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Wa Kitchen Kuu
125 NE M L King Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
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Lunch
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Happy Hour
Lunch
Monday-Sunday 11:00 - 2:30
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Rotating Traditional Lunch*
$14.00
Our daily-changing lunch combo platter! It comes with a rotating fish entrée as well as rotating sashimi, a tamago omelet, miso soup, a side of rice, and 2 - 3 rotating sides. Each plate is a traditionally prepared Japanese dish made by the sous chef so don't miss out on today's special before it's gone! The items pictured are only an example
Kama - Meshi Specialty Rice
Specialty rice slow-cooked in a seaweed soy dashi broth over an open flame. Due to cooking technique, this dish takes a minimum of 30 min to prepare
Veggie** ^
$13.00
Rice topped with mitsuba, gobo, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, edamame, bamboo shoots, and yama gobo
Seafood*
$15.00
Rice topped with crab, ikura, scallop, salmon, mitsuba, gobo, and enoki mushrooms
Udon Noodle Dish
Substitute udon noodles for soba or Gluten Free rice noodles at no charge. Substitute for tofu for $1
Kenchin Veggie** ^
$12.00
Daikon, konnyaku potato cake, carrot, gobo, enoki mushrooms, napa cabbage, and green onion in a seaweed and soy dashi broth
Tempura Noodle
$14.00
Tempura shrimp, kissu, and shishito pepper on the side. Topped with mitsuba, green onion, tempura-puffs, and wakame seaweed in a soy dashi broth
Spicy Beef Noodle**
$13.00
Tender beef, napa cabbage green onions, and a soft egg in a spicy soy broth
Curry Noodle
$11.00
Chicken, onion, and green onion. With a curry dashi broth
Hot & Sour Noodle**
$12.00
Cabbage, chinese chives, corn, bean sprouts, cha-shu pork and house made thin udon noodles served in a chicken and sea salt broth with chili oil, Asian Spicy Miso sauce, and vinegar
Tanu-Kitsune Noodle**
$12.00
Kitsune-age, tempura-puffs, wakame, green onion in a "western Japanese style" bonito, seaweed, and soy dashi broth
Kid's Udon Combo
$9.00
Kids Only! Half-size udon bowl with no toppings and a sweet soy dashi broth, a small chicken katsu thigh and your choice of either a small soft drink or a 1 piece taiyaki dessert!
- Non-Combo Kid's Udon Available For
- $5.00
Half Don Combo**
$6.00
Add your choice of a half-size Poke Don, Spicy Don, V.V.G. Don, or Plain Curry when you order any entrée!
Noodle Toppings
Egg (Soft or Hard)
$0.50Corn
$0.50Fried Tofu
$0.50Gyoza
$2.00
fried or steamed
Chicken Katsu
$3.00Fried Shrimp
- 2pcs $3.00
Sides
Miso Soup
$2.00Edamame
$3.00Seaweed Salad
$3.00Suno-Mono
$7.00
crab, scallop, ikura, cucumber, wakame, ponzu
Fried or Steamed Gyoza
Pork or Veggie
- 5pcs $4.00
Fried Oysters
- 4pcs $7.00
Tako Yaki
- 4pcs $6.00
Beef Tataki
$7.00Rice Dish
Rice can be substituted for brown rice or greens for $1
Seafood Poke Don* **
$13.00Spicy Poke Don* **
$14.00
Tuna, salmon, hamachi, boiled scallop, avocado, seaweed salad, and kaiware, topped with tobiko, sesame seeds, and poke sauce. Served over sushi rice
Ten-Don
$14.00
Assortment of tempura with shrimp, kisu, shishito, kabocha, and onion. Served over steamed rice with nori and sweet dashi soy sauce
Beef Steak Don*
$18.00
Thinly sliced steak over rice, served with shredded romaine, sautéed broccoli, kabocha and bell pepper. Topped with house made Yaki-tori sauce, butter, and green onion
Veggie Don** ^
$12.00
Sauteed broccoli, kabocha, zuchini, egg plant, onion and bell pepper served over rice, topped with house made korean BBQ sauce
V.V.G. Don** ^
$12.00
Shiso leaves, cucumber, avocado, pickled daikon, inari, yamagobo, kaiware, seaweed salad and poke sauce served over sushi rice and nori seaweed on the side
Katsu Nanban Combo
$12.00
Chicken katsu thigh in a sweet soy glaze with tarter sauce and a side of rice. Combo comes with your choice of a Tanuki (hot or cold), Kenchin, or Curry half-udon
Veggie Mabo Tofu** ^
$12.00
Diced tofu with eringi mushrooms, Chinese chives, garlic, green onion, and ginger all served in a sauce made from Tamari, white miso, chili paste and sesame oil and served with a side of rice and kimuchi
Half Udon Combo**
$12.00
Add your choice of a half-size Tanuki (hot or cold), Kenchin or Curry Udon when you order any entrée!
