Zen
21a Beacon StBoston, MA 02108
(617) 371-1230
Cold Appetizers
- Maguro Yamakake
- Diced raw tuna with japanese yam with tobiko
- Kani Ebi Su
- Chilled shrimps and crab meat in light vinegar sauce
- Tako Su
- Chilled octopus in light vinegar sauce
- Gyu Tataki
- Lightly seared sirloin steak with ponzu sauce
- Tuna Tataki
- Lightly seared tuna steak with ponzu sauce
- Spicy Tuna Tartar
- Diced raw tuna topped with tobiko
- Sashimi Sampler
- Chef's choice raw fish of the day
- Baby Octopus
- Marinated chilled baby octopus
- Nuta Unagi, Taki, Ika, Maguro or Sake
- Jalapenes mayo, sweet miso, with touch of lemon and wasabi sauce, topped with tobiko
- Hiya Yakko
- Japanese style cold tofu
Hot Appetizers
- Edamame
- Chicken Wings
- Gyoza
- Steamed of pan fried japanese dumplings with choice of pork, or vegetables
- Shumai
- Steamed or fried
- Shrimp Tempura
- Soft Shell Crab Tempura
- Vegetable Tempura
- Grilled Hamachi Kama
- Grilled yellowtail neck
- Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura
- Tatsuta Age
- Japanese fried chicken in a light batter with green tea salt
- Nasu Dengaku
- Grilled eggplants with bonito flakes
- Age Dashi Tufo
- Fried tofu
- Crispy Popcorn Shrimp Duo
- Spicy Crispy String Bean
- Garlic Pepper Calamari
Salads
Entrees
Includes soup, salad and rice or brown rice
- Japanese Plum Duck
- Served with chef's special sauce made from fresh plums
- Miso Sea Bass
- Fresh filet of chilean sea bass marinated with miso paste and pan seared to perfection served on a bed of greens
- Salmon Teriyaki
- Grilled salmon
- Tuna Teriyaki
- Grilled tuna steak
- Beef Sirloin Teriyaki
- Grilled sirloin steak
- Chicken Teriyaki
- Grilled chicken
- Chicken Katsu
- Breaded with japanese bread crumb batter and served with katsu sauce
- Tonkatsu Pork
- Breaded with japanese bread crumb batter and served with katsu sauce
- Chirashi
- Assorted fresh fish over a bed of seasoned sushi rice
- Unaju
- Broiled fresh water eel glazed with a special sweeted soy sauce served over a bed of rice in a box. Japanese pickled veggie
Noodle and Rice
- Yaki Udon
- Stir fried japanese thick rice noodles. Choice of chicken, beef, or vegetables
- Yaki Soba
- Stir fried japanese buckwheat noodles. Choice of chicken, beef, or vegetables
- Yaki Ramen
- Stir fried japanese yellow noodles. Choice of chicken, beef, or vegetables
- Spicy Seafood Udon in Soup
- Thick noodle soup with shrimp tempura, squid, scallops, and vegetables
- Vegetable Udon in Soup
- Thick noodle soup with vegetables in vegetable broth
- Cold Soba Noodles
- Chilled japanese buckwheat noodle with chef's special sauce
- Soba with Seafood
- Buckwheat noodles soup with shrimp tempura, squid, scallops, and vegetables
- Soft Shell Crab Fried Rice
- Zen Fried Rice
- With scallops, calamari and shrimps
- Unagi Fried Rice
- Steamed Rice
- Sushi Rice
- Vinegar rice
- Brown Rice
Sushi A la Carte
Nigiri 2 pieces, sashimi 3 pieces. All sashimi add $2.00. Tuna, toro, b hamachi, hamachi add $3.00
- Ebi (Shrimp)
- Maguro (Tuna)
- Raw food
- Blue Fin Maguro (Tuna)
- Raw food
- Blue Fin Toro (Fatty Tuna)
- Sake (Salmon)
- Saba (Mackerel)
- Suzuki (Sea Bass)
- Hamachi (Yellowtail)
- Hirame (Fluke)
- Baby Hamachi
- Ikura (Salmon Roe)
- Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe)
- Kaibashira (Scallop)
- Tako (Octopus)
- Tamago (Egg Cake)
- Kanikama (Imitation Crab Stick)
- Hokkigai (Surf Clam)
- Ika (Squid)
- Unagi (Fresh Water Eel)
- Uni (Sea Urchin)
- California Uni
- Large Ama-Ebi (Sweet Shrimp)
- Saku (White Tuna)
- Smoked Salmon
Zen's Signature Dishes from the Sushi Bar
- Baby Hamachi Usuzukuri
- Thinly sliced yellowtail with sauce, topped with pepper
- Kinutamaki
- Choice of tuna, salmon and yellowtail rolled in marinated japanese radish
- Kappa Sashimi Maki
- Tuna, salmon and yellowtail rolled in thinly sliced cucumber
- Una - Su
- Broiled eel, tobiko and avocado rolled in sliced cucumber
- Hirame Sashimi Special
- Thinly sliced fresh fluke with zen special sauce
