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Nippon Kitchen

91 West George Street, G2 1PB

City Centre, Glasgow

Cuisine: Japanese, Sushi

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About Nippon Kitchen

Food: 5

Ambience: 5

Service: 5

Value: 5

Great service, lovely food

Lovely food. Attentive service.

Carol Prescott - dined in restaurant 06/02/2024
Food: 5

Ambience: 5

Service: 5

Value: 5

Excellent

Good value lunch offer. Excellent food. Friendly staff. Spacious restaurant with room for pram.

Leigh-Anne McCallum - dined in restaurant 14/06/2023

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The Nippon Kitchen experience

Japanese restaurant, Nippon Kitchen, is renowned for the best of the best – food, drinks and service. The owners state that Nippon is where modern Japan meets old Glasgow: charming, classic, contemporary and cool.

All their delicious Japanese food is made fresh to order using only the best quality ingredients – a mix of fresh local produce and specialist Japanese additions. Specially-matched wines, sakes, beer and cocktails accompany their menu to provide the very best Japanese dining experience possible.

From sushi to fresh stir fry

Nippon Kitchen’s menu includes a wide range of delicious fresh sushi, sashimi, bento boxes, rice dishes, noodles and more. Starters include Japanese favourites such as glazed yakitori skewers, prawn tempura and crispy chilli squid. Mains range from delicious bento boxes or a wok stir fry noodles, or sushi fans could tuck into Nippon’s special sushi items such as soft shell crab or dragon rolls, alongside classics like sashimi, temaki and nigiri.

City centre location

Nippon Kitchen is located on West George Street in Glasgow city centre – close to all the city’s main transport links.

Menus for Nippon Kitchen

Starters

Miso soup (V) £3.75
white soy bean paste broth with seaweed, tofu and spring onion

Kushiyaki skewers
two grilled skewers glazed with teriyaki sauce
chicken £7.50 veg (V) £6.95

Gyoza
steamed dumplings finished on the teppan grill, served with dipping sauce
chicken £7.50 seafood £7.95 veg (V) £7.50 duck (served crispy) £7.95

Vegetable tempura (v) £7.95
sweet potato, butternut squash, aubergine, mushroom and seaweed deep fried in a light crispy batter with tempura sauce

King prawn tempura £9.95
deep fried king prawns in a light crispy batter with tempura sauce

Mixed tempura £9.95
king prawns, 5 vegetable pieces, deep fried in a light crispy batter with tempura sauce

Chicken kara-age £6.95
chicken breast lightly battered using Japanese herbs, fried and served with dipping sauce

Soft shell crab kara-age £9.95
whole soft shell crab lightly dusted with flour and deep fried, served with dipping sauce

Agedashi tofu (v) £6.95
cubes of lightly battered tofu in a hot tentsuyu broth topped with spring onion and nori

Edamame (v) £4.95
Japanese steamed soy beans served with a choice of salt or seven-spice salt

Sweet potato or pumpkin korokke (v) £6.75
sweet potato or pumpkin cakes deep fried in panko breadcrumbs, served with Japanese fruity sauce
and mayonnaise

Pork ribs from the yaki grill £8.95
pork ribs glazed with teriyaki sauce and cooked bbq style on our yaki grill

Takoyaki £7.50
octopus and cabbage in a soft batter with ginger and spring onion, with tonkatsu sauce and Japanese mayonnaise

Ikaten chilli squid £7.95
crispy fried squid dusted with Japanese 7 spices (try with a drizzle of our table chilli oil)

Seaweed salad (goma wakame) £5.50
Japanese seaweed marinated with sesame oil, sesame, chilli, vinegar and soy sauce

Temaki

A large cone-shaped piece wrapped in nori, with the ingredients spilling out the wide end (1 piece)

