Wasabi Japanese Cuisine Menu
Welcome to Wasabi Japanese Cuisine, where traditional Japanese flavors meet a modern dining experience. Located at 1688 S Melrose Dr Ste 212, Vista, CA, this unclaimed gem offers a range of dishes perfect for any occasion, be it lunch or dinner.
Start your culinary journey with delightful appetizers like Gyoza Dumplings and Tempura. The unique Oyster Shooters and Soft Shell Crab truly exemplify bold textures and fresh flavors. For sashimi lovers, the Hamachi Carpaccio and Tuna Tataki are must-tries, showcasing the finest seafood paired with exquisite sauces.
The menu is extensive, including classic rolls like the California Roll and innovative options like the Spicy Tuna Roll. With a vibrant atmosphere, ample vegetarian options, and a welcoming space for families and groups, Wasabi Japanese Cuisine is sure to please every palate.
Beverages
Hot Tea
Sesame Roasted Green tea
Pellegrino
Evian
Fountain Drinks
Gyoza
Dumplings with sesame ponzu.
Stuffed Jalapenos
Spicy crab and cream cheese, spicy mayo and eel sauce.
Tempura
Oyster Shooter
Green onions, ponzu, masago and chili sauce.
Sugaki
Oyster 1/2 shell green onions ponzu, masago and chili sauce.
Soft Shell Crab
Served with sweet Chili sauce.
3 Pieces Yakitori
Grilled chicken on a skewer and teriyaki sauce.
Agedashi Tofu
Lightly fried tofu.
Green Mussels
Served with dynamite sauce.
Monkey Balls
Stuffed mushrooms with spicy tuna fried.
Miso Soup
Steamed Rice
Edamame
Salted Soy beans
Edamame Spicy Lemon
Hamachi Kama
Grilled with side salad and ponzu sauce.
Golden Oysters
Oysters lightly deep fried with tonkatsu sauce.
Grilled Shishito Peppers
Grilled shishito peppers with toragashi spice and salt.
Harumakis
Deep Fried Japanese spring rolls (inside veggies) with sweet chili sauce.
Crispy calamari w/ chipotle sauce
Spicy calamari
Deep fried Calamari rings and tentacles, saute with sriracha and sweet chili sauce
Tuna Wontons (4pcs)
Airy Crispy Wontons with cubes of regular tuna and avocados Sauce: Balsamic Vingerette
Golden Cream Bites
3 pcs, deep fried cream cheese wontons with imitation crab and a side of sweet chili sauce
Appetizers
Salads
1/2 House Salad
Spring Mix Salad with signature ginger dressing.
Seaweed Salad
Wakame and sesame marinade.
Sunomono Salad
Marinated cucumber salad.
Poke Salad
Greens with seaweed salad and tuna.
Sashimi Salad
Variety of fresh fish, greens, ginger dressing and ponzu.
Chicken Teriyaki Bowl
Grilled Chicken, Teriyaki Sauce, White Rice and house salad, Topped with Sesame Seeds
Beef Teriyaki Bowl
Beef, Broccoli, Mushrooms, Teriyaki Sauce, White Rice and house salad, Topped with Sesame Seeds
Shrimp Teriyaki Bowl
Shrimp, Teriyaki Sauce, Veggies, White Rice, House Salad, Topped with Sesame Seeds
Salmon Bowl
Grilled Salmon, Teriyaki Sauce, White Rice, and House Salad with Ginger Dressing, Topped with Sesame Seeds
Bowls
Entrees
Chicken Katsu Entree
Deep fried chicken with rice and salad.
Tonkatsu Entree
Deep fried pork with rice and salad.
Teriyaki Dinner
Stir fry veggies and rice.
Mix Tempura Platter
4 shrimp, 4 vegetable tempura, rice and salad.
Vegetable Tempura Platter
Veggies: Zucchini, Squash, Sweet Potato, and Carrots Includes: Tempura Sauce, White Rice and House Salad.
Yakisoba
Japanese stir fry noodles.
Tempura Udon
Japanese noodle soup with mixed tempura.
Bento Box
Choice of meat, house salad, 4 pieces veggie tempura, 4 pieces California roll, rice and miso soup.