O-Musubi
$2.50
(Salmon or Ume) An O-musubi nori ball with rice and your choice of filling
Curry
Vegetable Curry** ^
$12.00
Pumpkin, egg plant, zucchini and red bell pepper in a house made gluten-free curry
Beef Curry**
$14.00
Tender beef in a homemade gluten-free curry topped with pumpkin and broccoli
Chicken Katsu Curry
$13.00
Panko breaded and fried chicken thigh. Topped with katsu sauce, served with house made curry
Featured Items
Katsu Nan-Ban Sandwich
$12.00
Chicken katsu thigh meat in a sweet and sour glaze topped with shredded romaine lettuce, avocado slices, spicy mayo, tarter, and tonkatsu sauce on a pub bun. Served with sweet potato fries!
Kuu Style Locomoco
$13.00
Our combo platter of menchi katsu (fried beef and pork patty) in demi-glace sauce served over rice with a cheese omelet and coleslaw. A Japanese take on a Hawaiian tradition!
- Substitute Garlic Rice For
- $1.00
*Consuming raw or undercooked Meats, Poultry, seafood, shellfish, or Eggs may increase the Risk for foodborne illness. **Gluten-free option available. ^Vegan option available
Fried
Tako Yaki^^
Fried pastry balls filled stuffed with tako (octopus), topped with mayo, okonomi sauce, and bonito flakes
- 5pcs $7.00
Fried Gyoza (Pork^^ or Veggie^)
Deep-fried dumplings with ground pork or veggies
- 5pcs $5.00
Fried Oysters^^
Oysters fried in a katsu batter, topped with tonkatsu sauce, and a side of tartar sauce
- 4pcs $8.00
Spicy Fried Chicken^^
$6.00
Battered and fried chicken with added spices
Chikuwa (Fish Cake) Cheese^^
$7.00
Cheese stuffed fish cake batter and fried. Served over mayo and a side of Worchester sauce
Ebi Mayo^^
$8.00
Tempura-fried shrimp and potatoes in a house made chili mayo sauce, topped with crispy gyoza skins
Chicken Kara-Age** ^^
$8.00
Fried chicken thigh marinated with ginger, garlic, and tamari soy sauce. Served with a side of tartar sauce
Fried Calamari** ^^
$7.00
Fried squid marinated in tamari soy sauce and sriracha. Served with tartar sauce
Veggie
Edamame** ^
$4.00Seaweed Salad^
$4.00Kimchi** ^
$5.00Asazuke** ^
$4.00
Pickled cabbage, daikon, and carrot salad
Veggie Nanban** ^ ^^
$6.00
A mixed plate of eggplant, zucchini, red bell pepper, and shishito pepper all fried. Served with nanban sauce and bonito flake
Meat & Seafood
Poke Salad* ** ^^
$8.00
Sashimi tuna and salmon, boiled scallop, avocado, seaweed salad, kaiware, tobiko, sesame seeds. Served over romaine lettuce with poke sauce
Sunomono* ** ^^
$9.00
Crab, scallop, shime-saba, wakame, cucumber. Topped with seaweed salad, ikura, and yuzu ponzu
Salmon Ikura Carpaccio* ** ^^
$10.00
Carpaccio-style salmon marinated in seaweed, served over a bed of red onions, topped with ikura, deli mustard vinaigrette, yuzu ponzu, and chopped shiso leaf
Beef Tataki* ** ^^
$8.00
Slices of beef lightly seared over a bed of red onions, topped with a grated radish and ponzu sauce, fried onions and kaiware
Sides
Steamed Rice** ^
$2.00Brown Rice** ^
$3.00Garlic Rice** ^^
$3.00Miso Soup** ^^
$2.00Veggie Soup** ^
$3.00O-Musubi (Salmon^^ or Ume^)**
Onigiri-styled rice ball in a nori wrap with your choice of filling
