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

  • Maguro furay roll (panko tuna, cream cheese, spring onions) $17.50
  • Chicken roll (chicken, capsicum, susumber, cream cheese) $17.50
  • Veges $15.50
  • Chicken $15.50
  • Honey $0.80
  • Tempura ice cream $12.00
    • 2 balls of battered ice cream & chopped almonds (with chocolate, caramel, passionfruit or berry sauce)
  • Hotate (scallops) $16.50
  • Camembert cheese cooked in panko breadcrumbs with satori or berry sauce $11.50
  • Redneck Ribs six $19 nine $28
    • 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.
  • Shanks Peninsula (One Shank / Two Shanks) $27 / $36
    • Slow-braised lamb shank in a rich stock of mushroom, onion, fresh herbs and red wine. Served with mashed potato, sautéed spinach and roasted cherry tomatoes.
  • The Wagon Wheel $40
    • Redneck Ribs™, Chief's Chicken Nibbles, Chicken Roadrunners and Battered Fish Fillets. Served on a platter with straight-cut chips, coriander aioli and tomato sauce. serves 3-4
  • Dixie Chicken medium $32 classic $37
    • Breast of chicken poached in a creamy sauce of white wine, garlic, spring onion, fresh herbs, corn and carrot. Served with mashed potato and Lone Star coleslaw...world famous all around New Zealand!
  • Jack Daniel's Chocolate Fudge Pudding $12
    • A rich, self-saucing chocolate fudge pudding, laced with Jack Daniel's. Served with chocolate sauce, whipped cream and vanilla bean ice cream.
  • Prawn Star $19
    • Tiger prawn cutlets sautéed in garlic, chilli and coriander butter. Served with basmati rice...a Lone Star classic!
  • Comfortably Numb $9
    • Premium Killinchy Gold New Zealand ice cream. Served with wafers and berry coulis.
  • Stand by your Lamb $36
    • Slow-roasted lamb shoulder, served with spring onion and feta mash, sautéed seasonal greens, roasted cherry tomatoes and a mint jus.
  • 12 X CHICKEN WINGS $9.00
  • PORK $10.50
  • SWEET & SOUR PORK
  • BACON $4.10
  • CHICKEN WING $1.70
  • CHICKEN BLACK BEAN SAUCE $11.00
  • POTATO NUGGETS $4.00
  • (CHOP SUEY - NO NOODLES)
  • Avocado 4
  • Pan fried fish and chips with carrot sticks 10
  • Fresh Sliced Tomato 4
  • HOUSE-MADE WAFFLES 14.5 WITH BACON 16.5
    • Caramelised banana, coconut yoghurt V
  • FULL ELIZABETH 22
    • Two poached eggs, rosti, cheese Kransky, mushrooms, and bacon with grilled house-made Turkish bread
  • MEDITERRANEAN LAMB SALAD GFO 24
    • Char-grilled lamb fillets, labneh, zucchini, herbs and flat bread
  • Gluten Free Bread 3
  • SUNFLOWER EGGS 18.5
    • Two poached eggs, avocado, sunflower shoots, feta and seeds on whole grain V
  • Peri-Peri Chips
    • Curb your craving
  • Classic Veggie Burger $9.90
    • Veggie patty with iceberg lettuce, tomato & our light mayo in a soft seeded bun
  • Whole Chicken
    • To share, or not to share
  • - Regular $4.50
  • Coleslaw
  • Corn on the Cob
  • 5 Churrasco BBQ Wings $11.90
    • Comes with BBQ basting. Add some extra Peri-Peri basting of your choice if you wish!
  • - Large $6.50
  • Caesar Salad $18.50
    • with garlic chicken, parmesan, bacon, crouton and a house caesar dresing
  • Eggs Benedict with Salmon $19.90
    • with salmon, spinach and poached eggs
  • Caesar Salad $28
    • with garlic chicken, parmesan, bacon, crouton and a house caesar dressing
  • The Raft Baby Breakfast $19.50
    • a small version of the farmers big breakfast
  • Sticky Beef Burger $22.50
    • braised beef on The Raft burger bun with salad leaves, crispy onions, cheese, aioli, pickled red cabbage and beer battered fries
  • Eggs Benedict with Bacon $18.50
    • with bacon, spinach and poached eggs
  • Fish and Chips $28
    • withTiger beer battered fish and chips served with a green salad, lemon and aioli.
