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

  • Cheese naan $4.00
    • Naan stuffed with cheese and coriander
  • Vegetable machurian $13.00
    • Chopped mix vegetables deep fried and then this golden bowl are tossed with cornflouer based ginger & garlic, garnish with fresh herbs
  • Prawns masala $18.00
    • King prawns cooked with medium spicy gravy, capsicum and sliced onion
  • Navrattan korma $13.00
    • Nine kinds of mix vegetables cooked in creamy white gravy.
  • ●Chicken tikka
    • Tandoori item marinated in yoghurt, ginger and garlic paste roasted in clay oven. Served in sizzling hot plate
  • Kadai paneer $13.00
    • Homemade cottage cheese cooked in think medium tomato and onion spicy gravy
  • Prawns malavari $18.00
    • King prawns cooked with sauteed capsicum, onion and tomato sauce finishing in creamy coconut flavour
  • Beef mushroom masala
    • Sauteed mushroom cooked with diced beef in medium spiced gravy
  • Cashew Stir Fry
    • Stir fried carrot, broccoli, onion, capsicum, celery and mushroom with roasted cashew nuts
  • - Fish (Snapper) $26.50
  • Stir Fried Rice $22.50
    • Fried rice with tofu, egg and seasonal vegetables
  • Pineapple Fried Rice
    • Fried rice, egg, pineapple, carrot, peas, broccoli, and onions topped with cashew nuts
  • - Prawns $24.50
  • Yum Nua - Beef $22.50
    • Sliced and seasoned sauteed beef with red onion, tomato, cucumber, celery, spring onion, carrot, coriander, lettuce and mint
  • - Fish (Snapper) $26.50
  • - Chicken or Pork $22.50
  • Judge Roy Bean Dip $11
    • Spicy red kidney beans, cheddar cheese, sundried tomatoes and jalapefios. Blended and served hot with sour cream and oven-baked flour tortilla chips.
  • Redneck Ribs (six / nine / twelve) $19 / $28 / $37
    • Porky Pig’s ribs blanched in honey and spices. Blasted in the Lone Star fire, piled high then smothered in our famous hoisin, orange and sesame seed sauce...the meal that made us famous! add buffalo chips and Lone Star coleslaw +5
  • Maverick Fillet $38
    • Premium-aged beef fillet, pan-seared and oven-baked. Served with a herbed potato bake, seasonal vegetables and sautéed spinach. Finished with a mushroom gratiné and a peppercorn jus.
  • Steak sauce options N/A
    • Chunky Mushroom / Beef & Red Wine / Peppercorn / Garlic Butter / Jack Daniel’s & Cracked Pepper
  • Judge Roy Bean Dip $11
    • Spicy red kidney beans, cheddar cheese, sundried tomatoes and jalapeños. Blended and served hot with sour cream and oven-baked flour tortilla chips.
  • John Deer $36
    • Medallions of venison Denver leg, served with a herbed potato bake, pea purée, sautéed spinach, house plum chutney and a red wine jus.
  • Comanche Chicken Salad $26
    • Oven-baked chicken breast, cos lettuce, parmesan cheese, garlic croutons and streaky bacon, tossed in Lone Star Caesar-style dressing. Topped with a free range poached egg (anchovies optional).
  • Burrito Ranchero $24
    • Chicken thigh mixed with jalapeños, fresh herbs and sundried tomatoes. Topped with grilled cheese, BBQ sauce, salsa and sour cream. Served with chilli rice and Lone Star coleslaw.
