Tamarine

546 University Ave, Palo Alto CA 94301 Today's hours: 5:30 pm-9:00 pm, 11:30 am-2:30 pm tamarinerestaurant.com (650) 325-8500

Cuisines and Dishes at Tamarine:

Vietnamese

Menu for Tamarine

Starters

Salt & Pepper Calamari $13.00
Crisp calamari wok tossed with garlic & spring onions; served with a cilantro emulsion.
Tuna Tartare $15.00
Hawaiian big eye tuna tossed raw with coconut milk, ginger & chili; served with crisp wonton chips.
Full Moon Rolls $10.00
Mushroom, jicama & glass noodle rolls fried crisp; served with lettuce & vietnamese herbs.
Beef Singara $9.00
Crisp fritters filled with shredded beef, queso blanco & caramelized onions; served with a chili cream sauce.
Poisson Cru $15.00
White tuna crudo cured with lime & coconut milk; finished with a mango-avocado salsa.
Honey Roasted Quail $13.00
Five spice roasted semi boneless quail & shiitake mushroom sticky rice; finished with a plum wine-soy reduction.
Shrimp Cupcakes $12.00
Savory rice flour & coconut milk cupcakes filled with scallions & shrimp; served with nuoc cham.
Banh Mi Roti $7.00
Pan fried wheat bread served with a red panang curry sauce.
Salt Cod Croquettes $11.00
Crisp salt cod & potato fritters served with saffron aoili.
Tea Leaf Beef $12.00
Ground beef, onion, garlic & soy wrapped in a wild tea leaf; grilled in a chili-fish sauce glaze.
Shrimp Spring Rolls $8.00
Fresh rice paper filled with shrimp, pork, bean sprouts & mint; served with a hoisin-chili sauce.
Taro Root Rolls $10.00
Crisp rolls of taro root, onion, wood ear mushrooms & carrots; served with a chili-plum sauce.
Tamarine Taste $20.00
Taro root rolls, tea leaf beef, shrimp spring rolls & papaya salad (serves two).

Soups, Salads & Noodles

Kobe Beef Pho $15.00
Sliced kobe beef blanched with star anise, cinnamon & ginger beef broth; served w/ rice noodles & herbs.
Ha Long Bay Soup $16.00
Crab wontons served in a consomme infused with coriander & coconut milk.
Artichoke & Sunchoke Soup $13.00
Sunchoke & artichoke puree served with ham croquettes & chervil.
Little Gem Salad $12.00
Baby greens served with dried persimmon, jicama, cucumber & honey-miso vinaigrette.
Green Papaya Salad $12.00
Shredded green papaya tossed with basil & served with dried shredded beef.
Belgian Endive Salad $12.00
Belgian endives served with roast pear, hazelnuts, blue cheese & a pear vinaigrette.
Wok Pho Beef Noodles $14.00
Wok flashed rice noodles tossed with chinese broccoli, flank steak, eggs & soy sauce.
Crab & Garlic Noodles $20.00
Peeled dungeness crab wok fired with glass noodles, garlic, ginger & soy sauce; finished w/ chinese celery.
Wok Fired Garlic Noodles $9.00
Egg noodles wok fired with garlic, butter, parmesan cheese & black pepper; served with fresh cilantro & lime.

Entrees

Winter Vegetable Stew $17.00
Kabocha, zucchini, date & tomato stew served with a barley cous cous.
Squash Green Curry $17.00
Green coconut curry simmered with tofu, eggplant, sweet potato, thai basil & zucchini.
Panko Crusted Pressed Tofu $18.00
Panko crusted pressed tofu served with a bell pepper, caper & eggplant stew.
Tamarine Prawns $27.00
Flash-fried jumbo prawns tossed in tamarine's signature tamarind sauce & served with crisp noodles.
Com Dep Prawns $26.00
Jumbo black tiger prawns rolled in green compressed rice & served w/ a chili-mushroom sauce.
Turbot En Papillote $27.00
Greenland turbot pouch steamed with spinach, ginger & scallions; finished with a miso-sesame soy sauce.
Clay Pot Cod $22.00
Alaskan black cod caramelized in onion, garlic, black pepper & molasses.
Lemongrass Sea Bass $27.00
Lemongrass & garlic sea bass served with a cold mango & cilantro noodle salad.
Ginger Soy Chicken $22.00
Boneless chicken sauteed with ginger, soy & chili-garlic sauce.
Sous Vide Duck $27.00
Sonoma duck breast glazed with a pomegranate-tamari reduction & presented with baby bok choy.
Red Braised Pork $22.00
Beer & hoisin braised pork shoulder served with a lentil & radicchio dolceforte.
Shaking Beef $27.00
Cubed beef tenderloin seared with soy, garlic & onions; served with a watercress & mizuna salad.
Hoisin Lamb Chops $27.00
Hoisin, garlic & rosemary grilled chops served with baby bok choy & sweet potato fries.

Vegetables

Grilled Plantains $7.00
Grilled ripe plantains drizzled with a coconut-scallion sauce.
Wok Fired Lettuce $8.00
Romaine lettuce wok fired with garlic, rice wine & sesame oil.
Sweet Potato French Fries $6.00
Crisp sweet potatoes.
Chili-Lime Aubergine $11.00
Grilled japanese eggplant finished with onion oil, scallions & a chili-lime fish sauce.
Curried Long Beans $11.00
Long beans sauteed in red chili, kaffir lime leaves & onions.
Basil Tofu $12.00
Crisp tofu wok tossed with garlic & basil in a seasoned soy sauce; finished with crisp basil.
Roasted Brussel Sprouts $12.00
Roasted brussel sprouts served with bacon, onion, chestnuts & maple syrup.

Rice

Empress Rice $8.50
Sticky rice, garlic, leeks, ginger & egg; served with a sweetened soy drizzle.
Garlic Fried Rice $7.00
Long grain jasmine rice wok fired with butter & garlic.
Coconut Rice $2.50
Steamed long grain rice, vanilla & roasted coconut flakes.
Jasmine Rice $2.00
Steamed long grain jasmine rice.
Brown Rice $2.50
Steamed brown long grain rice.

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May 04 2012

n t. via Yelp

Avoid the bar at all costs. The bartender is super rude and unpleasant recently. It ruined my evening and shouldn't ever happen at a restaurant this...read more
May 03 2012

susan w. via Yelp

I came with a group of co-workers for lunch and everything was tasty, fresh and cooked perfectly. The service was excellent as well. We started with green...read more
May 02 2012

Michelle K. via Yelp

Somehow I finagled my way into a work dinner at Tamarine and boy am I glad I had the opportunity to try them out. Such a great restaurant. Walking in the...read more
Jun 29 2008

sparrowwithabell via Citysearch

Given I'm from South East Asia, I'm a bit critical of the restaurant. I thought the ambience was nice. Food is good but not grea...read more
Jan 11 2008

via Citysearch

Loved the food, but the attitude from the waiter up to the managers were poor in my opinion and impacted our enjoyment of the rest...read more
Jul 10 2007

crazylegs1868 via Citysearch

Had a prepaid group function at the restaurant for work, which tends to mean that opened but unconsumed wine gets taken home by gu...read more

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Dark and sultry Palo Alto restaurant fuses an art-gallery ambience with innovative Vietnamese cuisine.

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