  • Mussel Fritter $18.50
    • served with a balsamic reduction, red pepper puree, creme fraiche and salad
  • Fish Sliders $14
    • pan seared fish, topped with tartare sauce & served with house slaw
  • Fish n Chips $12.95
    • served with fries & tomato sauce
  • Moroccan Lamb Salad $22
    • seasoned lamb, olives, cucumber, tomato, house salad mix, with cous cous & a yoghurt dressing
  • House Slaw $4
  • Fries $8
    • served with tomato & aioli sauce
  • Side Salad $5
  • Chicken Wings .5kg $14 1kg $22
    • choice of sauces: blue cheese/ bourbon BBQ/ hot sauce
  • Lamb Rump $29
    • stuffed with feta, sun dried tomatoes & served on a potato gratin with a broccoli & bok choy stir fry
  • 8. Tandoori Chicken H $9.00 F $16.00
  • 45. Chicken Tikka Fried Rice $13.99
  • 34. Saag Paneer / Aloo $9.00 / $12.90
  • 19. Chicken / Lamb / Beef Saagwala $9.90 / $12.90
  • 37. Kumara & Mushroom Curry $12.90
  • 59. Onion Kulcha $4.00
  • 46. Basmati Rice $2.00
  • 25. Chicken / Lamb / Beef Kadai $9.90 / $12.90
  • - 4 pieces Regular Teriyaki Chicken
  • LARGE $8.90
  • - 8 pieces Seafood Celebration
  • - 8 pieces Teriyaki Chicken & Double Avocado
  • Edamame
  • - 4 pieces Avocado Nigiri
  • Double Avocado Medley $23.90
  • Double Avocado Prawn
  • Vegeterian S $11.50 / L $12.50
  • ​Chicken Spinach Feta Lasagne $15.00
    • Slice Only - $10.80 / With Salad And Rice
  • Lamb S $11.30 / L $12.30
  • H​Ot Chilli N/A
  • Avocado N/A
  • Mixed S $12.50 / L $14.00
  • Sour Cream N/A
  • Garlic Yoghurt N/A
  • French Toast $14.50
    • House Made Brioche Loaf, French Toasted And Served With Berry Compote, Real Maple Syrup And Cream.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Agedashi Tofu $7.00
    • Deep fried tofu
  • Chicken Teriyaki Quesadilla D $19.90
  • Agedashi Nasu $7.00
    • Deep fried eggplant
  • Takoyaki $8.00
    • Octopus balls
  • Yakitori $9.00
    • Skewered chicken with spring onion
  • -5pcs $7.90
  • Tempura D $15.90 / B $19.90
    • Deep fried tempura battered prawns & vegetables
  • Chatham D $14.90
    • Stir fried rice with prawns, chicken & vegetables
  • Smoked salmon salad $20.00
    • Smoked salmon tossed with lettuce and spinach greens, cherry tomatoes, red onion,feta and orange. Finished with a lemon/lime vinaigrette.
  • -Sweet chilli sauce $1.00
  • -Tomato, avocado, lettuce, and brie cheese $13.00
  • -Portobello mushroom $4.50
  • Creation breakfast $10.00
    • Creation starts with two eggs, cooked how you like them, poached, scrambled or fried. Served on toasted multigrain bread.
  • -Bacon bits $2.50
  • Savoury wedges $9.00
    • A bowl of hot savoury potato wedges. Add your choice of
  • -Grilled tomato $2.00
  • Bhuna Chicken - Boneless spring chicken cooked with ginger, garlic, fresh coriander, capsicum, onions and spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Raita $3.50
  • Onion Salad $3.50
  • Tandoori Chicken Salad - Your choice of Chooza Tikka, Malai Tikka or Achaari Tikka tossed with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onions, lemon juice with mint chutney $15.00
  • Biryani Chicken / Lamb / Vegetable - Basmati rice cooked with chicken, lamb or vegetables. Served with 2 poppadoms and raita. $16.00
  • Lamb Rogan Josh - Lean lamb cooked with roasted and crushed spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Kashmiri Pulao - Basmati rice mixed with cashews, almonds, sultanas and desiccated coconut. $6.50
  • Bhatura Chicken / Lamb / Chole - Bhatura is a soft bread made from flour mixed with semolina and yoghurt, then finished in hot oil. Two pieces of Bhatura breads served with Chole, lamb or chicken $16.00
  • Sizzling Fillet Beef with Peking Sauce $20.00
  • Pork Chop with Zhen Jiang Sauce $18.00
  • Steam/Deep Fried Whole Fish Seasonal Price
  • Cold Boneless Duck Feet $10.00
  • Roast Pork on Rice $9.00
  • Pork Fried Rice $10.00
  • Whole $15.00
  • Prawn with Broccoli $23.00
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