Salmon
fresh raw salmon and cucumber (add £0.25 with spicy mayonnaise) £4.50

Tuna
fresh raw tuna and cucumber (add £0.25 with spicy mayonnaise) £4.75

Prawn tempura
tempura king prawn and cucumber with mayonnaise £4.50

Kanikar
soft shell crab with cucumber and mayonnaise £6.75

Unagi
grilled eel with cucumber and eel sauce £6.50

California
crab stick, fish tobiko, avocado and cucumber £4.25

Tuna mayo
cooked tuna with spring onion and mayonnaise £4.50

Salmon mayo
cooked salmon with spring onion and mayonnaise £4.50

Nigiri sushi

Hand formed sushi rice with various toppings (4 pieces)

Inari (v)
sweet fried tofu £5.00

Avocado (v) £5.00

Tamago
sweet egg omelette £5.00

Ebi
king prawn £6.00

Sake
salmon £6.00

Maguro
tuna £6.00

Shime saba
mackerel £5.75

Suzuki
seabass £5.75

Unagi
grilled eel with eel sauce £7.00

Tobiko
flying fish roe £6.00

Sake mayo
cooked salmon with spring onion and mayonnaise £6.00

Maguro mayo
cooked tuna with spring onion and mayonnaise £6.00

Mixed
your choice of any 4 from the nigiri menu (excluding eel) £6.00

Futomaki

Larger and thicker than maki rolls, outside wrapped with nori (dried seaweed) with the filling in
the inside (6 pieces)

Futo
crab stick, prawn, tobiko, egg and cucumber £6.95

Vegetable (v)
avocado, lettuce, kampyo, oshinko, cucumber and philadephia £6.95

Kampyo and salmon
kampyo (sweet pickles) and salmon £7.50

Spicy salmon
salmon, lettuce, spicy mayonnaise £7.50

Spicy prawn tempura
tempura prawn, lettuce, spicy mayonnaise £7.50

Philadelphia salmon
philadelphia soft cheese, salmon, avocado and lettuce £7.75

Rice Mains

Tamago donburi
steamed rice topped with egg and onion, pickles, fried shallots (chicken and prawns in panko crumbs, duck in light batter)
chicken £14.50 beef £14.95 duck £15.50 prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50 eel £19.95

Teriyaki
grilled with sweet & sticky teriyaki sauce served with steamed rice, pickles and garnished with sesame seeds.
(chicken and duck in a light batter, vegetables in tempura batter, prawns in panko crumbs)
chicken £14.50 v.temp(v) £14.50 beef £14.95 duck £15.50 prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Curry katsu
crispy panko breaded with mild curry sauce with potato, carrot and onion, served with Japanese steamed
rice and pickles. (chicken, salmon and prawns prepared in panko crumbs, duck in light batter, vegetables in
tempura batter)
chicken £14.50 v.temp(v) £14.50 duck £15.50 prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Cha-han
rice wok fried with onion, egg, mushrooms, green & red peppers, with pickles and spring onion
chicken £14.50 veg & tofu(v) £14.50 beef £14.95 prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Soup broth noodle based mains

Choice of: Rramen (thin wheat) udon (thick wheat) yaki soba(medium wheat)
duck breast in a light batter, vegetable dishes come with fried tofu

Spicy soup noodle bowls
spicy soup base with onions, mushrooms, bean sprouts, boiled egg, bamboo shoots, broccoli, seaweed
chicken £14.95 veg(v) £14.95 beef £15.95 duck £15.95
prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Shoyu soup noodle bowls
miso soup base with onions, mushrooms, bean sprouts, boiled egg, bamboo shoots, broccoli, seaweed
chicken £14.95 veg(v) £14.95 beef £15.95 duck £15.95
prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Wok stir fry noodle based mains

Curry udon
thick noodles smothered in mild curry sauce with onion, potato, carrot, fried onions and chopped chillies.
Curry Udon, chicken, prawns are in panko crumbs
chicken £14.95 veg(v) £14.95 beef £15.95 duck £15.95 prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Chilli noodle stir fry
wok-fried peppers, onion, bean sprouts and spring onion with a homemade sweet and spicy chilli sauce
chicken £14.95 veg(v) £14.95 beef £15.95 duck £15.95
prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Teppan ginger noodle stir fry
wok-fried noodles, peppers, onion, bean sprouts, spring onion and egg in a mild ginger sauce garnished with
pickled ginger
chicken £14.95 veg(v) £14.95 beef £15.95 duck £15.95
prawn £15.95 salmon £16.50