- 1pc $3.00
Kitchen
Nattō Dashi Omelet** ^^
$8.00
Egg omelet filled with fermented soybeans and rice, topped with green onion and ankake dashi sauce
Salmon Katsu Caesar Salad* ^^
$14.00
Panko breaded salmon served over romaine lettuce and a Japanese style Caesar dressing, topped with parmesan cheese and a soft-boiled egg
Fried Tofu & Vegetable Ankake** ^
$6.00
Deep-fried tofu in a thickened seaweed and soy-based broth, topped with daikon, carrot, gobo, konnyaku, enoki mushrooms, hakusai cabbage, and green onion
Agedashi Shrimp Tempura & Tofu** ^^
$10.00
Fried tofu and shrimp tempura in a sweetened soy and bonito broth, topped with a shishito pepper, grated daikon, and ginger
Steamed Gyoza Soup (Pork^^ or Veggie^)
$8.00
Steamed pork or veggie gyoza in a seaweed and soy-based broth with daikon, carrot, gobo, konnyaku, enoki mushrooms, hakusai cabbage, and green onion
Veggie Mabo Tofu** ^
$10.00
Diced tofu with eringi mushrooms, Chinese chives, garlic, green onion, and ginger all served in a sauce made from Tamari, white miso, chili paste, and sesame oil
Pork Kakuni** ^^
$10.00
Pork shoulder cubes slow-cooked in a sweet-soy house made sauce with garlic and ginger, served with tofu, hard egg, and green onion
Skewers
Salmon** ^^
$6.00Beef* ** ^^
$5.00Salmon Cheek** ^^
$3.00Shrimp** ^^
$5.00Tonbi (Squid Mouth)** ^^
$3.00Shishito Pepper** ^
$3.00Bacon Wrapped Quail Eggs** ^^
$4.00Grill
Yaki Atsu-Age** ^ ^^
$6.00
Tofu deep-fried then grilled, topped with green onions, bonito flakes and ponzu sauce
Grilled Saba** ^^
$8.00
Salt-marinated mackerel fillet grilled to light sear, served with a side of grated daikon
Miso Marinated Salmon** ^^
$14.00
Grilled miso-marinated salmon with a side of grated daikon
Grilled Pork Cheek** ^^
$10.00
Grilled pork cheek with garlic sea salt sauce. Topped with green onion
Grilled Salmon Kama** ^^
$10.00
Salt marinated salmon collar grilled and served with a lemon wedge
Dessert
Mochi Ice Cream** ^^
Matcha or Red Bean
- 2pcs $3.00
Fried Taiyaki^^
Pastry ball with sweet red bean filling deep-fried and served with a scoop of matcha or vanilla ice cream
- 2pcs $5.00
Entrée
Substitute rice for brown rice, garlic rice, or greens for $1. Substitute noodles for tofu for $1
Noodles
Tempura Udon / Soba^^
$14.00
Sweet soy and bonito dashi broth topped with mitsuba, seaweed, green onion, and tempura flake. Served with tempura shrimp, kissu, and shishito pepper on the side
Kenchin Udon / Soba** ^
$12.00
Daikon, gobo, konnyaku, enoki mushrooms, hakusai cabbage, and green onion in a seaweed and soy base broth
Spicy Beef Udon* ** ^^
$13.00
Tender beef, hakusai cabbage, green onions, in a spicy soy broth. Served with a side of house made kimchi
Hot & Sour Udon** ^^
$13.00
Hakusai cabbage, Chinese chives, corn, bean sprouts, cha-shu pork and house made thin udon noodles served in a chicken sea salt broth with chili oil, Asian Spicy Miso sauce, and vinegar
Curry Udon^^
$12.00
Chicken, onion, and green onion in a curry dashi broth
Kid's Udon Combo** ^^
$10.00
