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Cha-Ya

  • $$$
  • Japanese, Sushi, Vegetarian-Friendly, Vegan
  • 762 Valencia St, San Francisco CA94110 37.760661 -122.421609
  • (Btwn 18th & 19th St)
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  • (415) 252-7825
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Lunch

Served 7 Days A Week

Appetizers, Soups & Salads

Vegan Soup* mixed beans and brown rice in a ginger and vegetable stock.   5.50
Kinoko Miso Soup* our house miso soup loaded with a mushroom medley. a must for mushroom lovers.   5.50
Senroppon Salad shredded salad. shredded daikon, turnip, cucumber, and carrots topped with atsuage tofu, radishes, soybeans, kaiware sprouts. soy-vinaigrette dressing.   6.00
Sea Vegetable Salad a variety of marine vegetables including seasoned hijiki served with a creamy sesame dressing.   6.00
Goma Ae sesame dressing salad. blanched spinach and broccolini, topped with our house favorite sesame dressing   6.50
Shira Ae tofu-sesame dressing salad. blanched spinach with seasoned lotus root, green beans, carrots, shiitake, tofu pouch, and yam cake. tahini-tofu dressing.   6.50
Sukeroku Sushi Plate* 3 pieces kappa roll, one slice vegan roll, and one inari.   6.00
Agedashi Tofu deep-fried tofu in a special sauce, garnished with kaiware, green onion, grated daikon, ginger, and nori.   6.00
Ten Bou fried veggie and tofu sticks. sticks of yam, carrots, banana squash, atsuage tofu, and green beans, dipped in tempura batter and deep-fried.served with tempura sauce   6.00
Haru Maki spring rolls. asparagus, shiitake, carrots, long beans, atsuage tofu, and harusamein fried spring roll. served with sweet and sour sauce.   6.50
Gyoza pot stickers. pan-fried vegan pot stickers stuffed with cabbage, carrots, corn, and onion.   6.00

Combination Lunch Special $10.50

Choose Any Two Items From The Appetizer, Soup & Salad List Above. Served With House Miso Soup And Rice On Request*.

No Rice Served With Sukeroku Sushi, No House Miso Served With Vegan Soup Orkinoko Miso Soup. Upgrade To Seasoned Organic Brown Rice Add $1.50

Extras

Edamame soy beans   4.00
House Miso Soup    2.75
Small Sunomono Salad    3.00
White Rice    1.50
Organic Brown Rice    3.00
Extra Toppings    3.00

Lunch Set

Served With Miso Soup And Rice On Request. Upgrade To Seasoned Organic Brown Rice Add $1.50

Hangetsu portabello mushrooms. portobello mushroom layered with atsuage tofu, dipped in light batter and deep-fried. served with kiwi fruit sauce   9.00
Dengaku broiled eggplant and tofu. broiled eggplant, tofu, and portobello mushroom with a miso-paste glaze.   8.50
Tempura eggplant, yam, asparagus, carrots, kabocha, mushrooms, green beans, and broccoli. lightly battered and deep-fried. served with tempura sauce.   9.00
Taku Sui gyoza hot pot. vegan pot stickers, silver noodles, tofu, nappa cabbage, kabocha, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and zucchini in a light broth. served with ponzu citrus sauce.   9.00
Cha-Ya Nabe vegan sukiyaki. nappa cabbage, spinach, red onion, carrots, mushrooms, kabocha, broccoli, cauliflower, lotus root, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, silver noodles, and tofu in sukiyaki broth. served in an iron pot.   9.00
Tonchi Nasu stuffed eggplant tempura. eggplant stuffed with satsuma potato, corn, hijiki, carrots, and soybeans. lightly battered and deep-fried, tempura style. served with a special ginger sauce.   8.50
Cha-Ya Delight* brown rice bowl. seasoned organic brown rice topped with carrots, kabocha, broccoli, cauliflower, shiitake, lotus root, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, atsuage tofu, hijiki, pickled burdock and daikon, broccolini, and kaiware.   8.50
Hana Gomoku * sushi rice bowl. sushi rice mixed with seasoned shiitake, green beans, carrots, lotus root, tofu pouch, yam cake, and hijiki. topped with various vegetables and served in a bowl.   9.00
Full Moon Sushi Plate* one kappa roll (6 pieces), half vegan roll (#29--2 pieces), and one inari.   9.00