Speciality rice mains

Poke Bowls
poke means "cut into pieces " and refers to the slices or cubes of raw fish that are served in a bowl along
with rice, dressing, vegetables and seasonings, rice bowl topped with goma wakamae seaweed salad,
edamame beans, pickled ginger, shredded mixed vegetables

Sweet fried tofu (v) £13.95

Raw salmon £14.95

Raw tuna £15.95

Sauces

Ponzu (v)
a healthy sauce made with soy sauce and rice wine vinegar, served cold

Sriracha mayonnaise sauce
chillis, garlic, vinegar, salt, spicy!
Yakimono
fish cooked on our special teppan grill served with steamed rice, salad, Japanese pickles and your choice of
Japanese sauce.

Fish:

Suzuki
seabass £19.95

Sake
salmon £19.95

Maguro
tuna £23.50

Sauces

Ponzu
a healthy sauce made with soy sauce and rice wine vinegar, served cold

Yaki niku
soy sauce, garlic and ginger and a hint of chilli

Spicy
a chilli, onion and garlic base, suits all yakimono dishes

Bento boxes
all served with steamed rice, sushi and miso soup

Bento a vegetarian combo (V) £16.95
Vegetable tempura, edamame, steamed vegetable gyoza, Japanese pickles and our Japanese curry sauce
Sushi: tempura sweet potato maki rolls

Bento b chicken combo £17.95
chicken teriyaki, chicken and spring onion skewer, steamed chicken gyoza and Japanese pickles
sushi: breaded chicken maki rolls

Bento c seafood combo £18.95
salmon teriyaki, panko breaded king prawns, steamed seafood gyoza and Japanese pickles
sushi: California maki rolls

Bento d - special combo £20.95
soft shell crab, chicken and spring onion skewer mixed prawn and vegetable tempura and Japanese pickles.
sushi: chefs selection of fresh sashimi and California maki rolls

Special sushi rolls and combinations

10 piece vegetarian sushi (v) £12.95
cucumber and pickled radish maki with avocado, sweet tofu, pickled radish and tempura sweet potato nigiri

10 piece soft shell crab £15.95
tempura soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado and spicy mayonnaise

10 piece rainbow roll maki sushi £15.95
tempura king prawn, cucumber, mayonnaise topped with tuna and salmon

10 piece dragon roll maki sushi £15.95
salmon, eel, wrapped with avocado and drizzled with sweet eel sauce

10 piece special maki sushi £15.95
crispy soft shell crab, tempura king prawns rolled with cucumber and mayonnaise topped with fresh king
prawn and sesame seeds

12 Piece Moriawase Sushi £16.50
Cucumber & pickled radish, California maki, fresh salmon, tuna, king prawn, mackerel, tuna mayonnaise and salmon mayonnaise nigiri

12 piece salmon moriawase Sushi £13.95
8 salmon maki mono and 4 salmon nigiri

12 piece tuna moriawase Sushi £14.95
8 tuna maki mono and 4 tuna nigiri

20 piece moriawase sushi £25.50
cucumber & pickled radish, California maki, fresh salmon, tuna, king prawn, mackerel, eel, egg, sweet tofu, crabstick, tuna mayo, salmon mayonnaise nigiri

23 piece moriawase sushi £29.50
6 salmon futomaki, 4 prawn uramaki, 4 mixed nigiri, 9 sashimi

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About Nippon Kitchen

Great service, lovely food

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The Nippon Kitchen experience

From sushi to fresh stir fry

City centre location

Menus for Nippon Kitchen

Lunch menu

Starters

Mains

Desserts

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Main menu

Starters

Sushi starter combo set

Uramaki

Sashimi

Temaki

Nigiri sushi

Hosomaki

Futomaki

Rice Mains

Soup broth noodle based mains

Wok stir fry noodle based mains

Speciality rice mains

Sides dishes

Special sushi rolls and combinations

Information

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