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762 Valencia (at 18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-252-7825

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Recommended
Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurant
Award Winner 2007

Cuisine(s): Japanese, Small Plates, Vegan, Vegetarian

Hours: Sun,Wed,Thu 12pm-9:30pm, Mon-Tue 5:30pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-10pm

Price: $$
Payment Types: cash

Features: Takeout, Delivery, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: No Parking

Description

There's nothing bland, unsatisfying, or overtly cosmic about the food at Cha-Ya, a Mission District purveyor of vegan-friendly cookery. In fact, Cha-Ya's sushi, noodles, soups, and dumplings are so rich, flavorful, and fulfilling, the place can stand as a splendid Japanese restaurant in its own right. Potstickers hot from the fryer burst with fresh, crisp flavors. A dozen vegetables and gingko nuts hide under the silky, jiggly surface of the Moon Garden (steamed tofu custard), and every bowl of sukiyaki contains half the produce section at Whole Foods. There are skewers of broiled asparagus and eggplant, nigiri topped with carved mushrooms, and tempura-fried Cha-Ya rolls filled with yam, avocado, and asparagus.

2007 | Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurant

There's nothing bland, unsatisfying, or overtly cosmic about the food at Cha-Ya, a Mission District purveyor of vegan-friendly cookery. In fact, Cha-Ya's sushi, noodles, soups, and dumplings are so rich, flavorful, and fulfilling, the place can stand as a splendid Japanese restaurant in its own right. Pot stickers hot from the fryer burst with fresh, crisp flavors. A fragrant miso soup is ribboned with three kinds of mushroom and served in an iron pot. There are skewers of broiled asparagus,... More »

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By | Wed, July 26, 2006

To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats@sfweekly.com. Ate: 995 North Point (at Polk), 409-6915. Russian Hill. Mediterranean fusion. Bistro 1689: 1689 Church (at 29th St.), 550-8298, www.bistro1689.com. Noe Valley. French bistro, wine bar. ... More »
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Ate: 995 North Point (at Polk), 409-6915. Russian Hill. Mediterranean fusion. Cha-Ya: 762 Valencia (at 19th St.), 252-7825. Mission. Japanese vegetarian/vegan. Crave: 2367 Market (at 17th St.), 865-0192. Castro. New American small plates, l... More »

Main Menu

Soup

$5.50

Dobin Mushi
(pot soup) clear soup with spinach, shimeji and eryngll mushrooms, tofu, carrots, and gingko nuts, served in a pot

$4.50

Kinoko Miso
(mushroom soup) miso soup with portobello, shimeji, and eryngll mushrooms, tofu, scallions, and kaiware sprouts, served in an iron pot

$4.00

Vegan Soup
organic beans, split peas, lentils, and brown rice, light ginger flavor

$3.00

House Miso Soup
a small bowl of miso soup with wakame sea vegetable, tofu and scallions

Salad

$5.75

Senroppon Salad
shredded daikon, turnip, cucumber, and carrots with atsuage tofu, radishes, soy beans, kaiware, and toasted pine nuts, soy-vinaigrette dressing, (shredded salad)

$6.50

Soba Salad
soba noodles topped with various seasonal vegetables, sesame-oil vinaigrette dressing

$6.00

Sea Vegetable Salad
a variety of marine vegetables including seasoned hijiki served with a creamy sesame dressing

$5.00

Sunomono
(cucumber vinaigrette salad) sliced cucumber and radishes with golden raisins, wakame, silver noodles, and toasted organic soy beans, non-oil rice vinaigrette

$4.50

Eda Mame
(soy beans) soybeans boiled and lightly salted

$5.75

Goma Ae
(sesame greens) blanched spinach and broccolini, topped with a sesame dressing

$5.75

Shira Ae
(vegetables with tofu dressing) blanched spinach with seasoned lotus root, carrots, shiitake, green beans, tofu pouch, and yam cake, served with a tahini-tofu dressing

