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Kansaku - Evanston
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1514 Sherman Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
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Featured Items
Lunch Specials
Bento Boxes
Donburi
Noodles
- Tempura Udon Soup$16.00
Japanese thick noodle soup with shrimp and vegetable tempura
- Nabeyaki Udon$16.00
Japanese thick noodle soup with spinach, green onion, shrimp, chicken, egg, mushroom and kanikama in a cast iron pot
- Yaki Soba$14.00
Stir fried Japanese Soba noodle with delicately deep fried tofu and vegetables
- Shoyu Ramen$16.00
Ramen noodle in a shoyu based chicken broth topped with chashu(pork belly), corn, bamboo shoot, bean sprout, soft boid egg, green onion, seaweed paper and hint of ichimi spice
Sushi Burrito
- #1 Raw Non Spicy$13.00
Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, cucumber, avocado, and smelt roe
- #2 Raw Spicy$13.00
Spicy tuna, spicy crab, spicy squid, cucumber, avocado, smelt roe, and spicy mayo
- #3 Cooked Non Spicy$13.00
Fresh water eel, crab, shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, and eel sauce
- #4 Cooked Spicy$13.00
Fresh water eel, spicy crab, shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, spicy mayo, and eel sauce
- #5 Vegeterian$11.00
Sweet potato tempura, oshinko, jalapeno, cucumber, avocado, and asparagus
Chef Specials
Sushi Bar
- Uni Toro Ikura Handroll$17.00
- Blufin Tuna Nigiri Sampler (3 pcs)$23.00
- Blufin Tuna Sashimi Sampler (3 pcs)$23.00
- Blue Fin Tuna Nigiri (1 pcs)$6.00
- Bluefin Tuna Sashimi (2pcs)$11.00
- Tu Toro Nigiri (1pc)$9.00
- Tu Toro Sashimi (2pcs)$17.00
- O Toro Nigiri (1pc)$11.00
- O Toro Sashimi (2pcs)$21.00
- Blue Fin Tuna & Avocado Maki$11.00
- Blue Fin Tuna & Scallion Maki$10.00
- Tu Toro & Avocado Maki$16.00
- Tu Toro & Scallion Maki$15.00
- O Toro & Avocado Maki$18.00
- O Toro & Scallion Maki$17.00
Appetizers
From Sushi Bar
- Crispy Spider Roll$13.00
Soft shell crab, cream cheese & asparagus wrapped in eggroll skin with wasabi mayo & eel sauce
- Oyster Shooter$7.00
Fresh oyster, quail egg, and scallions in ponzu and sake with a hint of spicy sauce
- Sashimi Carpaccio
Thin sliced sashimi with ponzu sauce Yellowtail or Hawaiian amberjack (Add 2)
- Sashimi Sampler$21.00
Two pieces of each tuna, salmon & yellowtail sashimi
- Smoky Yellowtail Sashimi$17.00
Yellowtail sashimi smoked with apple wood served with truffle ponzu
- Spicy Tuna Tartar$13.00
Seared spicy tuna, avocado, and served with ponzu and taro chips
- Tataki
Seared sashimi with tomato, red onion and avocado served with house tataki sauce Tuna, Salmon, or White tuna
- Tuna Poke$15.00
Rayu infused diced ahi tuna and Asian salsa served on taro chips and sprinkled with fresh grated parmesan cheese
- Uni Shooter$12.00
Uni, quail egg, and scallions in ponzu and sake with a hint of spicy sauce
From Kitchen
- Agedashi Tofu$7.00
Delicately deep fried tofu in a dashi broth
- Asparagus Beef Roll$13.00
Asparagus rolled with black angus filet mignon and sautéed in teriyaki sauce
- Bacon Wrapped Scallop$15.00
Pan fried bacon wrapped scallops in a skewer served with teriyaki sauce and spicy mayo dipping on the side
- Beef Tataki$17.00
Thin sliced seared black angus tenderloin, tomato, red onion, and avocado with citrus garlic sauce
- Coconut Shrimp$12.00
Coconut crushed deep fried tiger prawn on green tea noodle salad served with sweet chili sauce and eel sauce
- Crispy Calamari Karaage$9.00
Calamari with Japanese Karaage batter delicately fried and served with spicy mayo & garlic sauce
- Edamame$6.00
Steamed and salted soy bean in the pod
- Gomae$7.00
Boiled spinach with house peanut based sauce
- Gyoza$7.00
Pan fried vegetable dumpling with ponzu sauce
- Kaki Fry$15.00