Kids only! Half-size udon bowl with a sweet soy dashi broth, a small chicken katsu thigh, and your choice of a small soft drink or a one-piece taiyaki dessert
- Non-Combo Kid's Udon** ^ ^^ Available For
- $5.00
Plates
Served with miso soup** ^^
Teriyaki Chicken** ^^
$12.00
Chicken thigh in a house made teriyaki sauce, over mixed greens and a side of rice topped with red bell pepper and tempura puffs
Sizzling Diced Beef & Garlic Rice** ^^
$14.00
Sautéed cubes of beef over garlic rice with diced zucchini in a sizzling bowl. Served with seasonal vegetables
Chicken Katsu Nanban^^
$12.00
Chicken katsu in a sweet and sour glaze sauce, topped with tonkatsu. Served with tartar sauce, and a side of rice
Pan - Seared Salmon** ^^
$15.00
Pan-seared salmon in a butter-miso sauce, topped with sautéed seasonal vegetables, over a side of rice
Donburi
Served with miso soup** ^^
Seafood Poke Don* ** ^^
$14.00
Tuna, salmon, hamachi, boiled scallop, avocado, seaweed salad, and kaiware, topped with tobiko, sesame seeds. Served over sushi rice with a house made poke sauce
Spicy Poke Don* ** ^^
$15.00
Tuna, salmon, hamachi, boiled scallop, avocado, seaweed salad and kaiware, topped with tobiko, sesame seeds. Served over sushi rice with a house made poke sauce, spicy mayo, and shichimi chili powder
V.V.G. Don** ^
$12.00
Served with veggie soup** ^. Shiso leaves, cucumber, avocado, takuan, inari, yamagobo, kaiware, and seaweed salad. Served over sushi rice with a house made poke sauce and nori seaweed on the side
Ten - Don^^
$15.00
Assortment of tempura shrimp, kissu, shishito pepper, kabocha, and onion, over rice with nori and a sweet dashi soy sauce
Curry
Vegetable Curry** ^
$12.00
Kabocha, eggplant, zucchini, and red bell pepper in a house made gluten free curry, over rice
Beef Curry** ^^
$13.00
Tender diced beef in a house made gluten free curry, topped with pumpkin and broccoli, over rice
Chicken Katsu Curry^^
$14.00
Panko breaded chicken thigh, topped with katsu sauce, in a house made curry, over rice
Noodle & Curry Toppings
Egg (Soft or Hard)** ^^
$0.50Cheese** ^^ or Corn** ^
$0.50Fried Tofu** ^
- 2pcs $0.50
Kitsune-Age** ^
$2.00Gyoza (Pork^^ or Veggie^)
- 3pcs $2.00
Fried Shrimp or Kisu^^
- 2pcs $3.00
Chicken Katsu^^
$3.00Kuu's Favorites
Kuu Style Locomoco^^
$13.00
A Japanese take on a Hawaiian classic! Try our combo platter of menchi katsu (fried beef and pork patty) in demi-glace sauce, served over rice with a cheese omelet and coleslaw
- Substitute Garlic Rice For
- $1.00
Ko - Nabe Hotpot
Your choice of filling slow-cooked in one of our house made broths. Each dish comes topped with napa cabbage, enoki mushrooms, mitsuba, green onion, and tofu. For $2, if you have any remaining broth after eating, the kitchen can make it into Zōsui Soup (Japanese Risotto) by adding rice and egg
Yu-Dofu (Tofu)** ^
$9.00
Vegan soy dashi broth
Chicken** ^^
$12.00
Bonito seaweed dashi broth
Seafood** ^^
$14.00
Bonito seaweed dashi broth or Seafood miso broth
Kama - Meshi Specialty Rice
Specialty rice slow-cooked in a bonito seaweed dashi broth or a vegan seaweed dashi broth over an open flame. Due to cooking technique, this dish takes a minimum of 30 min to prepare
