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Dinner Menu

Tues - Thurs: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Fri & Sat: 5:30pm - 10:30pm

Clean, fresh and balanced, the small-plate menu options at PABU restaurant delight with authentic Japanese flavors and local ingredients. Sweet sesame, tangy lemon and savory miso enhance a variety of seafood, meat and vegetable plates. Pair one or several small plates with PABU's hot-off-the-grill robata choices.

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Cold Small Plates

  • ahi tuna poke,

    tobiko, scallion, wonton crisps

    12
  • Beau Soleil Oysters,

    on the half shell, ponzu

    3 ea
  • "happy spoon" oyster,

    uni, ikura, ponzu crème fraîche

    6 ea
  • HCC greens ,

    soy-onion dressing, shaved baby carrots, asian pear, crisy ginger

    9
  • seaweed salad,

    soy-dashi vinegar, creamy sesame

    5
  • goma-ae,

    steamed spinach, sweet sesame dressing

    5
  • soy-braised lotus root,

    toasted sesame seeds, chili threads

    5

Hot Small Plates

  • fire-roasted edamame ,

    sake, mirin, soy, japanese chili

    5
  • savory egg custard,

    prawn, scallop, shiitake, ikura, mitsuba

    12
  • pabu wings ,

    "nagoya style" japanese pepper, tokyo bbq sauce

    9
  • maryland crab okonomiyaki ,

    fried egg, pork belly, mustard mayo

    10
  • miso soup,

    fresh tofu & wakame or nameko mushroom

    8
  • michael's "chicken noodle" ramen,

    rich chicken broth, soy-poached chicken

    11
  • Tiny Eggplants with Spicy Miso glaze,

    nasu

    6

ROBATAYAKI (2 pieces per order) grilled over Japanese white oak

  • Tsukue chicken meatball w/ jidori egg yolk8
  • Muneniku chicken breast,

    shiso, salted plum sauce

    7
  • negima chicken thigh,

    with scallion

    7
  • piedmont ridge dry-aged ribcap,

    spicy red miso

    14
  • prime skirt steak,

    black pepper-garlic soy

    12
  • berkshire pork belly,

    japanese pepper, sake

    6
  • berkshire pork 'country' ribs,

    red chili glaze

    12
  • ika yaki,

    grilled longfin squid, japanese bbq, lemon, chili flakes

    10
  • eringi mushrooms,

    grilled garlic, red miso

    6

Large Plates

  • "steakidon",

    piedmont ridge ribeye, wafu steak sauce, shibumi farm mushrooms

    22
  • chirashi,

    assortment of fresh raw fish, ikura, sushi rice

    28
  • tonkatsu,

    crispy berkshire pork loin, shaved green cabbage, bulldog sauce

    14
  • robata platter,

    5 delicious skewers, garlic butter rice

    19