Takara Japanese Restaurant in Tauranga Menu

TAKARA MENU TAKARA MENU
  • Edamame $7
    • Boiled and Salted Japanese original beans
  • Age-Squid $13
    • Light battered marinated squid with shichimi mayo and lemon
  • Takoyaki $10
    • Authentic Japanese seafood balls (cgunks of tender octupus in light battered egg dumplings)
  • Mussel Pot $16
    • Sake steamed fresh New Zealand green mussels served in a pot
  • Age-Ebi $7
    • Lightly battered authentic Japanese mini prawns
  • Karaage Salad $15
    • Light battered chicken marianted with Japanese soy and garlic soy and garlic served with garden salad
  • Agedashi-Tofu $12
    • Lightly battered soft tofu served with dashi sauce, fresh seaweed and garden spring onions on top
  • Tako-Wasabi $7
    • Fresh octupus marinated with wasabi sauce. Very authentic!
  • Yakitori $16
    • Char grilled gourmet and prawn skewers
  • Atatakai Boat $62
    • Authentic japanese hot selection (Japanese tasting platter)
  • Sea-Spider $18
    • Light battered delicate soft shell crab served with chilli mayo
  • Yaki-Gyoza $13
    • Delicious Japanese pork and prawn dumplings
FRESH SALAD FRESH SALAD
  • Chicken Mango Salad $19
    • Fresh Chicken and Mango with garden salad
  • Tuna Soba Salad $21
    • Fresh tuna and Buckwheat noodles served with delicate sauce. Delicious!
  • Salmon Wasabi Salad $20
    • Char Grilled fresh New Zeland Ora King Salmon served with homemade Wasabi and soy sauce dressing
  • Grilled Squid Salad $21
    • Char grilled fresh and chewy while squid marianted with Takara secret sauce served with mayonaise and fresh salad
  • Beef Tataki $18
    • Char grilled New Zeland gourmet beef slices served with garden salad, parmesa cheese on top and authentic Chef's secret sauce. Tataki beef is lightly seared on the outside and left raw on the inside. This is the authentic way of cooking beef. No surprises!
  • Tofu and Seaweed Salad $13
    • Fresh Tofu and Seaweed salad served with miso dressing
SUSHI SUSHI
  • Roll & Roll
    • Takara sushi rolls are always fresh as you order, it may take time to roll so please be patient for your freshly rolled sushi. Every roll has garden avocado and lettuce inside
  • -Tradition $10
  • -Teriyaki Chicken $8
  • -Salmon $8
  • -Spider (soft shell crab) $15
  • -T-Bay (crispy prawn tempura) $15
  • -Mega Vegetable $12
  • Sashimi
    • Chef's selection of daily fresh raw fish
  • -Fresh $18
  • -Normal $30
  • -Boat $70
  • Nigiri
    • Nigiri is a small oval block of cold rice topped with wasabi and a thin slice of fish, prawn etc and sometimes held together by a thin band of seaweed
  • -Salmon $10
  • -Tuna $10
  • -Scallop $12
  • -Scampi $14
  • -Squid $10
  • -Prawn $14
  • -EEL $14
  • -Egg $8
  • -Avo $8
  • -Fish $10
  • -Caviar $14
  • Sushi Combo S $16 / L $28 / Vegetarian $26
    • Combination of freshly rolled sushi and Nigiri (small oval block of cold rice, topped with wasabi and a thin slice of fish, prawn etc and sometimes held together by a thin band of seaweed)
  • Mini Sushi
    • Small, cocktail sized freshly rolled sushi
  • -Avocado $5
  • -Cucumber $5
  • -Teriyaki Chicken $6
  • -Takuan (Japanesh Radish) $5
  • -Fresh Salmon or Tuna $6
JAPANESE TRADITION -TEMPURA JAPANESE TRADITION -TEMPURA
  • Tempura is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetable that have been lightly battered and deep fried
  • Assorted Tempura S $17 / L $29
    • Light battered fresh vegetables and prawn served with authentic Takara dipping sauce
  • Tempura is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetable that have been lightly battered and deep fried
