Medicine at 161 Sutter St SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104
Medicine Menu in San Francisco
Premium Sakes
the light, subtle tastes of shojin cuisine make it 8 perfect compliment to good sake. at medicine, we have chosen our sakes with a care that we hope will delight even the most jaded connaisseur.
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'
Beer
Asahi Super Dry
$4
Sapporo Reserve
$4.5
Organic Wine
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.
Housemade Juices
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.
Bottles
Cricket Cola.
$2.5
regular or diet
Aranciata
$2
Limonata
$2
Fiji. Still,
$2
San Pellegrino
$3
sparkling
Tea & Coffee
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
New-Shojin Specialties
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
Desserts
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
Foundation Sets
make one of these sets the foundation for your meal at medicine
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.
Favorite Small Plate Add-Ons
Organic 9-Grain Rice Bowl
$1.5
Seasonal Green Veg
$3
with sesame sauce