Kotobuki Menu

6 pan fried dumplings filled with pork, beef, and vegetables, served with spicy sauce.

8 pieces. Spicy tuna and tempura flakes in mayonnaise wrapped inside out with avocado, and shrimp topped with miso sauce.

Cut into 6 pieces w/ scallion.

Cut into 6 pieces.

Shrimp tempura, cucumber, and avocado. Choice of hand roll or traditional roll.

Crabstick, cucumber, and avocado

Soy bean soup with tofu, seaweed, and scallion.

Japanese beer nuts-choice young soy beans sprinkled with sea salt.

Salmon (Nama Sake) - Choose either sushi or sashimi. Fresh, thinly sliced salmon, option for nigiri or rice-less serving.

Sliced albacore with a garlic pepper crust. Available as sushi or sashimi.

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Escolar, available as sushi or sashimi.

Kanpachi: Available as finely sliced sashimi or expertly crafted sushi. Selection of fresh baby yellowtail.

Yellowtail belly, sashimi or sushi options available, served at peak freshness.

Thinly sliced fluke, available as sushi or sashimi.

Thinly sliced fluke fin. Available as sushi or sashimi.

Red snapper (Tai) available as sashimi or sushi, paired with optional rice.

Japanese Red Snapper (Madai) - choice of sashimi or sushi, served with minimalist elegance.

Smoked salmon available as thinly sliced sashimi or rolled sushi.

Salmon (Nama Sake) - Choose either sushi or sashimi. Fresh, thinly sliced salmon, option for nigiri or rice-less serving.

King salmon available as thinly sliced sashimi or sushi rice-topped delicacy.

Mackerel (Shime Saba), choice of sushi or sashimi, offering a distinct, bold flavor.

Fresh water eel, delicately sliced for sashimi or atop sushi rice. Choose your style.

Octopus choice of sashimi or sushi, delicately prepared.

Ika available as sashimi or sushi, served with optional soy sauce and wasabi.

Squid and salmon wrapped delicately, choice of sushi rice roll or thinly sliced serving.

Shrimp delicately sliced for sashimi, also available as sushi.

Kani Kama: Delicate crab stick available as sushi or sashimi.

Hokki clam, offered as delicate sashimi or nigiri sushi, choice of preparation.

Snow crab, served as your choice of sushi or sashimi.

Sweet shrimp, available as sashimi or sushi, featuring botan ebi.

Japanese scallop, available as sashimi or sushi.

Tamago available as delicate sushi or slices of sashimi.

Inari: Fried tofu pouches, available as sashimi or sushi.

Uni from Santa Barbara, CA

Salmon roe, available as sashimi or nestled atop sushi rice.

Masago caviar, available as sushi or sashimi.

Flying fish roe, labeled as caviar. Choose between sushi or sashimi forms.

Cod fish roe labeled as caviar. Available as sashimi or sushi.

Quail egg, available as sushi or sashimi.

Yellowtail, offered as either sashimi or sushi.

Fresh grated wasabi roots made to order

Cut into 6 pieces.

Cut into 6 pieces.

Cut into 6 pieces w/ scallion.

Cut into 6 pieces.

Cut into 6 pieces.

Cut into 6 pieces.

Spicy salmon with sushi rice, wrapped in seaweed. Choose from hand roll or traditional roll.

Cut into 6 pieces.

Tempura fried sweet potato roll

Crabstick, cucumber, and avocado

Avocado, cucumber, & snow crab. (6 pieces)

Eel wrapped in sushi rice, choice of hand roll or traditional roll.

Eel and avocado wrapped, choice of hand roll or traditional roll.

Shrimp tempura, cucumber, and avocado. Choice of hand roll or traditional roll.

Tuna and avocado in seaweed wrap, available as hand roll or traditional roll.

Bluefin tuna maki, available as hand roll or traditional roll.

Avocado roll, inside out

Rolled sushi featuring fermented soybeans and scallions, wrapped in seaweed.

Japanese maki featuring cooked squash. Options include hand roll or traditional roll.

Yellow pickle wrapped in sushi rice, available as hand or cut roll.

Avocado & Cucumber roll, inside out

Tempura fried sweet potato roll

8 pieces. Spicy tuna and tempura flakes in mayonnaise wrapped inside out with avocado, and shrimp topped with miso sauce.

5 pieces. Crabsticks and white fish with spicy caviar and mayonnaise wrapped, fried, and topped with pickles and spicy mayonnaise.

8 pieces. Spicy tuna and cucumber wrapped inside out with white tuna and scallion topped with spicy tobiko and wasabi tobiko.

8 pieces. Spicy tuna roll wrapped in slices of tuna, fried, and wrapped with avocado.

6 pieces. Cucumber, crabstick, shrimp, and tuna chopped and combined with spicy mayonnaise and tobiko wrapped inside out.

