Bar Otaku

Japanese soul food is the star of Bar Otaku’s menu.

Menu sections will include snacks, green, raw fish, fried, broiled, and grilled items, with plenty of vegetarian and gluten-free options, all of which are tried-and-true dishes of izakaya culture.

Casual, approachable, and inviting, the menu begins with snacks like lotus chips with furikake; smoked grilled chicken wings with tare glaze; and smoked tofu lettuce wraps. Seafood and raw fish options include Yellowtail sashimi with frizzled herbs, salmon with hot-spiced sesame oil, and temaki hand rolls.

The rice and broiled sections of the menu have options for both meat-eaters and vegetarians, including dishes like taco rice with spiced ground beef & pimento cheese; vegetable curry with carrots, potatoes & rice; and “University Potatoes” which are fried sweet potatoes tossed in shoyu, honey, and black sesame.

Moving into fried and grilled sections, highlights include “kara- age” fried chicken with Kewpie mayo, “tonkatsu” fried and breaded pork cutlet with shaved cabbage; grilled squid with ginger soy; and skirt steak with miso mustard.