Cookai Japanese Restaurant in Canterbury Menu

SASHIMI / SUSHI SASHIMI / SUSHI
  • Cookai Style New Sashimi $19
    • Thinly-sliced Whitefish drizzled with our special dressing
  • Beef Tataki (Sashimi) $15.50
    • Briefly seared fresh beef with sesame oil and soy sauce
  • Sashimi - Assortment S/$18.50 M/$29
  • Sashimi - Salmon (10 pcs) $20
  • Sushi and Sashimi Platter $33
  • Nigiri Sushi Platter Chef's choice (8pcs ) $18
  • Classic Sushi Rolls(8pcs per order) $15
    • -Sashimi / Sushi: Prawn and Tempura Scallop with Spicy Mayo-
  • -Salmon and Avocado with Mayo $14.50
  • -Teriyaki Chicken and Avocado with Mayo $15
  • -Vegetables with Japanese Spice $11
  • -California Prawn Roll with Mayo $14.50
  • -Crumbed Prawn w Sushi Roll (8pcs) $13.50
SMALL DISH SMALL DISH
  • Vegetables 6pcs $8
  • Tempura Sushi Rolls - One filling per order $10
    • Deep fried Sushi Rolls with a unique sweet and spicy sauceSmall Dish: Salmon 6pcs
  • Whitefish 6pcs $10
EDAMAME BEANS EDAMAME BEANS
  • Takoyaki (Octopus Balls) $8
    • Deep fried Octopus Dumplings served with Takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, green laver, and shaved bonito 4pcs
  • Boiled Dumplings with Spicy Soy Sauce 6pcs $8.50
  • Japanese Omelette $8
  • Edamame Spring Rolls $8.50
    • with Cream Cheese 5 pcs
  • Deep Fried Tofu $8.50
    • in Tempura Sauce
  • Garlic Chicken Wings $11
    • with Oyster Sauce 6pcs
  • Karaage $11
SALAD SALAD
  • -Cooke Style Seafood Salad $14
  • -Tofu Salad with Sesame Dressing $8.50
  • -Salad on the Side $7
  • -Marinated Seaweed Salad $7
TEMPURA TEMPURA
  • King Prawn Tempura 4 pcs $18
  • Tempura Assortment $19
  • Vegetable Tempura $14
  • Salmon Tempura $15
A LA CARTE A LA CARTE
  • Tofu Steak $18
    • with Onion Sauce
  • Oriental Five Spice King Prawns $25
    • Deep fried whole prawns in shell with chilli garlic and oriental five spices 6pcs
  • Soft Shell Crab with Garlic Oyster Sauce $23.50
    • A Crab which has recently shed its full-grown shell The entire Crab can be eaten as the shell is completely soft
  • Double Cooked Pork Spare Rib with Sweet Soy Sauce $22.50
  • Ginger Pork $17
    • Thinly sliced Pork with Ginger sweet Soy sauce
  • Cookai Style Slow $22
    • Cooked Pork Belly
  • Crumbed Beef Skewers $20
  • Prawns Simmered $19.50
    • in Garlic Chilli Sauce
  • Pan-fried Salmon $28.50
    • with Sweet Miso Sauce
  • Teriyaki Chicken $17.50
  • Nambun Chicken $21
    • Deep Fried Chicken pieces with a sweet and sour marinade, with Tartare sauce on the side
  • Japanese Spiced Grilled Chicken $17.50
  • Crispy Tempura Chicken $17.50
    • with Lemon Soy Sauce
  • Rice $2.50
  • Miso soup $2.50
YAKITORI (CHAR - GRILLED BBQ)YAKITORI (CHAR - GRILLED BBQ) YAKITORI (CHAR - GRILLED BBQ)YAKITORI (CHAR - GRILLED BBQ)
  • Chicken $8
    • 2 skewers
  • Beef $11
    • 2 skewers
  • Scallop $13
    • with Tartare sauce2 skewers
  • Salmon $13
    • with Tartare sauce 2 skewers
  • Vegetable Assortment $8.50
    • Yakitori Sauce, Simply Salt3 skewers
  • Yakitori Assortment $20
    • Chicken, Beef, Salmon and Seasonal Vegetable 4 skewers
RICE DISH RICE DISH
  • Chirashi $18.50
    • Sashimi Assortment on Rice
  • -Grilled Eel on Rice $22
  • -Salmon Sashimi on Rice $19
  • -Teriyaki Beef on Rice $17
  • -Japanese Fried Rice $16