Eel, cucumber, and tempura flakes. (6 pieces)

Eel and cucumber wrapped inside out with avocado. (8 pieces)

Chopped raw Japanese scallops and masago with spicy mayonnaise. (6 pieces)

Tuna, asparagus, and mayonnaise. (6 pieces)

6 pieces. Salmon tempura, asparagus, and mayonnaise.

8 pieces. Yellowtail wrapped inside out with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, white fish, and avocado.

6 pieces. Snow crab with mayonnaise and asparagus.

6 pieces. Smoked salmon and cream cheese.

Chopped crabstick, avocado, and cucumber with mayonnaise topped with masago. (6 pieces)

8 pieces. Sweet potato tempura wrapped inside out with lobster salad and topped with bonito flakes.

Smoked salmon, avocado, and cucumber. (6 pieces)

6 pieces. Crisp fried softshell crab with mayonnaise.

Shrimp, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and mayonnaise. (4 pieces)

Cucumber, avocado, squash (kampyo), burdock root (yamahobo), asparagus, and radish sprout (kaiware) wrapped in kelp and seaweed (4 pieces)

Thinly sliced seared tuna with in chief's scallion garlic ponzu sauce.

Chuck of tuna mix with chef’s gluten free spicy soy sauce and scallion.

Chopped salmon with spicy soy sauce and scallion.

Tuna or salmon caviar in grated mountain potato topped with quail egg.

Squid and sea urchin in special sauce with quail egg.

Squid with tobiko and ikura in spicy sauce with quail egg.

Steamed liver served with chilli paste and ponzu sauce.

Jellyfish (kurage) and wakame seaweed in vinegar sauce.

Topped with onion, fish egg, and mayonnaise.

Sliced octopus and wakame seaweed in vinegar sauce.

Cooked tiny octopus with sesame oil, vinegar, and sesame.

Marinated namako with ponzu sauce topped with scallion and chilli paste.

A variety of seafood and wakame seaweed in vinegar sauce.

Assorted Japanese pickles.

Thinly sliced and seared spanish mackerel with scallion and garlic in ponzu sauce.

Thinly sliced yellowtail in ponzu sauce with jalapeno.

2 pieces of shrimp and assorted vegetables served with tempura dipping sauce.

Assorted vegetable appetizer with tempura dipping sauce. (Sweet potato, green pepper, broccoli, carrot- based on availability)

Asparagus tempura appetizer with tempura dipping sauce.

Sweet potato fried tempura-style with tempura sauce.

6 pan fried vegetable dumplings served with spicy sauce.

7 dumplings filled with vegetables and a choice of meat.

Thinly sliced seared shell steak in ponzu sauce.

Thinly sliced beef wrapped around scallions cut into 6 pieces in teriyaki sauce.

2 skewers. Grilled seasoned chicken and scallion on skewers with teriyaki sauce.

4 fried chicken wings, Japanese style.

Sliced duck and scallion in mustard sauce.

Barbecued eel with burdock root and egg, cooked, and served in an iron plate.

Deep fried served with ponzu.

4 breaded and deep fried oyster served with tonkatsu sauce.

Clams cooked in sake, soy sauce, and garlic topped with scallion.

Grilled squid in ginger sauce.

Chicken filet wrapped around string beans tempura style with teriyaki sauce or tempura sauce.

Cold tofu served with scallion, grated ginger, bonito flakes, and scallion.

Tofu and vegetables cooked in fish broth in an iron pot served with bonito flakes, scallion, and ginger.

Broiled tofu with teriyaki sauce topped with bonito flakes and scallion.

Japanese beer nuts-choice young soy beans sprinkled with sea salt.

Fried Japanese eggplant topped with bonito flakes and served with tempura sauce.

Miso soup with tiny Japanese mushrooms and scallion.

Miso soup with clams and scallion.

Chicken based broth with 3 dumplings, seaweed, and scallion.

Fish broth with thin wheat noodles (somen), shiitake mushroom, and snow peas.

Clear soup with salmon, chicken, and shiitake mushroom.

Garden salad with avocado, served with ginger dressing

Spinach topped with bonito flakes served with soy sauce based special sauce.

Assorted seaweed with soybean noodles and crabstick.

Asparagus with ginger dressing.

Cold tofu served with ginger dressing and scallion.

Cooked black seaweed with carrots and bamboo shoots.

Crabstick, cucumber and flyfish roe with Japanese mayo

Broiled and topped with scallions served with special sauce (ginger, soy sauce, and vinegar). Served with rice and miso soup.

Grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Salmon, shrimp, scallop, and mushroom sauteed on skewers. Served with rice and miso soup.

Japanese style shell steak with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Thinly sliced prime shell beef and vegetables simmered in soy sauce, sweet sake, beef, and vegetable stock. Served with rice and miso soup.

