The Yasai: Plant-Based Japanese Experience Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to The Yasai: Plant-Based Japanese Experience, where vegan cuisine meets the art of Japanese flavors. Located in San Diego, this restaurant delights guests with its innovative menu centered around plant-based ramen and sushi.
- Yasai Starters feature unique offerings like Vegan Stuffed Jalapeño Tempura and Vegan Karaage that pack a flavorful punch.
- The Yasai Ramen options include the Tantanmen, renowned for its spicy sesame broth, and the Triple Tomato, celebrated for its rich, umami-packed taste.
- For sushi lovers, the diverse Yasai Sushi selection showcases creative rolls like the Queen Dragon and Believer Roll, each crafted to elevate the vegan palate.
The Yasai transcends typical vegan dining by emphasizing vibrant vegetable profiles, all while ensuring a warm, inviting ambiance. Diners can savor the nuances of traditional Japanese cuisine, creatively transformed into delightful plant-based dishes. Each bite reflects the culinary passion of Chef Junya, whose commitment to flavor shines brightly throughout the menu.
Yasai Starters
Misoshiru-Vegan Miso Soup
Misoshiru with omakase daily vegetable, organic mitsuba and organic tofu.
Vegan Seaweed Salad
Jumbo Crispy Vegan Gyoza
four jumbo gyoza stuffed with a flavorful filling of garlic tofu, veggies, glass noodles and Japanese herbs and spices, topped off with our house made gravy.
Vegan Agedashi Tofu
Tofu lightly battered with Japanese purple yam and served with our house tsuyu sauce.
Vegan Karaage
crispy no-chicken, battered in curry, served with our house made aiolis "$10,000 chicken nugget" topped with a marinated medley of micro cilantro and red onion.
Brussel Sprout Skillet
Crispy Brussels sprouts glazed with sweet wasabi aioli and chili threads
Vegan Bao Buns
Miso shiitake mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, chimichurri mayo, eel sauce, pickled red onions, and cilantro
Organic Corn Baby Back Ribs
organic baby back corn ribs over creamy polenta, custom bbq sauce, togarashi spiced, negi green onion
Vegan Stuffed Jalapeo Tempura
Farm fresh Jalapeo stuffed with Tofutti vegan cream cheese, seasoned impossible meat, topped with spicy Japanese mayo, custom eel sauce, and diced green onion
Vegan Nigiri 2pc
Most traditional way of serving and eating sushi (highly recommended). Start your taste pallet off in the right direction with this mouth watering umami platter. This Okamase, chef choice, will allow you to taste up to eight different flavors of each vegetable. As our "daily picks" change, please ask for the daily nigiri selections.
Neon Gravestones
In: no-spicy tuna, panko, no-shrimp, cucumbersTop: Assortment of fermented bell peppers, fermented Jalapeos, eggplant, fresh avocado, finished with spicy ponzu and green onions
Little Italy Roll
In: a medley of Japanese mushrooms: tempura enoki, miso glazed shiitake and seared eryngiiTop: avocado, Italian inspired aioli and finished with seared slices of fresh rainbow tomatoes
Stressed Out Roll
In: smoked tofu, no-cream cheese, avocadoTop: drizzled in a sweet shoyu and spicy aioli pickled smoked jalapenos (fried)
Vegan Caterpillar Roll
In: crispy miso shiitake, panko no-shrimp, cucumberTop: fresh avocado, sweet shoyu, spicy aioli
Believer Roll
In: avocado, no-shrimp, no-cream cheeseTop: no-spicy tuna, spicy aioli, sweet shoyu, torched and seared
Queen Dragon
In: no-shrimp tempura, avocado, no-crab, cucumberTop: eggplants, avocado, eel sauce, and sweet potato crispy strings
Hanzo Sword
In: Fermented Eryngii mushroom, tempura green onion, no-shrimpTop: Pickled serrano, truffle aioli, lemon zest and green onion
Lucky Jade
In: avocado, vegan cream cheese, asparagus, cucumberTop: smoked jalapenos, chimichurri mayo, an chef blend
Vegan California Roll (GF)
Kenzan Roll
In: Organic Kaiware sprouts, crispy tempura carrot, squash, kabocha, asparagusTop: Creamy Sesame Aioli, Crunchy California almond slices
Amakara Roll
In: No-shrimp, spicy no-tuna, tempura enoki, cucumber, and our special 3S spreadTop: eggplant, avocado, cucumber, 3S glaze and marinade micro pearls
Vegan Dream Come True Bento Box
All in one favorites includes our famous no-chicken karaage, jump crispy vegan gyoza, nigiri, roll, seaweed salad and edamame with our in house signature sauces.
Yasai Sushi Bento Box
Includes nigiri sampler, omakase sushi roll, assorted salad with blueberry vinaigrette ponzu, seaweed salad and edamame.
Yasai Sushi
Yasai Ramen
The Classic
hand crafted oodles and classic broth topped with bamboo shoots, tofu no-chasiu, kikurage woodear mushroom, crispy kabocha pumpkin, sauteed bean sprouts, steamed bok choy, green onions, and garlic chips
Tantanmen
Hand crafted noodles and spicy sesame broth topped with spicy marinated impossible meat, fresh corn, cabbage, sauteed bean sprouts, kikurage woodear mushrooms, steamed bok choy, green onions and garlic chips
Triple Tomato
Number 1 selling vegan ramen at RAKIRAKI Ramen since 2012. Handcrafted noodles and konbu dashi tomato broth topped with bamboo shoots, tofu no-chasiu, crispy kabocha pumpkin, kikurage wood ear mushroom, sauteed bean sprouts, steamed bok choy, green onions and fermented cherry tomatoes
Kyoto Shoyu
Light and clear soy sauce based vegan ramen topped with bamboo shoots, tofu no-chasiu, kabocha, pumpkin, kikurage woodear mushroom, sauteed bean sprouts, bok choy, green onion and garlic chips
Truffle Ramen
Truffle infused creamy vegetable broth, truffle sauteed eggplant and bok choy. Topped with sweet corn, bamboo, negi onions and truffle zest