Kozara
(small Dishes)

$5.75

Agedashi Tofu
deep-fried tofu in a special sauce, garnished with grated daikon and ginger, kaiware, scallions, and shredded nori, (deep-fried tofu)

$5.25

Robata Yaki
(vegetable skewers) broiled pieces of portobello mushroom, red onion, asparagus, eggplant, and zucchini, served on 2 skewers with robata sauce

$5.50

Ten Bou
(deep-fried veggie sticks) sticks of yam, carrots, banana squash, atsuage tofu, and green beans, lightly battered and deep-fried, served with tempura sauce

$6.00

Haru Maki
(spring roll) (2 rolls cut into 6 pieces) asparagus, shiitake, carrots, long beans, silver noodles, and atsuage tofu wrapped in rice sheets, lightly fried and served with sweet and sour sauce

$5.50

Gyoza
(pot stickers) vegan pot stickers, pan-fried and served with gyoza sauce

A La Carte

$7.25

Hangetsu
(portobello mushroom) portobello mushroom layered with atsuage tofu, dipped in light batter and deep-fried, served with kiwi fruit sauce

$8.25

Dengaku
(eggplant and tofu) broiled eggplant, tofu, and portobello mushroom with a miso-paste glaze

$8.25

Moon Garden
(tofu custard) steamed tofu custard with broccoli, carrots, shimeji mushrooms, kabocha, atsuage tofu, snow peas, asparagus, zucchini, broccolini, soybeans, and gingko nuts

$8.25

Vegetable Tempura
eggplant, yam, asparagus, carrots, kabocha, mushrooms, green beans, and broccoli, lightly battered and deep-fried, served with tempura sauce

$7.75

Taku - Sui
(gyoza and veggies pot) pot stickers, tofu, zucchini, nappa cabbage, snap peas, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, silver noodles, and mushrooms in a light broth and served with a ponzu citrus sauce

$8.50

Cha - Ya Nabe
(vegan sukiyaki) nappa cabbage, spinach, red onion, carrots, mushrooms, kabocha, broccoli, cauliflower, lotus root, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, silver noodles, and tofu in sukiyaki broth, served in an iron pot

$8.25

Cha - Ya Delight
(seasoned brown rice) seasoned organic brown rice topped with carrots, kabocha, broccoli, cauliflower, lotus root, zucchini, snap peas, snow peas, hijiki, atsuage tofu, shiitake, broccolini, pickled burdock and daikon, and kaiware

$7.00

Tonchi Nasu
(stuffed eggplant) eggplant stuffed with setsuma potato, com, hijiki, carrots and soybeans, lightly battered and deep-fried, tempura style, served with a special ginger sauce

Combination Dinner Set - Dengaku # 18 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$16.75

Hangetsu #17

$17.75

Moon Garden #19

$17.75

Tempura #20

$18.00

Cha - Ya Nabe #22

$16.50

Tonchi Nasu #24

Combination Dinner Set - Moon Garden #19 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$16.75

Hangetsu #17

$17.75

Dengaku #18

$17.75

Tempura # 20

$18.00

Cha - Ya Nabe #22

$16.50

Tonchi Nasu #24

Combination Dinner Set - Tempura #20 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$17.75

Dengaku #18

$17.75

Moon Garden #19

$17.25

Taku - Sui #21

$18.00

Cha - Ya Nabe #22

Combination Dinner Set - Taku - Sui #21 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$16.25

Hangetsu #17

$17.25

Dengaku #18

$17.25

Moon Garden #19

$16.00

Tonchi Nasu #24

Combination Dinner Set - Cha - Ya Nabe #22 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$17.00

Hangetsu #17

$16.75

Tonchi Nasu #24

Combination Dinner Set - Cha - Ya Sushi Plate #27 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$15.50

