

Stuffed Shishito Pepper
$6.5

Shishito pepper stuffed with spicy tuna deep fried. Served with garlic ponzu, spicy mayo and teriyaki sauce.

Grilled Black Cod 'Saikyo Style'
$9.25

Grilled black cod marinated with sweet miso.

Vegetable Tempura
$4.95

Onion, zucchini, yam, squash and green beans.

Agedashi Tofu
$6

Deep fried tofu in shoyu-based soup.

Sashimi Candy
$6.8

Soup & Salads

You can enjoy all the salads with your choice of our house dressing (ginger) or wasabi mayonnaise dressing.

Poke Salad
$14

Diced tuna marinated with spicy sesame soy dressing, mixed with cucumber, burdock roots and daikon sprouts.

Green Salad
$3.5

Salmon Skin Salad
$8.25

Grilled salmon skin marinated with citrus ponzu sauce served on bed of green.

Miso Soup
$2.5

With tofu, wakame seaweed and green onion.

Sunomono with Octopus
$5.25

Grilled Eggplant Salad
$8.95

Grilled eggplant seasoned with garlic and sweet vinegar on bed of green.

Sunomono
$3.95

Cucumber with wakame seaweed with sweet vinegar dressing.

Sunomono with Crab Meat (Imitation)
$5.25

Tofu Salad
$7.5

Tofu on bed of mixed green with wakame seaweed and bonito flakes.

Tataki Salad
$13

Seared albacore sashimi with green and seaweed.

Soba Salad
$12

Green salad with soba noodle with seared albacore and seared tuna sashimi served with poke dressing.

Sashimi Salad
$15.5

Tuna, yellowtail, albacore, salmon, white fish and octopus sashimi with green and seaweed.

Seaweed (Kelp) Salad
$4.75

Seaweed tossed in citrus ponzu dressing.

Sushi Combination

Sushi Combination
$18.5

Tuna, yellowtail, albacore, salmon, white fish and octopus and California or spicy tuna roll.

Sashimi Combination
$25.5

Tuna, yellowtail, albacore, salmon, white fish & octopus.

Noodles

Soba (buckwheat/thin noodles) or udon (flour/thick noodles). Served with wakame seaweed & fish cake in hot broth.

Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura Noodles
$7.25

Shrimp, onion, zucchini, yam, squash and green beans.

Chicken Noodles
$4.25

Marinated in shoyu-based our secret sauce.

Kitsune Noodles
$4

Sweet seasoned fried tofu.

Chicken & Egg Noodles
$4.5

Marinated in shoyu-based our secret sauce and cooked egg.

Plain Noodles
$3.5

Noodles only.

Sansai Noodles
$4.75

Japanese mountain vegetables and mushroom.

Vegetable Tempura Noodles
$6.25

Onion zucchini, yam, squash and green beans.

Egg Noodles
$4

Japanese style egg omelet seasoned with our secret shoyu-based sauce.

Donburi

All of the following will be served over rice in a bowl.

Chicken Donburi
$5.25

Broiled chicken with citrus ponzu sauce or teriyaki sauce.

Sansai Donburi
$5.25

Japanese mountain vegetables and mushrooms sauteed with teriyaki sauce.

Spicy Tuna Donburi
$6

Ground raw tuna with mayo, shoyu and spicy sauce.

Oyako Donburi
$4

Japanese style egg omelet with chicken with our secret sauce.

Teeka Donburi
$7

Tuna sashimi.

Chirashi Donburi
$10

Tuna, white fish, salmon, yellowtail, albacore and octopus sashimi.

Noodles & Donburi Combination Specials

Oyako
$10.95

Japanese style egg omelet with chicken with our special secret sauce.

Sansai
$10.95

Japanese mountain vegetables and mushrooms sauteed with teriyaki sauce.

Chicken
$10.95

Broiled chicken with citrus ponzu sauce or teriyaki sauce.

Teeka
$13.95

Tuna sashimi.

Chirashi
$13.95

Tuna, white fish and salmon sashimi.

California Roll
$10.95

8 pieces.

Nigri Sushi
$10.95

A piece of tuna, salmon, white fish and shrimp.

Spicy Tuna
$12.95

Ground raw tuna with mayo, shoyu and spicy sauce.

Kid'S Menu

Available for children under the age of twelve or younger only. Any of the following items served with edamame (soy beans).

Soba (Thin Buckwheat Noodles) Set
$6.5

Kid-sized plain soba served with wakame seaweed and fish cake in hot broth.

Udon (Thick Flour Noodles) Set
$6.25

Kid-sized plain udon served with wakame seaweed and fish cake in hot broth.

Chicken Bowl Set
$8.75

Kid-sized chicken bowl with teriyaki sauce.