Niu Japanese Fusion Lounge

332 E. Illinois St., Chicago IL 60611 (312) 386-7267

Cuisines and Dishes at Niu Japanese Fusion Lounge:

Japanese
Sushi
Noodles

Menu for Niu Japanese Fusion Lounge

Beverages

Coke $1.00
Sprite $1.00
Diet Coke $1.00
VOSS Artesian Water $6.00 - $8.00

Cold Appetizer

Edamame $5.00
Soybean, chilled and salted.
Ono Carpaccio $13.00
Escolar, lemon zest, radish sprout, caviar, and ponzu dressing.
Crouching Tiger $9.00
Spicy tuna, avocado, and tempura shrimp wrapped with lettuce and rice papper, topped with wasabi cream sauce.
Spicy Tuna Chips $10.00
Tuna tartare, mango, shallot, and spice served on thin wonton crisps.
Oyster On A Shell $9.00
Fresh oyster with spicy radish, onion, and ponzu vinaigrette.
Oyster Shooter $6.00
Oyster and ponzu vinaigrette.
Uni Shooter $6.00
Sea urchin and ponzu vinaigrette.
Honeymoon Shooter $11.00
Oyster, sea urchin, salmon roe, caviar, and ponzu vinaigrette, topped with shiny gold flakes.
Vegetarian Rice Paper Spring Roll $8.00
Rice paper wrapped with lettuce, avocado, bean sprouts, and asparagus.
Ceviche Flight $12.00
Asian pear and asparagus wrapped in a trio of five-spice pepper, seared tuna, hamachi, salmon, topped with sprouts and jalapeno wasabi drizzle.

Hot Appetizer

Genki's Kani $20.00
Grilled Alaskan crab leg with buttery uni sauce.
Beef Tataki $12.00
Thinly sliced seared Angus beef drizzled with chopped mango and Korean spicy sauce.
Gyoza $7.00
Chicken or vegetable, pan fried or steamed dumpling
Sea Bass $12.00
Miso broiled sea bass over black shitake mushroom.
Shrimp Spring Roll $8.00
Crispy baby spring roll filled with shrimp and cream cheese.
Soft-Shell Crab Spring Roll $10.00
Crispy soft-shell crab and seaweed wrapped in rice paper.
Sesame Crispy Calamari $10.00
Crispy coated calamari pan tossed with jalapeno and spice.
Shishito Peppers $10.00
Scallop, crab, and cream cheese stuffed in fried jalapeno pepper and topped with bonito flakes.
Fried Oysters $9.00
Breaded fresh oyster served with tangy sweet spicy sauce.
Golden Seafood Crepe $10.00
Crab, shrimp, bell peppers, mango, and scallops wrapped and pan-fried in crispy tofu paper, drizzled with spicy coconut sauce.
Garlic Butter Scallop Yaki $12.00
Seared scallops in garlic butter sauce, garnished with chopped string beans, mushrooms and a hint of green curry.
Soft Shell Crab $12.00
Fried crispy soft shell crab with edamame, avocado, and spicy ponzu sauce.
Agedashi Tofu $8.00
Fried tofu cubes with tempura sauce and bonito flakes.
Fried Vegetarian Spring Roll $10.00
Four pieces filled with cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, green bean, and soy bean tofu.
Beef Tongue $10.00
Thinly sliced beef tongue stir-fried with onion, spianch, spicy to-ban sauce, topped with sprouts.
Prosciutto-Wrapped Scallop $8.00
Robata grilled barbecue, two prosciutto-wrapped scallop skewers, served with peanut plum sauce and chili spice powder.

Soup

Miso Soup $3.00
Miso broth with seaweed, scallion, and tofu.
Chicken Tom Yum Soup $6.00
Spicy chili broth with straw mushrooms, lemon grass, and Thai citrus.
Shrimp Tom Yum Soup $8.00
Spicy chili broth with straw mushrooms, lemon grass, and Thai citrus.
Spicy Clam Soup $8.00
Fresh clam and jalapeno in spicy creamy miso broth.
Lobster Coconut Soup $10.00
Creamy coconut broth with lobster tail, citrus leaves, cherry tomato, and straw mushrooms.

