Cha-Ya Vegetarian Japanese Restaurant Service List

Main Menu

• Soup

  • Dobin Mushi (Tea Pot Soup)

    Clear soup. Shimeji, eryngii, spinach, tofu, carrots, ginko nuts

    $9.00

  • Kinoko Miso (Mushroom Medley)

    House miso soup with himeji, eryngii, Portobello, green onion, tofu, kaiware served in an iron pot

    $9.00

  • Vegan Soup (Mixed Bean Soup)

    Black, pinot, kidney, red, pink, navy, and lima beans. Split pea, lentils and brown rice. Ginger-dashi broth

    $9.00

  • House Miso Soup

    Wakame, tofu, green onion

    $3.00

• Salad

  • Senroppon Salad (Shredded Salad)

    Shredded daikon, turnip, cucumber, carrots. Atsuage tofu, radishes, soybeans, kaiware sprouts. Soy-vinaigrette

    $9.00

  • Soba Salad (Buckwheat Noodle)

    Cucumber, red onion, carrots, broccolini, snow peas, snap peas, tofu, enoki, yamagobo, kampyo, hijiki, soybeans, bell peppers, strawberry Sesame-oil dressing

    $11.00

  • Sea Vegetable Salad

    Hijiki and seaweed salad. Creamy sesame dressing

    $9.00

  • Sunomono (Cucumber Vinaigrette)

    Sliced cucumber and radish. Golden raisins, wakame, silver noodle, toasted soybean. Non-oil vinaigrette

    $7.00

  • Eda Mame (Boiled Soy Beans)

    Soybeans boiled, lightly salted

    $5.00

  • Shira Ae (Simmered Vegetable Salad)

    Blanched spinach, lotus root, carrots, shiitake, green beans, tofu pouch, and yam cake. Tahini-tofu dressing

    $10.00

  • Goma Ae (Blanched Greens)

    Broccolini and spinach. Thick sesame dressing

    $10.00

• Kozara (Small Plates)

  • Agedashi Tofu (Deep Fried Tofu)

    Kaiware sprouts, green onion, grated daikon and ginger, nori, ginger-dashi sauce

    $9.00

  • Robata Yaki (Broiled Vegetable Skewers)

    Portobello, red onion, asparagus, eggplant, zucchini. Vegan teriyaki sauce

    $9.00

  • Ten Bo (Tempura Vegetable Sticks)

    Yam, carrots, squash, green beans and atsuage tofu tempura

    $9.00

  • Haru Maki (Fried Spring Rolls)

    Asparagus, shiitake, carrots, long beans, atsuage tofu, silver noodle. Sweet-sour sauce

    $9.00

  • Gyoza (Pan Fried Pot Stickers)

    Stuffed with cabbage, carrots, corn and onion. Pan fried

    $9.00

  • Mikuri Agé (Deep Fried Vegetable "Katsu")

    Breaded asparagus, eggplant, onions, kabocha, mushrooms, atsuage tofu. Tonkatsu style sauce

    $10.00

• A La Carte

  Make it a complete dinner by adding house miso soup and plain rice +$4 per person

  • Hangetsu (Deep Fried Portabella Stack)

    Portabella and atsuage tofu stack. Tempura batter. Deep fried Kiwi sweet-sour-salty sauce

    $14.00

  • Dengaku (Broiled Eggplant and Tofu)

    Eggplant, tofu, portobello mushroom. Miso-barbeque glaze

    $14.00

  • Moon Garden (Steamed Tofu Custard)

    Broccoli, shimeji, kabocha, snow peas, atsuage tofu, carrots, asparagus, zucchini, soybeans and ginko nuts

    $14.00

  • Vegetable Tempura

    Eggplant, yams, carrots, asparagus, mushrooms, green beans, and broccoli Battered and deep fried

    $14.00

  • Taku Sui (Boiled Gyoza and Vegetable Hot Pot)

    Pot stickers, silver noodles, tofu, napa cabbage, zucchini, snap peas, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, mushroom. Light clear broth. Ponzu sauce

    $15.00

  • Cha-Ya Nabe (Vegan Sukiyaki Hot Pot)

    Napa cabbage, spinach, red onion carrots, mushrooms, kabocha, lotus root, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, silver noodles and tofu simmered in soy based broth