Thinly sliced beef wrapped around scallions cut into 12 pieces in teriyaki sauce.

Sliced pork sauteed with ginger sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup or salad.

Chicken and vegetables in sukiyaki sauce cooked and served in an iron pot. Served with rice and choice of miso soup or salad.

Japanese style chicken nuggets with teriyaki sauce. Served with rice and miso soup or salad.

Cabbage, bean sprouts, napa, onion, green peppers, carrot, and broccoli. Served with rice and miso soup.

Cabbage, bean sprouts, napa, onion, green peppers, carrot, and broccoli. Served with rice and miso soup.

On iron plate with vegetables and noodles. Served with rice and miso soup.

Broccoli, carrot, sweet potato, string beans, green pepper, and zucchini. Batter dipped and delicately fried, served with tempura sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Batter dipped and delicately fried, served with tempura sauce. Served with rice and miso soup.

Breaded and crispy fried Japanese style. Served with rice and miso soup.

Seasoned rice steamed with chicken or scallops served with miso soup, garden salad, age tofu, seaweed salad, and pickles. Served with rice and miso soup.

Buckwheat noodles in soup w/ shrimp tempura, chicken, egg, and vegetables cooked and served in an iron pot.

Thick wheat noodles in soup with shrimp tempura, chicken, egg, and vegetables cooked and served in an iron pot.

Wheat noodles in broth with a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura.

Buckwheat noodles in broth with a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura.

Cold buckwheat noodles with a side of shrimp and vegetable tempura. Served with miso soup and dipping sauce.

Thick wheat noodles stir fried with vegetables. Served with miso soup.

Thick wheat noodles stir fried with vegetables and chicken. Served with miso soup.

Steamed chicken, shrimp, tofu, crabstick, wakame seaweed, and fresh vegetables with original ginger dressing. Served with rice and miso soup.

Japanese style pork cutlet and egg. Served in a large bowl over rice with a side of pickles and miso soup.

Chicken and egg. Served in a large bowl over rice with a side of pickles and miso soup.

Spicy salmon, spicy tuna, and spicy crabsticks rolls. Served with rice and miso soup.

8 sushi pieces and tuna roll. Served with miso soup or salad. 1 tuna, 1 salmon, 1 white fish, 1 shrimp, 1 Spanish mackerel, 1 crabstick, 1 tamago (egg), and 1 tuna roll.

10 piece sushi plus 6 piece tuna Roll and 6 piece salmon Roll. Served with miso soup or salad. 1 tuna, 1 salmon, 1 white fish, 1 shrimp, 1 squid, 1 Spanish mackerel, 1 crabstick, 1 tamago (egg), 1 tobiko (flying fish egg), 1 masago (smelt fish egg), 1 tuna roll, and 1 salmon roll.

( 10 piece sushi including yellowtail and Ikura plus 6 piece Tuna Roll) Served with miso soup or salad.

10 sushi, 6 sashimi pieces, and tuna roll. Served with rice and miso soup or salad. Sushi: 1 tuna, 1 salmon, 1 white fish, 1 shrimp, 1 squid, 1 Spanish mackerel, 1 crabstick, 1 tamago (egg), 1 tobiko (flying fish egg) Sashimi: 3 white fish, 3 tuna, and 1 tuna roll

12 filets of fish with a side of white rice. Served with rice and miso soup.

18 sliced filets of fish with a side of white rice and miso soup.

A large roll with cucumber, avocado, squash, crabsticks, caviar, and egg. Served with rice and miso soup.

Slices of tuna marinated in special sauce on sushi rice. Served with miso soup or garden salad.

Slices of salmon on sushi rice. Served with miso soup or garden salad.

Slices of a variety of fish, vegetables, and eggs on sushi rice. Served with rice and miso soup.

A whole barbecued fresh-water eel over rice with eel sauce and a side of pickles. Served with rice and miso soup.

7 pieces of vegetable sushi and 1 asparagus roll. Served with rice and miso soup.

Slices of salmon marinated in chef's special spicy sauce. Served with miso soup.

Example of 10 pieces of sushi: 1 bluefin toro, 1 Japanese red snapper, 1 albacore, 1 yellowtail belly, 1 baby yellowtail, 1 king salmon, , 1 sweet shrimp, 1 Japanese scallop, 1 sea urchin 1 ikura Served with miso soup

Light and fluffy white rice.

Wholesome brown rice to complement your meal.

A 2 oz serving of spicy mayo, combining mayonnaise with a blend of spices for a tangy and slightly spicy flavor, often used as a condiment for sushi and other dishes.

A 2 oz serving of a sweet and slightly salty soy-based sauce, not containing any eel, ideal for enhancing sushi and various dishes.

Homemade ginger salad dressing crafted with a blend of fresh ginger, citrus, and select vegetables, providing a refreshing touch to salads.