The Yasai: Vegan Japanese Experience at Little Italy Menu – San Diego, CA

Type : Vegan restaurant

Location : San Diego, CA

Based on 275 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

The Yasai: Vegan Japanese Experience at Little Italy 92101

Address:
2254 India St, San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: (858) 240-1445

Website:

Hours

Friday 4–10 PM
Saturday 4–10 PM
Sunday 4–9 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
 Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 4–9 PM
Thursday 4–9 PM

Menu

Beverage
Canned Soda $2.00
(Old) From The Kitchen
AGEDASHI TOFU
Tofu lightly battered with Japanese purple yam and served with our house tsuyu sauce		 $9.00
BRUSSELS SPROUTS SKILLET
Crispy brussels sprouts glazed with sweet wasabi mayo and house gravy, topped with chili thread		 $15.00
ERYNGII SCALLOPS
Shio koji marinated seared king oyster mushrooms over sweet miso butter creamy polenta		 $13.00
GARLIC EDAMAME
Wok sizzled with garlic and Japanese red pepper for a soothing aroma		 $6.00
INARI POCKETS
Inari stuffed with forbidden rice, chopped spicy eryngii, topped with chili flakes, eel sauce, furikake, and chef blend		 $13.00
MISOSHIRU
With Japanese omakase daily vegetable, organic mitsuba, and organic tofu		 $5.00
SUPER JUMBO KARAAGE
Crispy battered curry no-chicken, with a dengaku miso sauce, chimichurri mayo, fresh red onion, and dressed organic micro cilantro		 $12.00
VEGAN BAO BUNS
Freshly steamed bao buns filled with miso shiitake mushroom, sun dried tomatoes, sweet shoyu glaze, chimichurri mayo, cilantro and pickled red onions		 $14.00
(old) Yasai Specialty Rolls
BELIEVER
In: avocado, no-shrimp, no-cream cheese Top: no-spicy tuna, spicy aioli, sweet shoyu, torched and seared.		 $19.00
CHERRY BLOSSOM
In: thinly sliced tofu cutlets, pickled carrots, cucumber, vegan cream cheese, crispy fuji apples Top: cherry yuzu aioli, and massage aware rice pearls

All burritos are wrapped with seasoned nori & Calrose Diamond non-GMO rice. We’ve put together the best combination of ingredients to make the perfect burrito. Therefore, you may remove ingredients, but you may not add.

 $19.00
CRISPY FORBIDDEN RICE
in: forbidden bed of crispy rice top: spicy no-tuna, jalapeno slices, yuzu aioli, eel sauce, and chef blend		 $20.00
EYE OF THE VEGGIE
in: pickled carrots, cucumber, bell pepper, avocado, eryngii, sweet potato crispies out: seaweed nori, marinated thin daikon radish, and spicy ponzu		 $21.00
KING MINATO
in: no-crab, cucumber, avocado top: flamed torched eryngii, yuzu aioli, eel sauce, and curly negi onions		 $19.00
LITTLE ITALY
In: a medley of Japanese mushrooms, tempura enoki, miso glazed shiitake, and seared eryngii. Top: avocado, Italian inspired aioli and finished with seared slices of fresh rainbow tomatoes.

All burritos are wrapped with seasoned nori & Calrose Diamond non-GMO rice. We’ve put together the best combination of ingredients to make the perfect burrito. Therefore, you may remove ingredients, but you may not add.

 $19.00
LUCKY JADE
in: avocado, vegan cream cheese, asparagus, cucumber top: smoked jalapeños, chimichurri mayo, and chef blend		 $19.00
OMAKASE BENTO BOX – NIGIRI (2 PIECE)
Tomato, Eggplant, Red Bell Pepper, Orange Bell Pepper, Jalapeño, Iniri, Eryngii, Avocado. (two-piece or eight-piece of sampler chefs’ choice)

All burritos are wrapped with seasoned nori & Calrose Diamond non-GMO rice. We’ve put together the best combination of ingredients to make the perfect burrito. Therefore, you may remove ingredients, but you may not add.

