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

  • Rogan josh $16.00
    • Tendered meat cooked with brown gravy and finished with great spice
  • -Half $11.00
  • Saag $16.00
    • Delicious meat cooked with light spiced herbs and fresh spinach puree
  • Navrattan korma $13.00
    • Nine kinds of mix vegetables cooked in creamy white gravy.
  • Butter scallops $19.00
    • Fresh scallops cooked with variety of spices and creamy tomato gravy
  • Onion bhaji $5.00
    • Sliced onion stirred in chickpea flour batter and deep fried
  • Chicken tikka masala * $16.00
    • Succulent tandoori chicken cooked in medium spicy gravy finish with saute green capsicum, slice onion and fresh herbs
  • Himalayan cham cham $16.00
    • Own masala famous chef's secret recipe
  • - Chicken, Beef or Pork $22.50
  • Larb $22.50
    • Finely chopped meat cooked with Thai herbs, red onion, sliced carrots, roasted ground rice, spring onion and mint - Chicken or Pork
  • Combination Chicken and Prawns $26.50
  • - Beef or Chicken $22.50
  • Chicken $22.50
  • - Chicken, Beef or Pork $22.50
  • Cashew Stir Fry
    • Stir fried carrot, broccoli, onion, capsicum, celery and mushroom with roasted cashew nuts
  • - Fish (Snapper - not gluten free) $26.50
  • Roti $3.00
    • Hand rolled bread made from wholemeal flour.
  • Navrattan korma $14.00
    • Nine kind of mix vegetables cooked in creamy white gravy. A mild curry.
  • Chicken biryani $16.00
    • Rice cooked with chicken, herbs and spices.
  • Lamb saagwala $17.00
    • Lamb cooked with lightly spiced herbs and fresh spinach puree.
  • Seekh kebab $10.00
    • Minced lamb flavoured with great spice pressed on a skewer then cooked in the clay oven.
  • Chicken manchurian $16.00
    • Marinated boneless chicken tossed with corn flour, ginger, garlic and then deep fried, garnished with herbs
  • Raita $3.00
  • Onion kulcha on naan $5.00
    • Naan stuffed with onions
  • 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!
  • 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.
  • Stir Crazy Sirloin $34
    • 250gram premium-aged sirloin, cooked how you like it. Served with sautéed onions, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw and your choice of steak sauce.
  • Lone Star Artisan Loaf $10
    • A traditional seeded Ciabatta loaf, handcrafted exclusively for Lone Star. Served warm with butter.
  • Deputy Dog $12.5
    • Mini hot dogs on a stick, battered and flash fried in the furnace. Served with loads of tomato sauce.
  • Rock the Boat medium $27 classic $32
    • Fresh fillets of fish dusted in seasoned flour, then grilled with fresh herbs and parmesan. Topped with a lemon and caper sauce. Served with mashed potato and a fresh green salad.
  • 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.
  • COMBP. MEAT AND VEGES $11.50
  • CHICKEN $11.50
  • $3 CHIP
  • TOMATO $2.00
  • B.B.Q. PORK WITH VEGES $11.50
  • SHRIMPS FU YOUNG $12.50
  • OYSTER $2.30
  • 3 FISH
  • Vegetarian $27.50
    • Mushrooms, Capsicum, Spinach, Tomato, Olives, Brie & Sweet Chilli Aioli
  • -Chicken, Ricotta, Pesto & Parmesan $27.50
  • Thai Spiced Beef $26.50
    • Marinated Beef with Cashews, Cucumber, Roasted Capsicum, With a Thai Style Coriander Pesto
  • Pizza
    • Ham, Cheese & Pineapple >>
  • Medium Size Only
  • Fettuccini
  • Italiano Spice $27.50
    • Salami, Feta, Olives, Chilli & Roasted Peppers
  • Affogato $14.50
    • creamy gourmet vanilla ice cream drowned with a double shot of espresso coffee & accompanied by a glass of baileys, tia maria or glayva
  • -With Bacon $15.50
  • Muesli with Fruit and Yoghurt $10.50
    • Toasted Muesli served with fresh fruit and yoghurt
  • Crumbed Chicken Caesar Salad $16.50
    • Made with crumbed chicken, cos lettuce, premium middle bacon, poached egg, focaccia croutons, parmesan & anchovies
  • Soup of the Day $9.50
    • Served with fresh focaccia bread & butter. Please ask to the counter for today's flavour
  • French Toast $15.50
    • Sourdough bread served with bacon, grilled banana and maple syrup
  • Breakfast Stack (Vegetarian) $16.00
  • Eggs Benedict
    • Free range eggs, poached on toasted focaccia bread, served with hollandaise sauce
  • Fruit Pancake Stack $15.00
    • Pancakes served with seasonal fresh fruit, yoghurt and wild berry coulis
  • Butter chicken server with rice.
