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Oba
181 E Glenarm St Ste 110
Pasadena, CA 91105
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Dinner Menu
Sides
Mixed Brown Rice
$2.75Miso Soup
$1.50
with tofu, seaweed, green onion
Edamame
$3.75
boiled soy beans sprinkled with salt
Salads
Cold Spinach
$4.25
boiled & topped with bonito flakes
Green Salad
$4.50Cucumber Salad
$2.75
thinly sliced, sesame seeds with vinaigrette dressing
Seaweed Salad
$3.50
lettuce topped with seasoned seaweed
Crispy Chicken Salad
$6.75
fried onion, crispy chips, lettuce with house dressing
Salmon Skin Salad
$6.75
lettuce, cucumber, yamagobo & bonito flakes
Poke Salad
$7.50
mixed seafood, masago, onion, seaweed & lettuce
Sashimi Salad
$8.00
mixed fish with green salad & house dressing
Spicy Tuna Salad
$7.00
green salad topped with spicy tuna sashimi
Soft Shell Crab Salad
$7.00
green salad with fried soft shell crab; house dressing
Noodles & Tofu
Cold Soba or Cold Udon
$6.50
served with green onion, wasabi; topped with nori
Cold Tofu
$5.85
topped with fresh ginger, green onion & bonito flakes
Fried Tofu
$5.85
served in sauce, ginger, green onion & bonito flakes
Tofu with Green Onion
$5.50
grilled firm tofu served with peanut sauce
Tofu Steak
$7.25
topped with egg, green onion & bonito flakes
Vegetables
Crispy Spring Roll
$5.25
cabbage, mushroom, carrot, glass noodle; deep fried
Eggplant Miso
$6.50
sauteed japanese eggplant with house miso sauce
Okonomiyaki
$6.00
cabbage, flour & bacon topped with sauce & bonito flakes
Renkon Chips
$5.50
thinly sliced lotus root chips; sprinkled with sea salt
Sauteed Pea Sprouts
$6.00
sesame oil, fresh garlic & bacon
Sauteed String Beans
$5.75
sauteed with sweet chili paste
Sauteed Mushroom
$5.75
enoki, shiitake, button mushroom house soy sauce
Shishito
$5.75
japanese pepper topped with salt & bonito flakes
Oba Fries
$3.75
sprinkled with chili seasoning
Meat
Chicken Yakitori
$5.85
green onion, mushroom & teriyaki sauce
Coconut Chicken
$5.85
grilled; marinated with coconut & curry paste
Gyoza
$5.85
ground chicken wrapped in flour & pan fried
Kara-Age
$6.00
lightly seasoned chicken breast pieces & deep fried
Oba Wings
$6.00
marinated with garlic, ginger, soy sauce; deep fried
Asian Short Rib
$6.25
marinated served with sauteed onion & mushroom
Beef Kushiyaki
$5.85
grilled marinated beef
Sausage-Bacon
$6.75
spicy japanese berkshire sausage
Seafood
Kama Bites
$5.85
fried end of yellowtail cheek
Baked Miso Cod
$7.85
grilled cod marinated with miso paste
Yellowtail Kama
$11.00Crispy Rice Spicy Tuna
$6.00
crispy fried sushi rice topped with spicy tuna & sauce
- Add Brown Rice
- $1.50
Spicy Tuna Crunch
$5.85
fried wonton skins; spicy tuna
Stuffed Shishito or Jalapeño
$6.00
stuffed with spicy tuna or crab mix & tempura
Stuffed Shiitake Mushroom
$6.00
stuffed with minced shrimp & tempura
Crab Cake
$12.50
crab meat, green onion, masago, avocado & crackers
Soft Shell Crab
$6.75
lightly floured, fried served with ponzu sauce
Bacon Wrapped Scallops
$6.00Dynamite
$8.75
scallop, shrimp, mushroom, mayonnaise & green onion
Grilled Calamari
$8.25
with teriyaki sauce
Fried Calamari
$5.50
lightly floured, soy sauce & deep fried
Iidako Kara-Age
$5.75
deep fried whole baby octopus
Ikageso Kara-Age
$5.75
lightly floured & fried squid legs
Squid Kushiyaki
$5.75
skewered floured whole baby squid; deep fried
Takoyaki
$5.75
deep fried battered octopus; sauce & bonito flakes
Baked Mussels
$5.75
topped with spicy mayo-masago sauce
Fried Oysters
$6.00
hama hama oyster; egg, panko crumb & deep fried
Tempura
Vegetable Tempura
$5.75Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura
$6.25Shrimp Tempura
$6.75Popcorn Shrimp Tempura