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Prawns with Cashew Nuts $14.00
  • Honey Chicken Fried Noodles $11.00
  • Spicy Steak $11.00
  • Tray of Fried Noodles $6.00
  • Steak with Onions on Rice $11.00
  • Roast Pork Fried Rice $7.50
  • Sea-Food Combination Fried Rice $13.00
  • Vegetarian Fried Rice $8.50
  • All day (and night) breakfast $21
    • Bacon, grilled eggs, Kransky sausages, hash balls, mushrooms, tomatoes & thick cut buttered white toast.(Add 150g Sirloin steak for +$8.00 making it a mixed grill.)
  • Blue Cod $30
    • Either in a crispy Steinlager beer batter or straight from the pan - you choose. Served with a mixed side salad, crunchy fries & a homemade tartare sauce.
  • Strips and Dips $14
    • Toasted garlic ciabatta strips with basil pesto, sundried tomato and olive tapenade & hummus.
  • Salmon Fillet $32
    • A fillet of New Zealand’s finest sea run salmon. Served, however, the chef feels it is best! Just ask.
  • Chicken nachos $17
    • Honey soy chicken nachos. Marinated chicken breast served with all the usual nacho things.
  • French toast $16
    • Served with banana, bacon and real Canadian maple syrup.
  • Big kids steak $21
    • 200g juicy rump with 2 eggs, chips & a pot of garlic butter.Served with no green stuff. Great for big kids or a late breakfast.Add veggies for +$4
  • Our hotel burger $24
    • A 200g homemade Angus beef patty with bacon, swiss cheese, egg, onion rings, lettuce, ‘Tuimato’ sauce & plenty of fries.
  • Steak With Tomato On Fried Rice $10.50
  • Nice Cook Fu Yong Egg $12.50
  • Chicken With Mushroom Chow Mein $10.50
  • Sausage $2.20
  • Slice Pork With Mushroom Chow Mein $10.50
  • Chicken Fu Yong Egg $11.00
  • Chicken Fried Rice $10.00
  • Slice Pork Chow Mein $10.00
  • The Black Rabbit $20 / $25
    • Fruit chutney, braised wild rabbit, red onion, almonds, cream cheese, topped with fresh rocket
  • Hula Hula $15 / $20
    • Tomato sauce, ham, pineapple and garlic roasted mushrooms
  • Margherita $10 / $15
    • Tomato & garlic sauce, cheery tomatoes, fresh basil, parmesan
  • Beer Batter Fries $6
    • With tomato sauce
  • Garlic $10 / $15
    • Pine neuts, kalamata olives, parmesan
  • Hens Are Nuts $20 / $25
    • Fruit chutney, roast chicken, capsicum, pistachio nuts and cream cheese. Add bacon +$5
  • Red Hot Rascal $15 / $20
    • Seriously spicy tomato and chilli sauce, capsicum, jalapenos and topped with parmesan. Add pulled wild pork +$5
  • Canadian $15 / $20
    • Tomato sauce, pepperoni, bacon, garlic roasted mushrooms. Add blue cheese aioli +$3
  • All desserts are served w ice cream $N/A
  • Warm Greek Chicken Salad $22
    • Tender strips of marinated Chicken, feta, olives, red onion, tomato, cucumber & roasted pine nuts with salad greens & a house dressing,
  • Monteith’s Golden Fish & Chips $23
    • Monteith’s Golden Lager battered Hoki served with fries, salad greens & homemade tartare sauce
  • Ribeye Steak $30
    • 250g Prime Ribeye Steak served with fresh herb mash, salad greens & a red wine gravy
  • Ice Cream Sundae $12
    • Three scoops of vanilla ice cream, with chocolate, strawberry or caramel sauce
  • Garlic Bread $9.5
    • Toasted bread with garlic butter & herbs
  • Crème brulee $12
  • Pasta of the Day $19.5
    • Chef’s special fresh vegetarian pasta served with lightly toasted garlic bread
  • Beef Mince And Egg Soup S $5.00 / M $18.00
  • Pork in Spicy Chilli Soup $18.00
  • Stir Fried Scallop in XO Sauce Small $24.00 / Medium $32.00
  • Sizzling Spring Onion and Ginger Beef $18.00
  • Steamed Chinese Bacon and Salted Fish $22.00
  • Sizzling Deep Fried Tofu with Pork Mince and Egg $18.00
  • Maggi chicken wings Crispy Skin Chicken Nibbles $8.00
  • Chicken And Corn Soup S $5.00 / M $18.00
  • Smoked salmon, hapuku & caper fishcakes served with house made tartare $18.50
  • Chicken & mushroom filo $18.50
  • Muesli $15.00
    • House made honey baked muesli with fresh fruit & natural yogurt
  • Pear & walnut cake with toffee icing $8.50
  • Kids plate with grilled cheese on toast, bacon, fruit & mini afghan $9.50
  • - Roasted mushrooms with rocket $19.50
  • Slow braised lamb shank pie served with house made chutney $18.50
  • Pork, apple & potato sausage roll $12.50
  • Falafel veg $8.00/$11.00/$14.00
  • Egyptian Kebab Special $18.00
    • Crispy veggies (capsicum, onion, mushroom & cheese) mixed with our marinated meat and griLLed together then placed in a hot pita bread and finished with sauce. Served in a pizza box
  • Wedges $4.00
  • Baklava $3.50
  • Open Souvlaki $15.00
    • your choice of meat served on a flat pita bread and a bed of salad to take away
  • Feta Cheese Salad $11.00
    • Served with marinated feta cheese In olive oil, pita bread, Egyptian salad, and our dressing In a plastic box