Specialty Sushi Rolls

Upgrade To Organic Brown Rice Add $2

Cha-Ya Roll a sushi roll, filled with asparagus, avocado, yam, and carrots. lightly battered and deep-fried, tempura style. served with a special house sauce.  (8pcs) 7.50
Tempura Roll a large roll filled with tempura of banana squash, carrots, yam, and green beans  (5pcs) 7.00
Shattuck Roll asparagus and yam tempura roll  (5pcs) 7.00
Garden Roll a large roll with asparagus, spinach, avocado, cucumber, broccoli, pickled burdock, and kaiware.  (4pcs) 7.00
Vegan Roll a traditional roll with spinach, atsuage tofu, cucumber, broccolini, seasoned shiitake and kampyo gourd, pickled burdock, and pickled ginger.  (4pcs) 6.50
Summer Green Roll a large reverse roll with avocado, cucumber, and kaiware, topped with sea vegetable salad.  (4pcs) 6.50

Noodles

Choose From Udon (White Flour),Soba (Buckwheat), Or Harusame Add $1(Clear Potato Starch Noodles). Served Hot: Noodles In Broth, Topped With Green Onions, Kaiware, And Dried Nori Seaweed.

Vege Tofu Curry curry soup with tofu, kabocha, onions, celery carrots, broccoli, sugar snap peas, cauliflower, zucchini, and mushrooms.   8.75
Yasai cooked vegetable medley. broccoli, cauliflower, atsuage tofu, kabocha, lotus root, zucchini, carrots, snap peas, and mushrooms   8.75
Vegetable Tempura vegetable tempura served separately with a bowl of plain noodles.   9.50
Sansai wild mountain vegetables. edible bracken, bamboo shoots, carrots, and enoki and wood ear mushrooms.   8.25
Kinoko mushroom medley   8.75
Wakame sea vegetable   8.25
Kitsune seasoned tofu pouch   8.25
Kake plain   7.25

Noodles

Served Cold: Noodles In A Basket, Served With Soba Tsuyu Dipping Sauce Alongside Green Onions, Wasabi, And Dried Seaweed.

Zaru plain cold noodles with dipping sauce   7.25
Sansai Wakame Zaru plain cold noodles served with a side of wild mountain vegetables and tender wakame seaweed   8.25
Tempura Zaru plain cold noodles served with a side of vegetable tempura.   9.25

Desserts $5

Chocolate Cake chocolate mousse cake made with vegan ingredients.   
Oshiruko a warm bowl of sweetened adzuki beans and mochi rice cakes.   
Vegan Sundae soy-based vanilla "ice cream" with green tea sauce and adzuki bean sauce. garnished with pineapple chunks.   
Pineapple Chunks fresh pineapple chunks, lightly sweetened and served with green tea sauce and adzuki bean sauce   
Yellow Moon deep-fried banana, topped with green tea sauce and adzuki bean sauce.   

 

Sushi A La Carte

Upgrade To Organic Brown Rice Add $1

Hosomaki Rolls

Each. 6 Pieces Per Order

Kappa cucumber   3.75
Oshinko pickled daikon   4.25
Umekyu cucumber & plum paste   4.25
Kampyo seasoned gourd   4.25
Kaiware radish sprouts   4.25
Yamagobo picked burdock   4.25
Natto fermented soybean   4.25
Sea Vegetable    4.50
Avocado    4.50
Eggplant    4.50
Asparagus    4.50
Spinach    4.50
Shiitake Mushroom    4.50

Nigiri Sushi

Pair. 2 Pieces Per Order

Atsuage Tofu seasoned firm tofu   3.50
Kaiware    3.50
Shiitake    4.00
Eggplant    4.00
Broccolini    4.00
Inari stuffed tofu pouch   4.00
Hijiki seasoned sea veg   4.00
Avocado    4.00
Asparagus    4.00
Portabello    4.00
Sea Vegetable    4.00
Salad    4.00

 