  • Cacik Dip & Turkish Bread $7.00
  • Turkish Bread $2.50
  • All our fries are cooked with vegetable oil. $4.00–$10.00
  • Spring rolls 8pcs $5.00
  • Your choice of meat or vegetarian option served on a bed of rice with tabouli, hummus dip, fresh salads & any three sauces of your choice. Large dishes served with few more dips. $11.00–$11.00
  • All our breads and dips are freshly made on site $7.00–$12.00
  • Your choice of TWO Pizzas and get a free drink. $12.00–$12.00
  • Tandoori Chicken Half $10.00 Full $16.00
  • Butter Chicken Reg $9.00 L $13.50
  • Chicken Biryani $11.00
  • Chicken Manchurian $12.00
  • Paneer Palak $10.00
  • Aaloo Parantha $3.00
  • Rogan Josh $13.00
  • Cheese Garlic Naan $3.50
  • -6 $22.00
  • Double Chocolate Mousse Tart (GF) $16.00
    • Served with butterscotch sauce & crème fraiche
  • Lamb Tapa $23.00
    • Free farmed Chargrilled served on creamy minted mash potato, herb and mustard crumb drizzled with a Jus
  • Scotch Fillet $38.00
    • 250g prime free farmed angus scotch fillet served with seasonal vegetables, creamy potato mash & drizzled with your choice of peppercorn, mushroom sauce or a merlot jus
  • Prawn Cutlets (4) (GF) (DF) $19.00
    • Served with a spicy mango salsa (onion, chilli, mango)
  • Seafood Skewers L $24 / M $38
    • Scallops, Prawns, capsicum, squid served with refreshing onion resting wild rice salad and dips of chilli, coriander and harissa
  • Ceviche (GF) (V) $24.00
    • Fresh fish marinated in lemon jus, red onion, chilli, coriander and coconut cream
  • NZ Ora King Salmon (GFO) $34.00
    • Oven baked salmon fillet with quinoa, potato croquet, Swede and ginger puree, seasonal vegetables & drizzled with an oriental sauce
  • Plain Yoghurt N/A
  • Lamb $16.00
  • Spanakopita Slice $13.50
    • Slice Only - $9.00 / With Salad And Rice
  • Vegeterian S $11.00 / L $12.00
  • Avocado N/A
  • Lamb $10.00
  • Lamb S $12.00 / L $13.00
  • Garlic Yoghurt N/A
  • Hash bites $3.50
  • Onion rings $3.50
  • Apricot chicken $10.50
    • Succulent chicken, onion, capsicum & melting mozzarella with an apricot swirl
  • Cheese stuffed crust $3.90
  • BBQ chicken & bacon $11.00
    • Succulent chicken, onion, bacon & melting mozzarella with a tangy BBQ swirl
  • Italiano $8.90
    • Spicy pepperoni, cabanossi, mushroom, capsicum, olives and melting mozzarella with garlic & oregano seasoning
  • Choose from: Hash bites/ Large fries/ Garlic bread/ Onion rings/ Soft drinks 1.5L $6.00
  • Pepperoni $5.00
    • Pepperoni topped with mozzarella
  • Toasted breads $7.50
    • Two slices of Flaveurs organic multigrain or ciabatta with condiments or VAGABONDS homemade banana bread (GF, DF) with coconut cream (DF).
  • Eggs benedict $18.50
    • Two poached eggs on a toast english muffin with spinach and housemade hollandaise sauce and your choice of streaky bacon or smoked salmon.
  • Big vagabond breaky * $20.00
    • Poached eggs, streaky bacon, kransky, hash, tomato and mushrooms with toast.
  • Mushroom $3.00
  • Steak hash stack $24.00
    • 150g rump steak sitting on hash brown with creamy mushroom, spinach & bacon topped with a poached egg served with tomato.
  • Bacon butty $9.00
    • Crispy streaky bacon and BBQ sauce on soft buttered bread.
  • Flaveurs rye & spelt muesli (wf, df) $12.00
    • With Berry compote and your choice of Puhoi yoghurt.
  • Avo smash on toast (GF) $12.00
    • Served on Flaveurs OMG Bread or Flaveurs GF seeded Bread
  • Tiger Prawn Tempura (4 pcs) $11.00
  • Chicken Teriyaki Roll
  • Te Aroha Roll
  • Pork Katsu D $14.90 / B $18.90
    • Bread crumbed pork cutlet
  • Deep fried whole flounder $19.00
  • Chicken Katsu D $14.90 / B $18.90
    • Bread crumbed chicken cutlet
  • Smoked Salmon & Avocado Salad $15.00
  • Chicken Teriyaki / Mini Cha-han / Mini Udon / Mini Ramen $8.90
  • Meat Lovers $12/$20
    • Cheese, Italian salami, chicken, bacon, onions, black olives and oregano
  • Ask for gluten free base -Extra $2
  • Pepperoni
    • Cheese pepperoni, black olives and oregano
  • Hawaiian
    • Cheese, ham, pineapple and oregano
  • Chicken
    • Cheese, ham, chicken, feta and oregano, choose of barbecue, garlic aioli or tomato sauce
  • Piha
    • cheese, bacon, egg, corn and oregano
  • Gisborne
    • Cheese, Italian salami, onions, black olives, red capcicum. Fata and oregano
  • The Mount
    • White chocolate and blue berry
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