  • Penne All’Arrabbiata $16.50
    • Tubular pasta in a bacon, garlic, chilli and napoletana sauce
  • Quattro Stagioni In Capri $21.00
    • Homemade tomato, mozzarella, ham, fresh mushrooms, artichokes and olives (each covering a quarter of the pizza)
  • Capricciosa $21.00
    • Homemade tomato, mozzarella, ham, fresh mushrooms
  • Anelli Di Calamari $22.00
    • Tender squid rings grilled to perfection with garlic
  • Anelli Di Calamari $14.00
    • Tender squid rings grilled to perfection with garlic
  • Pane All’Aglio $7.00
    • Garlic Bread
  • Scaloppine Marsala $22.00
    • Pork medallions with Marsala wine, mushroom and cream sauce
  • Bistecca Mignon $24.00
    • Tender scotch filet wrapped with bacon, topped with mushroom, cracked pepper, garlic and cream sauce
  • Rocket salad $11.50
    • With blue cheese, walnuts and balsamic dressing
  • Roasted pumpkin and seeds burger $22.50
    • With guacamole, lettuce, grilled haloumi, chipotle and watercress dressing
  • BBQ pulled pork $22.00
    • With jalapenos
  • Chocolate and walnut brownie $13.50
    • Served with vanilla sorbet
  • Szechuan calamari $23.50
    • With nam jim caramel, ginger and green leaves and crispy shallots
  • The mill houses organic in house basted meat cuts chargrilled to your licking served with your choice of pressed potato gratin, roasted vegetables, garden salad or mushroom risotto
  • Braised beef cheeks
    • Through pappardelle pasta with a rich, earthy sauce, herbs and grana padana
  • Salmon $36.00
    • With a lime pepper crust
  • Fish and Chips with Salad $22.90
    • tiger beer battered fish and chips served with lemon, aioli and a garden salad
  • Brioche French Toast $17.50
    • served with berries, mascarpone and maple syrup
  • Mexican Pulled Pork Sliders $15.50
    • with street corn slaw
  • Prawn Twisters $17.50
    • with a palm ginger and lime sauce
  • Hash Stack $19.50
    • hash browns, creamy mushrooms and bacon
  • Spicy Wedges $13.50
    • with bacon, cheese, sour cream and sweet chili sauce
  • Garlic Bread $8.90
  • Caesar Salad $18.50
    • with garlic chicken, parmesan, bacon, crouton and a house caesar dresing
  • Crème Brulee $13.00
    • Served with vanilla ice cream
  • Wedges $13.00
    • Crispy seasoned wedges topped with cheese & sour cream.
  • Chicken Wings $12.00
    • Crispy chicken wings, coated in a mix of spices, served with a satay dipping sauce
  • Hot Platter $20.00
    • An assortment of deep-fried nibbles served with fries & 2-4 people
  • Cornerstone Platter $32.00
    • A tasty selection of meats, cheeses, bread & dips(2-4 ppl)
  • Ice Cream Sundae $13.00
    • your choice of Chocolate, Strawberry or Caramel
  • Breaky wrap $15.00
    • 2 tried eggs, hash brown, bacon, tomato & hollandaise,
  • Peppercorn Sauce $2.00
  • Crumbed Chicken Caesar Salad $16.50
    • Made with crumbed chicken, cos lettuce, premium middle bacon, poached egg, focaccia croutons, parmesan & anchovies
  • Pancakes with bacon and banana $15.50
    • Served with grilled banana, bacon and maple syrup
  • Muesli with Fruit and Yoghurt $10.50
    • Toasted Muesli served with fresh fruit and yoghurt
  • Gourmet Toasted Sandwiches $10.50
    • Bacon & Egg, Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken Schnitzel or Ham, Cheese & Tomato. Served on fresh toasted turkish bread
  • French Toast $15.50
    • Sourdough bread served with bacon, grilled banana and maple syrup
  • Eggs Benedict
    • Free range eggs, poached on toasted focaccia bread, served with hollandaise sauce
  • Breakfast Stack (Vegetarian) $16.00
  • Omelette $15.50
    • Free range eggs, with you choice of three fillings: bacon, ham, cheese, tomato, mushroom, onion, pineapple, served with toast
  • Butter Prawn $19.50
    • Peeled prawns cooked in tomato butter sauce with Indian Spices
  • Beef Vindaloo $18.00
    • Spicey beef curry straight from the exotic beaches of Goa, served hot as you like
  • Onion and Peas Rice $15.00
  • Lamb Seekh Kebab $13.50
    • Minced lamb flavored with exotic spices, pressed on a skewer then cooked in the tandoor
  • Chicken Jhalfrezi $18.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked in spices & Vegetables