Veggie** ^
$13.00
Bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, edmamame, yama gobo, mitsuba, gobo, and enoki
Chicken** ^^
$14.00
Chicken, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, mitsuba, gobo, and enoki
Seafood* ** ^^
$15.00
Crab, ikura, scallop, salmon, mitsuba, gobo, and enoki
*Consuming raw or undercooked Meats, Poultry, seafood, shellfish, or Eggs may increase the Risk for foodborne illness. **Gluten-free option available. ^Vegan option available. ^^Please ask server about dietary needs
Roll
Real Crab California* ** ^^
$11.00
Red crab, avocado, and cucumber, topped with tobiko and sesame seeds
Tuna-Krab-Salmon* ^^
$12.00
Spicy tuna, avocado, and krab salad, topped with salmon, spicy mayo, unagi sauce, and tempura puffs
Veggie** ^
$9.00
Avocado, cucumber, shiso, yama-gobo, kaiware and kimpira gobo, topped with shio ponzu sauce and sesame
Tempura Shrimp^^
$10.00
Tempura shrimp, cucumber, sesame seeds, and unagi sauce
Spider* ^^
$12.00
Tempura soft shell crab, cucumber, yama-gobo, and kaiware, topped with sesame seeds, tobiko, and green onion
Spicy Tuna or Salmon Roll* ** ^^
$10.00
Your choice of salmon or tuna, with avocado and cucumber, topped with shichimi chili flakes, spicy mayo, and sesame seeds
Fatty-Unagi Maki^^
$12.00
Unagi, avocado, and cucumber. Topped with house made unagi sauce, sansho powder, and green onion
Avo Saba Roll* ** ^^
$11.00
Avocado, cucumber, and shiso, topped with seared vinegar marinated mackerel and shichimi. Served with a side of sliced red onion and ponzu
Nigiri
Yellowfin Tuna* ** ^^
- 2pcs $7.00
Hamachi* ** ^^
- 2pcs $7.00
Salmon* ** ^^
- 2pcs $6.00
Sea Scallop* ** ^^
- 2pcs $6.00
Red Crab** ^^
- 2pcs $6.50
Shime Saba* ** ^^
- 2pcs $5.00
Hoso Maki
Tekka* ** ^^
$7.00
Tuna
Ume-Shiso** ^
$4.50
Pickled plum
Kappa** ^
$4.00
Cucumber
Avocado** ^
$4.50Takuan^
$4.00
Yellow pickled radish
Sashimi
Yellowfin Tuna* ** ^^
- 3pcs $9.00
Hamachi* ** ^^
- 3pcs $9.00
Salmon* ** ^^
- 3pcs $8.00
Sea Scallop* ** ^^
- 3pcs $8.00
Shime Saba* ** ^^
- 3pcs $6.00
Aji-Sai Mori* ** ^^
$17.00
Big eye (2pcs), Salmon (2pcs), Hamachi (2pcs)
Hana Muzuki* ** ^^
$23.00
Big eye (2pcs), Salmon (2pcs), Hamachi (2pcs), Sea scallop (2pcs), Shime saba (2pcs)
Temaki
California* ^^
$5.00Alaska* ** ^^
$6.00
Salmon roe and shiso
Negi-Hama* ** ^^
$6.00
Yellow tail and green onion
Philly* ** ^^
$5.50
Smoked salmon and cream cheese
Spicy Tuna or Salmon* ** ^^
$5.50
Tuna or salmon with cucumber, avocado, shichimi and spicy mayo
Avo Tuna or Salmon* ** ^^
$5.50Tobiko* ** ^^
$4.50Veggie** ^
$4.50
Cucumber, kaiware, avocado, yamagobo, and shiso
Natto** ^
$5.00Kappa** ^
$4.00
Cucumber
Ume-Shiso** ^
$5.00
Pickled plum
*Consuming raw or undercooked Meats, Poultry, seafood, shellfish, or Eggs may increase the Risk for foodborne illness. **Gluten-free option available. ^Vegan option available. ^^Please ask server about dietary needs
Tapas
Edamame** ^
$3.00Seaweed Salad^
$3.00Squid Jerky
$5.00
Chewy squid legs, spicy and slightly sweet
Spicy Fried Chicken
$6.00