  • Prawn Tempura S $18 / L $36
    • higly recommended for prawn lovers! Light battered large prawn with served with authentic Takara dipping sauce
NOODLE NOODLE
  • Nabeyaki Udon $17
    • Delicious chicken soup in harmony with udon noodles served with fresh vegetables and one piece of large prawn tempura
  • Zaru Soba or Udon $20
    • Cold soba (buckwheat nooodles) or udon (wheat noodles) with Takara's authentic dipping sauce served with crispy tempura
  • Tempura Udon $19
    • Delicious chicken soup in harmony with udon noodles served with crispy tempura
  • Seafood Fry Udon $22
    • Stir fried fresh seafood served with crispy noodles
MAIN MAIN
  • Pirikara Chicken, pork or fish $27 / King prawn $30
    • Pan fried sliced meat with garden salad served with authentic spicy sauce of miso, chilli, garlic, crunchy bean noodles and fluffy rice
  • Teriyaki Chicken $27
    • Pan fried New Zeland gourmet chicken with divine teriyaki sauce with fresh sautéed vegetables served with crispy bean noodles and fluffy rice
  • Chicken katsu $29
    • Crumbled and crispy New Zealand gourmet chicken with garden salad served with fluffy rice
  • Tofu Steak $27
    • Light battered Tofu served with authentic teriyaki sauce with fresh salad
  • Fresh Combo $36
    • Combination of fresh sashimi, sushi and nigiri
  • Teppan yaki $30
    • your choice of meat on a sizzling stone served with fluffy rice, miso soup, fresh vegetables, Japanese pickles and fresh nigiri. Meat choices: beef, chicken, pork or fish
  • Grilled Eel Bento $30
    • Authentic, Authentic, Authentic! Grilled eel with special chef's delicious sauce on fluffy rice in traditional Japanese box served with miso soup and Japanese pickles
  • Salmon Teriyaki $30
    • Pan fried New Zealand Ora-King premiun salmon fillet glazed with authentic teriyaki sauce, Kumara cream cheese puree and fried cake
  • Roe Donburi $25
    • Fresh fish and the fresh vegetables on top of Japanese sushi rice
  • Yakiniku Set $32
    • Combination meat cooking on the charcoal fire. You are the chef! you cook the meat yourself
  • Pork Katsu $28
    • Crispy pork cutlet katsu served with Takara secret sauce
  • Sukiyaki $30
    • Thinly sliced New Zealand quality beef with garden vegetables served with Takara special sauce, fluffy rice and miso soup. Served on a charcoal fire grill
  • Surf and Turf $32
    • Quality beef steak, delicious king prawns and fresh vegetables served on a sizzling plate
  • Yose nabe $30
    • Takara seafood pot served on a charcoal fire grill
  • Prawn Star $32
    • Lightly battered whole prawns served with stir fried vegetables and garden salad
SIDES SIDES
  • Japanese Curry $7
  • Rice $2
  • Honey Butter Potato $8
  • Chips $7
  • Garden Salad $7
  • Miso Soup $2
  • Seaweed Salad $6
KAISEKI SET (FOR 2 PEOPLE) KAISEKI SET (FOR 2 PEOPLE)
  • A style of Japanese cusine involving a series of samall, intricate dishes: a tasting set menu
  • -Miso $72 per person
  • -Salad $72 per person
  • -Tempura $72 per person
  • -Tataki $72 per person
  • -Sushi & Sashimi $72 per person
  • -Main $72 per person
  • -Dessert $72 per person
KIDS KIDS
  • Karaage and Chips $11
    • Lightly battered New Zealand gourmet chicken marinated with soy and garlic sauce served with chips
  • Fish and Chips $11
    • Lightly battered fresh fish tempura and homemade chips
  • Chicken katsu and Rice $11
    • Crunchy chicken on rice with special katsu sauce
  • Teriyaki Chicken and Rice $11
    • Delicious teriyaki chicken on rice