Hosomaki Combination

Choose Any Three Rolls Listed In The

Hosomaki Rolls served with house miso soup. (no substitutions please.)   10.50

Hosomaki Combination - Uramaki

Each. Medium Sized Reverse Rolls

Avocado Tempura    6.00
Portobello & Spinach    6.00
Shiitake & Spinach    5.75
Asparagus & Spinach    5.75
Avocado & Cucumber    5.75
Avocado & Shiitake    5.75

Dinner

Soup

1. Dobin Mushi "tea pot" soup. clear soup with shimeji and eryngii mushrooms, spinach, tofu, carrots, and gingko nuts, served in atea pot.   6.75
2. Kinoko Miso mushroom soup. our house miso soup with loaded with shimeji, eryngii, and portobello mushrooms, green onion, tofu, and kaiware sprouts   6.75
3. Vegan Soup mixed bean soup. bean soup (black, pinto, kidney, red, pink, navy, and baby lima), organic split peas (green and yellow), with lentils and organic brown rice. lightly flavored with ginger.   6.75
4. House Miso Soup a small bowl of miso soup with wakame sea vegetable, tofu, and green onions.   2.75

Salad

5. Senroppon Salad shredded salad. shredded daikon, turnip, cucumber, and carrots, garnished with atsuage tofu, radishes, soybeans, kaiware sprouts. soy-vinaigrette dressing.   7.50
6. Soba Salad buckwheat noodle salad. buckwheat noodles topped with cucumber, red onion, carrots, broccolini, snow peas, snap peas, atsuage tofu, enoki mushroom, pickled burdock, seasoned kampyo gourd and hijiki sea vegetable, soybeans, yellow and orange peppers, pickled daikon and ginger, kaiware, toasted sunflower seeds, and strawberries. served with a sesame-oil vinaigrette dressing.   9.00
7. Sea Vegetable Salad hijiki and seaweed-sesame salad, served with a creamy sesame dressing.   8.00
8. Sunomono Salad cucumber vinaigrette. sliced cucumber and radishes with golden raisins, wakame, silver noodles, and organic toasted soybeans. non-oil rice vinaigrette.   6.00
9. Eda Mame cooked soybeans. soybeans boiled and lightly salted.   5.00
10. Goma Ae sesame greens. blanched spinach and broccolini, topped with our thick sesame dressing.   8.00
11. Shira Ae vegetables with tahini-tofu dressing. blanched spinach with seasoned lotus root, carrots, shiitake, green beans, tofu pouch, and yam cake, served with a tahini-tofu dressing.   8.00

Kozara

Small Dishes

12. Agedashi Tofu deep-fried tofu. deep-fried tofu in a special sauce, garnished with grated daikon and ginger, kaiware sprouts, green onion, and shredded nori.   7.00
13. Robata Yaki broiled vegetable skewers. broiled pieces of portobello mushroom, red onion, asparagus, eggplant, and zucchini. served on 2 skewers with vegan teriyaki sauce.   7.00
14. Ten Bou deep-fried vegetable sticks. sticks of yam, carrots, banana squash, green beans, and atsuage tofu, tempura style   7.50
15. Haru Maki fried spring roll. asparagus, shiitake, carrots, long beans, atsuage tofu, and silver noodle rolls. served with sweet and sour sauce.   7.50
16. Gyoza pot stickers. vegan pot stickers stuffed with cabbage, carrots, corn, and onion and wrapped in wheat-based dough. pan-fried and served with gyoza sauce.   7.50
17. Mikuri-Age breaded & deep-fried vegetables on skewers. breaded and deep-fried asparagus, eggplant, onions, kabocha pumpkin, mushrooms, and atsuage tofu on skewers, and a vegetable croquette. served with a miso-based "tonkatsu" style sauce.   8.50