- Ankimo
- Specially prepared monk fish liver pate with sauce
- Special Tuna Salad
- Green salad with tuna and chef's special sauce
- Kappa - Kani Maki
- Crab meat, avocado, roe, roll in sliced cucumber with vinegar sauce
Zen's Special Donburi
- Yakigyu Don
- Stir fried beef with onion
- Yakitori Don
- Broiled tender chicken marinated in yakitori sauce
- Karaage Don
- Japanese style fried chicken in sesame honey sauce
- Ton Ton Don
- Broiled pork tenderloin in our house special sauce
- Chilean Sea Bass Don
- Pan seared chilean sea bass in light soy and miso
- Yaki Salmon Don
- Broiled salmon filet served with salmon roe
- Negihama Don
- Fresh yellowtail minced with scallion and quail egg
- Zen Tekkaa Don
- Fresh yellow fin tuna lightly seared and then sliced thin
Makimene (Rolled Sushi)
- Alaskan Maki
- Salmon, avocado, cucumber & scallions
- Avocado Maki
- Avocado and sesame seed
- Boston Maki
- Salmon, avocado, cucumber
- California Maki
- Imitation crabmeat, avocado & cucumber
- California Maki with Roe
- Vegetable Tempura Maki
- Sweet potato with sweet soy sauce
- Kappa Maki (Cucumber Roll)
- Kampyo Maki
- Marinated gourd roll
- Oshinko Maki
- Pickled daikon radish roll
- Cucumber Avocado Maki
- Tekka Maki (Tuna Roll)
- Negihama Maki
- Yellowtail and scallion
- Negisake Maki
- Salmon and scallion
- Shrimp Tempura Maki
- Spicy Tuna Maki
- With cucumber
- Spicy Salmon Maki
- With cucumber
- Spicy Hamachi Maki
- With cucumber
- Philadelphia Maki
- Salmon, scallion, cucumber with cream cheese
- Salmon Tempura Maki Yamagobo
- Unagi Maki (Eel and Avocado)
- Salmon Skin Maki
- With cucumber
- Shiitake Mushroom Tempura Maki
- Crazy Maki
- Large shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado & roe with spicy mayo
- Futo Maki
- Giant vegetable, imitation crab meat & tamago
- B52
- Yellowtail, crab stick, avocado & roe tempura then rolled with seaweed & rice
- Tempura Maki
- Eel, avocado & spicy mayo
- Rainbow Maki
- California roll covered with tuna, salmon, white fish & avocado
- Soft Shell Crab Maki
- Caterpillar Maki
- Eel, cucumber, roe covered with avocado
- Spider Maki
- Deep fried soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado & roe with spicy mayo
- Baked Spicy Scallop Maki
- Avocado, spicy mayo, scallop, scallions, tobiko & crab meat
- Lobster Maki
- Lobster salad, cucumber, avocado, tobiko and mayo
Party Plates
- Sushi for One
- One california maki and 8 pieces of chef's choice sushi
- Sushi for Two
- One california maki, one tekka maki and 16 pieces of chef's choice sushi
- Zen's Special Maki Combo
- Chef's special creation 20 pieces
- Zen's Special Sushi Sashimi Boat
- Chef's selections of freshest sushi 6 pieces, sashimi 12 pieces & maki 12 pieces
- Sashimi for One
- 12 Pieces chef's choice of the day
- Sashimi for Two
- 24 Pieces chef's choice of the day
Special Hand Roll (One Cone)
Chef's Special Creation (Maki Roll)
- Golden Fish Maki
- Eel, cucumber, roe, covered by shrimp and salmon with spicy mayo and sweet soy sauce
- Alligator Maki
- Shrimp tempura roll covered by eel, crabstick, avocado, roe and scallions
- Zen Special Tuna Torch Maki
- Cucumber, roe and spicy mayo inside with seared tuna on top with mayo and sweet soy sauce
- Zen Special Salmon Torch Maki
- Cucumber, roe and spicy mayo inside with seared salmon on top with mayo and sweet soy sauce
- Zen Special Hamachi Torch Maki
- Roe, cucumber inside and hamachi torched outside with sauce and black tobiko on top
- Ika Special Maki
- Spicy tuna inside with lightly torched squid on top
- Spicy Crispy Tuna Maki
- Roe, spicy mayo, cucumber and tempura crumb inside with tuna on top
- Zen Special Soft Shell Crab
- Soft shell crab, tamago, unagi, cucumber, and tobiko wrapped with cucumber
- Zen Special Salmon Maki
- Smoked salmon with cream cheese, cucumber in side and salmon covered outside with salmon roe on top with chef's special sauce
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