  • Your choIce of the main served with pita bread, rice or couscous on our crisp salads and finished with our homemade sauce to take away
  • Egyptian Koshary $11.00
    • Koshary Is a traditionaL Egyptian meat that consists of a macaroni, spaghetti, rice, black lentiLs, chick peas, garlic sauce and a spicy tomato chilli sauce, all topped with fried onions
  • Marmite $6.50
  • Raspberry Jam $6.00
  • Fresh Banana $6.50
  • Pics Peanut Butter $6.00
  • – Kimchi & Cream Cheese
  • Smokey Chic $10.50
    • Smoked chicken, swiss cheese, lettuce tomato and aioli
  • – Sundried Tomato & Cream Cheese
  • Breakfast Bagel $10.50
    • Streaky bacon, egg with hollandaise sauce
  • Fish 'n' chips $18.50
    • Beer battered gurnard with salad & fries
  • Bacon & egg pie $8.50
  • Pumpkin, kumara & bacon tart $8.50
  • Giant sausage roll $8.50
    • Served with tomato jam
  • -bowl $7.00
  • Roast vegetable & feta frittata (GF) (V) $8.50
  • Chicken and mushroom & herb filo $8.50
  • Ham and cheese melt $7.50
    • With fries
  • Papadom $0.50
    • Wafer thin spiced crisp bread.
  • Lamb Makhani $19.50
    • Mild, tomatoes and cream based gravy. Popular Indian dish in NZ.
  • Prawn Fry $ 12.00
    • Prawns coated with Besan (Gram flour) and deep fried in healthy vegetable oil.
  • Tandoori Chicken $ 18.00
    • Chicken marinated in authentic Tandoori paste and grilled in Tandoor. (Full)
  • Chicken Jalfrezy $19.00
    • Chicken cooked in special paste with red and green capsicum
  • Saag Aloo $17.50
    • Potatoes with creamy spinach gravy
  • Beef Madras $19.00
    • A coconut based gravy. A curry full of flavorsome spices from South East coastal city of India-Madras
  • Lamb Rogan Josh $20.00
    • A popular lamb dish from Kashmir, prepared with onion, garlic, ginger, tomato paste & fine Kashmiri masala.
  • Lamb Regular $12 Large $15
  • - Harira - Morocco's famous tomato and chickpea soup seasoned with fresh coriander, parsley, celery and spices.
  • Falafel $7.00
    • Served with sauce on the side
  • Plain Rice
  • Kid's Souvlaki $7.00
  • Spaghetti
  • Falafel Reg $12.50 Large $15.00
  • Arabic Rice
  • Iwi Burger $13.50
    • beef pattie, beetroot, egg, tomato, lettuce, cheese, tomato sauce, chow-chow.
  • Wine & Dine Combined $18.00
    • Any 1 of our fresh phat burgers (excluding Super Bugger Burger) with a classy glass of vino - red or white (House wine only)
  • Things to add to an Already Awesome Burger $2.00
    • Bacon, avocado, battered onion rings, roquette, roast Portobello mushroom, red onion, blue cheese, beetroot, egg, tomato, cheddar cheese, iceberg lettuce, pickle, chilli con carne, cos lettuce, char-grilled capsicum, kumara crisps, pineapple, feta cheese, mixed leaf lettuce.
  • Sunday Roast $13.50
    • grilled rosemary garlic sheep, minted pea pesto, roast pumpkin mayo, lettuce, kumara crisps. >>
  • Big Bag of Chips & Gravy $5.50
  • Super Bugger Betta Burger Bargain $26.00
    • Say that fast 3 times & get an extreme high five & much respect! SUPER BUGGER BURGER with chips & a tasty beverage (House beer or wine, coke range , lemonade, orange juice)
  • Lock Stock & One Smoking Burger $18.00
    • 320gms of beef patties, double belly bacon, triple cheese, iceberg lettuce, smoky bbq sauce and aioli
  • Shooting Flaming Mexican $18.00
    • Flaming Mexican Burger with a shot of tequila or a corona
  • Lamb tikka masala $16.30
    • Lamb pieces cooked in a mild tomato sauce with chopped onion masala. Must try
  • Plain naan $2.50
    • Traditional indian leavened bread
  • Lamb do pyaza $16.30
    • Lamb cooked with the diced onion and creamy gravy
  • Lamb saag $16.30
    • Diced lamb cooked with spinach purée. And chef's added special herbs and spices
  • Chicken saag $15.80
    • Chicken pieces cooked with spinach purée. And chef's added special herbs and spices
  • Mushroom do pyaza $15.00
    • Mushroom cooked with the diced onion and creamy gravy
  • Garlic naan $3.50
    • Leavened bread with a good sprinkling of crushed garlic
  • Kadaipaneer $14.00
    • Cottage cheese cooked in thick gravy with onions, capsicum and spices
Cookai Japanese Restaurant

Cookai Japanese Restaurant

location

Address

6 Nelson Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033432860

clock

Opened hours

Monday: Closed, Tuesday: 5:30 – 9:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:30 – 9:00 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:30 – 9:00 PM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:30 – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:30 – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:30 – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Chinese , Japanese , Sushi

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Desserts and Bakes ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly

Location
6 Nelson Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand