The Taste of Tea 109 North St
Featured Items
- Teriyaki Donburi$15.00
Traditional Japanese Teriyaki sauce tossed with your choice of protein and cabbage, carrots, onions, and snap peas over rice. Pickled ginger and sesame seeds.
- Yaki Soba$15.00
Soba noodles stir fried in a shoyu citrus glaze with cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, bean sprouts, onion, celery, broccoli leaf, green onions, green and red peppers. Garnished with pickled ginger.
Appetizers
- Cucumber Salad$5.00
“Sunomono” Traditional cucumber salad with bean thread noodles, mushroom, and carrot pickled with mirin and rice vinegar for three weeks. Light and refreshing.
- Hijiki Salad$5.00
Hijiki sea vegetable braised in a seasoned sweet soy sauce dashi broth with lotus root, carrot, konnyaku, aburaage. Topped with shelled edamame and sesame seeds. Sweet and earthy.
- Namasu Salad$5.00
Crisp and refreshing thinly sliced daikon and carrots lightly pickled in a sweet vinegar, this dish is typically served around new years.
- Wakame Salad$5.00
Traditional Seaweed Salad. Savory and refreshing sea qualities. It is marinated with sesame oil, sesame seeds, vinegar, kikurage mushrooms and red pepper.
- Gyoza$9.00
6 pcs. House-made Osaka Style Dumplings (crispy on one side steamed on the other) with a shoyu garlic dipping sauce.
- Edamame$5.00
Steamed and lightly salted. These are gluten free, however they may be steamed in the same pots that are used from items containing gluten, please notify if celiac, so cross-contamination can be avoided.
- Miso Soup$5.00
“Misoshiru” is a kombu broth that is seasoned with white miso paste. With cubed tofu, wakame, and green onions.
- Onigiri$9.00Out of stock
2 seasoned rice balls, wrapped with seaweed.
- Side of Rice$5.00
- Garden Salad$5.00
Crisp gem lettuce, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, radish with our house-made sesame ginger vinaigrette.
- Sea Vegetable Garden Salad$6.00
Nutrient rich sea vegetables with crisp gem lettuce, carrot, cucumber, and radish with a creamy toasted sesame dressing
- Pickle Plate$9.00
Assortment of Japanese Pickles. 4-5 varieties, 3-6 pieces each.
- Black Garlic Chicken/Green Onion Skewers$8.00
2 skewers
- Shoyu Tofu/Gailan Skewers$8.00
2 Skewers, Lightly fried soft tofu and gailan, brushed with a sweet shoyu glaze and just a speck of hot Japanese Mustard.
- Tekka Don - Mini Rice Bowl$11.00
- Unagi Don - Mini Rice Bowl$11.00
White Rice topped with unagi and green onions.
- Hijiki Don - Mini Rice Bowl$8.00
Mini Rice Bowl; White Rice topped with hijiki salad and half a shoyu marinated egg.
- Salmon Poké Don - Mini Rice Bowl$11.00Out of stock
Salmon with chuka kurage (jellyfish salad), cucumber over rice.
Entrees
Ramen
- Miso Ramen$16.00
Kombu seasoned with ginger puree, roasted green onion oil and white miso. Regular toppings include BBQ pork, half a shoyu marinated egg, fish cake, tofu, bamboo shoots, corn, sprouts, green onions, and shredded nori.
- Vegan Miso Ramen$14.00
Kombu seasoned with ginger puree, roasted green onion oil and white miso. Toppings include gailan, tofu, bamboo shoots, corn, sprouts, green onions, and shredded nori.
- Pork Miso Ramen$18.00
Kombu and pork enriched stock seasoned with ginger puree, roasted green onion oil and white miso. Regular toppings include hearty portion of BBQ pork, half a shoyu marinated egg, fish cake, tofu, corn, bamboo shoots, sprouts, green onions, and shredded nori.
- Miso Salmon Yuzu Ramen$21.00
Miso Cured Atlantic Salmon, in a spicy yuzu broth. With egg, gailan, tofu, nori, corn, green onion, and chili threads
- Gyoza Ramen$18.00
Three pork gyoza with a black garlic shoyu pork broth, garlic chips, double egg, and green onions
- Shoyu Ramen$17.00
Smoked Shoyu Broth, with chicken, marinated egg, fishcake, gailan, bamboo shoots, tofu, corn, sprouts, green onions, and nori.
- Vegan Shoyu Ramen$15.00
- Curry Ramen$16.00
Curry broth with BBQ Pork, half a shoyu marinated egg, fish cake, tofu, sprouts, and green onions.
- Vegan Curry Ramen$14.00
Curry broth with gailan, tofu, sprouts, and green onions.
Rice
- Teriyaki Donburi$15.00
Traditional Japanese Teriyaki sauce tossed with your choice of protein and cabbage, carrots, onions, and snap peas over rice. Pickled ginger and sesame seeds.
- Oyako Donburi$15.00
Traditional Japanese Rice Bowl, often called "Mother and Child" Chicken, onions, bean sprouts and an egg cooked in a smoky shoyu sauce
- Sweet Curry and Rice$15.00
Sweet and lightly spiced golden curry with peas, carrots, onions, and celery with rice. Garnished with pickled radish.
- Unagi Don - Mini Rice Bowl$11.00
White Rice topped with unagi and green onions.
- Tekka Don - Mini Rice Bowl$11.00
- Salmon Poké Don - Mini Rice Bowl$11.00Out of stock
Salmon with chuka kurage (jellyfish salad), cucumber over rice.