  • Prawn Malawari $19.50
    • Peeled prawns cooked in onion and coconut milk, cream
  • Plain Rice $5.00
  • Lamb/Goat Madras $18.50
    • Diced lamb/ goat cooked in onion, tomato & spices (with flavor of coconut)
  • Bacon & Eggs $10.00
    • 2 eggs and 2 bacon rashers served with toasted Vienna
  • National Treasure $11/$14.90
    • Marinated chicken, onions, chopped cashews, cheese and aioli sauce
  • Hawaii 50 $11/$14.90
    • Cheese, ham, pineapple
  • Gooey Chocolate Brownie $8.00
    • Served with whipped cream, ice cream and drizzled in chocolate
  • Twice Cooked Pork Belly $25.00
    • Slow bmce cooked Pork Belly with red wine Jus', sewed on a bed of kumara & potato mash with a side of blanched vegetables & balsamic reduction
  • Quesadilla $19.00
    • A folded tortilla filled with chicken, onions, red beans and cheese, served with salad sour cream and salsa
  • Cajun Chicken Salad $16.00
    • Grilled diced Cajun chicken on a bed of fresh mesculan salad
  • Cottage Pie $16.00
    • Burgundy Beef topped With potato and grilled cheese served With mesculan salad
  • FISH & CHIPS $17.00
    • beer battered fish fillets served with fries and tartare sauce
  • BACH NACHOS $11.00
    • served with refried beans, grilled cheese, jalapenos, guacamole and sour cream
  • GRILLED SAUSAGES $14.50
    • local bangers served with fries BBQ sauce
  • SEASONED WEDGES $8.90
    • topped with bacon, mozzarella and sour cream
  • PIZZA FOR TWO $18.00
    • 10 cm pizza topped with a choice of two topping combo's, Hawaiian or pepperoni, served with fries
  • FRIES $4.50
    • served with tomato sauce
  • BACH KIWI BURGER $16.00
    • traditional kiwi burger with fried egg, beetroot salad, chutney and served with fries
  • CRISPY CHICKEN STRIPS $9.50
    • served with plum sauce and aioli
  • Teriyaki Chicken Set $13
    • Teriyaki chicken on rice, tempura set & 2 chicken sushi with salad
  • Seafood udon $13
  • Seafood Set $15
    • Teriyaki salmon on rice, sashimi & 2 salmon sushi + 1 nigiri with salad
  • Nigiri Sushi N/A
  • Chicken Ball N/A
  • Katsu Set $13
    • Crumbed pork on rice, tempura set & 2 chicken sushi with salad
  • Sushi Roll N/A
  • Yakjundon Set $13
    • Teriyaki chicken on noodles, tempura set & 2 chicken sushi with salad
  • Duck Leg with an Orange Liqueur Sauce $ 29,50
    • (Canard a l’orange) Confit of duck leg • cinnamon & orange zest kumara mash
  • Fish Of The Day $ 34,50
    • (Bouillabaisse) White flesh fish fillet • prawns • scallops • mussels • salmon in a white wine & tomato fish stock sauce
  • Homemade Bread serves two $ 14,50
    • (Pain maison) Fresh bread proudly made on the premises • first cold pressed olive oil & balsamic vinegar • aioli • olives • pesto
  • Josephine Soup $ 13,50
    • Napoleon’s wife’s fresh vegetable soup
  • Pork Belly Roulade 180g/240g $ 25,50 / $ 29,50
    • (Poitrine de porc au cidre) Melt in the mouth rolled pork belly stuffed with cranberries • cider & apple syrup sauce • roasted potatoes
  • Smoked Salmon Croquette two pieces/three pieces $ 22,50 / $ 25,50
    • (Délices de bretagne) Creamy Riesling, lime & crayfish stock sauce
  • Roasted Pineapple $ 14,00
    • In a ginger & star anise syrup • berry ice cream • cinnamon pastry stick • pineapple mousse
  • Crepes Bretonne $14.00
    • With salted caramel • sliverd roasted almonds • berry ice cream • caramel toffee
  • Confit pork belly, carrot caramel, crispy squid & fennel salad $30.00
  • Scotch fillet (350gm), roasted bone marrow, wild mushrooms & pesto crumb, triple cooked chips $39.00
  • Triple cooked chips, aioli $9.00
  • Roasted figs, goats cheese mousse & balsamic $18.00
  • Smoked Akaroa salmon, pickled fennel, zucchini, grains, goats cheese & almonds with viniagrette $18.00
  • Ceviche, island style marinated in chilli, coriander, lime & coconut $17.00
  • Beer battered fries $9.00
  • Salt & pepper squid, miso aioli $17.00
  • Teriyaki Chicken
  • Fresh Salmon Supreme
  • - 4 pieces Fresh Salmon Supreme
  • - 2 pieces Seaweed Salad Gunkan
  • Double Avocado Prawn
  • - 4 pieces Avocado Nigiri
  • 8PC. REG $7.90
  • LARGE $8.40
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