Hangetsu #17

$16.50

Dengaku #18

$16.50

Moon Garden #19

$16.50

Tempura #20

$16.00

Taku - Sui #21

$16.75

Cha - Ya Nabe #22

$15.25

Tonchi Nasu #24

Combination Dinner Set - Full Moon Sushi Plate #28 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$16.50

Hangetsu #17

$17.50

Dengaku #18

$17.50

Moon Garden #19

$17.50

Tempura #20

$17.00

Taku - Sui #21

$17.75

Cha - Ya Nabe #22

$16.25

Tonchi Nasu #24

Combination Dinner Set - Cha - Ya Delight #23 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$16.25

Hangetsu #17

$17.25

Dengaku #18

$17.25

Moon Garden #19

$17.25

Tempura #20

$16.75

Taku - Sui #21

$17.50

Cha - Ya Nabe #22

$16.00

Tonchi Nasu #24

Combination Dinner Set - Hana Gomoku #25 With
Served With House Miso Soup, Rice, And Small Sunomano Salad The Following Combinations Are Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad, (no Rice)

$16.50

Hangetsu #17

$17.50

Dengaku #18

$17.50

Moon Garden #19

$17.50

Tempura #20

$17.00

Taku - Sui #21

$17.75

Cha - Ya Nabe #22

$16.25

Tonchi Nasu #24

Sushi

$8.50

Hana Gomoku
(mixed sushi bowl) sushi rice served in a medium bowl, mixed with seasoned shiitake, green beans, lotus root, carrots, tofu pouch, yam cake, and hijiki, topped with various cooked vegetables

$8.50

Soba Sushi
(buckwheat noodle sushi) a sushi roll made up of buckwheat noodles (in place of rice), spinach, atsuage tofu, asparagus, cucumber, pickled burdock, and seasoned kampyo gourd and shiitake, served with a soba dipping sauce

$7.50

Cha - Ya Sushi Plate
one kappa roll (6 pieces), and one nigiri each of shiitake, eggplant, and sea vegetable salad

$8.50

Full Moon Sushi Plate
one kappa roll (6 pieces), half vegan roll (2 pieces), and one inari

Sushi Dinner
Served With House Miso Soup And Small Sunomono Salad

$11.50

Hosomaki Combo Dinner
choose any three hosomaki rolls listed below, (no substitutions please)

$13.00

Sushi Combo Dinner
one kappa roll (6 pieces), one vegan roll (4 pieces), and two inari

Sushi A La Carte

$7.25

Cha - Ya Roll
tempura sushi filled with avocado, yam, and carrots, the entire roll is lightly battered and deep-fried, served with a special house sauce, (cut into 8 pieces, )

$6.75

Shattuck Roll
a large roll with asparagus and yam tempura, (cut into 5 pieces)

$6.75

Garden Roll
a large roll with asparagus, spinach, avocado, cucumber, broccoli, pickled burdock, and kaiware sprouts, (cut into 4 pieces)

$6.50

Vegan Roll
a large roll with spinach, atsuage tofu, cucumber, broccoli, pickled burdock, seasoned shiitake and kampyo gourd, and pickled ginger, (cut into 4 pieces)

$6.75

Vegetable Tempura
a large roll filled with tempura of banana squash, carrots, yam, and green beans, (cut into 5 pieces)

$6.50

Summer Green Roll
a large reverse roll with avocado, cucumber, and kaiware sprouts, topped with sea vegetable salad, (cut into 4 pieces)

Hosomaki Rolls
Small Rolls, Cut Into 6 Pieces

$3.70

Kappa
(cucumber)

$3.95

Oshinko
(pickled daikon)

$3.95

Umekyu
(plum and cucumber)

$3.95

Kampyo
(seasoned gourd)

$3.95

Kaiware
(radish sprouts)

$3.95

Yamagobo
(pickled burdock)

$3.95

Natto
(fermented soybeans)

