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    Samurai Restaurant 2588 Lake Tahoe Boulevard

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    Food Menu

    Appetizers

    • BBQ Albacore

      Slightly spicy and grilled albacore
      $16.50
    • Firecracker Salmon

      Salmon covered in sweet and spicy sauce
      $10.50
    • Edamame

      Crunchy soy beans in their pods
      $5.00
    • Spicy Edamame

      $7.50
    • Sunomono

      Tangy pickled cucumber
      $5.00
    • Ebi Sunomono

      Tangy pickled cucumber with octopus or shrimp
      $9.00
    • Agedashi Tofu

      Lightly fried tofu with scallions and ginger in delicate sauce
      $8.00
    • Shumai

      Steamed seafood dumpling
      $9.50
    • Yakitori

      Grilled chicken on a stick with Samurai's special sauce
      $11.50
    • Tempura Appt

      Shrimp, vegetables lightly battered and fried to a tender crunch
      $12.50
    • Tempura Appt (Shrimp Only)

      Shrimp, only 5 pieces
      $12.50
    • Japanese BBQ Ribs

      BBQ short ribs in a tasty Japanese yakiniku sauce
      $19.00
    • Gyoza

      Pot stickers pork and veggie 6 pieces
      $9.50
    • BBQ Yellowtail Collar

      Grilled yellowtail collar with a ponzu sauce. A rare treat
      $18.00
    • Soft Shell Crab Appt

      A must try for crab lovers with a ponzu sauce
      $11.50
    • Sashimi Appetizer

      $18.50
    • Green Muscles

      Baked with Samurai sauce 4 pieces
      $10.00
    • Mussels on Steroids

      Baked with Shrimp, scallop and crab
      $16.00
    • Baked Baby Octopus

      Baked Octopus
      $13.00
    • Volcano

      Seared tuna surrounding a mound of spicy scallops topped with seaweed salad and ponzu
      $20.50
    • Oyster Shooter

      $7.50
    • Oysters 1/2 Dozen

      $17.00
    • Tako Sunomono

      $9.00

    Fresh Salads

    • Good Luck Salad

      Seaweed, fresh tuna, and cherry tomatoes
      $15.50
    • Minty Tofu

      Tofu, cabbage, onions, lettuce, and mint leaves in a lemon and Tamarind sauce
      $11.50
    • Spinach Salad

      Fresh steamed spinach with a sesame dressing
      $7.50
    • Tuna Wrap

      Ahi Tuna with glass noodles, seaweed, and light creamy sauce all over a fresh lettuce loaf
      $12.50
    • Fruit Salad

      Pinapple, mango, and appples in a tamarind sauce
      $10.00
    • House Salad

      Spring greens, cabbage, carrots, and tempura crunchies served with a house dressing
      $7.50
    • Seaweed Salad

      $5.50
    • jelly fish salad

      $6.50

    Tapa Style Entrees

    • Mango Chicken

      Chicken Breast slow cooked in our house sweet mango sauce
      $18.50
    • Wings Over Asia

      5 delicious wings served with a sweet chili sauce
      $13.00
    • Three Dip Steak

      4 skewers of cubbed steak, served with 3 sauces of the chef's choice
      $16.00
    • Monk's Curry

      A delicious bowl of coconut milk, tofu, vegetables, and Samurai's curry
      $16.50

    Noodles

    • Seafood Yosenabi

      A steaming iron pot filled with crab legs, shrimp, scallops and vegetables
      $27.00
    • Nabeyaki Udon

      Thick udon noodle soup with crab legs, cubed chicken, and fresh veggies
      $22.00
    • Veggie Udon

      Thick udon noodle soup with shitake mushrooms, onions, carrots, and cabbage
      $15.50
    • Tenzura Soba

      Traditional and tasty, cold buckwheat noodles served with tempura vegetables, shrimp and delicious dipping sauce
      $20.00
    • Sukiyaki

      A steaming iron pot filled with thin slices of beef, glass noodles and vegetables, simmering in a rich sweet sukiyaki sauce
      $22.00
    • Plain Noodle

      $12.00

    Entrees

    • Chirasi

      A beautifully arranged assortment of fresh sashimi over a bowl of sushi rice. Comes with miso soup
      $24.50
    • Sashimi Dinner