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Yum Talay - Combination seafood $26.50
    • A spicy seafood salad with prawns, scallops, squid and mussels, seasoned with Thai herbs, mint, tomato, celery, carrot, coriander & spring onion
  • Fried Rice
    • Fried rice, egg, broccoli, onion, tomato and diced mixed vegetables
  • - Chicken, Beef or Pork $22.50
  • - Prawns $24.50
  • Crepes $10.00
    • Crepes filled with Thai Pandan custard, topped with vanilla ice-cream and cream
  • Tom Kha $12 Chicken / $14 Prawns
    • A delicious spicy soup with coconut cream, galangal, kaffir lime, lemongrass, mushrooms, spring onion, onion and tomato
  • - Seafood, scallops, prawns, mussels and squid $26.50
  • - Fish (Snapper - not gluten free) $26.50
  • Ebi futomaki (prawn & avocado) $14.50
  • Surf & turf roll (NO RICE, beef, tempura prawns, mushrooms, avocado, spring onions- rolled in cream cheese- with ponsu sauce) $21.50
  • Small bowl of white rice $3.00
  • California mushroom (mushroom, cream cheese, chives) $15.50
  • Prawn $9.00
  • Prawn $18.50
  • Beef $18.50
  • Wasabi mayo $0.80
  • $10 SPECIAL
    • 2 FISH BURGERS, 2 HOT DOGS, $2 CHIP
  • 2 SCOOPS OF CHIPS
  • EGG FRIED RICE
  • POTATO WEDGES $4.00
  • PORK $10.50
  • SHRIMPS FU YOUNG $12.50
  • NASI GORENG (MEATS, VEGES AND RICE) $12.00
  • VEGETARIAN $5.00
  • Lamb Bhuna $20.50
    • Lamb pieced cooked with fresh vegetables. A chef's Speacialty
  • Plain Paratha $3.50
  • Mains
    • Butter Chicken, Beef Vindaloo, Rogan Josh & Navrattan Korma served with rice, naan and accompaniments
  • Aloo Palak $14.50
    • Spinach and potato curry
  • Aloo Gobi $9.00
    • Potato and cauliflower curry
  • -Onion and Tomato Kachumber $3.50
  • Paneer Palak $17.50
    • Tender fresh spinach leaves steamed, then carefully prepared together with spices, tomatoes and home-made cheese
  • Ask your waiter/waitress for our childrens menu
  • Prawn Cocktail $12.00
    • Juicy prawns covered in our house cocktail dressing, Served with cos lettuce & avocado
  • Hot Platter $20.00
    • An assortment of deep-fried nibbles served with fries & 2-4 people
  • Garlic Bread $8.00
    • With roasted garlic butter
  • Garlic Butter $1.50
  • Coconut & Chilli Mussels $16.00
    • Steamed mussels in a coconut cream, chili & lemon broth served with toasted Vienna
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $12.00
    • Served with aioli & lemon
  • Small Fries $4.50
  • Fries $7.50
    • Served with aioli
  • Teppan Fried Banana $9
  • Rush Munro's Ice Cream 1 Scoop $6 2 Scoop $9
    • (Chocolate or Vanilla Bean or Green Tea)
  • Miso Soup $3
  • Bak Choy $5
  • Kid's Beef $15 per child
    • Miso Soup, Tiger Prawns with Yum-Yum Sauce or Fish of the Day, Sliced Beef Rump, Egg Fried Rice
  • Corporate Lunch $20 per person
    • Miso Soup, Tiger Prawns with Yum-Yum Sauce, Tony's Favourite Scallops, Egg Fried Rice, Meat of the Day, Mixed Vegetables
  • Deep Fried Squid $8
  • Tofu $8
  • - B $15.99
  • -Cheese and Garlic $5.00
    • Plain flour bread stuffed with cheese and garlic
  • Saag Aloo $14.50
    • Potatoes cooked in mild puree of fresh creamy spinach and spices
  • -L $16.99
  • Paneer Tikka Masala $14.50
    • Cottage cheese cooked in onion curry and green capsicums
  • Mushroom Chicken / Lamb / Beef
    • Cooked with mushroom and onion curry with spices
  • -L $16.99
  • -C $15.99
  • Grilled Mussels - can be made g/f $16.00
    • With Moroccan and tomato chili butters
  • Ora King Salmon $16
    • Ash cure, tartar, avocado, wasabi ice cream
  • Crayfish gf Market Price
    • Cooked mornay, thermidor, rockerfeller or steamed with butter
  • Beef Ribeye gf $38.00
    • Jus, potato gratin, with vegetable ribbons and your choice of blue cheese, tomato chili or Moroccan butters
  • ICECREAM SUNDAE $15.00
    • choice of chocolate, vanilla, or white chocolate & raspberry ice-cream and brandied caramel, chocolate Kahlua or raspberry cointreau sauce
  • Salt'n'Pepper Tofu $16
    • Sweetcorn, kaffir lime, pear brulee
  • Crayfish Tail $42.00
    • Available Steamed, Mornay, Thermador or Rockefeller, Served with brioche, spiced nuts and salad
  • Duck Confit and Sausage gf $36.00
    • Potato mash, onion cream, heirloom carrots
  • Antipasto Platter $6.50
  • Smoked Chicken Melt $15.50
    • Smoked chicken, cream cheese, camembert, red onion jam and avocado.
  • Wedges $6.50 Sm / $8.50 Lg