Panko battered oysters delicately fried served with Worcestershire sauce
- Lobster Spring Roll$14.00
Crispy egg roll with curried lobster and vegetables served with sweet chili and eel sauce
- Soft-Shell Crab$12.00
Black sesame tempura, battered jumbo soft-shell crab fried and served with ponzu sauce
- Shrimp Shumai$7.00
Japanese style steamed shrimp dumpling with ponzu sauce
- Stuffed Mushroom$9.00
Mushrooms stuffed with spicy crab battered in panko and delicately deep fried served with spicy mayo and teriyaki sauce
- Takoyaki$9.00
Ball-shaped tempura batter filled with diced octopus, green onion, cabbage and pickled ginger served with Worcestershire sauce, wasabi mayo, and dried bonito
- Tempura$8.00+
- Yakitori$6.00
Chicken skewers served with teriyaki sauce
Bacon Wrapped Scallop
Pan fried bacon wrapped scallops in a skewer served with teriyaki sauce and spicy mayo dipping on the side
Soup/Salad/Rice/Sides
- Miso Soup$4.00
- Side Salad$4.00
Fresh iceberg lettuce with house ginger dressing
- House Salad$8.00
Spring mix, beets, carrots, cabbage, oranges, tomatoes, potato crunch with ginger dressing
- Cucumber Salad$6.00
Thin slices of cucumber served with ponzu sauce
- Seaweed Salad$7.00
Seasoned seaweed with ponzu sauce
- Ika Sansai Salad$9.00
Seasoned squid salad with ponzu sauce
- Tako Su$13.00
- Kani Su$21.00
Shredded king crab meat wrapped in cucumber drizzled with a light vinaigrette dressing
- Assorted Japanese Pickle$7.00
- Steamed White Rice$2.00
- Sushi Rice$3.00
- Brown Rice$3.00
- Black Rice$3.00
- Brown Sushi Rice$4.00
- Black Sushi Rice$4.00
- Sauteed Vegetable$8.00
- Udon Noodle$7.00
- Udon Noodle With Only Soup$10.00
- Vegetable Korokke$5.00
Sauce/Dressing
Sushi
Chef Signature Nigiri ( 1pc)
- Tuna Signature Nigiri$5.00
Beech mushroom with truffle ponzu
- Salmon Signature Nigiri$5.00
Marinated seared salmon topped with onion & scallion
- Yellowtail Signature Nigiri$5.00
Seared yellowtail with jalapeno & wasabi tobiko and ponzu
- Hawaiian Amberjack Signature Nigiri$5.50
Jalapeno, spicy crunch garlic and ponzu
- Red Snapper Signature Nigiri$6.00
Served with shiso leaf, salmon roe with truffle ponzu
- Mackerel Signature Nigiri$4.50
Seared and served with grated ginger, scallion and ponzu
- Sweet Shrimp Signature Nigiri$7.50
Seared creamy sauce and topped with black tobiko, scallion & ponzu
- Uni-Ika Signature Nigiri$8.50
Shiso leaf, scallion and sea urchin
- Toro Signature Nigiri$11.00
Nigiri (2pcs)
- Quail Egg Only$2.00
- Black Flying Fish Roe Nigiri$8.00
- Fresh Water Eel Nigiri$9.00
- Hawaiian Amberjack Nigiri$9.00
- King Crab Nigiri$19.00
- Mackerel Nigiri$7.00
- Octopus Nigiri$8.00
- Red Flying Fish Roe Nigiri$8.00
- Red Snapper Nigiri$10.00
- Salmon Nigiri$8.00
- Salmon Roe Nigiri$11.00
- Scallop Nigiri$10.00
- Sea Urchin Nigiri$18.00
- Sea Water Eel Nigiri$8.00
- Shrimp Nigiri$7.00
- Smelt Roe Nigiri$7.00
- Smoked Salmon Nigiri$8.00
- Spicy Flying Fish Roe Nigiri$8.00
- Squid Nigiri$7.00
- Striped Bass Nigiri$7.00
- Super White Tuna Nigiri$8.00
- Surf Clam Nigiri$6.00
- Sweet Shrimp Nigiri$10.00
- Tamago Nigiri$6.00
- Tuna Nigiri$8.00
- Wasabi Flying Fish Roe Nigiri$9.00
- Yellowtail Nigiri$8.00
Sashimi (4 pcs)
- Quail Egg Only$2.00
- Black Flying Fish Roe Sashimi$15.00
- Fresh Water Eel Sashimi$17.00
- Hawaiian Amberjack Sashimi$17.00
- King Crab Sashimi$37.00
- Mackerel Sashimi$13.00
- Octopus Sashimi$15.00
- Red Flying Fish Roe Sashimi$15.00
- Red Snapper Sashimi$19.00
- Salmon Roe Sashimi$21.00
- Salmon Sashimi$15.00
- Scallop Sashimi$19.00
- Sea Urchin Sashimi$35.00
- Sea Water Eel Sashimi$15.00
- Shrimp Sashimi$13.00
- Smelt Roe Sashimi$13.00
- Smoke Salmon Sashimi$15.00
- Spicy Flying Fish Roe Sashimi$15.00
- Squid Sashimi$13.00
- Stripe Bass Sashimi$13.00
- Super White Tuna Sashimi$15.00
- Surf Clam Sashimi$11.00
- Sweet Shrimp Sashimi$19.00
- Tamago Sashimi$11.00