$6.75
sprinkled with chili powder
Chikuwa Tempura
$4.00
japanese fishcake
Spicy Kurobuta Tempura
$6.00
japanese berkshire pork sausage
Stuffed Oba Leaves Tempura
$6.00
stuffed with house spicy tuna mix, sweet sauce
Sashimi
wheat free soy sauce available upon request
Albacore Sweet Miso
$13.00
seared albacore served with house sweet miso sauce
Blacken Sashimi
$13.00
seared salmon or tuna sashimi with black pepper
Cajun Tar-Tar
$13.00
seared cajun albacore, fried onion & paradise sauce
Paradise Sashimi
$13.00
salmon, crispy fried onion & paradise sauce
Salmon Carpaccio
$13.00
salmon with parmesan cheese, capers & olive oil
Tuna Garlic Soy Sauce
$13.00
tuna served with garlic infused soy sauce
Whitefish with Yuzu
$13.00
thin sliced whitefish topped with masago & yuzu
Yellowtail Jalapeño
$13.00
thin sliced yellowtail topped with yuzu & jalapeño
Oba Speciality Rolls
Cajun Roll
$13.50
inside - crab mix, shrimp tempura, chili sauce top - cajun albacore, fried garlic, fried onion, ponzu
Langoustine Roll
$13.50
inside - california roll top - langoustine, onion, mushroom, green onion, spicy mayo
Oba Roll
$11.50
inside - lettuce, yamagobo, jalapeño top - oba leaves, marinated beef, house sauce
Kumo Roll
$14.00
inside - blue crab mix, masago, crackers; top - ono, & red onion marinated with habanero-lemon
Popcorn Shrimp Tempura Roll
$13.00
inside - popcorn shrimp, jalapeño, spicy mayonnaise topped with sweet & spicy sauce
Passion Roll
$15.00
inside - mango top - tuna, halibut, raw onion & house spicy sauce
Red Roll
$13.50
shrimp tempura, avocado, masago, cucumber, sprout top - spicy tuna;
Red Sea Roll
$14.00
inside - spicy scallop, bay shrimp & crab mix top - tuna & house spicy-it sauce
Sunset Roll
$13.50
inside - avocado, masago, cream cheese top - salmon
Sunshine Roll
$14.25
inside - crab mix, yamagobo, shrimp tempura top - salmon, tnt sauce, masago, green onion & baked
Volcano Roll
$12.50
inside - spicy tuna, yamagobo, avocado top - spicy mixed bay shrimp & mayo; baked
Popular
Paradise Roll
$13.50
inside - spicy tuna top - albacore, avocado, house sauce, green onion
Richie Rich Roll
$14.50
inside - spicy tuna, jalapeño, sweet sauce, yamagobo top - tuna, yellowtail, avocado, lemon rind, chili & ponzu
Soy Paper
Healthy Roll
$10.00
avocado, cucumber, yamagobo, takuan, sprouts, mango, brown rice wrapped with soy paper
Lobster Roll
$16.00
lobster meat, asparagus, creamy yuzu sauce wrapped with soy paper
Sakana Roll
$11.50
inside - salmon, tuna, albacore, yellowtail, avocado, green onion wrapped with soy paper
Chimpanzee Roll
$10.50
inside - unagi, banana tempura; soy paper
No Rice
Dynamite Roll
$13.50
inside - mixed fish & crab mix, jalapeño; top - bay scallop mixed with tnt sauce, mushroom, baked; topped with habanero masago
Mango Tango Roll
$13.00
salmon, kani, mango, ume paste, sprouts & oba mango sauce & wrapped with cucumber
Midori Roll
$13.00
shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, avocado, sprouts, wrapped with cucumber; wasabi masago
Classic Rolls
brown rice +$2.75 per roll wheat free soy sauce available upon request
Crunchy Shrimp Roll
$11.50
shrimp tempura, masago, avocado, cucumber, sprouts rolled with tempura crumbs & sweet sauce
Dragon Roll
$14.50
inside - crab mix, masago & avocado roll top - avocado & fresh water eel & eel sauce
Rainbow Roll
$12.50
inside - crab mix & masago top - tuna, salmon, halibut, yellowtail, shrimp & avocado
Caterpillar Roll
$13.00
inside - fresh water eel; top - avocado & eel sauce
Shrimp Tempura Roll
$11.00
shrimp tempura, masago, avocado, cucumber, sprouts
Soft Shell Crab Roll
$11.00
soft shell crab, masago, avocado, cucumber, sprouts
Tempura Roll
$8.50
