DINNER
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We also serve Japanese home-cooking dishes from our sister restaurant Gohan-ya at Lovely Day. Scroll down all the way to see Gohan-ya’s menu!
Small plates
Edamame with sea salt 6.5
Julienne Vegetable Salad, sweet chili, peanut and lime 10
Lovely Day Salad, coleslaw with spicy mayonnaise 10
Young Market Greens with apple, cucumber, orange, mint and cilantro tossed in a cider vinaigrette 10
Green Papaya Salad, avocado, green chili, tomatoes, long beans, fish sauce and ground peanut 12
Summer Roll with fresh herbs, shrimp and tamarind dip and crushed peanut 11
Pork and Shiitake Mushroom Spring Roll 10
Kimono Fried Shrimp with sweet chili sauce 12
Ginger Fried Chicken with spicy aioli and lime 11.5
Sautéed Chinese Broccoli, ginger, garlic and oyster sauce 10
Chicken Satay with peanut sauce and vegetable dip with mini Japanese or brown rice 12
Fried Tofu with sweet chili sauce and crushed peanut 10
Long Beans with garlic chili sauce 11
Sweet Potato Fries with Worcestershire sour cream 9
French Fries with spicy aioli 8
Side of Brown Rice 3.5
Side of Japanese Rice 3.5
Soup
Organic Miso Soup with shiitake mushrooms and seasonal vegetables 5 - with an egg in soup +1.5
Tom Ga Coconut Milk Soup, shiitake mushrooms, onions, red peppers, choice of chicken or tofu 8
Kabocha Pumpkin Soup with ginger and carrots (vegan - coconut milk base) 10
Asian Herbal Soup - herbs, carrots, daikon, lotus roots, red dates, goji berry. Choose thin rice noodles, brown or Japanese rice (house made chicken broth) 15
Entrees
Seared Salmon, mashed sweet potato, market greens, orange cream sauce 23
Seared Wild Tuna Roll, lightly sautéed in rice crepe, market greens, wasabi & peanut sauce 23
Grilled Salmon over Spicy Green Curry and vegetables with brown or Japanese rice 25
The Big Salad - wild arugula, baby greens, crunchy sprout, crispin apples, cashew, avocado with miso agave ginger dressing. (GF, V) 15
Flank Steak, scallion mash potatoes and steamed asparagus 25
Pork Chop, mashed potatoes and sauteed Fuji apple 25
Lovely Day Classics
(Choice of chicken, beef, tofu or shrimp +2)
Pad Thai, bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, lime 17
Thai Chow Fun, oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, egg, Chinese broccoli 17
Hobo Noodle, oyster sauce, spicy chili sauce, red chili, bell peppers, onions, fresh Thai basil 17
Coconut Curry Noodle, sanuki udon and vegetables in curry soup 18
Spicy Green Curry, eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake, chili pepper, Thai basil, brown/Japanese rice 18
Red Curry, eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake, chili pepper, fresh Thai basil, brown/Japanese rice 18
Pineapple Cashew Vegetables, dried chili, onions, bell pepper, shiitake mushrooms, over brown rice or Japanese rice, light oyster sauce base 17
Fried Rice with brown rice or Japanese rice, vegetables, scallion, egg. small 13 large 15
Pineapple Fried Rice with brown rice or Japanese rice, vegetables, scallion, egg. Small 14 large 16
Dessert
Warm Homemade Flourless Chocolate Cake with freshly whipped cream 10
Pandon (Asian leaves) Tres Leches with crunchy buckwheat 9
Il Laboratorio Vanilla Gelato 8
Japanese Green Tea Ice Cream 8
Walnut Shortbread Cookie 3
Chocolate Ganache Garabato Cookie 3.5
Peanut butter Cookie (gluten free and vegan) 3.5
Quinoa Chocolate Cookie (gluten free) 3.5
DRINKS
Cocktails
Jalapeno Mezcal Margarita
Jalapeno infused Union mezcal, tequila, fresh squeezed lime juice, pineapple juice, orange agave - 14
Yuzu Cucumber Gimlet
Beefeater Gin, yuzu juice, cucumber, agave - 15
Chamomile Bourbon Sour
Chamomile infused Redemption bourbon, fresh lime juice, ginger honey - 14
Piña Nigori
Nigori Sake, Plum Wine, pineapple juice, cocomut crema - 15
Tokyo Mule
Tito’s vodka, yuzu juice, cane sugar ginger beer, suzume shochu - 15
Carajillo Tio
Lovely Day’s espresso martini - Cafe Integral espresso, Tito’s, 43 liqueur, served up or on the rocks - 15
Irish TIT
Thai iced tea, cream, Irish whiskey - 15
*We use freshly squeezed or cold pressed juice and wild flower honey from apiaries for our cocktails
Hot Cocktails
Hot Toddy 14
Hot Rum Cider 14
Beer
Red Stripe 7
Asahi 7
Sapporo 8
Tsing Tao 7
Kronenburg 1664 8
Lagunitas IPA 8
Sunboy Passionfruit - refreshingly spiked and fizzy drink made with coconut water and passionfruit juice. 8
Sunboy Pineapple - same as above but with pineapple juice. 8
Asahi Draft (only available downstairs) 8