- Tuna Sashimi$15.00
- Wasabi Flying Fish Roe Sashimi$17.00
- Yellowtail Sashimi$15.00
Signature Maki (Short 5 pcs, Long 8-10 pcs)
- Carnival$12.00+
Spicy tuna and avocado over shrimp tempura, crab and cucumber roll served with sweet chili and eel sauce topped with potato flake
- Caterpillar$10.00+
Black and red tobiko on top of avocado over crab and cucumber roll with wasabi mayo
- Citrus Spring$14.00
Spicy tuna, lettuce, avocado, shiso, crab and cucumber wrapped in rice paper topped with nashi pear served with ponzu
- Crab Crunch$11.00+
Crab over shrimp tempura and cucumber roll with tempura crumb with spicy mayo and eel sauce
- Creamy Lobster$14.00+
Lobster tempura over lobster-mix and cucumber roll served with creamy sauce and eel sauce
- Dragon$12.00+
Fresh water eel on top of shrimp tempura avocado and cucumber roll with spicy mayo and eel sauce
- Dynamite$13.00+
Baked scallop, mushroom and onions mixed with creamy sauce over crab cucumber roll with eel sauce
- Fiesta$13.00+
Salmon, tuna, cilantro, jalapeno and avocado roll with orange tobiko, spicy sauce and wasabi mayo
- Fire Dragon$12.00+
Tuna over spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, cilantro and cucumber roll topped with jalapeno & served with poke sauce
- Kamikaze$12.00+
Spicy tuna and cucumber roll topped with seared tuna and black tobiko served with spicy mayo and eel sauce
- Kansaku$19.00
Shrimp tempura, freshwater eel, cream cheese, wasabi tobiko and asparagus rolled in soybean paper served with wasabi mayo and eel sauce
- King Kong$13.00+
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, asparagus and avocado roll topped with black tobiko and tempura crumb, served with wasabi mayo and eel sauce
- Lake Shore Dr$19.00
Yellowtail, super white tuna, cilantro, jalapeno, wasabi tobiko rolled with soybean paper served with spicy sauce
- Lobster King$19.00+
Lobster tempura, cucumber, avocado roll topped with king crab and black tobiko served with creamy sauce and eel sauce
- Lollipop$14.00
Tuna, white tuna, shrimp, asparagus, and avocado wrapped in cucumber with ponzu sauce
- Rainbow$11.00+
Four different fish on top of California roll
- Salmon Cheviche$12.00+
Fresh salmon and thin sliced lemon over spicy crab and cucumber roll served with ponzu sauce
- Scorpion$14.00+
Soft shell crab, crab and cucumber roll topped with seared spicy tuna served with chili oil, spicy mayo and eel sauce
- Shiroi$12.00+
Seared super white tuna on top of spicy tuna and cucumber roll served with garlic ponzu sauce
- Spicy Crunch$11.00+
Spicy tuna over shrimp tempura and cucumber roll with tempura crumb with spicy mayo and eel sauce
- Tiger Prawn$12.00+
Sweet vinegar marinated shrimp and avocado over spicy crab cucumber roll with shiso pesto sauce
- Veggie Garden$16.00
Sweet potato tempura, asparagus, cucumber, jalapeno and avocado wrapped in soybean paper served with spicy sauce, spicy mayo and teriyaki sauce
- Volcano$12.00+
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, crab roll topped with spicy squid and orange tobiko served with spicy mayo and eel sauce
Traditional Maki
- Asparagus$5.00
- Avocado$5.00
- California$8.00
- Cucumber$5.00
- Cucumber & Avo$6.00
- Eel Cucumber$9.00
- Futo$8.00
- King Crab California$19.00
- Lobster Tempura Roll$15.00
- Oshinko$5.00
- Philadelphia$9.00
- Salmon$9.00
- Salmon Avocado$10.00
- Salmon Skin$7.00
- Shrimp Tempura$9.00
- Soft Shell Crab$10.00
- Spicy Crab$8.00
- Spicy Salmon$8.00
- Spicy Scallop$10.00
- Spicy Squid$8.00
- Spicy Tuna$8.00
- Sweet Potato$6.00
- Tempura Vegetarian$6.00
- Tuna$9.00
- Tuna Avocado$10.00
- Vegetarian$6.00
- Yellowtail Scallion$8.00
Entrees
Entree
- Assorted Sushi
Chef's choice of nigiri and California roll
- Assorted Sashimi
Chef's choice of the fresh sashimi cut
- Chicken Teriyaki$15.00+