Salad

Green By Ginger Salad $5.00
Mixed greens with house ginger dressing.
Seaweed Salad $6.00
Marinated seaweed with mixed greens.
Goma'ae $5.00
Boiled fresh spinach with sesame soy dressing.
Ocean Salad $12.00
Seaweed with assorted sashimi and shellfish slices, topped with wasabi cream dressing.
Toasted Norway Salmon Salad $8.00
Toasted crispy salmon skin, salmon roe, mixed greens, ponzu sauce, and bonito flakes.
Seared Albacore Salad $10.00
Albacore, avocado, caviar, garlic ponzu sauce, and wasabi cream dressing.
Sunomono $8.00
King crab or octopus with sweet vinegar sauce on a bed of greens and cucumber.
Salmon Cold Noodle Salad $10.00
Pad Thai noodle and slices of fresh salmon sashimi mixed with citrus chilli soy vinaigrette, topped with crushed peanuts, lime, cucumber, and caviar.

Specialty Rolls (cut in 10 pieces)

Aloha Albacore Roll $14.00
Alaskan shredded crab, spicy tuna, cucumber, radish sprout, topped with albacore, bonito flakes, chive, garlic ponzu sauce, and wasabi cream sauce. Cut in 10 pieces.
Salmon Delight Roll $14.00
Fresh scallop, Alaskan shredded crab, cucumber, radish sprout, topped with fresh Norwegian salmon, avocado, and thinly sliced lemon. Cut in 10 pieces.
Diablo Roll $14.00
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, radish sprout, gobo, topped with baked scallop, Alaskan shredded crab, tobiko, and eel sauce. Cut in 10 pieces.
Energy Roll $14.00
Tempura eel, onion, cream cheese, topped with broiled eel, tempura crunch, avocado, ponzu, and eel sauce. Cut in 10 pieces.
Sexy Mexican Roll $12.00
Shrimp, spicy Alaskan shredded crab, jalapeno, topped with avocado. Cut in 10 pieces.
Pepper Salmon Roll $14.00
Alaskan shredded crab, spicy tuna, cucumber, radish sprout, topped with pepper salmon, chive, ponzu, and wasabi cream sauce. Cut in 10 pieces.
Pink Lady Roll $14.00
Salmon tempura, avocado, plum mayo, wrapped in pink soy paper. Cut in 10 pieces.
White Angel Roll $15.00
Spicy tuna, cream cheese, avocado, wrapped with soy paper, topped with premium Hawaiian escolar, caviar, and lemon zest. Cut in 10 pieces.
Dragon Roll $13.00
Shrimp tempura, Alaskan shredded crab, cream cheese, topped with eel and avocado. Cut in 10 pieces.
Rock'n'Roll Roll $13.00
Alaskan shredded crab, shrimp, octopus, avocado, spicy mayo, and crispy tempura coating, topped with eel sauce. Cut in 10 pieces.
Rainbow Roll $14.00
Eel and tempura crunch wrapped with yellowtail, tuna, salmon, and avocado on top. Cut in 10 pieces.
Mellow Yellow Roll $14.00
Fresh Norwegian salmon, tempura crunch, avocado, spicy mayo, topped with mango, ginger sauce, and dried red pepper flakes. Cut in 10 pieces.
Strawberry Fields Roll $15.00
Strawberry, escolar, tempura crunch, topped with spicy king crab and mango sauce. Cut in 10 pieces.
Transformer Roll $13.00
Tempura banana and eel topped with fresh salmon and spicy sesame mayo. Cut in 10 pieces.
Ying-Yang Maki $15.00
A duo of seaweed and white soy paper stuffed with scallops and shrimp in a spicy sauce, drizzled with strawberry sauce.
Great Wall Maki $12.00
Sauteed scallops, asparagus, avocado, and spicy mayo, topped with seared hirame and unagi sauce.
Toro Maki $12.00
Chopped super-fresh premium chu toro with scallions.
Lucky Uni $18.00
Fresh fatty salmon, asparagus, spicy mayo topped with uni and ikura.
Green Monster $15.00
Scallop tempura, unagi, cucumber, scallions, and wasabi cream sauce wrapped with green soy paper.
Sea Pearl Roll $15.00
Fried oyster, seaweed, red pepper, chilli sauce, topped with seared salmon, wasabi cream, unagi sauce, and radish sprouts.
Firecracker Roll $13.00
Smoke salmon, cream cheese, unagi, asparagus tempura, spicy mayo, topped with red tempura crunch and wasabi mayo.
TGIS Roll $14.00
Spicy tuna, escolar, green apple, cucumber, and jalapeno inside. Topped with seared big eye tuna, ground green apple, sprouts, toragashi chili pepper, and green apple ponzu sauce.
Yuzu Hama Roll $15.00
Ebi shrimp, red tempura crunch, cilantro, and spicy mayo inside. Topped with thinly sliced jalapeno, hamachi, and citrus yuzu ponzu sauce.