      An elegant assortment of fresh sashimi with chef's choice of cuts
      $42.00
    • Sushi Dinner

      7 pieces of nigiri chosen by the chef with a california roll
      $28.00
    • Shioyaki Mackerel

      Filet of mackerel lightly salted and grilled. Comes with steamed rice, miso soup, and tangy sunomono
      $20.00
    • Shioyaki Salmon

      Filet of salmon lightly salted and grilled. Comes with steamed rice, miso soup, and tangy sunomono
      $24.00
    • Teriyaki Chicken

      Butterflied chicken breat flame grilled with our in house teriyaki sauce
      $22.00
    • Teriyaki Steak

      Flamed grilled steak with our in house teriyaki sauce
      $23.00
    • Teriyaki Salmon

      Fresh filet of salmon flame grilled in our house teriyaki sauce
      $24.50
    • Tempura Dinner

      Vegetables and shrimp lightly battered and fried to a tender crunch
      $20.50
    • Unagi Don

      Fresh water eel served over a bowl of rice. Comes with daikons and ginger. Topped with sesame seeds
      $24.00

    Children's Menu

    • Chicken

      Teriyaki chicken breast with cabbage salad and rice
      $16.50
    • Beef

      Flame grilled teriyaki steak with cabbage salad and rice
      $18.00
    • Salmon

      Filet of salmon with side salad and rice
      $19.00
    • Tempura

      Kid's tempura vegetables and shrimp, with rice anf sauce
      $14.50

    Combonation Dinner

    • #1 Chicken Combonation Dinner

      Half butterflied chicken breast, 3 gyoza and tempura vegetables
      $26.00
    • #2 Steak Combonation Dinner

      Flame grilled steak, 3 gyoza and temoura vegetables
      $28.00
    • #3 Salmon Combonation Dinner

      Filet of salmon, 3 gyoza and tempura vegetables
      $30.00

    Specialty Rolls

    • Samurai Roll

      Eel, cucumber, avocado and yellowtail
      $14.50
    • Bronco Roll

      spicy tuna, cucumber and fresh salmon
      $14.50
    • Cruncy Roll

      Spicy tuna, avocado, cucumber and eel
      $14.50
    • J Lo Roll

      Shrimp tempura, avocado cucumber, masago and spicy tuna on top
      $14.50
    • Calamari Roll

      Breaded calamari, avocado and masago
      $14.50
    • 49ers Roll

      Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, cucumber, masago and topped with a spicy bay shrimp
      $14.50
    • Y2K Roll

      Scallop, crab, bay shrimp, masago, avocado and soy paper
      $14.50
    • Sierra Roll

      Tuna, cucumber and wasabi tobiko
      $11.00
    • Spicy Shrimp Roll

      Spicy bay shrimp, masago and avocado
      $11.00
    • Philly Roll

      Smoked salmon, avocado, cream cheese and masago
      $12.00
    • Crab Deluxe

      Soft shell crab, cucumber topped with shrimp
      $16.00
    • Crabby Craberton

      Soft shell crab roll topped with tuna and snow crab. Seasoned with garlic chili and tempura chruncies
      $17.50
    • Crouching Tiger Roll

      California Roll deep fried topped with shrimp and eel. Glazed with eel sauce and spicy mayo
      $15.50
    • Dragon Fry Roll

      Salmon and shrimp roll deep fried and seasoned with garlic onion and special Samurai sauce
      $15.00
    • Grease Lightning Roll

      Tempura shrimp roll topped with albacore. Seasoned with garlic chili, onions and shrimp tempura
      $14.50
    • House Roll

      Shrimp tempura roll topped with fresh water eel and glazed with eel sauce
      $14.50
    • Tahoe Roll

      Tuna, yellowtail, salmon, avocado and shrimp tempura wrapped in soy paper and seasoned with special samuri sauce
      $15.00
    • Veggie Tempura Roll

      Choice of vegetable tempura or fresh veggies
      $9.00
    • Y3K

      Crab, scallop and shrimp wrapped in soy paper. Baked and seasoned with special samurai sauce
      $15.50
    • Caterpillar Roll

