Menu
Introducing the menu at Wakuriya, a Japanese kaiseki restaurant in San Mateo, CA, promises an intimate and classy dining experience. Specializing in traditional Kaiseki-style dishes, Wakuriya offers a variety of courses, including starters like Hokkaido scallops with grated peach, maguro tartare with miso sauce, and unique appetizers like Uni No Chawanmushi - steamed egg custard with sea urchin and mushrooms. The menu boasts of quality ingredients and beautifully presented dishes, with highlights such as cold somen noodles with sautéed blue shrimp, soft-boiled quail egg, and a refreshing palate cleanser of cold berry sorbet. Customers rave about the impeccable service and the unforgettable flavors at Wakuriya, making it a top choice for a special dining experience. With a carefully curated menu and a Michelin-star rating, Wakuriya is a must-visit destination for authentic Japanese cuisine.
Today's wakuriya Course
Cold Somen Noodles
japanese angel hair pasta
Sauted Blue Shrimp and Tomato
with soft boiled quail egg
Assorted Appetizers
Hokkaido "Hotate" (Scallop) with "Momo-oroshi"
grated peach and daikon radish
Maguro Tartare Miso Sauce and "Karashi"
Japanese mustard
Wakuriya Styled Vichyssoise
pickled cod roes
Sakizuke / Starter
Zensai / Appetizers
Uni No Chawan-mushi
Sea Urchin and Buna Shimeji Mushroom
in steamed egg custard
Wild Cooper River King Salmon 2014
"Shoga" (Ginger) Gele
On Mono / Hot Dish
Tsukuri / Sashimi
Zuwai-gani No Nasu Hasami-age
deep-fried snow crab cake sandwiched between sliced Japanese eggplant, okra in tempra sauce
Fresh Strawberry Sorbet
with "sake-kasu (lees)"milk sauce
Age Mono / Deep Fried Dish
Hashi Yasume Garnite
Snake River Farms American Wagyu Beef
Sun Smiling Valley Farms King-oh Mushroom
Ao-to
sweet green pepper
Goma-dare
sesame sauce
Unagi Seiro-mushi Gohan
barbecued fresh water eel over rice in "seiro" cypress box
Yaki Mono / Grilled Dish
Gohan Mono / Rice Dish
Kokuto
japanese black sugar, pudding
Dango
(rice cake) duo and cherry