Classic Maki (cut in 8 pieces, handrolls available)

California Maki $7.00
Alaskan shredded crab, avocado, and cucumber. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Spicy Maki $6.00
With house spicy sauce and your choice of tuna, yellowtail, salmon and cucumber, scallop and cucumber, or octopus and cucumber. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Shake Maki $6.00
Fresh Norwegian salmon with cucumber. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Zen Maki $6.00
Cucumber, avocado, Japanese mountain carrots, radish sprout, daikon, and asparagus. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Crunchy Maki $9.00
Shrimp tempura, Alaskan shredded crab, cucumber, radish sprout, and Japanese mountain carrots wrapped in tempura crunch. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Spider Maki $9.00
Soft-shell crab, shredded crab, cucumber, radish sprout, and mountain carrots topped with fish egg. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Bagel Maki $7.00
Smoked slamon, cream cheese, and avocado. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Sake Skin Maki $6.00
Toasted crispy salmon skin, cucumber, radish sprouts, and eel sauce. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Tekka Maki $6.00
Simply tuna. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Una Maki $6.00
Broiled fresh water eel with avocado. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Hama Maki $7.00
Yellowtail with chive. Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Avocado Maki $5.00
Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Asparagus Maki $5.00
Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Cucumber Maki $5.00
Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Shitake Mushrooms Maki $5.00
Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.
Sweet Potato Tempura Maki $7.00
Cut in eight pieces. Handrolls available.

Set

Niu Sushi Set $22.00
6 pieces of chefs choice nigiri with one California roll.
Sushi Supreme $28.00
9 pices of chef's choice nigiri with your choice of one classic maki roll.
Sashimi Supreme $22.00 - $28.00
9 pieces of sashimi.
Chirashi $24.00
Assorted sashimi over sushi rice.
Moriawase $30.00
4 pieces of sushi and 6 pieces of sashimi with your choice of one Classic Maki.

Nigiri/Sashimi

Maguro $3.00
Big eye tuna.
O Toro $10.00
Premium fatty tuna.
Ono $5.00
Premium Hawaiian escolar.
Seared Albacore $4.00
Sake $3.00
Fresh Norwegian salmon.
Sake Toro $4.00
Norwegian fatty salmon.
Pepper Salmon $4.00
Seared fresh salmon with citrus pepper spice.
Smoked Salmon $3.00
Hamachi $4.00
Yellowtail.
Madai $3.00
Red snapper.
Hirame $3.00
Fluke.
Amaebi $4.00
Sweet shrimp.
Hotategai $4.00
Scallop.
Kaki $4.00
Oyster.
Ebi $3.00
Shrimp.
Kani $4.00
Alaskan king crab.
Tako $3.00
Octopus.
Unagi $4.00
Fresh water eel.
Saba $3.00
Japanese mackerel.
Tamago $2.00
Egg omelet.
Ikura $4.00
Salmon roe.
Uni $4.00
Sea urchin.
Orange Tobiko $3.00
Red Tobiko $3.00
Black Tobiko $3.00
Wasabi Tobiko $3.00

Fusion Sashimi Dinner

Tuna Picante Dinner $18.00
Seared and sliced big eye tuna topped with sliced jalapeno, ground green apple, and ponzu dressing.
Pepper Salmon Sashimi Dinner $18.00
Seared and seasoned fresh Norwegian salmon with chive and garlic ponzu sauce.
Albacore Tataki Sashimi Dinner $17.00
Herb butter seared Albacore topped with fried shallot.
Hamachi Picante Dinner $18.00
Yellowtail topped with jalapeno, cilantro, grape seed oil, and ponzu sauce.