    $16.00

  • Cha-Ya Delight (Seasoned Brown Rice Bowl)

    Carrots, kabocha, broccoli, lotus root, cauliflower, shiitake, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, broccolini, atsuage tofu, hijiki, yamagobo, oshinko and kaiware

    $14.00

  • Tonchi Nasu (Stuffed Eggplant Tempura)

    Eggplant with Satsuma potato, corn, hijiki, carrots, soybeans Ginger-soy sauce

    $14.00

  • Hana Gomoku (Seasoned Sushi Rice Bowl)

    Shiitake, green beans, carrots, lotus root, tofu pouch, yam cake, hijiki rice Broccoli, cauliflower, shiitake, lotus root, carrots, kabocha, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, tofu, hijiki yamagobo, kaiware topping

    $15.00

  • Soba Sushi

    Buckwheat noodle sushi. Spinach, atsuage tofu, cucumber, asparagus, yamagobo, shiitake, kampyo

    $15.00

  • Cha-Ya Sushi Plate

    One Kappa roll. One nigiri each of shiitake mushroom, eggplant, sea vegetable salad. No substitutions please

    $13.00

  • Full Moon Sushi Plate

    One kappa roll, 1/2 vegan roll, and one Inari. No substitutions please

    $15.00

  • Combination Dinner Set

    Choose any two a la carte items above. Served with house miso soup and small sunomono salad. No substitutions please

    $28.00

• Extras / Sides

  • House Miso Soup

    $3.00

  • Small Sunomono Salad

    $3.00

  • Seasoned Brown Rice

    $4.00

  • Steamed Plain Rice

    $2.00

  • Extra Toppings

    $4.00

  • Eda Mame Boiled Soybeans

    $5.00

• Sushi Dinners

  Served with house miso soup and small sunomono salad. Upgrade to seasoned brown rice +$3

  • Hosomaki Combo

    Choose any three hosomaki rolls from the list below (No substitutions please)

    $19.00

  • Sushi Combo

    One Kappa roll, 1 vegan roll, two pcs Inari (No substitutions please)

    $19.00

• Hosomaki Rolls

  6 pcs per roll

  • Kappa

    cucumber

    $5.00

  • Oshinko

    pickled daikon

    $6.00

  • Umekyu

    Sour plum cucumber

    $6.00

  • Kampyo

    Seasoned gourd

    $6.00

  • Kaiware

    Radish sprouts

    $6.00

  • Yamagobo

    Pickled burdock

    $6.00

  • Natto

    Fermented soybeans

    $6.00

  • Sea Vegetable Salad

    $7.00

  • Eggplant

    $7.00

  • Asparagus

    $7.00

  • Spinach

    $7.00

  • Shiitake

    $7.00

  • Avocado

    $7.00

• Nigiri Sushi

  2 pcs per order. $5 per order

  • Atsuage Tofu

    Firm tofu

  • Kaiware

    Radish sprout

  • Hijiki

    Seasoned seaweed

  • Inari

    Stuffed tofu pouch

  • Sea Vegetable Salad

  • Eggplant

  • Asparagus

  • Spinach

  • Shiitake

  • Avocado

  • Broccolini

• Uramaki Rolls

  $8 each. Medium rolls. Upgrade to brown rice +$1

  • Avocado Tempura

  • Avocado + Cucumber

  • Avocado + Shiitake

  • Portobello + Spinach

  • Asparagus + Spinach

  • Shiitake + Spinach

• Specialty Sushi Rolls

  • Cha-Ya Roll

    Tempura battered deep fried roll. Asparagus, yam, avocado, and carrots. Special ginger-soy glaze

    $11.00

  • Shattuck Roll

    Fresh roll with tempura asparagus and yam filling

    $10.00

  • Garden Roll

    Fresh roll with asparagus, avocado, cucumber, broccolini, kaiware, yamagobo

    $10.00

  • Vegan Roll

    The traditional "futomaki" roll vegan style. Spinach, atsuage tofu, cucumber, broccolini, shiitake, kampyo, yamagobo and ginger

    $10.00

  • Vegetable Tempura Roll

    Fresh roll with tempura squash, carrot, green bean and yam filling

    $10.00

  • Summer Green Roll

    Fresh roll of avocado, cucumber and kaiware, topped with sea vegetable salad

    $10.00

  • Subaru Roll

    Mustard green leaf roll, brown sushi rice. Carrots, asparagus, atsuage tofu, shiitake