inside - california roll or spicy tuna roll
Entree
served with soup, salad & rice substitute brown rice +$1.25
Teriyaki
$13.50
chicken or beef or salmon
Tempura
$13.50
shrimp & vegetable
Teriyaki & Tempura
$14.75
chicken or beef or salmon teriyaki with shrimp & vegetable tempura
Short Rib & Tempura
$15.75
grilled short rib & shrimp & vegetable tempura
Chicken Cutlet
$13.50
deep fried breaded chicken breast
Chef's Special
$13.50
served with vegetables
Vegetarian Combination
$13.50
tempura; tamago & inari sushi & cucumber roll
Sukiyaki
$15.50
no miso soup beef or chicken, nappa, onion, fishcake, tofu, noodle, enoki mushroom, bamboo shoot simmered broth
Nabeyaki Udon
$11.50
no rice & miso soup fish cake, chicken, spinach, green onion, tofu shiitake mushroom, bamboo shoot & shrimp tempura
Yakisoba
$13.00
no rice pan fried; cabbage, carrot, onion, chicken & bonito flakes
- With beef or shrimp
- $2.50
Sushi Combination
$16.00
no bowl of rice, brown rice extra 8 piece sushi with california or spicy tuna roll
Sashimi Combination
$16.00
8 piece sashimi with california or spicy tuna roll
Omakase Dinner (Chef's Choice)
$26.00
seasonal fish; sushi & sashimi
Chirashi
$16.25
mixed sashimi, soboro, sweet shiitake, seaweed, shredded daikon, tamago served over rice
- Brown rice
- $2.25
Unagi Donburi
$16.25
grilled fresh water eel served over rice with takuan
- Brown rice
- $2.25
Lunch Box
11:30 am - 2:20 pm served with soup, salad & rice substitute brown rice +$1.25
Teriyaki & Roll Box
$9.00
chicken or beef or salmon with california or spicy tuna roll
Tempura & Roll Box
$9.00
shrimp & vegetable with california or spicy tuna roll
Teriyaki & Tempura Box
$10.50
chicken or beef or salmon with shrimp & vegetable tempura
Chicken Cutlet & Roll Box
$9.00
breaded chicken breast with california or spicy tuna roll
Chef's Special & Roll Box
$9.00
with california or spicy tuna roll
Short Rib & Roll Box
$9.00
boneless marinated short rib with california or spicy tuna roll
Cold Soba & Roll
$9.00
no bowl of rice buckwheat soba with california or spicy tuna roll
Donburi
$9.50
chicken or beef or chicken cutlet or vegetable with tofu, egg & onion served over rice
- Brown rice
- $2.75
Chirashi
$11.00
mixed sashimi, soboro, sweet shiitake, seaweed, takuan, daikon, tamago served over sushi rice
- Brown rice
- $2.75
Sushi & Roll Box
$10.00
no bowl of rice, brown rice extra 5 pieces of sushi with california or spicy tuna roll
Sashimi Box
$10.00
5 pieces of sashimi with spicy tuna sashimi
Vegetarian Box
$9.00
vegetable tempura with cucumber roll
Beer
Asahi Draft
$5.75
a generous creamy head on top to seal in the "just tap" refreshment of this premium lager
Sapporo
brew in traditional sapporo methodology, uses two-row barley
- $5.75
- $7.25
Sapporo Lite
$6.25
delicate bouquet of european saaz hops & an exceptionally clean finish
Echigo Koshihikari
$9.50
niigata - a typical japanese pale lager, made with koshihikari rice
Echigo Red Ale
$8.50
niigata - brewed using selected amarillo hop for a pungent citurs nose, medium body
Orion
$9.50
okinawa - refreshing draft beer, brewed with hallertaurer hops
Asahi Select
$6.25
crystal malt, aroma hops, lager yeast; smooth balanced & complex flavor
Craft Beer
$6.75White
glass $7 / bottle $18. warning: drinking distilled spirits, beer, coolers, wine and other alcoholic beverages may increase cancer risk and during pregnancy, can cause birth defects
Sauvignon Blanc
Chardonnay
Beverages
Hot Green Tea
$1.50Iced Tea or Iced Green Tea or Soda
$2.00
coke, diet coke, sprite, lemonade (free refill)
Pot of Hot Tea
$3.50
ginger or chrysathium (no refill)
Bottled Drinks
$3.25
