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Japanese Fusion - Shiru Bay Chopstick Cafe(1492 total words in this text) (499 Reads) 
Shiru Bay Chopstick Café
- 2008 Review by "Party Diva" of SMiLES+FLiRTS Singles Entertainment Co.
1193 Hamilton Street - Yaletown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Tel: 604-408-9315
Hours
Monday – Saturday: 5:30pm – Midnight
Sunday: 5:30pm – 11:30pm
Website: http://www.shiru-bay.com
Online reservation: http://www.opentable.com/single.aspx?rid=4952&restref=4952
This contemporary Japanese restaurant is one of the popular places for fusion tapas in Yaletown. Medium sized restaurant designed with an industrial flair is the perfect setting for an open kitchen where you get to see chefs busy creatively at work. This restaurant attracts the young-at-heart making this a hip place to be and be seen. With the summer approaching, sit outside and enjoy their patio or just hang inside with your date by the bar where all the action is.
Be sure to check out their popular sake-tinis like their Sake Yuzu Mojito with a scoop of sorbet. Like green tea? Experience the Zen Cocktail, matcha green tea with vodka. Or taste their other variations of tea mixed with various liqueurs and alcohol. If you love sake, then this is a place to check out Shiru-Bay's offerings with a few of them served cold from a bamboo cup.
If you are new to the restaurant and don't know what to order, consider the Tasting Menu where you to sample anywhere from 8, 10 or 11 dishes (prices ranging from $25 and up). This is an opportunity to take advantage of sampling their signature dishes. Shiru Bay's menu encompasses a wide range of dishes from salads to light dishes to seafood to rice/noodles and of course sushi. In one tasting some of the dishes we got were Tofu and Sansai salad, Steam mussels, Smoked Black Cod, Hiaburi Shime Samba (cured mackeral seared in front of your eyes, later served as sashimi and in a salad), Scallops and Squid, sushi (served on rectangular rice shapes, unlike the seaweed rolled sushi), and Negitoro and Avocado Tartare served with garlic toast. To view what Shiru Bay offers, be sure to visit the website as the images gives you an idea of what you would be getting.
Reservations are a must as this place gets busy. Going on a slow night like Sunday for a date is a good idea as you will find it is quieter making it a perfect environment to have good conversations.
Things to note:
1. Shiru Bay gets busy as you get closer to the weekend so it is best to make a reservation ahead of time. Of course the best is to go on a slow night. This way you will avoid waiting around especially since Yaletown restaurants can get busy at this time of the week.
2. If you do end up going on a popular night, you may find that with the amount of diners, it may be hard to have an intimate conversation with your date.
3. As with all restaurants, service level can change depending on the number of patrons. For our evening the service was very attentive and the chefs catered the tasting menu to our dietary requirements.
4.If it is a slow night, request to sit on a larger table as it was a challenge to fit the dishes and our drinks. Food were served on large plates as part of the presentation that took quiet a bit of space.
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Shiru Bay Chopstick Café Menu – 2007
(please check with the restaurant for updates on the menu as it is subject to changes)
Light Dishes / Tapas
Cheese Tofu
-Creamy tofu made with cheese, with honey & almond.
Moro-Kyu
-Fresh Cucumber with barley miso dip.
Cheese platter
-Assorted cheese with fresh fruits.
Edamame
-Fresh boiled soy bean pods with fleur de sel.
Shiokara
-Cured squid innards wrapped in squid sashimi.
Kimchi
-Korean style pickled Hakusai.
Hiya Yakko
-Cold tofu with ginger and scallions.
Tomato
-Cherry tomatoes with kelp salt.
Eihire
-Dried ray fins.
Tako wasa
-Wasabi marinated octopus.
Vegetables and Salad
Seasonal Sashimi Salad
-Sashimi of the day served on organic bitter greens, wasabi-soy vinaigrette.
Scallop & Spinach Salad
-Salad with baby spinach, quick-seared scallops, strawberries, goat cheese and toasted peacan tossed in roasted garlic white balsamic miso vinaigrette.
Smoked Chicken Grilled Caesar
-Grilled heart of romaine topped with tea smoked chicken breast, with our soy-spiked caesar dressing.
Crab & Avocado Salad
-Dungeness crab, avocado, pink grapefruit wedges, organic greens with wasabi mayo.
Kabocha Salad
-Kabocha pumpkin & sweet potato whipped into a creamy dip topped with mixed nuts.
Tofu & Sansai Salad
-Mixed greens with tofu, mountain vegetables and toasted seaweed with iwanori vinaigrette.
Seafood
Sashimi Platter
-Assortment of fresh sashimi! Ask your server for detail.
Hiaburi Shime Saba
-Cured mackerel seared right in front of you!
Seafood Ceviche
-Ceviche of fresh side stripe shrimps, scallops, and clams with blood orange, yuzu, lime, thai bird chili, and shiso leaves.