 $7.00
QUEEN DRAGON
in: no-shrimp tempura, avocado, no-crab, cucumber top: eggplants, avocado, eel sauce, and sweet potato crispy strings		 $20.00
STRESSED OUT
In: smoked tofu, no-cream cheese, avocado
Top: radiant flash fried pickled smoked jalapeño (fried)		 $21.00
TRINITY BELL
In: no-spicy tuna, pickled carrots, cucumber Top: marinated and torched blend of bell peppers, jalapeños, with amakara sauce and lime zest		 $19.00
(Old) Classic Rolls
CALIFORNIA ROLL
Vegan no-crab, avocado, cucumber		 $15.00
CATERPILLAR
In: crispy miso shitake, panko-crusted no-shrimp, cucumber
Out: fresh avocado
Top: eel sauce, sweet miso blend		 $18.00
SPICY NO TUNA ROLL
Spicy no tuna, cucumber, sprouts, Masago pearls		 $18.00
(old) Ramen
KYOTO SHOYU $18.00
TANTANMEN
Handcrafted triple-thick noodles and spicy sesame broth topped with wok-sautéed impossible meat, bok-choy, wakame seaweed, fresh corn, cabbage, sautéed bean sprouts, and green onions		 $19.00
THE CLASSIC
Handcrafted triple-thick noodles and classic broth topped with bamboo shoots, wakame seaweed, tofu no-chasiu, crispy kabocha pumpkin, sautéed bean sprouts, green onions, and garlic chips		 $18.00
TRIPLE TOMATO
Handcrafted triple-thick noodles and pure 100% farm tomato with konbu-dashi and garlic ginger fermented oil topped with bamboo shoots, wakame seaweed, tofu no-chasiu, crispy kabocha pumpkin, sautéed bean sprouts, steamed bok choy, green onions, and garlic chips		 $19.00
TRUFFLE RAMEN
truffle infused creamy vegetable broth, truffle sauteed eggplant and Bok Choy, Topped with sweet corn, bamboo, negs onions and truffle zest		 $24.00

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Order and Reservations

Reservations: opentable.com

Reviews

Swathi Rangarajan
If I could give more stars, I would!

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Mary Shi
Everything looked visually great, but food was a bit average, not bad but not mind blowing either. We ordered the polenta scallops, tonkatsu ramen, tomato ramen, and the Little Italy roll. The polenta scallops and tonkatsu ramen were probably the best. Tomato ramen was good but a bit too oily. The Little Italy roll was the most disappointing, it felt kind of dry and lacking flavor. I kind of expected the vegan rolls to be like Shizen (vegan izakaya in SF) or Tane Vegan Izakaya in Hawaii, those ones were mindblowingly good.

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Christopher Gorrie
My godson and I had a great experience at The Yasai in Little Italy. We ordered rice, miso soup, Inari pockets, a caterpillar roll, and a King Minato roll. Everything was delicious! I only want to mention that the Inari pockets are cold, which I didn’t realize and didn’t like nearly as much as the other food items.

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Sylvia Cheeseman
the food here is really yummy!! we got bao buns, scallops, caterpillar roll, stressed out roll, and nigiri and they were all very interesting and tasty.

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Lissette Diaz
MUST TRY VEGAN RESTAURANT!

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James Coleman
I’ve lived in Japan a number of years, so hearing about a vegan Japanese restaurant is an oxymoron. Pretty much all Japanese food has pork, fish, and/or eggs. So, of course, I had to try Yasai. It did not disappoint.

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Chris Steele
I ordered the Trinity roll and it was delicious. I appreciate the bold ingredient and flavor combinations the menu offers. The restaurant itself is in a great location and is very chic. Service was prompt and polite. Highly recommend!

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Jordon H
From ice cream choices (both vegan and dairy options), to the vegan food options, the manager (Billy The Goat aka just Billy) was a pleasurable experience making this restaurant a must visit! (Just don’t sit near the door during hot summer days or cold nights) as the door often times tend to get left open.

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Niti
The food looked beautiful. Amazingly plated and looked really pretty. The appetizers were delicious. The bao buns were really tasty, had to take some to go. The oversized gyoza and karrago were ok, felt like both dishes were missing flavor for the size. Sushi rolls were really great to look at but weren’t as tasty as you’d expect from presentation. Overall I’d give the entire experience and taste 7/10 and I’ll give them one more try if I’m in the area again.

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Lauren Dana Boynton
We really enjoyed the vegan food and service! We walked in on a busy night and were seated quickly! Because the Yasai dining room was full, we were seated in the dining room of the restaurant next door with the same owner but could order from either menu. If eating vegan food while surrounded by people eating non-vegan food is uncomfortable for you, probably safest to make a reservation.

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