      Eel, cucumber topped with avocado, sesame seeds and eel sauce
      $14.50
    • Rainbow Roll

      California Roll topped with tuna, ebi(shrimp), salmon, yellowtail and avocado
      $16.50
    • AJ's Special Roll

      Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, spicy tuna topped with salmon, yellowtail, avocado, tobiko and crunchies
      $16.50
    • Powder House Roll

      Deep fried sweet yam, crab meat topped with seared ahi tuna snd seasoned with gralic chili, wasabi tobiko and spicy sauce
      $16.50

    Maki Sushi

    • Avocado Cucumber Roll

      Fresh avocado and cucumber topped with sesame seeds
      $8.00
    • California Roll

      Snow crab, avocado and cucumber topped with sesame seeds
      $10.00
    • Eel Roll

      Baked freshwater eel, cucumber and avocado
      $10.00
    • Salmon Roll

      Shake salmon with sushi rice and seaweed
      $10.00
    • Salmon Skin Roll

      salmon skin flame grilled with sushi rice and seaweed
      $10.00
    • Scallop Roll

      Scallops cut in our house blend, avocado and cucumber
      $12.00
    • Soft Shell Crab Roll

      Tempura fried soft shell crab, avocado and cucumber
      $15.00
    • Shrimp Tempura Roll

      Shrimp tempura, avocado and cucumber
      $10.00
    • Spicy Tuna Roll

      Spicy tuna , avocado and cucumber topped with sesame seeds
      $10.00
    • Yellowtail Roll

      Hamachi yellowtail with sushi rice and seaweed
      $10.00
    • Tuna Roll

      $10.00

    Nigiri (2 pieces)

    • Toro

      Fatty tuna
      $18.00
    • Amaebi

      Sweet shrimp
      $14.00
    • Tai

      Red Snapper
      $8.50
    • Tako

      Octopus
      $9.00
    • Tamago

      Sweet egg
      $6.00
    • Tobiko

      Flying Fish Egg
      $8.50
    • Uni

      Sea Urchin
      $18.00
    • Stripped Bass

      $12.00
    • Ocean Trout

      $13.00
    • Albacore

      White tuna
      $9.50
    • Ebi

      Shrimp
      $8.00
    • Hamachi

      Yellowtail
      $9.50
    • Maguro

      Tuna
      $9.50
    • Shake

      Salmon
      $9.50
    • Hotategai Scallops

      Japanese Jumbo Scallops
      $9.50
    • Ika

      Squid
      $8.50
    • Ikura

      Salmon Egg
      $9.50
    • Kani

      Real crab meat
      $9.50
    • Inari

      Sweet tofu with sushi rice
      $6.00
    • Masago

      Smelt Egg
      $8.50
    • Saba

      Mackerel
      $8.00
    • Unagi

      $9.00
    • Japanese Scallop

      $11.00
    • Amberjack

      $12.00

    Temaki Specials

    • California TemakI

      $9.00
    • Shrimp Tempura Temaki

      $9.00
    • Spicy Tuna Temaki

      $9.00
    • Salmon Temaki

      $9.00
    • Salmon Skin Temaki

      $9.00
    • Yellowtail Temaki

      $9.00
    • Shitake Temaki

      Shrimp Tempura, spicy tuna, and shitake mushroom hand roll.\
      $9.00
    • Wifey Temaki

      Shrimp tempura, albacore and spicy mayo hand roll
      $9.00
    • Raider Temaki

      Scallop and unagi freshwater eel handroll -Can be made spicy
      $9.00
    • Cosmic Temaki