Wok

Asparagus Wok $15.00 - $18.00
Teriyaki sauce stir-fry with asparagus, mushroom, and bell pepper. Brown rice available upon request.
Honey Sesame Wok $15.00 - $18.00
Crispy rich coated with honey sauce, garnished with steam broccoli. Brown rice available upon request.
Mango Wok $15.00 - $18.00
Stir-fried in fresh mango puree with bell pepper and onion. Brown rice available upon request.
Spicy Kung Pao Wok $15.00 - $18.00
Classic spicy dish with onion, peapod, mushroom, and sprinkled with peanuts. Brown rice available upon request.
Green Curry Wok $15.00 - $18.00
Coconut green curry with fresh basil, Japanese eggplant, and bell pepper. Brown rice available upon request.
Red Curry Wok $15.00 - $18.00
Coconut red chilli pepper curry with string bean, zucchini, and bell pepper. Brown rice available upon request.
Red Snapper Fillet Wok $18.00
Stir-fried with string beans. Brown rice available upon request.
Lettuce Wrap Wok $15.00 - $18.00
Lettuce leaves filled with finely chopped meat, bell pepper, and celery. Brown rice available upon request.
Thai Vegetable Delight Wok $12.00
Stir-fried assorted vegetables with lite Thai basil sauce. Brown rice available upon request.
Bangkok Style Stir-fry $15.00 - $18.00
Flavorful lemongrass, lime leaves, ginger, dried red hot peppers stir-fried with mushrooms, peapods, and white onions.
Niu's Chilli Chicken $15.00
Fried diced chicken wok tossed with dry red pepper, diced zucchini, onion, carrots, in a black pepper sauce.

Rice & Noodle

Seafood Udon Soup $16.00
Sauteed seafood with noodle in soup.
Tempura Udon $14.00
Tempura shrimp and vegetable with udon noodle soup.
Pad Thai $12.00 - $12.00
Classic Thai noodle dish sprinkled with peanuts.
Yakisoba $12.00 - $14.00
Japanese stir-fried egg noodle with scallion and bok choy.
Thai Rice Noodle $12.00 - $14.00
Fat rice noodle stir-fried with sweet soy and mixed vegetables.
Japanese Fried Rice $12.00 - $14.00
Fried rice in Japanese style with edamame, peapod, zucchini, carrot, onion, scallion, and lettuce.

Plate

Tempura Plate $16.00 - $12.00
Teriyaki Plate $18.00 - $20.00
With simmered garlic butter and vegetables.
Korean Kalbi Plate $15.00
Grilled marinated beef short ribs topped with Korean spicy sauce.

Sides

White Rice $2.00
Brown Rice $2.00
Ginger Dressing $1.00
Spicy Mayo $1.00
Chili Spicy Sauce $1.00
Extra Ginger $0.50
Extra Wasabi $0.50

Desserts

Hot Chocolate Cake $8.00
Dark and rich hot fudge cake topped with ginger ice cream and seasonal fruits
Mango Coconut Cake $8.00
Tropical flavor, light and moist
Black Diamond Cheesecake $8.00
Chocolate chip cheesecake topped with chocolate mousse and a thin layer of chocolate ganache on top
Seasonal Mixed Fruit $6.00
Mocha Latte Mousse Cake $8.00
Chocolate chiffon cake filled and topped with decadent cappuccino mousse, finished with a shinny caramel glaze.
Strawberry Mango Cheesecake $8.00
With a vanilla shortbread crust, topped with a mango and strawberry galze.

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May 27 2012

shoaib a. via Yelp

I'd actually give Niu 2.5 stars but I don't wanna round up as that would mean A-okay and it's more towards "Meh, I've had better." We came here for dinner...read more
May 26 2012

Ogbeni K. via Yelp

Phenomenal ambience. Had my bday dinner here. Exemplary service. Great food. Think we may have eaten too much. The price was very reasonable, because we...read more
May 21 2012

Monica S. via Yelp

Delivery is good but service at the restaurant is not great. Sushi is average.read more

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