Sparkling Wine
Chateau Gaudrelle ‘Tintamarre’ Pet-Nat, Loire Valley, France. Tight, bright and unfiltered fun. 14/60
Rose/Orange Wine
Rose: Sur la Rose, Les Vins de Thomas. Rhône, France. Refreshing, dry, tastes of light berries. 14/56
Orange: Fallen Grape, Mother. California.Floral and bright skin contact, with a bit of body. 15/60
White Wine
Muscadet, Chateau La Moriniere 2017 Bourgogne, France. Organic, very dry, minerally 14/56
Sauvignon Blanc, Stonecrop 2018 Martinborough, New Zealand. Sustainable. Fresh fruit and low acidity 14/56
Sancerre, Domaine La Voltonnerie. France. Medium-bodied and dry. A taste of citrus and herbs with a mineral finish 16/62
Red Wine
Gulp Hablo Garnacha. 2019 Castilla La Mancha, Spain. Red blend, organic. Young, super light and easy drinking. glass 12 btl (1L) 55
Cotes du Rhone, Domaine du Jas 2016 France. Medium dry and herbacious - organic, 14/56
Pinot Noir, El Compadre 2019 Malleco Valley, Chile. Silky with taste of berries and dark chocolate. 15/60
Syrah, Le P’tit Barriot 2020 Languedoc, France. Dry earth and sour cherry. Served chilled. 14/56
Sake
House Sake, Kuromatsu Tokusen Well-balanced & dry finish. Chilled. small btl 11 carafe 22
Chilled Kuromatshu Chokara Extra dry, sharp end and smooth on the palate. 300ml btl 14
Nigori (unfiltered) sake, Ozeki Creamy and rich with mellow end. Chilled only. 375ml btl 15
Tanuki Cup Sake, Junmai Dry with a refreshing crisp finish. Chilled only. 200ml btl 11
Hakutsuru White Crain Natural Junmai Sake. 750ml btl 52
Non Alcoholic Beverages
St Agrestis Phony Negroni NA Cocktail 12
Heineke 0.0% - NA Dutch Beer 7
Athletic Brewing Upside Dawn - NA Beer 7
Leitz Eins Zwei Zero Sparkling Riesling - NA White Sparkling Wine 11
Coffee and Tea
Cafe Integral Nicaraguan Coffee, Roasted in Brooklyn
Americano 3.25 Espresso 2.75
Cappuccino 4 Latte 4
Iced Americano 4
(+1 for organic almond milk or oat milk / +1 for an extra espresso shot)
Pot of Tea -
Camomile (Harney & Sons, no caffeine) / Sencha Green (Kettl) / Brown Rice Genmai Matcha green (Kettl) / Soba Buckwheat (Kettl,no caffeine) / Ginger-lemon Mint (House of Waris, no caffeine) / Organic Earl grey (House of Waris) 4
Iced Drinks
Iced Thai tea (sweet with organic half and half milk) 4.5
Iced jasmine green tea (unsweetened) 3.5
Fresh squeezed limeade 4
Black Currant Limeade 4
Cold pressed juices, no sugar added:
Fuji apple juice 4
Fresh orange juice 4
Jamaican Stone Ginger Beer 4
Fizz Cola, Ginger Ale, Natural Sparkling Water (upstate) 3.5
Mexican Coke 5
Diet Coke 4
Liquors
Vodka/Gin:
Tito’s 12
Ketel One 15
Beefeater 12
Hendricks 15
Roku Japanese Gin 16
Tequila/Mezcal
Espolon Blanco - 13
Espolon Reposado -13
Madre Espadin Mezcal - 13
Whiskeys:
Jameson - 12
Redemption - 12
Bulleit Bourbon- 14
Bulleit Rye - 14
Toki - 15
Glenlivet 12 year - 16
Laphroaig 10 year - 16
Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt 20
Rum
Gosling’s Black Seal - 1
Aperitif/Digestifs
Aperol - 12
Campari - 12
Ricard Anis - 14
Fernet Branca - 13
Cynar -13
Montenegro - 14
GOHAN-YA
Japanese home cooking dishes
Menu available Monday - Saturday 12pm-9pm
v = vegan
Small plates
Edamame with yuzu salt, v 6.5
Assorted Home=made Japanese Pickles, v 6
5 Vegetable Obansai Plates, v 15
Sushi Roll ( Brown rice)
Avocado Roll, v 7
Spicy Tuna Cucumber Roll 9
Salmon Avocado Roll 10
Soup
Kabocha Japanese Pumpkin Soup with ginger and carrots, v 10
Asian Herbal Soup - medicinal herbs, carrots, daikon, lotus roots, red dates, goji berry with thin rice noodles in house made chicken broth 14
Rice Bowls/Japanese Curry
Vegetable Curry Seasonal roasted vegetable on Japanese or multigrain brown rice, v 16
Add pickles +2 chicken +5 avocado +3.5
Salmon Rice Bowl 19
With sashimi and tartar, kinpira, daikon pickles, goma-ae, and hijiki over multigrain rice
Wild Tuna Rice Bowl 18
Wasabi guacamole. cucumber and hijiki seaweed with spicy aioli over Japanese rice
Happy Macro Bowl 17
Daikon pickles, sunflower sprout, hijiki seaweed, kinpira and tahini goma-ae. Japanese or multigrain rice, v
Teishoku Plates (choose 2 Obansai sides)
*add Japanese +3 or multigrain rice +4.50, add miso soup +4.5
Shio Koji Grilled Chicken 22
Red Miso Seared Salmon 24
Obansai Sides to choose from (single side $5 each)
Tahini goma-ae: baby bok-choy, fried tofu skin
Kinpira: carrots, burdock, sesame oil
Simmered Kabocha Squash and adzuki red beans
Yuzu Jullienne Vegetable: carrots, beets, daikon, cabbage. yuzu juice,
Hijiki: seaweed, chick peas, carrots
V=Vegan Gohan-ya is all gluten free