    • with sour cream and tomato relish - Bacon and cheese $3.00 extra
  • Steak, Caramelised Onion $16.50
    • bacon, oven-roasted tomato, blue cheese dressing and mesculin Salad on a toasted Turkish bread
  • Shoestring Fries $4.50 Sm / $6.50 Lg
    • with aioli
  • Marinated Beef and Noodle Salad $15.50
    • with Asian dressing
  • Mediterranean Melt Olive Tapanade $15.50
    • chorizo, capsicum, sun dried tomato, cheddar and basil pesto drizzle.
  • Salmon Salad $15.50
    • with Wasabi aioli
  • Rice $4.00
  • Salt and pepper calamari $14.00
    • With baby lettuce and garlic mayo
  • Guten free = (GF) Vegetarian = (V) Healthy choice = (HC)
  • Char-grill sirloin steak(220g)(GF) $32.00
  • Garden vegetables $5.00
  • Créme brule $9.00
    • With prunes and biscotti
  • Fried eggs $4.00
  • Red wine sauce
  • Beetroot Salad / Ensalada De Remolcha $14.00
    • Baby beetroot salad with balsamic roasted red onions & thyme infused feta
  • Meat Paella / Paella Con Carne $24.00
    • Saffron rice with chorizo, chicken, pancetta & manuka roasted red capsicum
  • Goat Cheese/Quesa De Cabra Frito Con Miel $12.00
    • Fried goats cheese with pistachio crust, caramelised onion, grilled ciabatta & runny honey
  • Cheese Croquettes/ Croquetas De Manchego $8.00
    • Panko coated cheese, onion & chive morsels with COMIDA aioli
  • Ostrich Loin / Avestruz $24.00
    • Moroccan spiced ostrich loin on creamed polenta, broccolini & red wine port jus
  • Chicken Salad / Ensalad De Pollo $18.50
    • Grilled chicken salad with roasted vegetables & house dressing
  • Seafood Paella / Paella De Marisco $24.00
    • Saffron scented vialone rice with prawns, scallops, calamari & chilli - Main dish for one or share serves 2/3
  • Cake of the Day $7.50
  • Gorgonzola, pear & chive $22.00
  • Lemon tart with fresh raspberries $13.00
  • Chicken, sweet corn & mushroom $23.00
  • Classic caesar $20.00
  • Roasted figs, goats cheese mousse & balsamic $18.00
  • Creme brulee with shortbread biscuit $13.00
  • Confit pork belly, carrot caramel, crispy squid & fennel salad $30.00
  • Twice baked gorganzola scuffle, sweet & burnt onion $17.00
  • Creamy Porridge $10.50
    • with sticky saffron pears & honey
  • Grilled Chicken Club $16.50
    • bacon, avocado, salad greens & aioli
  • - with smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers & red onion $14.50
  • - with preserved & cream cheese $6.50
  • - with fresh tomato, avocado & pesto $10.50
  • Balsamic Mushrooms $15.50
    • finished with rocket & parmesan
  • Brioche French Toast $16.50
    • with caramelised banana, bacon & maple syrup
  • - Grilled Halloumi, Smoked Salmon or Poached Chicken $5.00
  • Seafood Fried Noodles $15.00
  • Deep Fried Squid $6.00
  • Braised Tofu & Vegetables $16.00
  • Chicken (Beef/ Pork) With Black Bean Sauce $16.00
  • Shredded Duck & Salted Cabbage Vermicelli Soup $9.00
  • Poached Chicken on Rice $7.50
  • Ginger & Spring Onion Noodles $10.00
  • Roast 2 Combination on Rice $11.00
  • Fish $21.00
    • Pan fried fish, French fries, petit salad, Tartar sauce
  • Sausage, Creamy Mushroom, Smoked Salmon, Croissant $5.50
  • Brioche French Toast $17.00
    • Bacom, berries, vanilla bean creme fraiche, maple syrup, almonds
  • Brioche Beef Hamburger w Fries $21.00
    • Brioche bun, homemade beef hamburger, red onion, tomato, aioli, avocado, beetroot, Gherkins, lettuce, French fries
  • Chocolate and almonds $7.00
  • Chicken and Mushroom Buckwheat Crepe $17.00
    • Chicken and mushroom, creamy sauce, buckwheat crepe, petit salad
  • Croissant
  • Pho $18.00
    • Broth, rice noodles, prawns, seasoned vegetables, fresh herbs, lemon zest
Takara Japanese Restaurant

Takara Japanese Restaurant

location

Address

97 The Strand, Tauranga, Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, 3110, New Zealand

phone

Phone

075794177

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Thursday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Friday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Saturday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Sunday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:30 PM – 12:00 AM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Gluten Free , Japanese , Sushi , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
97 The Strand, Tauranga, Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, 3110, New Zealand