Ijuu the Strange Beast (Melrose/El Centro)

Japanese • Sandwiches
Open 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Sandos
Sides
Drinks
Bentos and Bowls
Sauces
Hey Hi Hello
Desserts
Donburi
Miscellaneous
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Sandos
Sides
Drinks
Bentos and Bowls
Sauces
Hey Hi Hello
Desserts
Donburi
Miscellaneous
Next

Sandos

Chicken Katsu Sando

Mushroom marinated chicken thigh, cabbage, spicy citrus aoili, lemon on Japanese milk bread
$14.00
Chicken Katsu Sando

Beef Katsu Sando

Beef katsu, cabbage, tare sauce on Japanese milk bread.
$23.00
Beef Katsu Sando

Pork Katsu Sando

Pork cutlet, cabbage, grilled berry tonkatsu sauce, Japanese milk bread
$15.00
Pork Katsu Sando

Soft Shell Crab Katsu Sando

Soft shell crab, cabbage, garlic confit, cornichons, tartar sauce on Japanese milk bread
$20.00
Soft Shell Crab Katsu Sando

Rainbow Veggie Sando

Marinated mushrooms, pickled daikon, tomato, cabbage, japanese eggplant, cucumber, karashi mayo on Japanese milk bread
$11.00
Rainbow Veggie Sando

Sides

Japanese Potato Salad

Made with karashi mustard which as a wasabi-like kick. Topped with Japanese pickles (vegetarian, gluten free)
$5.00
Japanese Potato Salad

Tomato Salad

Vine ripened tomato, minced onion, aonori, konbu dashi dressing
$5.00
Tomato Salad

Chilled Noodle Salad

Cucumber, red bell pepper, carrot, red shiso salt, sesame sauce
$5.00
Chilled Noodle Salad

Mixed Green Salad

Mixed chicories, escarole, lighlty pickled baby carrots/shallots/asparagus, satsuma mandarin, sugar snap peas, fried burdock in a roasted sesame sherry vinaigrette
$8.00
Mixed Green Salad

Chicken Karaage

Mushroom marinated fried chicken ** Gluten Free** (4 pieces). Comes with citrus aioli.
$6.00
Chicken Karaage

Oden

Braised daikon, boiled egg, mochi purse. Comes with spicy Japanese mustard.
$9.00
Oden

Corn Croquettes

Corn and potato croquette (3 pieces). Comes with tonkatsu sauce.
$6.00
Corn Croquettes

Kurobuta Sausage

Grilled spicy pork sausage (3 pieces). Comes with spicy Japanese mustard.
$6.00
Kurobuta Sausage

Chilled Tofu

Tempura flake, spicy house soy.
$5.00
Chilled Tofu

Seaweed Salad

Mixed seaweed, red bell pepper, carrot & cucumber.
$4.00
Seaweed Salad

Asazuke (Japanese Pickles)

Pickled napa cabbage, carrot, & cucumber.
$5.00
Asazuke (Japanese Pickles)

Side of Vegetable Curry

$2.00

Koshihikari Rice

$2.00

Rosemary Quinoa

$2.00

Romaine and Frisee Mix

$2.00

Drinks

UCC Black Coffee

9.7 oz can
$5.00
UCC Black Coffee

Mango Cream Soda

16.5 oz
$6.00
Mango Cream Soda

Ito En Green Tea

16.9 oz
$5.00
Ito En Green Tea

Kimino Yuzu Sparkling Juice

Kimino sparkling yuzu juice is made with hand-picked Yuzu from Shikoku Island, Hyogo mountain water and organic sugar cane.
$6.00
Kimino Yuzu Sparkling Juice

Kimino Mikan (Orange) Sparkling Juice

Kimino Mikan are hand-picked in the Wakayama prefecture on Island and pressed with Hyogo mountain water and organic sugar cane.
$6.00
Kimino Mikan (Orange) Sparkling Juice

Kimino Yuzu Sparkling Water

Kimino Yuzu Sparkling water contains the juice from one hand picked Yuzu from Shikoku Island and the water from the Western Japanese mountains. Nonsweet.
$6.00
Kimino Yuzu Sparkling Water

Kimino Mikan (Orange) Sparkling Water

Kimino Mikan Sparkling water contains the juice from one Mikan and is hand-picked in the Wakayama prefecture and the water from the Western Japanese mountains.
$6.00
Kimino Mikan (Orange) Sparkling Water