Fried Rice
Sesame Chicken
Chicken Katsu Curry
Curry paste with deep fried chicken and white rice
Tonkatsu Curry
Curry paste with deep fried pork and white rice
Tuna
Salmon
Yellowtail
Albacore
2 Pieces Scallops Nigiri
2 Pieces Smoked Salmon Nigiri
2 Pieces Fresh Water Eel Nigiri
Octopus
Halibut
2 Pieces Salmon Egg Nigiri
2 Pieces Smelt Egg Nigiri
2 Pieces Squid Nigiri
2 Pieces Amaebi Nigiri
2 Pieces Shrimp Nigiri
2 Pieces Sea Urchin Nigiri
2 Pieces Saba Nigiri
2 Pieces Egg Nigiri
2 Pieces Tofu Poket Nigiri
Sushi
Wasabi Special Rolls
Bum Special Roll
Spicy tuna, cucumber, topped with albacore avocado and soy mustard sauce.
Scallops Dynamite Special Roll
California roll topped with baked spicy scallops, eel sauce and spicy mayo.
Baby Lobster Special Roll
Crab, cucumber, avocado topped with spicy mayo, baked lobster, crab and eel sauce.
Super Lemon Special Roll
Spicy crab, cucumber, salmon, yellowtail, avocado, lime, Sriracha, chili powder, tajin, tako chunks, ponzu sauce and cilantro.
Long Horn Special Roll
Crab, cucumber, avocado topped with salmon and avocado.
Vista Special Roll
Shrimp tempura, crab, cream cheese topped with avocado, eel sauce and spicy mayo.
Dream Special Roll
2 Pieces jumbo shrimp, crab, cream cheese topped with albacore, avocado, crab, diced shrimp tempura mixed with spicy mayo, crunchies, mayo and eel sauce, shredded crab sticks.
Dragon Special Roll
2 pieces jumbo shrimp, tempura, crab topped with eel, avocado, eel sauce and spicy mayo.
On Fire Special Roll
Spicy albacore, jalapeno, cucumber topped with avocado, crab, mixed with spicy mayo and masago. Crunchies eel sauce, with masago inside, soy mustard outside, shredded crab sticks.
Kung Fu Special Roll
Shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, cream cheese topped with spicy albacore, avocado special sauce and crunchies.
Scary Special Roll
Tempura calamari, spicy crab, topped with eel, salmon, avocado, eel sauce and spicy mayo.
Freaky Friday Special Roll
Spicy crab, cucumber topped with spicy tuna, jalapenos and hot sauce.
Hawaiian Special Roll
2 pieces jumbo shrimp tempura, crab topped with spicy tuna crunchies and eel sauce.
Shadow Ridge Special Roll
Shrimp tempura, cucumber topped with avocado, diced soft shell crab mixed with spicy mayo and eel sauce.
Sweet Special Roll
Shrimp tempura, crab, cucumber topped with seared salmon, avocado, torched with spicy mayo and crunchies special sauce.
It's a Lobster Special Roll
Shrimp tempura, lobster salad, baby lobster, special sauce eel sauce and crunchies masago.
Amazing Special Roll
Shrimp tempura, crab, cucumber topped with albacore, salmon, avocado, crunchies, magic sauce and eel sauce.
Las Vegas Special Roll
Salmon, avocado, cream cheese deep fried with spicy mayo, jalapeno and hot sauce.
Lemon Special Roll
Crab cucumber, avocado topped with yellowtail, salmon and lemon slices.
Mexican Special Roll
Spicy tuna, cucumber topped with albacore, avocado, diced shrimp tempura mixed with spicy mayo and jalapeno, eel sauce and crunchies.
Mango Special Roll
Cucumber, spicy crab, shrimp tempura, salmon avocado, yellowtail, tuna chunks, mango and spicy.
Melrose Special Roll
Crab, avocado, cucumber topped with shrimp and avocado.
Paradise Special Roll
Panko shrimp, spicy tuna topped with avocado and eel sauce.
Sashimi Special Roll
Tuna, salmon, albacore, crab, avocado, wrapped in cucumber with ponzu.
Hot Mama Special Roll
Crab, spicy tuna, cream cheese topped with avocado, crunchies eel sauce and spicy mayo.