A La Carte

18. Hangetsu deep-fried portobello mushroom. portobello mushroom layered with atsuage tofu, dipped in light batter and deep-fried. served with kiwi fruit sauce.   10.00
19. Dengaku broiled eggplant and tofu. broiled eggplant, tofu, and portobello mushroom with a miso-paste glaze.   10.00
20. Moon Garden steamed tofu custard. steamed tofu custard with broccoli, shimeji mushrooms, kabocha, snow peas, atsuage tofu, broccolini, carrots, asparagus, zucchini, soybeans and gingko nuts.   10.00
21. Vegetable Tempura eggplant, yam, asparagus, carrots, kabocha, mushrooms, green beans, and broccoli. lightly battered and deep-fried. served with tempura sauce.   10.00
22. Taku-Sui yoza and vegetable pot. vegan pot stickers, silver noodles, tofu, nappa cabbage, zucchini, snap peas, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, and mushrooms cooked in a light broth and served with a ponzu-citrus sauce.   10.00
23. Cha-Ya Nabe vegan sukiyaki. nappa cabbage, spinach, red onion, carrots, mushrooms, kabocha, lotus root, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, silver noodles, and tofu in sukiyaki broth. served in an iron pot.   11.00
24. Cha-Ya Delight seasoned brown rice. seasoned organic brown rice topped with carrots, kabocha, broccoli, lotus root, cauliflower, shiitake, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, atsuage tofu, hijiki, pickled burdock and daikon, broccolini, and kaiware.   10.00
25. Tonchi Nasu stuffed eggplant. eggplant stuffed with satsuma potato, corn, hijiki, carrots, and soybeans. lightly battered and deep-fried, tempura style. served with a special ginger sauce.   10.00
26. Hana Gomoku mixed sushi bowl. sushi rice served in a medium bowl, mixed with seasoned shiitake, green beans, carrots, lotus root, tofu pouch, yam cake, and hijiki. topped with lotus root, carrots, kabocha, broccoli, cauliflower, shiitake, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, atsuage tofu, hijiki, pickled burdock and daikon, broccolini, and kaiware   11.00
27. Soba Sushi buckwheat noodle sushi. a roll made up of buckwheat noodles (in place of sushi rice), spinach, atsuage tofu, cucumber, asparagus, pickled burdock, and seasoned shiitake and kampyo gourd. served with a soba dipping sauce.   12.00
28. Cha-Ya Sushi Plate one kappa roll, and one nigiri each of shiitake, eggplant, and sea vegetable salad.   11.00
29. Full Moon Sushi Plate one kappa roll, half vegan roll, and one inari.   11.00

Combination Dinner Set $22.50

Choose 2 Full Sized A La Carte 18 Through 29 Served With House Miso Soup, Rice (Organic Brown Rice Add $2), And Small Sunomono Salad. (*)#24, 26, 28, 29 Served Without Rice. No Substitutions Please.

Sushi Dinners

Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad. Upgrade To Organic Brown Rice Add $3

30. Hosomaki Combo Dinner choose any three hosomaki rolls listed below. (no substitutions please)   15.00
31. Sushi Combo Dinner one kappa roll, one vegan roll, and two inari. (no substitutions please)   17.00

Specialty Sushi Rolls A La Carte $8.50

Upgrade To Organic Brown Rice Add $2

32. Cha-Ya Roll the entire sushi roll, filled with asparagus, avocado, yam, and carrots, is lightly battered and deep-fried, tempura style. served with a special house sauce.   
33. Shattuck Roll a large roll filled with tempura of asparagus and yam.   
34. Garden Roll a large roll filled with asparagus, spinach, avocado, cucumber, broccoli, pickled burdock, and kaiware sprouts   
35. Vegan Roll a large roll filled with spinach, atsuage tofu, cucumber, broccolini, pickled burdock, seasoned shiitake and kampyo gourd, and pickled ginger.   
36. Vegetable Tempura Roll a large roll filled with tempura of banana squash, carrots, yam, and green beans.   
37. Summer Green Roll a large reverse roll filled with avocado, cucumber, and kaiware sprouts, topped with sea vegetable salad.   
38. Subaru Roll organic mixed brown sushi rice, carrots, asparagus, atsuage tofu, and seasoned shiitake, rolled up with an outer layer of mustard greens.   
39. Starlight Roll organic brown sushi rice, eryngii mushrooms, spinach, and asparagus, rolled up with an outer layer of avocado.   