Battered and deep-fried chicken with added spices
Fried Gyoza (Pork or Veggie^)
Deep-fried dumplings with ground pork or veggies
- 5pcs $4.00
Tako Yaki
Fried pastry balls filled with tako (octopus), topped with mayo, okonomi sauce, and bonito flakes
- 4pcs $6.00
Fried Oysters
Oysters fried in a katsu batter, topped with tonkatsu sauce, and served with a side of tartar sauce
- 4pcs $7.00
Chikuwa Cheese Age
$6.00
Cheese stuffed fish cake fried in batter served over mayo with a side of Worchester sauce
Chicken Katsu Nanban
$7.00
Chicken katsu fried, in a sweet and sour glaze sauce topped with tonkatsu and a side of tartar sauce
Veggie Nanban** ^
$5.00
A mixed plate of eggplant, zucchini, red bell pepper, and shishito pepper all fried, served with nanban sauce and bonito flake
Fried Tofu w/ Veggie Sauce
$5.00
Deep-fried tofu in a vegetable broth topped with daikon, carrot, gobo, konnyaku, enoki mushrooms, hakusai cabbage, and green onion
Ebi Mayo
$7.00
Tempura-fried shrimp and potatoes coated in a chili mayo sauce, topped with crispy gyoza skins
Beef Tataki* **
$7.00
Slices of beef lightly seared over a bed of red onions, topped with a grated radish and ponzu sauce, fried onions and kaiware
Poke Salad* **
$8.00
Raw sashimi, avocado, seaweed salad, kaiware, tobiko, sesame seeds, served over lettuce with poke sauce
Noodles
Tanuki Udon
Tempra-puff, green onion, and wakame seaweed in a sweet soy dashi broth
- Sml $5.50
- Reg $10.00
Kenchin Udon** ^
Daikon, gobo, konnyaku, enoki mushrooms, hakusai cabbage, and green onion in a seaweed soy dashi broth
- Sml $6.50
- Reg $12.00
Curry Udon
Chicken, onion, green onion and tempura puffs in a curry dashi broth
- Sml $6.00
- Reg $11.00
Tempura Udon
Sweet soy and bonito dashi broth topped with mitsuba, seaweed, green onion, and tempura flake. Served with tempura shrimp, kissu, and shishito pepper on the side
- Reg $14.00
Rice
Poke Don* **
Raw sashimi, avocado, seaweed salad, kaiware, tobiko, sesame seeds, served over rice with poke sauce
- Sml $7.00
- Reg $13.00
Spicy Poke Don* **
Raw sashimi, avocado, seaweed salad, kaiware, tobiko, sesame seeds, spicy mayo and chili powder, served over rice with poke sauce
- Sml $7.50
- Reg $14.00
Veggie Curry** ^
Pumpkin, eggplant, zucchini, and red bell pepper in a house made gluten free curry
- Sml $6.00
- Reg $11.00
Chicken Katsu Curry
Chicken katsu thigh in a house made curry
- Sml $7.00
- Reg $13.00
O-Musubi (Salmon or Ume^)**
- 1pc $2.50
Dessert
Mochi Ice Cream
Red Bean or Matcha
- 2pcs $3.00
Taiyaki
Pastry ball with sweet red bean filling deep-fried and served with a scoop of matcha or vanilla ice cream
- 2pcs $5.00
Alcohol
Non - Alcoholic Beverages Available!
Kirin
- Pint $5.00
Breakside IPA
- Pint $5.00
Hefeweizen
- Pint $5.00
Seasonal
- Pint $5.00
Ozeki
- Carafe $7.00
White Wine
- Glass $5.00
Red Wine
- Glass $5.00
Wells Spirit
- Cocktail $4.00
*Consuming raw or undercooked Meats, Poultry, seafood, shellfish, or Eggs may increase the Risk for foodborne illness. **Gluten-free option available. ^Vegan option available. ^^Please ask server about dietary needs