Medicine Menu with Prices

Ohyama 'Big Mountain' Junmai

$9

dry, chef's comment: 'lively teenager with great style.'

Hitorimusume 'Only One Daughter' Higori

$11

nigari dry, chef's comment: 'mysterious snow princess.'

Sogen 'Pride Of Samural' Junmai

$12

dry, chef's comment: 'a retired fisherman overlooking the sea'

Urakasumi 'Misty Bay' Junmai

$13

medium dry, chef's comment: 'a jolly monk.'

Kikuhime 'Chrysanthemum Princess' Yamahal Journal

$20

medium dry, chef's comment: 'tempestuous symphony conductor.'

Tamanohikari 'Brilliant Jade' Junmai Dal Ginjo

$23

medium dry. chef's comment: 'great connoisseur with a humble heart'

Asahi Super Dry

$4

Sapporo Reserve

$4.5

Nuevo Mundo, 2005

$6

chile, sauvignon blanc. clean, fruit notes; perfect with subtle food flavors.

Albet I. Noya, 2000

$7

spain, lignum tinto, black cherry, subtle oak, juicy finish.

Can Vandrell, 2005

$5

spain, cava, effervescent fruity nose, balanced and light.

Almond Milk

$4

sweet and delicate: made from scratch with our own toasted almonds.

Matcha Soy Milk

$3.5

caffeine-rich matcha & vitamin-rich spirulina-intused organic soy milk.

Yuzu Lemonade.

$3.5

a medicine original: lemonade flavored with japanese yuzu citrus.

Cricket Cola.

$2.5

regular or diet

Aranciata

$2

Limonata

$2

Fiji. Still,

$2

San Pellegrino

$3

sparkling

Dark Roast Organic Coffee

$2

locally roasted, fair trade reg, or decaf.

Matcha

$4.5

an intense green tea served in a ceramic tea bowl with a sweet.

Gyokuro-Cha

$4

best tender green leaf tea, grown in shaded plantations.

Houji-Cha

$2

a flavorful roasted green tea.

Soba-cha.

$2

A caffeine-free buckwheat tea.

Iced Oolong Tea.

$2

soothing chinese iced oolong

Red

$2.5

caffeine-free redbush with tropical hints.

Kuki-Cha

$2

a caffeine-free twig tea.

Black

$2

organic black tea

Iced Sencha

$2

cool and refreshing iced green tea

Medicine Roll

$5.5

an original medicine creation, our own healthy power roll of 9-grain rice, avocado, sour plum, nori, carrot, shiso leaf, spicy sprouts and flax seed.

Kabocha Squash Croquette.

$5.75

buttery kabocha with nagaimo yam, almond breading: served with chestnut-cashew cream sauce.

Mountain Monk Te-Maki

$5.5

two handrolls with 9-grain rice: chysanthemumnarazuke melon & natto (fermented soybean) and flax seed.

Jade Nuggets.

$4.5

tempura-fried shiso leaves with a filling of mustard flavored natto. a surprise favorite among medicine aficionados

Maitake Mushroom Tempura

$6

delicate maitake mushroom, tempura-fried and served with lemon and sea salt.

Inari & Napa Cabbage Roll

$6.5

one of rice wrapped in inari tofu skin: the other of pickled melon, avocado and seven-spice mixture, wrapped in napa cabbage.

Hiro-Zu

$5

simmered tofu medallions with hijiki, carrot & burdock served with oil-blanched japanese eggplant and savory-sweet dashi.

Seasonal Green Vegetable

$3

blanched and chilled, served with housemade creamy sesame sauce.

Broiled Eggplant

$4.75

a classic temple dish: globe eggplant glazed with a savory-sweet kyoto miso paste.

Sesame Dofu

$3.5

the classic 'sashimi' of shojin cooking, not actually a true tofu but a savory custard made with fresh sesame milk and thickened with healthy kudzu root. made entirely fro scratch in the medicine kitchen.

Shio-Kimpira

$3

traditional sautee of carrot and burdock root with toasted sesame oil and chili paste: sea salt

Green-Tea Tofu

$3.5

house-made matcha soy tofu topped with a sweet black soy been

Chilled Coconut Cup

$3.5

a medicine original: a cold 'soup' of kanten and silver ear mushroom in sweet coconut broth: toasted soba

Green Tea Shaved Ice.

$4

with adzuki beans. or fruit shaved ice. with yuzu-citrus syrup. a light and refreshing ending to your meal

Silken Tofu Chocolate Mousse

$2

exquisite vairhona chocolate, silken tofu, toasted pistachio shavings

Soboro Rice Bowl

$8.5

9-grain rice topped with sauteed ginger tofu, simmered shiitake and seasonal greens, miso soup, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Udon

$9

choose from: 1) our spicy house curry broth or 2) savory shiitake clear broth or 3) yuzu udon with autumn vegetables, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Soba

$9

hot soba with wakame & shimeji mushrooms, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Mountain Monk

$10

uniquely flavored salad of exotic seasonal greens, fruits and nuts, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, miso soup, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Ten-Don

$11.5

9-grain rice bowl topped with seasonal vegetables: tempura fried in healthy rice bran oil, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, cold clear soup with cucumber, sour plum & junsai, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Clarity

$11

seasonal steamed vegetables served with our savory peanut sauce, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, miso soup, housemade fresh pickled vegetables, organic germinated brown rice.

Organic 9-Grain Rice Bowl

$1.5

Seasonal Green Veg

$3

with sesame sauce

Shio-Kimpira

$3

Mixed Braised Greens

$2.5

Organic Germinated Brown Rice Bowl

$2