Grilled chicken on steamed rice an sautéed vegetables served with teriyaki sauce
- Spicy Chicken$15.00+
Grilled chicken on steamed rice an sautéed vegetables served with spicy teriyaki sauce
- Salmon Teriyaki$17.00+
Grilled Alaskan Salmon on steamed rice an sautéed vegetables served with teriyaki sauce
- Chilean Sea Bass$35.00
Grilled Chilean sea bass on steamed rice an sautéed vegetables served with teriyaki or creamy garlic sauce
- Chicken Kat Su$16.00+
Panko crusted deep fried chicken on steamed rice and sautéed vegetables served with Worcestershire sauce
- Pork Kat Su$16.00+
Panko crusted deep fried pork tenderloin on steamed rice and sautéed vegetables served with Worcestershire sauce
- Filet Mignon$20.00+
Grilled black angus tenderloin on steamed rice an sautéed vegetables served with teriyaki sauce
- Tofu Katsu$12.00+
Deep fried tofu on steamed rice and sautéed vegetables served with sweet chili and teriyaki sauce
- Gal-Bi$31.00
Grilled 10 oz sliced bone-in short rib marinated in honey soy and served with sautéed vegetables and steamed rice
- Vegetable Entree$13.00
- Chirashi$35.00
- Tuna Don$35.00
- Salmon Don$35.00
- Unagi Don$35.00
Donburi
Bento Box
Noodle
- Nabeyaki Udon$18.00
Japanese thick noodle soup with spinach, green onion, shrimp, chicken, egg, mushroom and kanikama in a cast iron pot
- Tempura Udon$18.00
Japanese think noodle soup with shrimp and vegetable tempura
- Shoyu Ramen$18.00
Ramen noodle in a shoyu based chicken broth topped with chashu(pork belly), corn, bamboo shoot, bean sprout, soft boiled egg, green onion, seaweed paper and hint of ichimi spice
- Yaki Soba$17.00
Stir fried Japanese soba noodle with delicately deep fried tofu and vegetables
Desserts
- Chocolate Souffle$8.00
Moist chocolate cake with a heart of creamy rich chocolate
- Exotic Bomba$8.00
Mango, passion fruit, and raspberry sorbet all covered in white chocolate and drizzled with chocolate
- Gelato$6.00
- Green Tea Ice Cream$6.00
- Mochi Ice Cream$6.00
Flavored ice cream wrapped with rice cake, strawberry, mango, green tea, or red bean
- Pyramid$8.00
Chocolate mousse on a chocolate sponge cake base with crunch gianduia(chocolate and hazelnut) center, dusted with cocoa powder and decorated with white chocolate drops
- Tempura Ice Cream$10.00
Deep fried tempura battered vanilla ice cream covered with thin layer of bread served with drizzled chocolate syrup
Beverage Menu
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
White Wines
Red Wines
Sake Menu
- Premium Sake Flight$25.00
- Nigori Sake Flight$15.00
- Tektenjin Sword of the Sun$29.00
- Tozai Well of Wisdom$29.00
- Rihaku Dance of Discovery$29.00
- Kanbara Bride of The Fox$37.00
- Rihaku Shuzo, Wandering Poet$37.00
- Denshin Yuki ~snow~$15.00+
- Chitonosono Shared Promise$15.00+
- Konteki Tears of Dawn$22.00+
- Fukucho Moon of the Water$25.00+
- Yamada Everlasting Roots$15.00+
- Tentaka Hawk in the Heaven$14.00+
- Ozeki$7.00+
- Rihaku Dreamy Clouds$19.00+
- Sayuri$9.00+
- Tozai Blossom of Peace$10.00+
Beers
Sunday | 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Monday | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Tuesday | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Wednesday | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Thursday | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Friday | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm - 10:30 pm |
Saturday | 4:00 pm - 10:30 pm |
Whether you seek familiar sushi preparations, traditional Japanese cooking or unique and innovative contemporary cuisine that blends Asian and Western cooking styles, Kansaku's seasonal cuisine, comfortable décor and knowledgeable service will provide you and your guests a dining experience that is both entirely satisfying and highly memorable.
1514 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201