Crab Croquette
-Creamy croquette of dungeness crab, carmelized onion & corn bechamel sauce, in crab shell served with toasted garlic baguette.
Scallops & Squid
-Sauteed scallop, squid, and wild mushrooms with garlic-soy sauce.
Halibut
-Slow roasted Halibut with yuzu chipotle barley miso served with japanese style ratatouille.
Meat Dishes
Kobe Beef Carpaccio
-Thin slices of kobe beef slightly seared, served with fuji apples, shaved reggiano cheese & white truffle oil.
Asparagus Gyoza
-Favorite menu item for the ladies! Pan fried gyoza dumplings using kurobuta pork and asparagus.
Duck
-Pan roasted Wentzel duck breast, black olive mashed potatoes with red wine cranberry balsamic miso sauce.
Tonpura
-Tempura of Pork Tenderloin with ponzu sauce served with daikon & watercress salad tossed in japanese plum vinaigrette.
Sweetbread
-Pan fried veal sweetbread with garlic soy reduction, served with dashi marinated mizuna & bamboo shoot salad.
KaraAgeJyan
-Deep fried chicken thighs with seasonal veg, spiced ponzu sauce.
Sushi
Dragonball Sushi
-Our signature sushi! Prawns and avocado, topped with salmon caviar & tobiko.
Red Dragons Sushi
-Smoked sockeye salmon topped with salmon caviar.
Musashi Sushi
-Dungeness crab with mango coulis, topped with tobiko.
Tuna Tataki Sushi
-Seared albacore tuna with shiitake mushroom duxelle and avocado oil drizzle.
Hotate Sushi
-Seared scallops with iwanori seaweed and radish sprouts.
Vegeta Sushi
-Salad style sushi wrapped in butter lettuce topped with avocado, roasted bell peppers, and wild mushroom saute.
Rice / Noodles
Tarako & kimchi Udon
-Japanese style pasta - Udon noodles with cod roe sauce, arugala, mix mushrooms & kimchi.
Seafood Yakisoba
-Stir fried yakisoba noodles with prawns & scallops, thai basil, water cress & cashew nuts.
Keihan
-Steamed chicken and shiitake mushrooms on bed of rice in dashi broth.
Desserts
Matcha White Chocolate Cheese Cake
-Green tea and white chocolate cheese cake. Add a scoop of matcha ice cream
Natto Ice Cream
-Gotta try this! Vanilla ice cream with sticky soy beans.
Yuzu sorbet
-Light sorbet of Japanese citrus.
Banana Machiato
-Caramelized banana, coffee ice cream, matcha whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Yaki Imo Cheese Cake
-Baked sweet potato cheese cake. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Drinks
Sake in the Bamboo - Ta-ke-sa-ke
-Cold sake in fresh cut Bamboo from Kyoto's Kiyomizu Temple.
Atsu-kan
-Cold? Warm yourself up with hot sake.
O-CHA-KE
-Our original!! Sake infuzed with Kyoto's "TsuEn"s tea. Served hot or cold.
Zen cocktail
MA-CHA with vodka
-Samurai warriors drank Ma-Cha during meditation to relax their souls before their battles.
Beer
On Tap: Russel Brewery/Cream Ale/Lemon Ale (Glass/Pitcher), Bottled: Local (Kokanee), Japanese (Sapporo/Asahi/Kirin), Imports (Stella Artois/Tiger)
Tokyo cocktail
Lemon & Soda, Fresh Grapefruit, Fresh Orange, Fresh Citrus mix, Fresh Pineapple, Mixed berries, Strawberry Kiwi, Peach
As You Like It!
You can mix them up the way you want! Whether it tastes good or bad is up to you too.
Base:
Cassis (Black Currant), Lychee, Rum, Gin, Vodka, Malibu (Coconut Rum) ,Peach, Rye Whiskey
Mixer: Oolong tea, Green tea, Iced tea,
Orange/Apple/Grapefruit/Cranberry/Pineappole Juice, Club Soda, Tonic Water, Coke, GingerAle, Milk, Calpico, Clamato, Water
SANGRIA
White Sangria: Sauvignon Blanc, Gin, Strawberries, Grapefruit, Pineapple, and Pear
Red Sangria: Merlot, Plum wine, Grapes, Oranges, Apples, Lemon and Cinnamon
Saketini List
UNO tini, Geisha's Punch, SakeMomoPolitan, Classic SHIRU-BAY Saketini, Acid Rain, Very Berry Mixed Berry, Sake Yuzu Mojito, Green Teani, SakeToropicana, SnowWhite, Sake Mokatini
Soft Drinks
Ma-cha latte (Hot or Cold), Pop, Orange, Grapefruit, Pineapple, Clamato, Iced tea
Tea Pot
Over 840 years in Kyoto.From the oldest tea family "Tsuen".
Ryoku-cha (Green Tea), Ho-ji-cha (Roasted Tea), Genmai-cha (Brown Rice Tea),
Olong tea
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