$4.20

Sea Vegetable Salad
reverse roll - rice on the outside

$4.20

Eggplant
reverse roll - rice on the outside

$4.20

Asparagus
reverse roll - rice on the outside

$4.20

Spinach
reverse roll - rice on the outside

$4.20

Shiitake
reverse roll - rice on the outside

$4.20

Avocado
reverse roll - rice on the outside

Nigiri Sushi
2 Nigiri Pieces Per Order

$3.45

Atsuage Tofu
(fried firm tofu)

$3.45

Kaiware

$3.70

Shiitake
(seasoned mushroom)

$3.70

Eggplant

$3.70

Hijiki
(seasoned sea vegetable)

$3.70

Asparagus

$3.70

Avocado

$3.70

Broccolini

$3.70

Portobello

$3.70

Sea Vegetable Salad

$3.70

Inari
(stuffed seasoned tofu pouch)

Uramaki Rolls
Medium- Size Reverse, Rolls, Cut Into 6 Pieces

$5.20

Avocado Tempura

$4.95

Shiitake, Spinach

$4.95

Asparagus, Spinach

$5.20

Portobello, Spinach

$4.95

Avocado, Cucumber

$4.95

Avocado, Shiitake

Noodles
Choose From Udon (broad White Wheat Noodles) Or Soba (thin Brown Buckwheat Noodles) Served Hot: Udon Or Soba Served In A Bowl Of Light Broth, Topped With Scallions, Kaiware, And Shredded Nori

$8.50

Vege - Tofu Curry
curry soup topped with tofu, kabocha, pearl onions, celery, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, mushrooms, and sugar snap peas

$8.50

Yasai
(cooked vegetables) broccoli, cauliflower, atsuage tofu, kabocha, lotus root, zucchini, snap peas, carrots, and mushrooms

$9.50

Vegetable Tempura
vegetable tempura served with a bowl of noodles

$8.25

Sansai
(wild vegetables) edible bracken, bamboo shoots, carrots, and enoki and wood ear mushrooms

$8.50

Kinoko
(mushrooms) mushroom medley: shimeji, eryngll, portobello, and oyster mushrooms

$7.75

Wakame
wakame sea vegetable

$7.75

Kitsune
(tofu pouch) seasoned tofu pouch

$7.50

Kake
(plain) plain noodles topped with scallions, kaiware, and shredded nori

Noodles.
Served Cold: Udon Or Soba Served Cold, With A Dipping Sauce, Topped With Scallions, Kaiware, And Shredded Nori

$7.25

Zaru
(plain) plain noodles topped with scallions, kaiware, and shredded nori

$8.25

Sansai Wakame Zaru
(wild vegetables and sea vegetable) edible bracken, bamboo shoots, carrots, enoki and wood ear mushrooms, and wakame sea vegetable, served with cold noodles

$9.50

Vegetable Tempura Zaru
vegetable tempura served with cold noodles

Kansai Set Noodle Dinner

Kansai Set Noodle Dinner
add two pieces of inari sushi and small sunomono salad to any noodle dish listed above for an extra $4.00, no substitutions please

Dessert

$4.25

Pineapple Chunks
fresh pineapple chunks, lightly sweetened and served with green tea sauce and azuki bean sauce

$4.25

Oshiruko
a warm bowl of sweetened azuki beans and mochi rice cakes

$4.25

Vegan Cake
chocolate mousse cake made with unbleached wheat flour, cocoa, tofu, vegan chocolate chips etc

$4.25

Vegan Ice Cream Sundae
soy-based vanilla 'ice cream' topped off with green tea sauce and azuki bean sauce, garnished with pineapple chunks

$4.25

Yellow Moon
deep-fried organic banana, topped with green tea sauce and azuki bean sauce

$4.25

Pear Compote
lightly sweetened fresh bosc pear, served with vanilla flavored organic soy milk and green tea sauce

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Cha-Ya Vegetarian Japanese Restaurant

762 Valencia (at 18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-252-7825

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