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

  • Spinakopita $13.00
    • Spinach, feta cheese in filo pastry
  • Fries (punnet) $4.50
  • Chicken on rice $9.50
    • With your choice of sauce
  • Lamb $8.00
  • Lamb on fries $10.00
    • With your choice of sauce
  • Lamb S $10.5 / L $ 12.5
  • Mixed S $12 / L $ 14
    • Chicken & lamb
  • Your choice of meat or vege served with salad & rice, or fries, topped with your favourite sauces
  • Madras $16.00
    • Delicious medium hot curry prepared in coconut gravy and finished in a south indian style
  • Mango chicken $16.00
    • Boneless chicken cooked with exotic creamy gravy in mild mango flavour sauce
  • Goat curry $16.00
    • Goat meat cooked with great spice, garlic, ginger, brown onion & tomato in a home style (popular dish in north indian & nepal)
  • -Full $20.00
  • Chicken tikka masala $16.00
    • Succulent tandoori chicken cooked in medium spicy gravy finish with saute green capsicum, slice onion and fresh herbs
  • Tandoori prawns $13.00
    • Finest shrimp marinated with spices and cooked in a clay oven
  • Herb naan $3.00
    • Popular indian style bread garnished with seasonal herbs
  • Methi mattar paneer $14.00
    • Cottage cheese and green peas cooked in fenugreek flavoured gravy laced with cream
  • Spiced Berry & Passionfruit Mascarpone Crepes $16.50
    • Served with fresh bananas
  • Cream Cheese & Jam $9.50
    • Courgette ribbons, edamame beans and puffed quinoa, two poached eggs and grilled haloumi with lemon herb oil, gluten free toast, pesto & roasted beetroot
  • Just Eggs $10.50
    • Free range scrambled, fried or poached eggs on organic multigrain. Add Bacon $15.00
  • Eggs Benedict $17.50
    • on toasted ciabatta with housemade hollandaise w/bacon
  • Sausages, Bacon $4.50
  • Eggs Benedict $19.50
    • on toasted ciabatta with housemade hollandaise w/housesmoked salmon
  • Hotcakes w/fresh banana & maple syrup $9.50
  • House Made Granola with Chia Pudding $18.50
    • with spiced berries, coconut yoghurt and  almond milk (Vegan)
  • RASPBERRYCHIA 15
    • Coconut yoghurt, berries, honey toasted nuts and seeds V GF
  • FULL ELIZABETH 22
    • Two poached eggs, rosti, cheese Kransky, mushrooms, and bacon with grilled house-made Turkish bread
  • Bacon and eggs on toasted soldiers 7
  • FLASH FISH + CHIPS 22
    • Beer battered fish, fries, tartare sauce and summer garden salad
  • EGGS BENEDICT ON POTATO ROSTI WITH YOUR CHOICE OF GF 18.50
    • Bacon ,Roasted field mushrooms and spinach V, Cured salmon and spinach
  • Pan fried fish and chips with carrot sticks 10
  • Bacon 5
  • Fries 8
  • Eggs benedict $18.00
    • english muffin,ham off the bone,poached eggs and hollandaise.
  • Pie of the day $15.00
    • mashed potato croquette and green pea salad.
  • Fresh baked muffins sweet or savoury $4.00
    • fresh from the oven at 11 am daily - until sold out.
  • Warm calamari salad $18.00
    • w pan seared chorizo,baby spinach & white balsamic reduction(gf)
  • Snapper & Chips tempura battered $26.00
    • w crispy hand cut chips,tartare aioli & petite salad.
  • Spiced Apple Bread & butter pudding $12.00
    • w apple compote & creme anglaise.
  • Chocolate Brownie sundae. $12.00
  • Cauliflower panko crumbed $15.00
    • curry aioli & hollandaise(v)
  • Chips $5.00
  • Cheese and garlic naan $4.50
    • Stuffed with cheese and garlic.
  • ●Chicken tikka
    • Cubes of chicken marinated in various herbs and spices barbecued in tandoori oven.
  • Mushroom masala $15.00
    • Fresh mushroom cooked with herbs capsicum and onion gravy.
  • ●Tandoori prawns
    • Cooked with herbs and yogurt in a tandoori masala sauce.
  • Aloo matar $14.00
    • Pea and potatoes cooked in a very smooth onion and tomato based curry.
  • Chicken tikka masala $16.50
    • Succulent tender chicken morsels roasted in tandoor and then cooked in spicy gravy, capsicums, onions and fresh herbs.
  • Basmati rice
    • Plain rice steamed to perfection.