- Hijiki Don - Mini Rice Bowl$8.00
Mini Rice Bowl; White Rice topped with hijiki salad and half a shoyu marinated egg.
Noodles
- Yaki Soba$15.00
Soba noodles stir fried in a shoyu citrus glaze with cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, bean sprouts, onion, celery, broccoli leaf, green onions, green and red peppers. Garnished with pickled ginger.
- Yaki Udon$15.00
Stir-fried fat udon noodles and vegetables in a savory oyster glaze. This dish is best enjoyed right away, please pick up close to your estimated time.
- Yaki Shirataki$15.00
*GLUTEN FREE* Clear yam noodles stir fried in a tangy shiso glaze with cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, bean sprouts, onion, celery, gailan, green onions, green and red peppers. Garnished with pickled ginger. Substitute Curry Spice Glaze for some heat,
- Curry Udon$18.00
Curry broth with thick udon noodles and marinated beef, half a shoyu marinated egg, fish cake, tofu, sprouts, and green onions.
Kids
Beverages (Non Alcohol)
Straight Tea
Boba Tea
Latte
Other
Alcohol
Beer
- Coedo: Beniaka$8.00
Unfiltered Amber Ale, Brewed with Sweet Potatoes, perfect balance of smooth and earthy.
- Coedo: Kyara$7.00
India Pale Lager, Savory aroma of white grape and spicy citrus, medium body.
- Coedo: Shikkoku$6.00
German Black Lager, Slow-aged with complex flavors of espresso and dark fruit.
- Coedo: Shiro$7.00
Hefeweizen, Elegant wheat beer with banana, clove, and fruit aromas.
- Hitachino Nest: Red Rice$9.00
Belgian Pale Ale, Complex sake-like rice flavors. Strawberry and cherry aromas.
- Hitachino Nest: Salty Plum$6.00
Sour White Ale, Great balance of sour, bitter, and saltiness.
- Hitachino Nest: White Ale$8.00
Nutmeg and orange aromas.
- Yamaguchi: IPA$9.00
Floral and citrus notes with a hoppy bitterness.
- Yamaguchi: Yamada Nishiki$8.00
Rice Lager, delicate taste with a light sake bite.
- Yamaguchi: Pilsner$7.00
Bitter, yet balanced, with faint citrus aromas.
- Echigo Stout$7.00
- Kizakura Matcha IPA$9.00
- Yoho Wednesday Cat$6.00
- Ninja Lager (Non-Alcoholic)$5.00
Sake
- Matsuno Tsukasa Kimoto Junmai 720ml Bottle$52.00
Kimoto Junmai, Traditional Dry Shiga, Matsuse Shuzo
- Kirei 92 Junmai Muroka Nama Genshu 720ml Bottle$48.00
- KID Junmai Daiginjo 720ml Bottle$75.00
Cherry Aroma, Smooth, Clean Finish Wakayama, Heiwa Shuzo
- Sawane Junmai Ginjo 720ml Bottle$50.00
- KID Agara Junmai 720ml Bottle$70.00
- Kuheiji Junmai Daiginjo 720ml Bottle$70.00
Lively, Fruit Aroma, Balanced Finish Aichi, Banjo Jozo Shuzo
- Tsuchida Kimoto Junmai 720ml Bottle$65.00
- Harada Muroka Genshu Junmai Ginjo 720ml Bottle$55.00
- Nishide Moromi Junmai 720ml Bottle$49.00
- Yasui First Love Junmai 720ml Bottle$65.00
Tart and juicy, with balanced sweetness.
- Heiwa Nigori 720ml Bottle$50.00
Sweet Melon, Fresh, Balanced Wakayama, Heiwa Shuzo
- Mountain Warrior Doburoku 720ml Bottle$44.00
- Aoki Yuki Otoko Honjozo 300ml Bottle$21.00Out of stock
Clean, super dry, and refreshing as melted snow.
- UKA Sparkling Cloudy Junmai Daiginjo 300ml Bottle$25.00
Light floral and fruit aromas. Full-bodied, creamy, long finish.
- UKA Black Label Junmai Daiginjo 300ml Bottle$25.00
Crisp and bright, with sweet aromas and a hint of honey. Full-bodied and balanced with a long finish.
- Hakushika Chokara Junmai 300ml Bottle$12.00
- Hakushika Kuromatsu Junmai Daiginjo 300ml Bottle$22.00
Fruity, Sweet Rice Aromas
- Taiheizan Peaceful Mountain Kimoto Junmai 300ml Bottle$21.00
Earthy, Full Bodied, Dry
- Taiheizan Peaceful Mountain Honjozo Nigori 300ml Bottle$20.00
Dry, Fruit, Light Floral
- Pocket Sake: Shibata Shuzo Flask: Cloudy, Pink Label 200ml Bottle$9.00
Cloudy Pink Label (Floral Nigori)
- Pocket Sake: Shibata Shuzo Flask: Yuzu: Black Label 200ml Bottle$12.50
Yuzu Black Label (Citrus)
Sweets
- Japanese Sponge Cake$10.00
Seasonal tea infused crème anglaise and fresh berries. Currently featuring Red Currant Oolong Tea
- Matcha Cheesecake$10.00
Creamy green tea cheesecake with a scoop of matcha ice cream and seasonal fruit
- Matcha Ice Cream$8.00
Green tea ice cream imported from Japan 2 scoops
- Peach Sorbet$8.00
imported from Japan. 2 scoops
- Yuzu Sorbet$8.00
imported from Japan. 2 scoops
- Tapioca Pudding$8.00Out of stock
Dairy free coconut milk and vanilla tapioca pudding topped with cinnamon and seasonal fruit.