Okinawa Special Roll
Spicy tuna, asparagus topped with tuna and avocado eel sauce.
Godzilla Special Roll
Yellowtail, crab, avocado topped with seared tuna and soy mustard sauce.
Dynamite Special Roll
Spicy tuna, cucumber topped with seared tuna, avocado, deep fried red onions, soy mustard and eel sauce.
Tiger Special Roll
Shrimp tempura cucumber, topped with shrimp, avocado and eel sauce.
Scorpion Special Roll
Soft shell crab, avocado, cream cheese, spicy crab wrapped in soy paper topped with eel sauce.
Stark Special Roll
Spicy crab, spicy tuna, salmon, albacore, cucumber wrapped in soy paper with ponzu sauce and no rice.
Triple 7
Crab, asparagus, calamari, topped tuna, avocado, crab stick, spicy Mayo, eel sauce, and tobiko
Baja Baja Roll
Blackened grilled shrimp, tempura asparagus and avocado. Topped w/ marinated spicy yellowtail
Deja Vu Roll
Stuffed Jalepenos inside topped with spicy tuna and chipotle sauce
Scallops Sunset Roll
Tuna, Salmon, cucumber, avocado inside, and topped with scallops, avocado, lime, tobiko, and ponzu sauce
Searing Tuna Roll
Spicy crab, gobo, cucumber, shrimp tempura inside, topped w/ seared tuna, garlic soy mustard sauce and sriracha
Tres Amigos
Inside: Spicy Tuna, cucumber, On Top: Salmon, Avocado, hamachi, and sweet chili sauce
Hamachi Carpaccio Sashimi Special
Seared hamachi, chili oil, red onions, cilantro with ponzu sauce.
Salmon Tataki Sashimi Special
Seared salmon, fried onions, with ponzu sauce.
Tuna Tataki Sashimi Special
Seared tuna, toragashi spice with special sauce.
Octopus Carpaccio Sashimi Special
Octopus, red onions, ikura, green onions, kaiware with ponzu sauce.
9 Pieces Chefs Choice Sashimi Special
15 Pieces Chefs Choice Sashimi Special
20 Pieces Chefs Choice Sashimi Special
Combo #1
1 Rainbow Roll3 pcs sashimi (tuna, albacore, salmon)3 pcs nigiri (tuna, albacore, salmon) Seaweed salad
Combo #2
1 spicy tuna roll 4 pcs sashimi (tuna, albacore, salmon) 4 pcs nigiri (tuna, albacore, salmon) Seaweed salad
Combo #3
1 crunchy roll 4 pcs sashimi (tuna, albacore, salmon) 5 pcs avocado tempura seaweed salad
Wasabi Sashimi Specials
Rolls
California Roll
Crab, cucumber and avocado.
Avocado Roll
Kappa Roll
Cucumber.
Salmon Roll
Avocado and cucumber.
Tekka Roll
Tuna.
Salmon Skin Roll
Cucumber and gobo.
Shrimp Tempura Roll
Crab, avocado, cucumber and eel sauce.
Spicy Tuna Roll
Cucumber.
Yellowtail Roll
Avocado, cucumber and green onions.
Philadelphia Roll
Fresh salmon, cream cheese and cucumber.
Rainbow Roll
California roll with tuna, yellowtail, salmon and albacore.
Spider Roll
Jumbo soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado and eel sauce.
Crunchy Roll
Shrimp tempura, crab, cucumber, tempura flakes and eel sauce.
Caterpillar
Eel, crab, topped with avocado and eel sauce.
Eel Roll
Avocado, cucumber and eel sauce.
Vegetable Roll
Avocado, cucumber, gobo and kanpyo.
Albacore Roll
Avocado and cucumber.
Scallops Roll
Cucumber.
Wasabi Special Hand Roll
Crab, diced shrimp, crunchies cucumber and eel sauce.
Green Tea Ice Cream
Vanilla Ice Cream
3 Pieces Mochi
Tempura Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream wrapped in pound cake, tempura fried with pomegranate sauce.
Mud Pie
Cookie dough, vanilla and chocolate chip.
Lava Cake
Vanilla ice cream with chocolate cup cake.