    $12.00

  • Starlight Roll

    Seasoned brown sushi rice, eryngii mushrooms, spinach, asparagus, rolled in thinly sliced avocado

    $12.00

• Noodles

  Choose Udon (flour), Soba (buckwheat blend), or Harusame (clear potato starch) +$2. Hot soups garnished with green onions, kaiware and nori. Cold noodles served in basket with dipping sauce

  • Vege Tofu Curry

    Curry broth. Tofu, kabocha, onions, celery, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, mushrooms, snap peas

    $13.00

  • Yasai (Vegetable Medley)

    Light traditional broth. Carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, mushrooms, snap peas, lotus root, atsuage tofu

    $12.00

  • Vegetable Tempura (Hot or Cold)

    Plain noodles served hot or cold with a tray of warm tempura vegetables on the side

    $15.00

  • Sansai - Hot or Cold (Wild Vegetables)

    Edible bracken, bamboo shoots, carrots, enoki and wood ear. Served Hot or Cold

    $12.00

  • Kinoko (Mushroom Medley)

    Shimeji, eryngii, portobello, oyster mushrooms

    $12.00

  • Wakame (Soft Seaweed)

    Tender seaweed

    $12.00

  • Kitsune (Seasoned Tofu Pouch)

    Seasoned tofu pouch

    $12.00

  • Kake/zaru - Hot or Cold (Plain)

    Plain noodles served hot in light broth - or - served cold in a basket with dipping sauce

    $10.00

  • Kansai Set Noodle Dinner

    Add two pieces of Inari sushi and a small sunomono salad to any noodle above +$5. No substitutions please

• Tea

  • Gyokuro

    Finest quality green tea

    $4.00

  • Sen-Cha

    Special occasion green tea

    $4.00

  • Genmai

    Green tea mixed with roasted brown rice

    $3.00

  • Hoji

    Flavorful roasted tea

    $3.00

  • Oolong

    Soothing Chinese roasted tea

    $3.00

  • Jasmine

    Floral Chinese green tea

    $3.00

  • Herbal and Decaf

    Please inquire

    $3.00

• Served by the Glass

  • House Sake (Hot)

    Sho Chiku Bai, Berkeley, CA

    Sm	$8.00
    Lrg	$10.00

  • Kinpaku Gold Flake

    Kobe, Japan

    5oz.

    $9.00

  • Kiku Masa

    Kobe, Japan

    5oz.

    $9.00

  • Nigori (Unfiltered)

    Sho Chiku Bai, Berkeley, CA

    5oz.

    $7.00

• Served In Bottles

  • Genbei Onikoroshi

    Honjozo "Demon killer" Kyoto, Japan

    180ml

    $9.00

  • Hakutsuru Organic

    Junmai Organic rice from CA, brewed in Kobe, Japan

    300ml

    $14.00

  • Snow Beauty Nigori

    Unfiltered Hyogo, Japan

    300ml

    $14.00

• House Saké Tasting Flight

  • House Saké Tasting Flight

    2 oz pours of Kinpaku Gold, Kiku Masa, and Nigori

    $10.00

• Beer

  • Sapporo or Asahi Super Dry (In Bottles)

    	$6.00
    	$9.00

• Wine

  • Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon

    Gls	$8.00
    Btl	$32.00

• Plum Wine

  • Aged "Koshu" Plum Wine. Sawanotsuru Kobe, Japa

    Gls	$9.00
    Btl	$45.00

• Shochu

  • "Ginza No Suzume" Distilled Barley Liquor

    Gls

    $8.00

• Shochu Cocktails

  $9

  • Plum

  • Ginger

  • Kappa

  • Lemon

• Soft Drinks

  $3

  • Coke

  • Diet Coke

  • Sprite

  • Apple Juice

  • Sparkling Water

• Desserts

  $8

  • Vegan Cake

    Chocolate Mousse cake

  • Oshiruko

    Warm sweetened adzuki purée, house made mochi balls

  • Yellow Moon

    Deep fried banana with adzuki bean and green tea sauce

  • Vegan Sundae

    Soy-vanilla ice cream. Adzuki and green tea sauce

  • Pear Compote

    Poached pear. Vanilla soy milk, green tea sauce