UCC Coffee With Milk

UCC 9.1 oz can
$6.00
UCC Coffee With Milk

Box Water

16.9 oz
$4.00

Bentos and Bowls

Gyudon Bento

Thinly sliced beef simmered with onions over rice. Customize your bento with any 2 of the side dishes from the list.
$15.00
Gyudon Bento

Curry Katsu Bento

Your choise of katsu over curry rice. Customize your bento with any 2 of the side dishes from the list.
$15.00
Curry Katsu Bento

Katsudon Bento

Your choice of pork or chicken katsu, soft scrambled egg and onion over rice. Customize your bento with any 2 of the side dishes from the list.
$15.00
Katsudon Bento

Oyakodon Bento

Chicken thigh with soft scrambled egg and onion over rice. Customize your bento with any 2 of the side dishes from the list.
$15.00
Oyakodon Bento

Unagi Don Bento

Grilled freshwater eel with sansho pepper over rice. Customize your bento with any 2 of the side dishes from the list.
$20.00
Unagi Don Bento

Salmon Bento

Roasted salmon over rice. Customize your bento with any 2 of the side dishes from the list.
$15.00
Salmon Bento

Sauces

Tare Sauce

Sweet-savory soy glaze
$1.00

Housemade Hot Sauce

House made fermented Fresno pepper hot sauce
$1.00

Tartar Sauce

Minced onions and Japanese citrus aioli
$1.00

Spicy Citrus Aioli

Fermented yuzu, porcini mushroom, Meyer lemon juice
$1.00

Tonkatsu Sauce

Sweet-savory soy glaze with grilled seasonal berries
$1.00

Sesame Soy Vinaigrette

Ground roasted sesame, aged soy sauce, sherry vinaigrette
$1.00

Coconut Turmeric Dressing (GF, vegan)

$1.00

Ranch Dressing (GF)

$1.00

Soy Buttermilk Dressing (GF, vegan)

$1.00

Garlic Toum Sauce (GF, vegan)

$1.00

Cilantro Coriander Dressing (GF, vegan)

$1.00

Hey Hi Hello

Melrose Bowl

Tomato, red cabbage, garbanzo beans, shallot, carrots, cucumber, sprouts, avocado, corn crunch. Coconut turmeric dressing. ** dressing contains nuts– almonds & cashews
$14.00
Melrose Bowl

Mediterranean Bowl

Herbed cous cous, beet relish, hummus, roasted red pepper purée, pepperoncini, feta cheese, tomato, garbanzo beans, shallot. Garlic toum sauce. ** roasted red pepper purée contains peanuts/walnuts.
$14.00
Mediterranean Bowl

Southwest Bowl

Grilled corn, avocado, pico de gallo, Lima beans, jicama, scallions, crispy chipotle chickpeas. Cilantro coriander dressing.
$14.00
Southwest Bowl

Cobb Bowl

Bacon lardons, avocado, tomato, scallion, crouton, hard boiled egg, chicken. Ranch dressing.
$14.00
Cobb Bowl

Vegan Cobb Bowl

House made mushroom bacon, tomato, scallion, avocado, croutons, grilled tofu. Soy buttermilk dressing.
$14.00

Custom Bowl

Customize your own bowl with choice of base, 5 toppings and protein.
$15.00
Custom Bowl

Mexican Corn Salad (GF vegan)

$5.00

Mexican Lima Beans (GF vegan)

$5.00

Desserts

Chocolate Pocky

$2.00
Chocolate Pocky

Strawberry Pocky

$2.00
Strawberry Pocky

Donburi

Oyakodon

$11.00

Katsudon

$13.00

Sakedon

$13.00

Unagi Don

$15.00

Gyudon

$12.00

Miscellaneous

Rainbow Veggie Sandwich

Marinated mushrooms, pickled daikon, tomato, cabbage, Japanese egpplant, and cucumber with karashi mayo on Japanese milk bread.
$11.00

Prime Rib Steak Don

Thinly sliced roast prime rib over koshihikari rice. Beef au jus, egg yolk, scallion, horseradish on side.
$30.00
Prime Rib Steak Don

Spicy Japanese Mustard

$0.50
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