  • Butter Naan $3.50
  • -Rice $3.00
    • White basmati rice
  • Garlic Naan $4.00
  • Plain Paratha $3.50
  • -Vegetable Pilau $4.50
    • Rice and vegetable mix
  • Goaness Fish $25.50
    • Fresh fish pieces prepared in a traditional goaness style, served in a coconut cream and cashew nut gravy
  • -Raita $4.50
  • Side Dishes
  • Kitchen salad, honey mustard dressing $8.00
  • Seafood Bouillabaisse, garlic toast $18.00
  • Pancetta crouquettes, roasted capsicum relish $12.00
  • Black doris plum, cherry frangipane tart, fig & honey ice cream $16.00
  • Classic creme brulee $16.00
  • Twice cooked hand cut fries, toasted sesame salt, truffle mayo $8.00
  • Seafood Bouillabaisse, garlic toast $18.00
  • Sticky XO pork belly, spicy red cabbage, apple mint salad, steam buns $28.00
  • Mellick Pork Ribs (200gm) .5kg $18 1kg $30
    • braised then finished with our famous sauce & served with fries or salad
  • Fish n Chips $12.95
    • served with fries & tomato sauce
  • Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Burger $21
    • seared chicken, topped with bacon, cheese, avocado, cranberry sauce, salad greens & served on a toasted fresh bun
  • Nachos $12.95
    • beef mince topped with cheese & sour cream
  • Ice Cream Sundae $10
    • choice of chocolate, caramel or strawberry sauce
  • Salmon & Caper $24
    • napoli sauce, topped with mozzarella, cured salmon, capers, onions & cream cheese
  • Fries $8
    • served with tomato & aioli sauce
  • Moroccan Lamb Salad $22
    • seasoned lamb, olives, cucumber, tomato, house salad mix, with cous cous & a yoghurt dressing
  • Bacon and Eggs $14.00
    • Bacon, Eggs, grilled tomato and toast
  • Creamy Mushrooms $15.00
    • Served with bacon, grilled tomato and toast
  • Caribbean $20.00
    • Bacon, pineapple, red onion and capsicum
  • Tommy $20.00
    • Fresh tomato, caramelized onion, feta and basil pesto
  • Homemade Pie $15.00
    • Chefs homemade pie of the day with salad
  • Seafood Chowder $18.00
    • A rich creamy soup filled with mussels, squid, shrimp and fish served with crusty bread
  • Fresh Fish Burger $20.00
    • Fresh beer battered fish, salad and tartare served in a toasted bun with a side of fries
  • Pulled Pork Sub $16.00
    • BBQ pulled pork, salad, served on a toasted sub, with an aioli drizzle
  • Prawn Biryani $16.00
  • Scezwan Rice $10.00
  • Chicken Tikka (6 pieces) $11.00
  • Butter Naan $2.50
  • Onion Pakora (3 pieces) $2.50
  • Garlic Dhal Reg $7.50 L $12.00
  • Tikka Masala $12.00
  • Malai Kofta $10.00
  • Vegeterian $10.00
  • Lamb $10.00
  • Moussaka $17.00
    • Slice Only - $12.00 / ​With Salad And Rice
  • Garlic Yoghurt N/A
  • Lamb $16.00
  • Chicken S $12.30 / L $13.30
  • Chicken S $11.50 / L $12.50
  • Lamb S $12.00 / L $13.00
  • French Toast $14.50
    • House Made Brioche Loaf, French Toasted And Served With Berry Compote, Real Maple Syrup And Cream.
  • Omlette Your Choice $15.50
    • House Smoked Salmon & Feta Served With Toast. Or Free Range Bacon And Dutch Gouda Served With Toast
  • Toast & Jam $5.50
    • Toasted Ciabatta With House made Jam & Butter
  • Creamy Mushrooms $16.50
    • Served With Free Range Bacon And Toast
  • Eggs On Toast $12.50
    • Free Range Eggs Any Style - Poached, Scrambled Or Fried Served With Toast. Add Free Range Bacon $4.00
  • Panang Curry $17.50
    • A mild curry cooked with coconut cream green beans, carrots, ground peanuts and capsicum with your choice of chicken, beef, pork or lamb
  • Spring Rolls $8.00
    • Thai style spring rolls filled with cabbage and vermicelli, served with sweet chilli sauce
  • Stir Fried Veges with Cashewnuts $17.50
    • Stir fried mixed vegetables with cashew nuts and tofu with light oyster sauce [Comes With Rice]
  • New Zealand Garlic Lamb $17.50
    • Stir-fried with garlic, leeks, onion, capsicum, pepper and soy sauce
  • Pineapple Fried Rice $17.50
    • Stir-fried rice with egg, vegetables, pineapple, and choice of chicken, beef or pork
  • Sweet and Sour $17.50
    • Sweet and sour sauce stir-fried with vegetables with your choice of chicken or pork
  • Garlic and Black Pepper $17.50
    • Stir-fried with mixed vegetables in garlic and pepper sauce with your choice of chicken, pork, lamb or beef
  • Prawns on Toast $8.00
    • A delicate mixture of king prawn and pork patty seasoned with Thai ingredients on toast, & deep fried to golden brown served with home-made dipping sauce
  • Spanish Sausage/Chorizo En Salsa De Oporto $10.50
    • Barbecued chorizo in sticky port sauce
  • Churros $10.00
    • Spanish doughnuts with chocolate sauce
  • Cake of the Day $7.50
  • Marinated Fish / Ceviche $17.00
    • Peruvian style marinated seafood featuring fresh white & salmon fish in lime, chilli & coriander
  • Pan De Patata $7.50
    • Homemade potato & rosemary bread with pumpkin humus
  • Comida Big Breakfast $19.50
    • Grilled chorizo, bacon, slow roasted tomatoes, 2 eggs & roasted sweet potato
  • Fries / Patatas Fritas $7.50
    • Fried potatoes with aioli & tomato ketch up
  • Calamari/Calamares Frito Con Tentaculos $14.00
    • Fresh fried squid rings & crispy tentaculos with saffron apple aioli
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