Medicine Menu and Prices

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Last Update: 2025-03-14


Premium Sakesthe light, subtle tastes of shojin cuisine make it 8 perfect compliment to good sake. at medicine, we have chosen our sakes with a care that we hope will delight even the most jaded connaisseur.

Ohyama "Big Mountain" Junmai

$9.00 - $17.00

dry, chef's comment: "lively teenager with great style."

Hitorimusume "Only One Daughter" Higori

$11.00 - $20.00

nigari dry, chef's comment: "mysterious snow princess."

Sogen "Pride Of Samural" Junmai

$12.00 - $22.00

dry, chef's comment: "a retired fisherman overlooking the sea"

Urakasumi "Misty Bay" Junmai

$13.00 - $24.00

medium dry, chef's comment: "a jolly monk."

Kikuhime "Chrysanthemum Princess" Yamahal Journal

$20.00 - $37.00

medium dry, chef's comment: "tempestuous symphony conductor."

Tamanohikari "Brilliant Jade" Junmai Dal Ginjo

$23.00 - $39.00

medium dry. chef's comment: "great connoisseur with a humble heart"


Beer

Asahi Super Dry

$4.00 - $7.00

Sapporo Reserve

$4.50


Organic Wine

Nuevo Mundo, 2005

$6.00

chile, sauvignon blanc. clean, fruit notes; perfect with subtle food flavors.

Albet I. Noya, 2000

$7.00

spain, lignum tinto, black cherry, subtle oak, juicy finish.

Can Vandrell, 2005

$5.00

spain, cava, effervescent fruity nose, balanced and light.


Housemade Juices

Almond Milk

$4.00

sweet and delicate: made from scratch with our own toasted almonds.

Matcha Soy Milk

$3.50

caffeine-rich matcha & vitamin-rich spirulina-intused organic soy milk.

Yuzu Lemonade.

$3.50

a medicine original: lemonade flavored with japanese yuzu citrus.


Bottles

Cricket Cola.

$2.50

regular or diet

Aranciata

$2.00

Limonata

$2.00

Fiji. Still,

$2.00 - $5.00

San Pellegrino

$3.00 - $5.00

sparkling


Tea & Coffee

Dark Roast Organic Coffee

$2.00

locally roasted, fair trade reg, or decaf.

Matcha

$4.50

an intense green tea served in a ceramic tea bowl with a sweet.

Gyokuro-Cha

$4.00

best tender green leaf tea, grown in shaded plantations.

Houji-Cha

$2.00

a flavorful roasted green tea.

Soba-cha.

$2.00

A caffeine-free buckwheat tea.

Iced Oolong Tea.

$2.00

soothing chinese iced oolong

Red

$2.50

caffeine-free redbush with tropical hints.

Kuki-Cha

$2.00

a caffeine-free twig tea.

Black

$2.00

organic black tea

Iced Sencha

$2.00

cool and refreshing iced green tea


New-Shojin Specialties

Medicine Roll

$5.50 - $10.00

an original medicine creation, our own healthy power roll of 9-grain rice, avocado, sour plum, nori, carrot, shiso leaf, spicy sprouts and flax seed.

Kabocha Squash Croquette.

$5.75

buttery kabocha with nagaimo yam, almond breading: served with chestnut-cashew cream sauce.

Mountain Monk Te-Maki

$5.50

two handrolls with 9-grain rice: chysanthemumnarazuke melon & natto (fermented soybean) and flax seed.

Jade Nuggets.

$4.50

tempura-fried shiso leaves with a filling of mustard flavored natto. a surprise favorite among medicine aficionados

Maitake Mushroom Tempura

$6.00

delicate maitake mushroom, tempura-fried and served with lemon and sea salt.

Inari & Napa Cabbage Roll

$6.50

one of rice wrapped in inari tofu skin: the other of pickled melon, avocado and seven-spice mixture, wrapped in napa cabbage.

Hiro-Zu

$5.00

simmered tofu medallions with hijiki, carrot & burdock served with oil-blanched japanese eggplant and savory-sweet dashi.

Seasonal Green Vegetable

$3.00

blanched and chilled, served with housemade creamy sesame sauce.

Broiled Eggplant

$4.75

a classic temple dish: globe eggplant glazed with a savory-sweet kyoto miso paste.

Sesame Dofu

$3.50

the classic "sashimi" of shojin cooking, not actually a true tofu but a savory custard made with fresh sesame milk and thickened with healthy kudzu root. made entirely fro scratch in the me

Shio-Kimpira

$3.00

traditional sautee of carrot and burdock root with toasted sesame oil and chili paste: sea salt


Desserts

Green-Tea Tofu

$3.50

house-made matcha soy tofu topped with a sweet black soy been

Chilled Coconut Cup

$3.50

a medicine original: a cold "soup" of kanten and silver ear mushroom in sweet coconut broth: toasted soba

Green Tea Shaved Ice.

$4.00

with adzuki beans. or fruit shaved ice. with yuzu-citrus syrup. a light and refreshing ending to your meal

Silken Tofu Chocolate Mousse

$2.00

exquisite vairhona chocolate, silken tofu, toasted pistachio shavings


Foundation Setsmake one of these sets the foundation for your meal at medicine

Soboro Rice Bowl

$8.50

9-grain rice topped with sauteed ginger tofu, simmered shiitake and seasonal greens, miso soup, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Udon

$9.00 - $12.00

choose from: 1) our spicy house curry broth or 2) savory shiitake clear broth or 3) yuzu udon with autumn vegetables, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Soba

$9.00

hot soba with wakame & shimeji mushrooms, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Mountain Monk

$10.00

uniquely flavored salad of exotic seasonal greens, fruits and nuts, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, miso soup, housemade fresh pickled vegetables.

Ten-Don

$11.50

9-grain rice bowl topped with seasonal vegetables: tempura fried in healthy rice bran oil, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, cold clear soup with cucumber, sour plum & junsai, housemade fresh pickled

Clarity

$11.00

seasonal steamed vegetables served with our savory peanut sauce, artisan tofu with ginger & nori, miso soup, housemade fresh pickled vegetables, organic germinated brown rice.


Favorite Small Plate Add-Ons

Organic 9-Grain Rice Bowl

$1.50

Seasonal Green Veg

$3.00

with sesame sauce

Shio-Kimpira

$3.00

Mixed Braised Greens

$2.50

Organic Germinated Brown Rice Bowl

$2.00


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