Gaijin

Okonomiyaki restaurant, 950 W Lake St, Chicago, IL

VeganScore 60 · 1 vegan main dish

Menu

Mains

• Veggie Yakisoba — Spinach, mushrooms, sweet corn, cabbage, scallions, carrots, sauce, sesame Vegan
• Pork Belly Yakisoba — Slow-roasted pork belly, cabbage, scallions, carrots, bean sprouts, sauce, sesame
• Shrimp Yakisoba — Shrimp, cabbage, scallions, carrots, bean sprouts, sauce, sesame
• Octopus Yakisoba — Octopus, cabbage, scallions, carrots, bean sprouts, sauce, sesame
• Vegetable Okonomiyaki — Tempura fried vegetables, arare
• Tofu Okonomiyaki — Phoenix bean tofu, shichimi togarashi, mushrooms, spinach, arare
• Pork Okonomiyaki — Pork belly and bacon, bonito
• Shrimp Okonomiyaki — Tempura fried shrimp, corn, creole butter, arare
• Beef Okonomiyaki — Slow-cooked black angus beef, roasted garlic, scallions, bonito
• Octopus Okonomiyaki — Honey chili gastrique, bonito
• Duck Okonomiyaki — Teriyaki duck, bonito
• Traditional Hiroshima — Yakisoba, bacon, egg, bonito
• Mushroom and Yuba Hiroshima — Yakisoba, mushrooms, egg, yuba, shio kombu
• Traditional Negiyaki — Bacon, egg, ponzu, bonito
• Mushroom and Yuba Negiyaki — Scallion, egg, ponzu, shio kombu

Breakfast

• Rice Bowl — Fried eggs, spinach, mushroom, rayu, fried shallot, rice, pickled ginger, furikake
• Bacon & Egg Osaka-Style Okonomiyaki — Pork belly, bacon, griddled egg, bonito

Starters

• Kombu Marinated Vegetables — Celery, fermented green beans, radish, sesame Vegan
• Twice-Cooked Garlic — Shoyu, rayu, senbei crackers Vegan
• Bok Choy — Sesame, garlic, shoyu, fried shallots Vegan
• Gaijin Salad — Romaine, cucumber, carrots, radish, bean sprouts, arare, sesame seed, orange miso vinaigrette Vegan
• Side Salad — Romaine, cucumber, carrots, radish, bean sprouts, arare, sesame seed, orange miso vinaigrette Vegan
• Miso Soup — Tofu, scallion, wakame, shiitake
• Veggie Tempura — Sriracha mayo, aonori
• Chicken Karaage — Fried chicken, yuzu kosho mayo, togarashi lemon
• Tuna — Sesame crusted tuna, ponzu, pea shoots, wasabi vinaigrette, arare, scallion
• Honey Chili Glazed Ribs — Lemon ginger turnips, furikake rice
• Wagyu Bavette — Smoked shoyu, scallions, furikake rice
• Wagyu Bavette Salad — Wagyu bavette, romaine, cucumber, carrots, radish, bean sprouts, arare, sesame seed, orange miso vinaigrette
• Seared Sesame Tuna Salad — Seared sesame crusted tuna, romaine, cucumber, carrots, radish, bean sprouts, arare, sesame seed, orange miso vinaigrette

Desserts

• Kuro Kuma — Salted caramel ice cream, chocolate syrup, macerated cherries, chocolate cookie ears, feuilletine crumbles, snowcap
• Sesame Yuzu — Black sesame ice cream, yuzu syrup, strawberry compote, honey sesame brittle, snowcap
• Ujikintoki — Matcha ice cream, red bean paste, matcha syrup, coffee jelly, ube mochi, snowcap
• House-Made Ice Cream — By the scoop; flavors include black sesame, matcha, rotating sorbet (DF), coffee, chocolate, kinako, matcha-citrus, pandan-coconut, strawberry
• Mochi Donuts — Glazed rice flour donuts: crispy outside, fluffy and chewy inside
• Kakigori — Japanese shaved ice dessert with syrup and snowcap; flavors matcha, yuzu, chocolate

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