(no refills). apple juice, cranberry juice, ramune (regular or strawberry), melon or mango cream soda, perrier
Sweets
Ice Cream
$2.75
green tea, vanilla, mango sherbet or black sesame
Mochi
$4.25
3 pieces, mix & match green tea, strawberry, chocolate, black sesame, vanilla or mango
Tempura Ice Cream
$4.00
tempura green tea ice cream wrapped in cake
Tempura Cheesecake
$5.00
deep fried green tea or mango cheesecake
Premium Sake
Kubota "Senjyu" - Honjozo +6
full banana cream pie with spicy flavors of clove & nutmeg
- Glass $10.00
- Bottle $18.00
Sharaku - Junmai Daiginjo +3
nectarine, asian pear & sweet plum on the nose
- Bottle $23.00
Kikusui - Junmai Ginjo +1
sweet aroma of rose & m&arin orange
- Glass $9.00
- Bottle $17.00
Onikoroshi - Honjozo +10
dry brisk flavor; green apple, cinnamon & strawberry jam
- Glass $10.00
- Bottle $18.00
Rei - Junmai Ginjo Draft
in addition to the bright floral bouquet & delicate fruity flavor rei has a rich quality & refreshing young draft-style character
- Bottle $16.00
Taisetsu - Junmai Ginjo +3
floral & clean aroma with subtle flavors of black licorice, pine & pepper slowly-aged in unique japanese igloos called yukihimuro ice domes
- Glass $10.00
- Bottle $18.00
Tengumai - Junmai +4
combines highly polished select rice with pristine waters, it employs the traditional yamahai shikomi natural brewing technique by easing on the carbon filtration process
- Glass $9.00
- Bottle $17.00
Osakaya Chobei - Junmai Daiginjo +5
full body with a rich, fruity aroma
- Glass $11.00
- Bottle $20.00
Taru - Junmai Ginjo +5
true to tradition and aged in cedar casks, taru sake is bottled when the natural cedar fragrance strikes a perfect balance with the flavor of sake
- Glass $10.00
- Bottle $18.00
100 Poems - Junmai Ginjo +1. 5
full-bodied with fruity aroma with well-balanced sweetness & acidity
- Glass $12.00
- Bottle $22.00
Sumiyoshi - Junmai +4
most brewery employ carbon filtering to create a perfectly clear sake while sumiyoshi does not; matures in aged cedar barrels that bring out the rich golden harvest color; recommend served room temperature or slightly warm
- Bottle $18.00
Sakari Gokun - Honjozo -3
polish the rice to the right extend, ferment slowly, filter slightly earlier than usual,sweet rice added as an extra step
- Bottle $16.00
Dassai - Junmai Ginjo +4
blood orange peel, jasmine & tart orange flavor
- Glass $11.00
- Bottle $20.00
Kira - Honjozo +15
very dry sake with sharp, clean & refreshing taste
- Glass $10.00
- Bottle $18.00
Nigori - Junmai -17
unfiltered sake that looks milky with sweet taste
- Glass $8.00
- Bottle $14.00
House Sake - Junmai +1
note of cherries & cloves in the finish; served hot or cold
- Glass $8.00
- Bottle $14.00
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General Info
Cuisine
Sushi
Hours
Monday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Tuesday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Wednesday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Thursday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Friday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Saturday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Sunday:
5:00pm - 9:00pm
About Us
One part passion, two parts persistence, and a sprinkle of devotion make up the ingredients that led these sushi devotees to open their first restaurant in a nondescript Pasadena strip mall. We have a staff with 30 years of combined Japanese cuisine experience.In addition to traditional sushi and sashimi, we offer seasonal selections of fresh fish flown in from Japan. The menu includes Entrees, lunch specials, izakaya (small dish) and specialty rolls. We offer a fine selection of premium sake and imported Japanese beer.