Hosomaki Rolls

Traditional Rolls

Kappa cucumber   4.50
Oshinko pickled daikon   4.50
Umekyu sour plum paste and cucumber   4.50
Kampyo seasoned gourd   4.50
Kaiware radish sprouts   4.50
Yamagobo pickled burdock   4.50
Natto fermented soybeans   4.50
Ea Vegetable Salad*    5.00
Eggplant*    5.00
Asparagus*    5.00
Spinach*    5.00
Shiitake* seasoned mushroom   5.00
Avocado*    5.00

Nigiri Sushi

2 Nigiri Pieces Per Order

Atsuage Tofu fried firm tofu   4.50
Kaiware    4.50
Shiitake    4.75
Eggplant    4.75
Hijiki seasoned sea vegetable   4.75
Asparagus    4.75
Avocado    4.75
Broccolini    4.75
Portobello    4.75
Sea Vegetable Salad    4.75
Inari stuffed seasoned tofu pouch   4.75

Uramaki Rolls

Medium-Size Reverse Rolls.

Asparagus And Spinach    6.25
Avocado And Cucumber    6.25
Avocado Tempura    6.50
Shiitake And Spinach    6.25
Avocado And Shiitake    6.25
Portobello And Spinach    6.25
Upgrade To Brown Rice Add $1 Each

Noodles

Served Hot: Udon (Flour), Soba (Buckwheat) Or Harusame (Clear Potato Starch Add $1) In A Bowl Of Light Broth. Topped With Green Onion, Kaiware, And Nori.

40. Vege-Tofu Curry curry soup topped with tofu, kabocha, onions, celery,carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, mushrooms, and snap peas.   11.00
41. Yasai cooked vegetables. broccoli, cauliflower, atsuage tofu, kabocha, lotus root, zucchini, carrots, snap peas, and mushrooms.   11.00
42. Vegetable Tempura kake (plain noodle soup) served with 8 pc tempura platter. (noodles and tempura are served separately.)   12.00
43. Sansai wild vegetables. edible bracken, bamboo shoots, carrots, and enoki and wood ear mushrooms.   11.00
44. Kinoko mushrooms. mushroom medley: shimeji, eryngii, portobello, and oyster mushrooms.   11.00
45. Wakame sea vegetable. wakame sea vegetable.   10.00
46. Kitsune tofu pouch. seasoned tofu pouch.   10.00
47. Kake plain. plain noodles topped with green onion, kaiware, and shredded nori.   9.00

Noodles

Served Cold: Udon Or Soba Served Cold With A Dipping Sauce. Sorry, But We Cannot Serve Cold Harusame. Topped With Green Onion, Kaiware, Andnori.

48. Zaru plain. plain noodles topped with green onion, kaiware, and shredded nori.   9.00
49. Sansai Wakame Zaru wild vegetables and wakame. cold noodles served with edible bracken, bamboo shoots, carrots, enoki and wood ear mushrooms, and wakame sea vegetable.   11.00
50. Vegetable Tempura Zaru zaru (plain noodles) and 8 pc vegetable tempura.   12.00

Kansai Set Noodle Dinner

Add Two Pieces Of Inari Sushi, And Small Sunomono Salad Toany Noodle Add $5. No Substitutions Please.

Desserts $5.50

51. Pineapple Chunks pineapple chunks, lightly sweetened.azuki bean and green tea sauce.   
52. Oshiruko a warm bowl of sweetened azuki beans and mochi rice cakes.   
53. Vegan Cake chocolate mousse cake   
54. Vegan Ice Cream Sundae soy-based vanilla "ice cream". azuki bean and green tea sauce.   
55. Yellow Moon deep-fried organic banana. azuki bean and green tea sauce.   
56. Pear Compote lightly poached and sweetened pear.vanilla flavored organic soy milk and green tea sauce.   

Tea

Genmai-Cha green tea mixed with roasted brown rice.   3.00
Gyokuro-Cha the finest quality green tea.   3.50
Sen-Cha special occasion green tea.   3.50
Hoji-Cha flavorful roasted green tea.   3.00
Oolong Tea soothing chinese brown tea.   3.00
Jasmine Tea fine chinese green tea with fragrant jasmine blossoms.   3.00

Soft Drinks $2.25

Coke    
Diet Coke    
Sprite    
Cranberry-Black Cherry Soda    
Sparkling Mineral Water    

Beer

In Bottles. (12oz) $5 / (20oz) $7.50

Sapporo    
Asahi Super Dry    

Wine By The Glass

Chardonnay Or Cabernet Sauvignon    7.00
*No Rice Served With These Dishes.

 

Cha-Ya
762 Valencia St
Btwn 18th & 19th St
(415) 252-7825
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