      Masago, jellyfish, and maguro hand roll
      $9.00
    • Jalepeno Temaki

      Maguro, salmon, jalepeno and cream cheese hand roll
      $9.00

    Dessert

    • Ice cream

      Choice of green tea, mango or vanilla
      $6.00
    • Mochi

      Japanese Mochi
      $4.00
    • Coconut Sticky Rice With Mango Sherbert

      $9.50
    • Tempura Ice Cream

      $9.50
    • Fried Banana

      Ala mode served with ice cream
      $8.00
    • Tempura Cheesecake

      $9.00

    Side

    • Rice

      $3.00
    • Kizami Fresh Wasabi

      $3.50
    • Miso Soup

      $3.50
    • Quali Egg Shooter

      $3.50
    • Spicy Mayo

      $2.00
    • Teriyaki

      $1.00
    • Ponzu Sauce

      $1.00

    Specialty

    • Chef's Special

    • Gift Card

    • Tatami Room

      $35.00

    Merch

    • Tshirt

      $25.00
    • Hoodie Pull Over

      $40.00
    • Hoodie Zipper

      $45.00
    • Long Sleeve

      $30.00

    Beverage

    Corkage

    • Corkage

      $18.00

    Beer

    • Bottle Bud Light

      $6.00
    • Bottle Kirin

      $9.00
    • Bottle Sapporo Large

      $9.00
    • Bottle Sapporo Small

      $6.50
    • Bottle Asahi

      $9.00
    • Bottle Sapporo Light

      $6.00

    Shochu and Junmai

    • Shirakabegura Junmai: Btl

      $85.00
    • Sho Chiku Premium: Btl

      $85.00
    • Kikusui Can Funaguchi

      $13.50
    • Miyanoyuki

      $16.00
    • Yamanadashiki

      $36.00
    • Sho chiku Bai Premium

      $15.00
    • MIO

      $14.50
    • Organic Sake

      $15.50
    • Mizubashio small

      $17.50
    • MIO Large

      $50.00

    Nigori

    • Sho Chiku Bai Takara: SM

      $16.50
    • Sho Chiku Bai Takara: LG

      $85.00
    • Sho Chiku Bai Creme

      $16.00
    • Sayuri Nigori Sake: large 750 bottle

      $52.00
    • Plum Wine: Gl

      $9.00
    • Plum Wine: Btl

      $65.00
    • SAYURI SM BOTTLE

      $17.50

    Junmai Ginjo / Daiginjo

    • Osaka-ya Chobei: Btl 750 Medium

      $70.00
    • Hakutsuru Daiginjo: Btl SHO-UNE

      $70.00
    • Kikusui Junmai Gingo: SM

      $19.50
    • Kikusui Junmai Gingo: LG

      $125.00
    • Kurosawa Medium 720 ml

      $52.00
    • Kurosawa Kimoto Jun: Btl

      $120.50
    • Genbeisan-no Onikoroshi

      $85.50
    • Wakatake

      $120.00
    • Mizbasho

      $46.00
    • Hakutsuru Sho-Une Sm Bottle

      $16.50
    • Shot

      $4.00
    • Osakaya Chobei Large Bottle

      $130.50
    • HAKUTSURU LARGE BOTTLE

      $90.00
    • KIKUSUI JUNMAI DAIGINJO

      $125.00
    • Funaguchi large

      $45.50
    • KIMPAKU

      $85.50
    • Kurosawa Small

      $18.00

    Small Bottles Hot Sake

    • Kikusui Can

      $13.50
    • Ozeki Platinum

      $14.00
    • Hot Sake: SM

      $6.50
    • Hot Sake: LG

      $9.00

    NA Bev

    • Coke

      $3.50
    • Diet Coke

      $3.50
    • Mango Juice

      $4.00
    • Tea Hot

      $3.00
    • Tea Pot Large

      $7.50
    • Tea Pot Small

      $6.00
    • Lemonade

      $4.00
    • Sprite

      $3.50
    • Ramune strawberry

      $4.50
    • Ramune original

      $4.50

    Wine

    • white glass

      $9.00
    • white bottle

      $35.00
    • red glass

      $9.00
    • red bottle

      $35.00
    • G - Cabernet Sauvignon

      $9.00
    • B - Cabernet Sauvignon

      $40.00
    • G - House Chard

      $9.00
    • B - House Chard

      $40.00
    • G - House Rose (Example)

      $9.00
    • B - House Champagne (Example)

      $40.00
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    Restaurant info

    Bringing authentic Japanese dining to South Lake Tahoe since 1984. At Samurai Restaurant, we treat sushi as an art form. Our menu features exceptionally authentic sushi masterfully crafted by our Japanese chef, who sources only the finest and freshest ingredients. We are also proud to host South Lake Tahoe's only traditional Tatami Room, offering an exclusive, private dining experience alongside our cozy central fireplace.

    Location

    2588 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

    Directions

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