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Tsuruya

March 11, 1962

On this menu 61 dishes

Suimono (Consomme)
Miso Shiru (Soya Bean Soup)
Rice
Sukiyaki Dinner (Prepared with Beef, Pork or Chicken with Bamboo Shoots, Mushrooms, Soya Bean Curd and Mixed Japanese Vegetables)$3.00
Sukiyaki Dinner with Side Order of Tempura (Butterfly Shrimps)$3.75
Batayaki (Thickly Sliced Beef and Fresh Mushrooms, Cooked in Pure Butter, Served with Delicate Ginger Sauce)$4.50
SASHIMI (Fillet of fresh raw fish)$0.90
SUNOMONO (Japanese seafood salad)$0.85
NUTA (Boiled scallion and seafood with miso sauce)$0.85
OYSTERS (on half shell)$1.00
YOSENABE (Chicken, Fresh Shrimp, Clams, Kamaboko (Baked Fish Cake), Bamboo Shoot, Soya Bean Curd, Mushrooms, Noodles and Mixed Fresh Vegetables)$3.75
TSURUYA SPECIAL (A Glass of Wine Included with Dinner) (Beef, Pork and Chicken, Bamboo Shoots, Mushrooms, Mixed Fresh Vegetables and INSTANT RAMEN (egg noodles)$3.75
TEMPURA DINNER (Large Butterfly Shrimps - Sunomo - Nimono)$2.25
TEI SHOKU, Table d'Hote Complete Japanese Dinner$2.25
TERIYAKI DINNER, Beef, Pork, Chicken and Eel broiled with Japanese Tare served in sizzling hot metal dish, Fresh Vegetable Salad and Nimono$2.25
Cocktail
Dry Sweet Wine
Red Dry Wine
Clams on Half Shell$0.85
TSUMAMI, Hors d'Oeuvres$2.00 – $4.00
SUSHI, Cold vinegar rice ovals topped with assorted seafoods and seaweed roll$1.25 – $1.50
Miso Shiru (Soy Bean)$0.30
Suimono (Consomme)$0.30
Sukiyaki$2.50
BATAYAKI$4.00
TORI MIZUTAKI$2.50
YOSENABE$3.25
TSURUYA SPECIAL$3.25
TAI CHIRINABE$2.50
YAKITAMAGO (Japanese styled omelet)$0.75
RAW EGGS (For your Sukiyaki)$0.15
GOMAYE (Boiled spinach with Sesame sauce)$0.65
SHITASHI (Boiled spinach with dry shaved bonito)$0.50
YAKKO DOFU (Cold soy bean curd)$0.45
YU DOFU (Hot soy bean curd)$0.60
YAKINORI (Toasted Seaweed)$0.25
FISH TERYAKI (Fish broile in Tare Sauce)$0.85
SHIWOYAKI (Broiled fish, lightly salted)$0.85
NAMAKO$0.90
SUZUKO$0.90
KAZUNOKO$0.90
TEMPURA (Large Butterfly Shrimp)$1.50
SASHIMI (Fillet of fresh raw fish)$0.90
UNAGI TERIYAKI (Broiled Eel in tare sauce)$1.95
NAMA KAKI$1.00
NAMA HAMAGURI$0.85
TERIYAKI (Beef, Pork or Chicken broiled in Tare Sauce) (Served in sizzling hot metal dish)$1.95
TEMPURA UDON (Butterfly Shrimps)$0.90
OKAME UDON (Mixed Japanese Vegetables)$0.90
OYAKO UDON (Chicken, Egg, and Vegetables)$0.90
KITSUNE UDON (Cooked Bean Curd and Vegetables)$0.90
TSUKIMI UDON (Raw Egg)$0.75
KAKE UDON (Plain sauce)$0.65
TEN DON (Butterfly Shimps)$1.25
KATSU DON (Pork Cutlets, Egg, and Vegetables)$1.25
OYAKO DON (Chicken, Eggs and Vegetables)$1.25
UNAGI DON (Broiled Eel)$1.75
Rice$0.15 – $0.30
Tsukemono (Pickles)$0.25 – $0.75
Ice cream$0.25
Fruits in Season$0.50